Bloody good: Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine has co-founded a label called Pickpocket

Bloody good:Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine has co-founded a label called Pickpocket. Its first release will be an EP by London band Le Volume Courbe.

More indie split news:Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel's relationship has gone the same way as Thurston Moore's and Kim Gordon's.

Plumb job:Field Music will release their fourth album, Plumb, next February. Get a free download from field-music.co.uk.

The Reggae Movement Exhibition:Focusing on reggae's journey from Jamaica to Europe from 1950-55, this exhibition will visit Dublin's Little Green Street Gallery on November 9th-13th.

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy is a freelance journalist and broadcaster. She writes about music and the arts for The Irish Times