Get well soon Matt
Matt Tong, drumemr of bloc party, suffered a collapsed lung following Bloc Party's performance in Atlanta last night. He was taken to hospital after their support slot for Panic! At The Disco, alongside Jack's Mannequin at the HiFi Buys Amphitheatre.

According to a statement from the band: "Doctors at the hospital in Atlanta say Matt is in a comfortable condition and not in any danger. He will however be staying in hospital for at least the next three days for observation and it's not clear at this stage when Matt will be fit to resume performing."

This means that Bloc Party will definitely miss the next four shows on the Panic! At The Disco tour: Charlotte Cricket Arena (10.11.06), Washington Patriot Center (11.11.06) and New York Madison Square Garden Theatre (13.11.06, 14.11.06).

Matt actually hurt himself before the gig, and so played the whole show with a collapsed lung. That's stamina for you!

Well-wishers can send flowers/Lucozade/cards/drumsticks to him at:

Grady Memorial Hospital
80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
(address to "Matt Tong: patient")



drowned in sounds : dis is now 6!
in celebration, dis has compiled a list of the 66 best albums in the past 6 years.is your favourite album on the list?

66 Ugly Duckling Journey To Anywhere
65 Mystery Jets Making Dens
64 why? Elephant Eyelash
63 Wives Erect The Youth Problem
62 The Mars Volta De-Loused In The Comatorium
61 The Lucksmiths Warmer Corners
60 The Cribs The New Fellas
59 Howling Bells Howling Bells
58 Guillemots Through The Windowpane
57 Hot Snakes Suicide Invoice
56 volcano! beautiful seizure
55 the dandy warhols thirteen tales from urban bohemia
54 Patrick Wolf Lycanthropy
53 dälek Absence
52 Lightning Bolt Hypermagic Mountain
51 Slipknot Vol 3 – The Subliminal Verses
50 Ten Grand This Is The Way To Rule
49 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell
48 Múm Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is Okay
47 M. Ward The Transfiguration Of Vincent
46 Low Trust
45 Mastodon Blood Mountain
44 Rival Schools United By Fate
43 The Postal Service Give Up
42 Boards Of Canada Geogaddi
41 Unicorns / Islands Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone / Return To The Sea
40 Sonic Youth Nurse
39 Meanwhile Back In Communist Russia My Elixir: My Poison
38 Pretty Girls Make Graves The New Romance
37 Arcade Fire Funeral
36 Sleater-Kinney The Woods
35 Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies Hurrah!
34 Liars Drum’s Not Dead
33 Sparklehorse It’s A Wonderful Life
32 Deerhoof Milkman
31 Isoleé Wearemonster
30 This Aint Vegas The Night Don Benito Saved My Life
29 The Radio Dept. Lesser Matters
28 Les Savy Fav Go Forth
27 65daysofstatic One Time For All Time
26 Blood Brothers Burn, Piano Island, Burn
25 TV On The Radio Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
24 PJ Harvey Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
23 The Knife Silent Shout
22 Muse Black Holes And Revelations
21 Broken Social Scene You Forgot It In People
20 Explosions In The Sky How Strange, Innocence
19 Cat Power You Are Free
18 My Morning Jacket Z
17 Cursive The Ugly Organ
16 Radiohead Kid A
15 The Murder Of Rosa Luxemburg Everyone’s In Love And Flowers Pick Themselves
14 Saul Williams Saul Williams
13 Four Tet Rounds
12 The Icarus Line Mono
11 Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights
10 Ryan Adams Heartbreaker
9 Bright Eyes Lifted…
8 …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Madonna
7 The Shins Chutes Too Narrow
6 Elliott Smith Figure 8
5 Isis Oceanic
4 Q And Not U No Kill No Beep Beep
3 Bloc Party Silent Alarm
2 At The Drive-In Relationship Of Command
1 Björk Vespertine

-as reported on http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1254995