Syd Barrett News

A woman has issued a desperate appeal for help finding her 'dying' cat, named after the late Pink Floyd singer Syd Barrett.

Here's a story that will make any Pink Floyd fan wish they lived in England. The BBC has uncovered rare Syd Barrett-era footage of the band that was thought to have been lost, and the network will air it next month.

From France, the land that gave us Roger Roger and Jean-Jacques Perrey, comes an equally nutty band of 'tard-tronic pranksters, Thiaz Itch, whose album " Binjoum " is available as a free download courtesy of the whimsical Proot 'net label, who also sport releases from Ergo Phizmiz and satanicpornocultshop.

Rare footage of Syd Barrett singing with Pink Floyd on the BBC One music show Top Of The Pops has been discovered after more than 40 years.

This is pretty much the perfect animal-named band lineup - for Kansas, at least.

"Lower Leg" is the new single from stripped-down, angular UK post-punk trio Wetdog's forthcoming second album Frauhaus .

Belinda Cornish has made her name in this town for her sharp wit in Die-Nasty's improv and her clever writing and performing with Panties Productions, so it's maybe a little bit surprising that she's making her debut on the city's grandest stage with Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll.

Thrifty Tunes 11.07.09: David Gilmour - David Gilmour Posted by Paul Hollingsworth on 11.07.2009 The year before Pink Floyd recorded one of their essential albums, The Wall, David Gilmour released his self-titled debut record.

Caption: Australian Pink Floyd play the opening concert of the 'summer pops' at the liverpool echo arena Liverpool, England .... Snapshots of late PINK FLOYD rocker SYD BARRETT are to be sold at auction to raise money for charity.

Monday, October 19, 2009 9:57 p.m. Vote 0 Votes The ghost of Syd Barrett must have paid a visit to the Flaming Lips, as their new double LP Embryonic has the trippy, psychedelic ambience of creepy krautrock.

Digital Leather performs on Monday, Oct. 19. Time and price TBA; www.storkcluboakland.com . Subject : Digital Leather by John O'Neill Seemingly the byproduct of regular acid usage and too many Sparks albums, Digital Leather has produced a body of experimental New Wave synth-punk as impressive as it is abnormal.

NOVEMBER 2008 was the last time the Torbay-based Pink Floyd tribute outfit the New Machine played the Watermark Entertainment Centre in Ivybridge.

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This may sound sacrilegious, but after seeing the performance by the Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Dodge Theatre Friday, Sept.

Remember 2006? You couldn't get spinach on your pizza after E. coli-tainted shipments of the leafy stuff killed a couple people.

Mellow down easy: The Mars Volta. Details: 8 p.m. Thursday, September 17, atVerizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas , 713-230-1600 or www.livenation.com . The Mars Volta The Mars Volta is far too weird for its own popularity, but somehow Omar Rodriguez-Lopez , Cedric Bixler-Zavala and their virtual lazy Susan of band members have turned virtuosic, ...

The smiling veterinarian rides his unicycle over the hill, a buttered scone in each hand.

What CDs do you like to spin when you're out under a dark sky enjoying a long evening of observing? As for me, I'll pull one out from the old days - Pink Floyd's epic Dark Side of the Moon .

Everything Changes is the third CD from Mesa, Arizona, trio Audra and their first since leaving Projekt Records.

Early footage of one of rock's most revolutionary bands. Video footage and musical tracks of Pink Floyd in their early days are rare and highly valued among fans.