Hot off the presses this morning from across the pond — Blur have announced the roster of bands who’ll join them in Hyde Park for their highly anticipated reunion gigs this July. Among the chosen ones are Crystal Castles, Vampire Weekend, Foals and more.
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Since they changed their name to try and avoid any controversy, we figured to bring back a little of it with our news post title to declare that The Soft Pack are digitally re-releasing their 12″ LP from back when they were known as The Muslims.
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One top-selling UK band plus one of our favorite bands, along with a band who used to have a good name equals a pretty huge tour. That will be the case when The Soft Pack joins British imports White Lies and the Friendly Fires for a full North American stint.
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Those Canadian Batke brothers and friends, better known as Faunts, will drop their second full-length album, Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. on the world in 2009. It’s a more vocal, song-oriented effort than the band’s previous three studio creations, and it’s scheduled for a February 17 release on Friendly Fire Recordings.
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