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Mike_Diver has written the following articles:
The Blood Brothers - Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck
Full sensory overload! Powerlines running from crown to toe tips are burnt black by the buzz of amateur surgeons’ mechanical toys, the cackles echoing long after the carnage has subsided. Fluids splatter and brains bubble; the doctors are in and there is Blood on their hands.»
Set Fire To '05 Part V: BULLET UNION
Set Fire To ‘05’s been a little quiet of late, but f*ck a duck are we ever back with a bang the size of an extinction level event. Plug your ears and get down to this party, pal...»
Karen O gets Squeak E Clean
Karen O has recorded a solo track, 'Squeak E Clean', which is available to download from iTunes next week.»
High On Fire at London Highbury Garage, Wed 06 Apr
There are but three men on stage - I know, evolution has progressed far enough for humans to grasp the concept of numeracy - but the noise contained within these four appropriately blackened walls is comparable to that made by a thousand gunmen, each trading their Winchesters up for shoulder-mounted rocket launchers.»
Soeza - Why Do You Do?
Soeza's second album, their first for Gringo, is utterly loveable. It's a real gem that'll continue to sparkle well after its purchase.»
Genuine tour: DJ Format and Little Barrie hit the road
Genuine Records artists DJ Format and Little Barrie hit the road this month and don't hop off again 'til early May.»
Neil Young out of hospital following brain surgery
Neil Young has left hospital following his brain aneursym last week.»
Ex-Blinkers Travis and Mark present Plus 44
Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 have announced that their new project is called Plus 44.»
The Paddingtons - Panic Attack
Coming on like the snot-punk younger siblings of The Libertines – tunes intact but attitude amplified – The Paddingtons are quite possibly the weekly rags’ wet dreams made real.»
Ticket stress just part of the Glasto process, again
BBC News has received numerous complaints regarding the sale of Glastonbury tickets this year...»
Rolling stones gather no Moss; a Babyshambles does...
Rumours rumours rumours... the backbone of all good tabloid rags and the source of much mirth at DiS towers...»
Damon & Naomi - The Earth Is Blue
Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang’s latest long-play release is their first for five years. The quality remains high.»
Big Boss Man - Winner
Name ring no bells? To summarise: this trio have provided music for use in a BAFTA-winning film and remixed Paul Weller in their time.»
Four Tet: up all night, twice!
Four Tet is to headline a brace of London shows this June in support of forthcoming album Everything Ecstatic.»
Bilge Pump, The Edmund Fitzgerald - Noisestar Sessions 5 & 6
Two band, two sides, one record of deliciously distorted off-kilter rock and roll.»
Angels Of Light - The Angels Of Light Sing “Other People”
...Sing “Other People” is a record rich in honesty, in true human emotions and wishes and woes. It is utterly engaging, totally absorbing and, well, absolutely essential. Just buy it, love it and bow to its reciprocated beauty.»
Courtney to play porn legend
Courtney Love is to star as legendary porn star Linda Lovelace in an upcoming biopic.»
Botch - We Are The Romans
We Are The Romans is but six years old, and if current trends are anything to go by, that means that in, say, another four years this style of music will rightly achieve widespread acclaim. The fashion-core has-beens will be washed up, their wares exposed for the hollow shells that they truly are, and a new wave of bands will emerge...»
Dead Meadow - Feathers
Come 2005’s end, Feathers just might be hailed as a relatively unsung classic of its kind.»
N*E*R*D: not really dead
N*E*R*D have not broken up.»
Towers headed for their namesake? Not quite...
The Rev and Snell, of rock outfit Towers Of London, have been arrested and charged with common assault.»
Tom Vek - We Have Sound
When Vek masters his true musical love then we’ll be looking at a real talent. This debut however offers only glimpses of potential rather than bona fide finished articles.»
The Explosion - Black Tape
That The Explosion’s time has come now seems almost unfortunate - the Bostonians were crafting catchy pop-punk gems years ago to minimal critical acclaim or commercial success, but in the wake of the Good Charlottes of this world their crossover album sounds cliché-riddled and devoid of any real substance.»
65daysofstatic - Hole
65dos don’t do odds and sods per se, offering instead immense value for minimal dollar. The brutal second track, ‘Wrong Side Of The Tracks’, is worth the asking price alone.»
McRap: burger chain offers bonuses to Mac-munching rappers
Apparently, McDonald's is to pay up-and-coming rappers to mention Big Macs in their rhymes.»
DJ Format - If You Can't Join 'Em... Beat 'Em
Picture the scene: late afternoon sun, barbecue on the go, DJ Format on the boombox. Pretty sweet, eh?»
YMSS single release party: you really Ores to go...
DiS's favourite band with 'Strategies' in their name, Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies, play a launch party gig in honour of their new, rather splendid single 'Ores'.»
Edwyn Collins on road to recovery
Edwyn Collins is now out of immediate danger following his cerebral brain haemorrhage.»
Beverly Hills Frog: ringtone spawns single
The Crazy Frog ringtone has been something of a phenomenon amongst free-spending teenagers and 'whacky' elders alike, and now the irritating amphibian is crossing over into the music industry.»