Lightspeed Championing: tour in October
Him that used to be in another band but is now in a new one called Lightspeed Champion - pictured - tours in October. Perhaps you might want to attend a show? Here's what you've got to choose from...»
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Angels Of Light announce autumn dates
Michael Gira-fronted folk collective Angels Of Light - sometimes featuring members of Akron/Family - have announced a series of October UK shows in suuport of their new album, We Are Him...»
Simian Mobile DiScussion: 3,000 spoons and some vintage synths
James Ellis Ford and James ‘Jas’ Anthony Shaw, better known to clubbers and indie kids alike as Simian Mobile Disco, are beating DiS and their PR at two-on-two pool in the back of an east London boozer. “Is this going to be one of those games where we spend 20 minutes chasing the black around the table?” Ten seconds later it’s Game Over as SMD sink the winning shot and we settle to talk Attack Decay Sustain Release...»
Drowned in Noise: DiS announces London show of most-voluminous amplification
On September 28 - a Friday night, no less - DiS will again be taking over The Fly on New Oxford Street, London, for a night of loud music. Good loud music. Hurray? Hurray...»
The Young Knives announce November tour
Oxford-based indie-pop trio The Young Knives - whose debut album of last year, Voices Of Animals And Men, is up for this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize - are to tour in November...»
Jack Peñate to play Truck benefit, tonight...
Top ten-coasting singer-songwriter sort Jack Peñate is to play tonight's Truck Festival benefit show, at London's Hoxton Bar & Grill...»
Sex Pistols prepare October special editions
The 30th anniversary of the Sex Pistols' Never Mind The Bollocks... album is to be marked by the release of a special vinyl edition of the LP, featuring a bonus 7" of 'Submission'...»
WIN! Great gig tickets: Foals, of Montreal, Architecture In Helsinki...
It's Friday! Hurray! And what better way is there to celebrate the start of the weekend than giving away some Really Good Actually gig tickets? There isn't one. Except drinking, lots, obviously...»
Youthmovies: tour dates confirmed and two September releases scheduled
Oxford-based five-piece proggers Youthmovies - thankfully not under too many inches of water to measure right now - have planned two releases for September, and a tour for the very same month...»
DiScover: Vessels
Leeds-based four-piece Vessels are a tough outfit to accurately categorise using conventional and accepted critical pigeonholes. Post-rock might stick, given enough glue, but there's more to this band than most slow-core acts can offer. DiS catches up with them ahead of their DiScover Club set on July 28... »
DiScover: Herra Hidro
Herra Hidro are a Leicester-based trio mixing the tuneful indie-pop melodies of current chart-botherers like The Cribs and The Maccabees with angular post-punk akin to the steely assault of Shellac. Ahead of their set at this month's July DiScover Club, DiS catches up with the band to talk about their formation, their current single and the future...»
Cats x3 on tour: September dates with Siegfried Sassoon and TTNG confirmed
Really quite smashing post-rock whippersnappers Cats And Cats And Cats are heading out for a jaunt that can only be described as a tour in September...»
Fionn Regan announces October dates
Mercury-nominated indie-folkster Fionn Regan is touring in October. Yes, he is! You should go, probably...»
ATP announces Halloween party: Liars, Deerhoof and more confirmed...
All Tomorrow's Parties have announced details of their first-ever Release The Bats Halloween bash, to be held at London's Kentish Town Forum on November 2...»
Tricky and Chris Blackwell launch Brown Punk
Trip-hopper Tricky (pictured) has joined forces with former Island Records fellow Chris Blackwell to launch a new label, Brown Punk...»
Asobi Seksu: second album out next month
Dreampop four-piece Asobi Seksu are to release their second album, Citrus, via One Little Indian on August 13...»
Chow Chow EP: still scheduled for release
London-based electro-indie-poppers Chow Chow have assured fans that they are still going to release their EP/mini-album, Colours & Lines, next month...»
Franz Ferdinand announce Scottish dates
North o' the border indie types Franz Ferdinand - apparently they're quite The Popular - are to play a series of Scottish dates in September. Low-key is a term you might want to apply to said dates...»
Special weekend offer: DIY Festival for a fiver
Anyone wanting to extend their Saturday fun after DiS's once-monthly DiScover Club this weekend now can for a fraction of the original cost, as we're offering attendees at the Notting Hill Arts Club show - featuring Lovvers, Vessels and Herra Hidro - the opportunity to attend A Badge Of Friendship's second DIY Summer Festival for just a fiver...»
Manatees - Tour EP: We Are Going To Track Down And Kill Vintage Claytahh, The Beard Burning Bastard
I don’t expect you to go out of your way to find this (your mind, maybe), and even if you tried you’d probably fail. It’s one of those rarities, a limited-edition offering that really is limited...»
Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
Try though I have to learn to love it, something about the already-acclaimed-elsewhere Asa Breed, the second album from Detroit-based artist Matthew Dear, just doesn’t click with me...»
The Enemy to headline autumn NME tour
The Enemy are set to headline this year's improbably-titled O2 Presents NME Rock N Roll Riot Tour this autumn.»
Lovvers: "We play loud, hard and fast, and that’s it"
No frills, just thrills. Spills? You bring your pint to the front of the crowd at your own risk. Nottingham four-piece Lovvers are a firecracker of a band – on stage they erupt, splintering with all limbs flailing, catharsis via controlled chaos. It’s easy to be frightened, but let these demons infect your senses of an evening and you’ll experience one of the rides of your life. Punk rock should always be like this...»
The Twilight Sad: bright horizons follow fifteen winters
Scottish four-piece The Twilight Sad are responsible for one of 2007’s best debut albums, Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters. DiS caught up with the band's Andy MacFarlane to talk audiences stateside, the critical reaction to their output to date, and why the aim of the game is to deafen all onlookers...»
This weekend: two DiS shows in London!
Yeah, it’s Monday, but you’re already fast-forwarding to the coming weekend, right? I know I am. With me? Then let’s roll...»
Ryan Adams: November dates and guests at ATP show
Ryan Adams has announced a number of UK dates for the winter...»
The Twilight Sad - And She Would Darken The Memory
With comparisons dragging toes somewhere between Idlewild at their most epic and Arab Strap at their most introspective, The Twilight Sad’s on-paper reputation is solid enough. But songs like ‘And She Would Darken The Memory’ need to be heard – to be felt – rather than digested through a page...»
Six By Seven: new LP available, live dates confirmed
Six By Seven's comeback is picking up steam, as the Nottingham rockers' new album - If Symptoms Persist, Kill Your Doctor - has just been made available to buy through their online store...»
Okkervil River confirm DiS tour dates
Will Sheff-fronted alt-country rock collective Okkervil River have confirmed a series of DiS-sponsored UK tour dates...»
December doom: Sunn O))) and Boris to deliver Altar in full...
Sunn O))) and Boris (pictured) are to come together, courtesy of Mammoth and ATP, and deliver their epic Altar LP from start to finish at London's Kentish Town Forum...»