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Mike_Diver has written the following articles:

4147

Eden Maine tour; no witty headline available. Sorry...

News by Mike Diver

Really-quite-good-actually metallers Eden Maine tour from late May into early June.»

8182

Weird War tour. Whoa, that rhymes...

News by Mike Diver

Funky punks Weird War tour later this month and through into May...»

8181

Chart raider, space invader: Star Wars to challenge for chart honours

News by Mike Diver

The theme tune from Star Wars is to be released as a single.»

8180

American Head Charge guitarist dies on North American tour

News by Mike Diver

American Head Charge guitarist Bryan Ottoson is reported to have died on the band's tour of North America.»

4958

You snooze, you lose - Team Sleep tour

News by Mike Diver

Team Sleep, tour, math, do the...»

7184

Scandinavian ad men incur the wrath of Waits

News by Mike Diver

Opel cars is in hot water after it screened advertisements in Scandinavia featuring a soundtrack spookily similar to the style and sound of Tom Waits. Even the 'impersonator's singing voice was a close match...»

5883

iPods: doom and gloom unless they go green?

News by Mike Diver

The Green Guide say that iPods are a threat to the environment...»

8177

Youthmovies - Ores

Review by Mike Diver

'Ores' has everything. Single of the year, no contest.»

Freak Scene re-release? Just can't believe us? Well it's true...

News by Mike Diver

Dinosaur Jr's classic proto-grunge anthem 'Freak Scene' is to be re-issued on CD and 7" this summer.»

8176

Shipping News - Flies The Fields

Review by Mike Diver

Flies The Fields is a masterpiece of foreboding that’ll both fascinate and terrify in equal measure.»

An introduction to In The Red: a Static Disaster

News by Mike Diver

Fairly freakin' ace label In The Red is issuing a sampler disk, entitled Static Disaster, on June 13th.»

8164

Andre 3000 trades deft rhymes for thesp climes

News by Mike Diver

OutKast's Andre 3000 has called temporary time on music to concentrate on acting.»

8161

Trencher, Bullet Union at London Camden Colour Club, Sun 17 Apr

Review by Mike Diver

The gel that holds Trencher whole is drummer Liam, a man so brilliantly unhinged – resplendently bare chested and be-hatted, as is the norm’ – that he practically mounts his kit some onetwothreefour… several times during a set so potent it severs those senses from their anchors with the subtlety of icy razors through liquorice laces.»

Downloading? Did It, Done It, Doing It Again...

News by Mike Diver

Winnebago Deal: free download single and tour with Brant Bjork.»

8148

JJ72 return!

News by Mike Diver

Like it says...»

8145

Hayseed Dixie play Beastly Eastleigh! And other places...

News by Mike Diver

Hayseed Dixie play shows. Lots of them.»

8143

The Sound Explosion - The Sound Explosion

Review by Mike Diver

The Sound Explosion are an exciting live band. I know, I saw, I bore the brunt of tinnitus for three days. The Sound Explosion is a dull record. I know, I heard, I found myself scrambling for something, anything else to inject a little life into my lounge.»

F*cking A! It's The F*cking Champs! **REVISED DATES**

News by Mike Diver

The F*cking Champs tour in May. Need I say any more than that?»

(Spring)loaded and ready for action: Echo and the Bunnymen confirmed for Cornish festival

News by Mike Diver

Echo and the Bunnymen are confirmed to play the Springloaded Festival at Hall For Cornwall, Truro.»

UK indie labels to expose chart loophole?

News by Mike Diver

Indie labels are apparently threatening to rig the new UK singles chart, which counts downloads on top of store sales from this coming Sunday, to expose how open the new system is to manipulation.»

8139

'Johnny B Goode' Johnnie dies at 80

News by Mike Diver

The 'Johnny' in the Chuck Berry classic 'Johnny B Goode' has died at the age of 80.»

8137

Pictures Paint Words - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Review by Mike Diver

Pictures Paint Words scream with a heart-blasted intensity unmatched by those who are sold specifically as ‘emotional’, weaving wondrous stories with instruments so often used merely to pacify rather than ignite the passion that burns within humans at the height of sensory stimulation.»

Students targeted by the RIAA over illegal filesharing

News by Mike Diver

The RIAA is to issue lawsuits against over 400 file-sharing students in the States...»

Cut & Paste Club: April Edition

In Depth by Mike Diver

Cor, April already. Where does the time fly to so speedily? Next thing you know, those shoots will have turned to leaves and dropped once more for the onslaught of winter. And so the cycle continues… But, before all that weather crap, Cut & Paste continues.»

8131

'Nevermind' preserved for future generations

News by Mike Diver

Nevermind, Nirvana's massive-selling and highly influential second album, is to admitted to the US Library of Congress storage vault.»

3717

The White Stripes rear-ended by the Devil

News by Mike Diver

The White Stripes' new album is to be called Get Behind Me Satan. Insert your own joke...»

8129

The Dillinger Escape Plan at London Camden Underworld, Mon 11 Apr

Review by Mike Diver

...the kid’s voice drowns in a torrent of chugging guitars and f*ck me-fast drums that force the listener into either immediate refuge or come-and-take-me resignation. They may have 'crossed over', but The Dillinger Escape Plan remain absurdly extreme...»

Brandon Flowers: "In England, they don't move at all."

News by Mike Diver

Brandon Flowers, he of The Killers fame, has been speaking to US mag Rolling Stone about audiences here and over there (over there being the US, you understand).»

Kids Near Water, Chariots at London Islington Bar Academy, Sat 09 Apr

Review by Mike Diver

Every once in a while I turn from mild-mannered music fan into a prize loud-mouth penis...»

2592

Come As You Are (but please drive safe)

News by Mike Diver

Aberdeen - that's in Washingston State, by the way - is to honour late resident Kurt Cobain by erecting a sign bearing the words Come As You Are.»

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