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Doves Release A 'Best Of' and New Track, 'Andalucia'

theajaysharma — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:56:23 +0000

This week the Doves are released a greatest hits album in a 2CD set. There's also a DVD which includes videos. It's a pretty standard format, disc 1 has the hits and disc 2 has the rarities. And to annoy all those collectors out there, it includes one new song, 'Andalucia'. They made a video for the track which is included below and you can also checkout the tracklisting if you click on the "read more" link.

Tivo Alert: She & Him, Doves, Julian Casablancas and Keane

theajaysharma — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:08:22 +0000

On Monday's I'll try to get a list of the interesting bands that are playing the late night shows for the upcoming week. Here's the first batch:

Monday, March 29: Jimmy Fallon: Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Morrison, Julian Casablancas
Tuesday, March 30: Carson Daly: Snoop Dogg, Keane
Wednesday, March 31: Carson Daly: Jesse Ventura, Doves
Friday, April 2: David Letterman: Nathan Lane, She & Him

New Doves - "Push Me On (Playgroup Megamix)" (Stereogum Premiere)

theajaysharma — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:18:24 +0000

After prepping with a Progress Report and then tracking "Jetstream" and Kingdom Of Rust's emotional title track, we felt pretty secure in our knowledge of Doves' fourth album, though in no way did we expect an icy, 12-minute, techno-infused remix of a b-side. But here goes: British electroclash act Playgroup, aka Trevor Jackson, has extended non-album track "Push Me On" and taken it onto a very cold dance floor. More surprising than the remix itself? That it basically works. Even if you spit out your afternoon coffee when you read the word "electroclash."Continue reading New Doves - "Push Me On (Playgroup Megamix)" (Stereogum Premiere)... - Source

Progress Report: Doves

theajaysharma — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:18:12 +0000

NAME: Doves
PROGRESS REPORT: Prepping their forth album, Kingdom Of Rust, out April 6.

"We go into the studio and we tend to go in daily until we get somewhere, and that's either a really pleasant experience or a really torturous experience," Doves vocalist and bassist Jimi Goodwin says. And with four years between this record and 2005's Some Cities, you'd hope Doves had more of the former experience. But most of the intervening years were spent on all the stuff outside the band and the studio. "We took time off. [Drummer] Andy [Williams] had a baby in October of last year, so I think we took out six weeks then, and that was the longest hiatus we had for the record," Goodwin says. "When we go in and do stuff, it's roll your sleeves up and tank up your life for a while until its done. But sadly real life has a habit of poking its head in, with and lots of ups and downs." So recording wasn't relaxed, he says, but just broken up by all the other things band members had going on. Continue reading Progress Report: Doves... - Source

Doves Begin Mixing LP4, Hint At UK Gigs

theajaysharma — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:42:04 +0000

Read the trio's latest blog entry at their official site.View some new song titles here.Visit Doves on MySpace.MP3: Doves - Snowden - Source

Doves Looking To Complete Album Before Fall

theajaysharma — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:42:07 +0000

On a whim, we hopped over to Doves' official website to see what they have been up to lately. We knew that a new album was in the works, but it had been quite some time since the UK group had given fans much of an update. Fortunately, the band recently posted a blog entry - Source

Doves Share New Song Titles, LP4 'Taking Shape'

theajaysharma — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:42:06 +0000

Read the band's latest blog entry here.New tracks include:SpellboundHouse Of MirrorsDrifterKingdom Of RustJetstreamHere's hoping for a summer release! - Source

Correction: Ash Join Moby's Area2

theajaysharma — Thu, 09 May 2002 06:18:41 +0000

The Doves, Dieselboy, and Blue Man Group are the latest additions to Moby's Area2 festival. The Doves and Blue Man Group will be added to the main stage while Dieselboy will perform in the dance tent with Carl Cox, John Digweed, DJ Tiesto, the Avalanches, and DJ Dan

Doves and Elbow Tour the US

theajaysharma — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 00:46:50 +0000

Torr Leonard sent in a link to Billboard about the upcoming co-headlining Doves and Elbow tour. The tour is still in planning stages but it will cover 10-dates across the US and is expected to start in June. I want to know if Elbow will ever do a headlining tour across America? So far they've opened for Goldfrapp and Pete Yorn and co-headlined a tour with South.

The Hardest Workin' Man In Hip-Hop

theajaysharma — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 17:50:04 +0000

Dan the Automator just released his own mixed compilation, 'Wanna Buy A Monkey?'. It has exclusive mixes from Air, Zero 7 and Tortoise. Also, when I was listening to the minimix of the album I swore that I heard some of the Doves right at the very end. For those of you going to the last couple Gorillaz shows, make sure to get their early as Dan the Automator will be spinning.

Doves Interview

theajaysharma — Sat, 10 Mar 2001 08:32:42 +0000

Simply brilliant. Those are really the best words to describe The Doves. By now, most of you should know their story intimately. From their beginnings as electronic act Sub Sub, through the devastating fire that levelled their new studio and destroyed a new album's worth of master tapes, only to see the band's Phoenix-like rise from the ashes to be re-invented as The Doves. "Lost Souls," the band's timeless debut album, hit shops unassumingly last year, and ended up making nearly every critic's year-end list (including reaching #5 on Excellent's own 2000 Reader's Poll.) The record takes snippets from a lifetime's worth of British (and especially Mancunian) influences, and layers them meticulously into an album that's wonderfully diverse in tunes, yet astoundingly cohesive in overall tone. Thoughtful, dark, moody, and powerful, The Doves defy description. They're simply brilliant.

The band made their very first Stateside trek in February and early March and we spent an early Chicago evening in the back of the Doves tour bus, casually hashing out the inner workings of the band with Doves frontman/bassist Jimi Goodwin. Here's a complete transcript of our VERY casual exclusive interview.

Interview by Shane Brown and Stuart Reid

Doves Sign to Astralwerks

shane — Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:00:00 +0000

Astralwerks has added Manchester trio DOVES to their roster. Stateside fans will be pleased to know that a U.S. version of "Lost Souls" with bonus tracks will be released by Astralwerks/Heavenly on October 3.