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Sad news reached the DiSopolis: Collapse, one of London's finest straight-up no-bullshit no-haircuts punk bands, have called it quits...»
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House Of Brothers - House Of Brothers EP
Do yourself a favour and discover this delightful new talent before the wider world wakes up to his/their sweet harmonies. If you ask nicely, maybe House Of Brothers will even sell you a CD. Whatever the asking price, it’ll be a worthwhile investment...»
Ladyfinger (ne) - Heavy Hands
Heavy Hands is another hit for Saddle Creek, but unlike much of the label’s prior output it’s tough to put a finger on why the long-player’s so enjoyable. It jerks and twists and bludgeons, but never in a way that’s never been heard before. The conclusion: familiarity need not always breed contempt...»
4AD to hold its first-ever SXSW showcase
4AD will hold its first-ever South By Southwest showcase this year...»
WIN! Tickets to Dartz! in London
We like Dartz!, true story. And we want you to like them, too. So, we've got a right little treat of five of you reader types...»
Blame it on the Middleman? What, your cheap CD prices? Ex-Arab Strap man plays Fopps...
Former Arab Strap Scotsman Malcolm Middleton - he will make it up to you with lots of steak McCoys - is to play a lot of Fopp stores in February and March...»
Cub Scoutin' all the way to XL
Popular with t'kids electro-emo sorts I Was A Cub Scout have sealed a long term record deal with Abeano Records, part of the XL hegemony...»
Laura Veirs announces new album
Acclaimed lady of music Laura Veirs - that's her, there - is to release her sixth album, Saltbreakers, next month via Nonesuch...»
500-plus bands now set to play SXSW
Over 500 bands are now confirmed to play South By Southwest this March, although the powers that be at the music industry shindig are yet to release an official list of acts performing...»
Duke Special: free mini-album and tour news
Irish songwriter sort Duke Special is on tour here right now, and sorta by way of celebration he's offering fans a free downloadable mini-album...»
April tour for Kings Of Leon
Popular rock siblings - yeah, one of them is a cousin - Kings Of Leon are to tour the UK in April...»
Kaiser Chief in "music is average" shocker!
Nick Hodgson, drummer with popular northern poppers Kaiser Chiefs, has revealed that the contemporary music scene, which his own band is a part of, is "average" and many of its bands "shit"...»
The Kissaway Trail at London 93 Feet East, Tue 06 Feb
Don’t expect The Kissaway Trail to hide their faces away from onlookers for too long, as their mix of twinkling post-rock-isms and heartstring-tugging melancholy is sure to propel them into the public eye...»
Lady Sovereign - Public Warning
Louise Harman – for that is the name sewn into Sov’s P.E. shorts – demonstrates throughout this 13-track collection that she’s a totally capable MC, and many a thumbs-up above the cartoon rapper some have her boxed as...»
Feist announces details of new album
Feist - her mum calls her Leslie, probably - is to release the follow-up to Let It Die in April...»
A Month In Records: January 2007
January was cold. But for a few days it wasn’t, and we all feared London would flood when the rising sea level overpowered the wonder of modern technology that is the Thames Barrier. Then it got colder, still, and we remembered that The Netherlands will drown way before us. But all this talk of evolving into a race of webbed-limbed freaks is totally off the subject at hand, which is January’s finest long-play releases...»
Brian May in DiS-hating shocker!
Queen's guitarist, silly-haired old man Brian May, has criticised ace-o-rama DiS scribe Mr Gareth Dobson on his website...»
WIN! Stuff and tickets to see NEW bands, bands that are GOOD
Jazz-tinged post-rockers of super skills These Monsters - pictured - head out on tour with the also-ace Paul Marshall and Dutch quintet We Vs Death later this month, and DiS has some neat-o prizes to give away in celebration of this union of music-purveying men...»
Battles reveal new album details
The NYC four-piece have announced details of their debut album, the follow-up to the album-of-sorts EP C/B EP, which was released on two discs by Warp last year...»
DiScover Club update: many a (free gig!) date for your diary
Did you attend the first DiScover Club of the year, at London's Notting Hill Arts Club on January 13? If not, why not?! It was ace: we had Loney, Dear, former Eastern Lane man Derek Meins and the well-special House Of Brothers. And it was free. And it was rammed, and fun, and great. Frankly, you'd be very silly to miss any of these upcoming shows...»
Channel 4 to broadcast Idlewild documentary
Channel 4 is to broadcast a documentary on returning Scottish rockers Idlewild later this month...»
Tesco to cease singles sales
Leading supermarket Tesco is to stop selling CD singles in its stores...»
Poison The Well: new album, UK tour
Florida-based hardcore crew Poison The Well are to tour the UK in March, showcasing material from their forthcoming Versions album...»
Arctic Monkeys confirm second LP release date and tracklisting
Sheffield's most indie-poppin' of kids Arctic Monkeys - they must've done their mocks by now - have confirmed a handful of details about their much-anticipated second album...»
Arcade Fire in London: opinions two and three on the Canadians' capital city shows...
Arcade Fire are, officially, A Big Deal. DiS recognises this, so sent three of its finest pen-pushing purveyors of purple prose out into the London crowds to grab tickets to some of the Canadian collective’s super-sold-out shows at the city’s St John’s Church and Porchester Hall. These are opinions two and three, courtesy of Rob Webb and Will Dean; read Chris Alcxxk's first review here...»
Chart round-up: you do it to yourself, The Public, and that's why it really hurts...
He’s still there, the wicked little leprechaun of less-than-pretty pop poop: Mika, still mispronouncing ‘Kelly’ at the top of the UK singles chart. Really, The Public: what the flippin’ feck are you doing to yourselves...»
DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news
We remembered! Amazing. And we've not even been drinking. Yet...»
RATM's Morello says reformation was political
Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello - we've not yet forgiven him for Audioslave - has revealed his reasons behind the '90s rap-rockers reformation...»
Satan said discuss: DiS meets CYHSY's Alec Ounsworth
Leonard Cohen-filled headphones around his neck, Alec Ounsworth settles at a table with only DiS for company; in the background, a speaker pumps Heart or Magic M.O.R. into the bar area of London’s Columbia Hotel. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's singer is far from animated, but he's perfectly in control nonetheless, and in more than one sense...»
Gn'R line up first-ever African shows
The band both formerly and currently known as Guns N' Roses are to visit Africa for the first time ever later this year. To play some rock shows, you understand...»