Noisy boys and their toys: Chariots tour
BSM's scary hardcore boys Chariots have announced some shows.»
Articles
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atakku - Dark Acts Of Friendship
The last track is entitled ‘I Hope You Like Knives’. Enough said...»
Kimeera - Hail Mother Mary
As influenced by the early 90s grunge explosion as they are by today’s young bucks offering props to the new wave of band members’ childhoods, Sheffield trio Kimeera are a band unsure of their exact sound.»
The Tailors - A New Hairdo
Ripe for picking indeed, and deliciously juicy, this is wonderful, spirit-nourishing stuff.»
Bullet Union - Ruins Domino
Real and utterly sincere, Ruins Domino is a vital shot in the arm of contemporary punk.»
AM Syndicate - Demo
If presentation meant everything, AM Syndicate’s demo would earn them the biggest record deal this world has ever seen.»
The Weird Weeds - Hold Me
The Weird Weeds’ music - lusciously captivating without ever resorting to overblown tendencies - is both as weird as their band name would imply and as gorgeous as anything sold under the current genre-de-jour of ‘free folk’.»
The Distortions - Exploding Teenage Body Part
Sold as a band echoing the work of artists as diverse as My Bloody Valentine, The Verve and, um, The Killers, LA’s The Distortions have a challenge on their hands from the very outset.»
Set Fire To '05 Part IV: PURE REASON REVOLUTION
Setting things on fire is a fine art - it needn’t always involve aggression and fury. Whilst previous Set Fire To ’05 interviewees have explored the rawer side of the rock spectrum, London-based quintet Pure Reason Revolution craft spectral, ambient soundscapes that tip hats to the influences of both Pink Floyd and their pop-prog peers, the sun-kissed harmonies of The Beach Boys and today’s superlative post-rockers.»
Sage Francis postpones European tour
Rapper Sage Francis, whose A Healthy Distrust LP was released earlier this year to rave reviews, has been forced to postpone his European dates, due to begin in April.»
sole at London Spitz, Wed 09 Mar
If Tim Holland passed you, perhaps whilst you were on a flight of stairs making a phone call, you wouldn’t look twice. I know: he did, I didn’t.»
Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
At just over an hour long, At The Soundless Dawn is a sprawling, effortlessly epic work that requires absorption; you can not hope to gain anything from it through skip listening or by playing it whilst washing up, or vacuuming, or reading the Monday jobs section. This needs time, and love, and absolute attention.»
Itch - Well, Well, Well, Three Holes In The Ground
Titles like ‘The Hopeless Romantic’ and ‘In Between The Car Parks And The Stars’ smack sorely of all things emo, but there’s no unnecessary anguish or misplaced angst here.»
Wireless 2005: new festival comes to London
This summer, London's Hyde Park will play host to a brand new music event: Wireless 2005. All the details, as we get them, will be right here...»
Oasis announce details of new single and album
Oasis announce dates for new releases; sudden increase in lager drinking and Lacoste shirt sales 'unrelated'.»
Ludovico - Panic Attack
Where are they going? Without wanting to place too many eggs in a single basket, the sensible money’s got to be on onwards and upwards.»
Raw-T - Where We Live
Coat tails are only so long; striking out alone carries larger risks, but ultimately more rewards.»
Brendan Benson - Spit It Out
Those that haven’t yet experienced Benson’s charms are directed towards the newly active Teenage Fanclub as a point of reference, and advised to chase this down and snap it up.»
iPod users: bowing to fashion or filling to capacity?
So you've got an iPod, or some other fancy plastic slab of newfangled computerised happiness, enabling you to enjoy your entire record collection whilst on the move. Good for you. But, do you really need one? Just how music is actually on that thing, really? Have you been suckered by the ad men and fashion mags? No? Really...?»
US consumers in 'questionable taste' shocker: 50 Cent shifts a million
50 Cent's new album The Massacre might not actually be any good, but that hasn't stopped US rap fans snapping up copies like tinned food at the dawn of the year 2000.»
Thievery Corporation collaborator commits suicide
Longtime Thievery Corporation collaborator Pam Bricker has committed suicide...»
Further ATP additions: John Frusciante, Prefuse 73 and more
More names have been added to April's All Tomorrow's Parties bill.»
Find us in the matinee - DiS presents FREE music for your weekend
The journalistic MIGHT of Drowned in Sound combines with the artistic splendour of Rough Trade records to bring you a delightful afternoon display of live music, sickeningly hot DJs and a host of bewilderingly sexual drinks offers.»
Mogwai - Government Commissions (BBC Sessions 1996-2003)
This is ageless music, and utterly, one hundred per cent essential. Lost marbles can always be found; Mogwai’s trick is to never lose them in the first place.»
Kids Near Water: album number two details
Kids Near Water in 'second album is finished' SHOCKER!»
Bastro - Sing The Troubled Beast / Diablo Guapo
Just for once, let’s forget history – it is, after all, not something that can be accurately assessed in the present. What the present offers us is this: Bastro’s re-issued albums, from a time before Nirvana hoodie-wearing kids bought up all the rights to love punk rock...»
"I ain't sayin' no to a decent rider": Tom Vek tours
Tom Vek takes himself roadwards next month in support of his soon-to-be-released single, 'I Ain't Sayin' My Goodbyes'.»
Set Fire To '05 Part III: TEAM
Set Fire To '05 continues, this time focusing on the immense talents of Midlanders TEAM, whose impossible-to-categorise music - let's just call it ROCK, shall we? - amounts to some kind of sonic nirvana...»
Backstreet's back? Alright!
Boyband daddies the Backstreet Boys are to return to charts worldwide in June this year with a new album, their first for five years.»
Bullet Union, The Explosion at London Camden Underworld, Mon 28 Feb
...whilst the Bostonians provide more in the way of visual thrills, their music is no more than Sunday league punk when compared to Bullet Union’s upper tier league leaders.»