Light's alive: Brigade announce album details
Brigade are to release their debut album on May 1st. Entitled Lights, the long-player was produced by Joe Gibb and will emerge through Mighty Atom Records...»
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DiS obituaries: Ivor Cutler, Ali Farka Toure
Perhaps you're aware, perhaps you're not, but yesterday's music news was dominated by the deaths of two individually remarkable talents...»
Run To The Hills... over them... and to a gig
Iron Maiden, hairy monsters of all things ROCK, are to tour our shores in the bleakness of December...»
Spunk Juice: Lil' Jon does naughty film
Crunked-up rapper Lil' Jon has released a Snoop Dogg-esque porn movie, entitled Lil' Jon's Vivid Vegas Party. We've not seen it, no...»
Mariah's rear she holds so dear
Pop pin-up-cum-mentalist Mariah Carey has been talking about things other than her music which, to be honest, is probably A Good Thing...»
SPILL does shows...
On-the-rise music magazine SPILL has put togther a quite admirable series of gigs for the next month and a bit. Do check these hot puppies the heck out, won'tcha?»
Goldie Lookin' for a new label Chain
It's widely reported already, but what the f': Goldie Lookin' Chain have been ditched by their big-money label, Atlantic...»
Super-sludge doom-psych (insert adjective here) compilation due in April
Set your brain to meltdown: come April 25th, New York label Kemado will release a rather superb-looking compilation of skull-crackingly brilliant doom-cum-psych-goes-stoner tremendousness...»
Sonic Youth get Friends-ly on new album
Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore has told Billboard that the band's forthcoming record, due in June, is influenced by archaic rockers Blue Oyster Cult... »
Lowe goes Guerrilla: new BBC 3 music show announced
Zane Lowe is to host a new music show on BBC 3, with a working title of Guerrilla...»
Prince's purple tickets: singer invites fans to his home
the sexy M.F. is to invite perfect strangers into his Paisley Park home in Minneapolis via seven purple tickets hidden in copies of his new album, 3121... »
Rocky Votolato - Portland Is Leaving
Harmonica-tinged gruff blues delivered by a man born with a broken heart, ‘Portland Is Leaving’ is many a mile wide of its author’s brother’s work with The Blood Brothers; one can only speculate as to what the pair, Rocky and Cody Votolato, listen to during family get-togethers. Outkast, probably...»
Holly Throsby reveals April tour
The really quite lovely Holly Throsby, whose debut album On Night received an official UK release late last year through Woo Me! records, is to tour alongside Micah P Hinson in April...»
Thursday return: new album, UK tour
New Jersey emo-rockers Thursday are to release their fourth album, A City By The Light Divided, through Mercury on May 1st. A single, 'Counting 5-4-3-2-1', precedes the Dave Fridmann-produced long-player...»
Death Cab announce Brixton show
Seattle indie-emo-poppers Death Cab For Cutie have announced another UK show before they've even finished their current sold-out UK jaunt...»
Courtney's going down the Bloody Tracks
Courtney Love has told Billboard about her influences for her forthcoming second solo album...»
Sister Ray turns 25, relaunches website and does other quite possibly good stuff
Quite-popular-actually London record store Sister Ray turns 25 this year, and by way of celebration they're... wait for it... relaunching their website!»
3hostwomexicans andatinofspanners - Pegasus Bridge
These are but four men but their might rivals ancient continent-conquering armies; their way with the riff is basic to the ear but bloody effective on the body. Shake a leg, y'all, come firewalk this way...»
Three shows, three days, three countries: This Aint Vegas take Europe
Sunderland's fantastically awesome This Aint Vegas have announced three dates for continental readers' diaries...»
Don't Look Back, again
ATP's Don't Look Back season is set to start over come the summer, with a selection of concerts already confirmed...»
Giant Drag announce April tour
We met Giant Drag last night. Annie wasn't too happy that it was snowing outside. She had a cold and was 'hock-y' - her own words - i.e. she kept spitting muck out of her mouth. Savoury. Still, they played the Barfly and were quite The Good, so here are some dates that you can attend. If you like. Just stand back in case she's feeling a bit unwell again...»
Mono return: new album details
Frankly amazing Japanese quartet Mono are to release their fourth stufio album, You Are There, through Temporary Residence on April 10th...»
Paddingtons raise anchor, a la Sex Pistols
Hull-based oiks The Paddingtons play a not-so-secret boat party on the Thames next week (March 9th)...»
Wives play one last show, long after their last show
So why are we telling you this when 99.9 per cent of you aren't in Los Angeles this coming Monday night? Because we love(d) Wives, that's why...»
Death Cab For Cutie at London Astoria, Tue 28 Feb
Tonight, Death Cab For Cutie are faultless; to some that’ll translate as boring, but to a thousand-or-so paying punters, the Astoria this wintry eve is a place of absolute worship...»
Capsule confirm SuperSonic acts
Capsule have announced the first batch of acts for this year's SuperSonic Festival, held at Birmingham's Custard Factory...»
UK act tops Billboard Chart for the first time in nine years
And yes, it's James Blunt!»
The worm turns: red-top wants Pete off the streets
His face has no doubt helped them shift a few thousand copies more of their filthy gutter trash rag, but The Sun has started a 'Get Pete off the Street' campaign, saying that troubled Babyshambles singer Doherty needs to be behind bars...»
MySpace man says their CD was "shitty"
Shawn Gold, executive and co-founder of MySpace alongside everyone's friend Tom Anderson, has told an audience in New York that the site's first physical musical venture, a compilation record, wasn't exactly a success...»
Further festival news: Green Man confirms first few acts
The Green Man Festival line up is beginning to take shape, with a slew of acts already confirmed...»