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The most interesting aspect of this song though is, bizarrely, a barefaced nod to prog-rock dinosaurs Genesis: “I can’t dance, and I can’t sing,” slurs Harman towards the track’s finale, directly referencing the Phil Collins-fronted group’s ‘I Can’t Dance’ single of 1992. Mental...»
Renowned Jedi Ewan McGregor – he used to get his wang out all the bloody time, putting me right off my popcorn – is apparently a frontrunner to play dead grunge man Kurt Cobain in the previously reported (here) film about the dead grunge man’s short life...»
Interestingly, and in keeping with the Unplugged series' past, the band have chosen a few covers for their album, due out on February 19. The most frightening? Radiohead's 'Creep'...»
Pelican = great. These Arms Are Snakes = great, also. The two touring, together = nurse, we need a sponge down...»
Jarvis Cocker - you know him, but not personally, like a friend, or anything - has told Radio Five Live - you know it, 'cause it covers the football, even when it's on BBC 1, and then you watch it but with the radio commentary, 'cause that's better than Motty - that he quite fancies writing a song for the Eurovision Song Contest...»
There’s every chance in the known world that you’re yet to let Riddle Of Steel’s invention-strewn post-hardcore wriggle its awkward way into your ears: the St. Louis-based trio don’t have the most enormous of profiles, and they’re unlikely to be heralded as leaders in any given field of temporary fashion. Music of substance and soul rarely enjoys the exposure it deserves...»
The first few confirmed acts for this year's Primavera Sound festival have been announced...»
Last night - well, afternoon really - DiS tubed it all the way to Hammersmith for the launch do for 2007's Brit Awards. The two-hour recorded-for-telly show - which went out 'live' on ITV2 last night - was presented by Fearne Cotton and featured live performances from The Fratellis, James Morrison, Lemar and The Feeling. And some free wine. Which was bad. But we still had several glasses...»
‘I Luv U’ is, almost certainly, the worst song of 2007. And it’s a ballad. And it’s January. Nothing will ‘top’ this in the next twelve months...»
Icelandic men Sigur Rós are working on their sixth long-player, the follow-up to the Planet Earth-scoring Takk...»
The Rakes have announced that their new album, Ten New Messages, will be released via V2 on March 19...»
Former Pulp front man Jarvis Cocker is asking fans to help pick support acts for his forthcoming European tour. In a MySpace blog - click here if you like - Jarvis writes: "I need your help regarding these upcoming shows - I'd like to get interes»
Leeds quartet ¡Forward Russia! have announced that they will release a limited-edition single next month, the first new material since their Give Me A Wall LP of last year...»
Celebrity daughter Kelly Osbourne has said that the stalling of her music career can be attributed to the fact that her father is Ozzy Osbourne...»
Guitar-mangling guitar-mangler Kevin Shields - yeah, he makes the mangle noises, outta his guitar - has told Magnet that he sees life in his old band My Bloody Valentine yet, despite the fact that that band have released nowt since 1991's Loveless...»
Today, nothing is sure in the world of the singles chart. No longer will the winner of Reality Show X be guaranteed a number one with just three days’ sales behind ‘em, not now that some old song from 1845, or some other year before mp3s, can theoretically prevent Mickey Bland Eyes from claiming the top spot. Oh no sir: it’s all change at the top this year...»
Frank Iero, guitarist with super-huge emo sorts My Chemical Romance, has quit the band's Japanese tour...»
Sup. Sometimes, right, it's good to keep your enemies close. Not that Playlouder - dot com - are our enemies. We just like hugging them...»
London quartet Larrikin Love release a new single, 'Well, Love Does Furnish A Life', through Infectious on January 22...»
Now it’s former Million Dead singer Frank Turner’s turn to prove to a cynical listening public that he, too, can adopt a softer vocal tone and strum an acoustic with all the passion evident in his old band’s blistering live performances...»
Just to remind our many, many loyal readers: DrownedinSound.com - it's so good you're reading it right now - is nominated in the category of Music Website Of The Year at the annual PLUG Awards...»
Regulars at DiS’s DiScover Clubs should know all about Collapse: we put the punk-rocking trio on at Notting Hill Arts Club back in June with Meet Me In St Louis, Applicants and The Boss. If our misted-over memory serves us right, it was good. They might’ve screamed a bit. It’s what they do...»
There they are, peering out from the magazine rack, the saviours of rock and roll, 2007 edition. But despite all the hype surrounding the imminent release of their debut album Hats Off To The Buskers – this single is the third to precede it – what, exactly, do The View bring to the table that’s so excitingly now that magazines the country over are scrambling to feature them? Well, nothing actually...»
One of DiS's tips for the coming year, Blood Red Shoes, have announced their next single...»
Hot Gossip are an Italian trio whose angular – are we still allowed to use that adjective in relation to guitar music? – post-punk, replete with dance-friendly beats aplenty, has had the DiS office shaking some lately...»
The London trio are already thinking beyond the release of Myths Of The Near Future, though (it's out on January 29): they want 100 young girls to appear in their next video...»
Remember when emo was Jimmy Eat World rather than Fall Out Boy? Beautiful days, weren't they? Salt sweat, sugar on the asphalt, et cetera: much better than dance dance-ing...»
Brighton's Brakes are doing the touring thing pretty ruddy soon. What's more, they've a new single hitting the shelves in the not-too-distant future...»
We do so very much like Howling Bells, and not just because they're pretty! We're fans of their indie-goth-isms, and it seems you are, too, as they keep on playing here...»
Nick Cave plus Warren Ellis, and two other guys that look like they’d rather stab you than smile politely when they meet your stare: you fuckin’ know Grinderman are gonna be the shit...»
