New New York Dolls due next month
A live New York Dolls record hits the shelves next month...»
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The Hunches - Hobo Sunrise
A quiet riot this ain't: The Hunches won't go quietly into the night, leaving nothing but indifference in their wake.»
Prodigy album remixed online
Not happy with 'Always Outnumbered...'? Why not download a totally different version of the Prodigy's new record right now?»
Comets On Fire - Blue Cathedral
Pretentious nu-prog or mind-bending psychedelic ear candy? Or both!? Heck, Comets On Fire don't think about what they're playing, they just play it, maaan. And they play GOOD.»
Trencher, Deerhoof at London ICA, Wed 18 Aug
The two kids in front of me, decked out in their Avril LaMinge-approved skater gear, look as if they're going to cry.»
Greenland - The Prisons Of Language
I'm not going to pull the wool over your eyes here - you've heard this all before.»
Paint The Town Red - Pt 2: Home Is Where The Hate Is
On paper, PTTR are nothing, just another European hardcore crew with a couple of major tour support feathers in their collective cap, but once 'Home Is Where The Hate Is' hits the stereo, they prove to be something else entirely...»
Various - SR50
London club night's first foray into the world of records...»
Carl Barat: Libertines WILL split if Pete stays away
DISCLAIMER! Red-Top readers will already know this...»
Hey Colossus need YOU
Hey Colossus have bought their own PA. All they need now is for YOU to ask them to play... anywhere!»
Cove to rock Rough Trade
Tunbridge Wells' noisiest boys rock out at Rough Trade tomorrow...»
Slither me timbers! Hot Snakes are touring!
Swami's Hot Snakes hit the UK in October.»
30 years of Reading - new exhibition opens
The Museum Of Reading's new exhibition - 'Music, Mud and Mayhem - 30 Years Of The Reading Festival' - opens today.»
"I like the randomness of sound.”
Nottingham is famous for few things, but with a blossoming alternative music scene, recently thrust into the mainstream thanks to Seachange's whopping debut album, DiS turns its attention to Designer Babies, a band that might just be as bonkers as their music suggests...»
Helen Stickler - Stoked - The Rise And Fall Of Gator
I don’t skate. I can’t, frankly – put me on one of those four-wheeled planks and I’ll hit the dirt quicker than OAPs apply denture adhesive at a rock cake bake-off. 80s pro Mark ‘Gator’ Rogowski certainly could though. Until he went bad...»
Babyshambles to tour. Really.
Babyshambles (oh, you know) have announced a rather sizeable tour. Suppose that allows for a decent number of last-minute cancellations.»
Snoop shopped to the cops
Snoop Dogg has been dropped in the doghouse by one Patricia Ann Richardson, who's served him with a phat $1m lawsuit.»
Borland rejoins the Bizkit
Limp Bizkit have fired guitarist Mike Smith and welcomed back former member Wes Borland.»
Death Cab For Cutie - The Sound Of Settling
With a Blink 182 tour support slot in the bag, what better a time is there for DCFC to go all pop-punk on us and release a single that's the aural equivalent of a 15-year-old baggy panted skate kid?»
Old Man Gloom - Christmas
...maximum volume and raging metal is balanced skilfully with drone and ambience to create a record that is so much more than the mere sum of its considerably talented parts...»
Das Oath - Das Oath
Maybe Das Oath should just change their name to Punk F*CKING Rock, since they OWN the genre - brutal, crazy fast punk rock doesn't get any better than this.»
Black Eyed Peas lose instruments in studio blaze
The Black Eyed Peas have suffered a setback in the recording of their new record. Oh well...»
Strike Anywhere guitarist "truly irresistible"
Strike Anywhere's guitarist Matt is one handsome fella...»
Goings On Across The Pond - Republicans ban music and Missy encourages voting
They're bonkers over there in the US - if it's not Republicans telling kids not to listen to rap, it's rappers telling kids to get out and vote. Which is kinda odd...»
!!! Tour in October
!!! tour...»
Bucket, spade and rock n roll: Reuben tour beside the seaside
Reuben are to tour seaside resorts...»
Pixies: new album due in 2005
Pixies will release a new album. Really. No, really.»
Bono: "I'm rubbish, me."
Bono writes rubbish lyrics. Apparently.»
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine, Hayseed Dixie - Bad Cover Versions
Take two cover albums into the shower? What a dumb thing to do - they won't play in there, y'know...»
Meat Puppet Jailed
The former bassist of US outfit the Meat Puppets has been jailed for 21 months following an attack on a security guard.»