Doves release best-of compilation, new songs

By Harry Painter on February 26th, 2010

Do you feel old now, or what?

CoS Year-End Report: The Top 100 Albums of ‘09: 100-76

By Michael Roffman on December 15th, 2009

100. U2 – No Line on the Horizon

Set aside any cracks at Bono and focus solely on the music; the result is U2 and its concrete reign upon Achtung Baby and Joshua Tree alone.  No Line On The Horizon is not a classic album, despite an incessant amount of touring with a stage show that [...]

CoS at Sasquatch!: Day One

By Nick Travers on May 28th, 2009

Last weekend, recent FSU graduate/CoS contributor Nick Travers took to the Pacific Northwest for what has now become one of summer’s hidden treasures, Sasquatch! Music Festival. Read along as we uncover the bands, the heat, and the madness that happened over the three day, holiday weekend.
Before anything else, I need to let you all know [...]

Album Review: Doves – Kingdom of Rust

By E.N. May on April 23rd, 2009

It’s been a long time since Manchester, UK’s Doves hit the airwaves with the catchy and light spirited “Catch the Sun” (off of 2000’s Lost Souls). It seems however that with each record since, they’ve been attempting to recreate that success, chasing the tail-end of their break out single. In fact, this mad odyssey left [...]

Doves finally ready to hit the road!

By Alex Young on March 4th, 2009

It’s been four, yes four years, since the Doves have toured America. While we’re not entirely sure how that happened – I blame Perry Farrell, don’t ask me why – we do know that the English outfit will soon return to the road. In support of their forthcoming studio album, Kingdom of Rust, due for [...]

Doves create a Kingdom of Dust

By Alex Young on January 29th, 2009

The first thing you should know about the Doves‘ upcoming new studio effort, Kingdom of Dust, is that it was recently named one of NME’s top 10 most important albums of 2009. When you got that kind of backing on your side, at leas you know you’ll get the Pete Doherty crowd checking out you [...]