The Drums: For Sale

Exciting "news"!
The Drums new single, Money, is released on Friday August 19th.
That's right - a Friday.
Crazy.
It's hardly heartstopping, but don't they look adorable in the video?
You can get a free download of a so-so remix here right now.
The second/third album, Portamento, is out on September 5th.
Hopefully that's a Monday.
Portamento's some musical term too boring to type.
UK tour starts November 28th.
But they are playing three "intimate" London dates to accompany the album's release.
That is all.
I wonder what Adam's up to? *MAKES SAD FACE*

Fagburn: Bitchin'

God, there's not even anything worth bitching about in the papers today.
I am looking forward to this, though.
As I spend much of my time criticising the Phil Space School of journalism, I shall not bore you, and will be back when I think there is something worth writing about.
Anyway - it's a really nice day; Let's go surfing!

Festival News 2: Lovebox

Now I don't care about you, but the only UK music festival that tempts Fagburn is Lovebox in July.
As with last year, Sunday is Bummers' Day (unofficial) - with a line-up specially tailored to please The Gays.
Scissor Sisters are headlining.
Yup, I've got really tired of them and their One Big Office Party live schtick, too.
But there's also 2 Many DJs, Marc Almond, Robyn, the gals from Horse Meat Disco, and loads of gayers running around mashed on drugs.
Yay!
But why oh why oh why have Lovebox booked The Drums to play, not on Bummers' Sunday, but on the painfully straight Saturday with Snoop fucking Dogg???
FFS!

Fagburn Awards 10: Band Of The Year

The Drums, The Drums, the yummy Drums...

Fagburn Awards 6: Albums Of The Year

Hunx & His Punx - Gay Singles

In 2010 gay Girl Group tropes rocked my world...

The Drums - The Drums


Justin Bieber - My Worlds Acoustic


The Magnetic Fields - Realism


LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening


John Grant - Queen of Denmark


Tracey Thorn - Love And Its Opposite

Things I've Done Before I Die

Last night I saw The Drums.
It was packed with gays.
Can't see what they see in them myself.
I went and saw the Walter Potter exhibition at The Museum Of Everything before.
So that's two things off my Things To Do Before I Die list done.
A great day.

The Drums: Adam Quits!

Adam Kessler (left) has left The Drums!
If we have to pick one favourite Adam moment, it's him running like a total pansy in the video for Let's Go Surfing!
Fagburn's thoughts are with myself at this difficult time.

The Drums: Hooray! It's A Slow News Day

Doesn't seem to be much interesting happening today, so here's a picture of "much hyped new band" The Drums.
Enjoy!

We Haven't Had A Picture Of The Drums For A Bit, Have We?

That's better.
They'll probably have a new record out sooner or later.

Gratuitous Picture Of The Drums

What wouldn't I give?

Are The Drums Bum Chums?

Articles on Brooklyn's most fuckable new band The Drums are already starting to write themselves; Orange Juice/Postcard guitars, Morrissey-esque miserablism, Shangri-Las doomed romanticism, handsome young men, much hyped band, the sound of the summer, a song about surfing, slightly disappointing eponymous debut album released this week...
It took that Boy George to break ranks and say something that was both original and obvious; "They look like four rent boys."
So well done to Paul Lester on The Times who came right out and asked the boys the question that's on three peoples' lips; "Are The Drums gay?"
Ugly/pretty singer Jonathan Pierce had his well rehearsed line all ready; “I can’t speak for the others in the band, but for me it comes down to whoever you fall in love with is who you fall in love with. To limit yourself is a sad thing.”
Guitarist Adam Kessler quickly clarified: “We drink beer, you know.”
When I first read that quote I thought Adam meant that drinking beer leads to drunken boy-on-boy queer fumblings, and then I thought maybe he meant that drinking beer is a clear signifier of their hetero blokeishness, as opposed to drinking Mojitos say.
Confusing, isn't it?
As ever, to find out what the world is really thinking about this band it's best to check out the brilliantly Beavis and Buttheadish comments on YouTube.
After the supercute video for The Drums' single 'Let's Go Surfing' one wag writes that it looks "as gay as a Real Madrid training session."
Another adds simply; "More like lets go butt surfing."