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Right now, there’s nobody else in the office. For all you know, I could be writing this week’s rundown of the movers, shakers, tinkers and tailors in the UK albums and singles charts in the nuddy. Or, at least, with my shoes off: they do rub so terribly...»
The Converge cult isn’t so underground anymore: the two years since the release of the four-piece’s Epitaph debut You Fail Me have seen audience sizes increase, the band’s faces decorating the insides of many more music magazines (including those beyond exclusively metal/hardcore circles), and their name emblazoned across the chests of fresh-faced children alongside the typical black-shirted, heavily-tattooed type o’ fan...»
Mr Britney Spears, Kevin Federline (aka K-Fed), is to tread a few boards without backing his steps up with tragic rhymes of his own for once: he's to star in a hip-hop musical, Caught On Tape...»
London-based punks with silly names The Horrors have been busy at work on their debut album alongside Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner, who says he'd like to "reward each of them upon completion of their final takes with a pint of virgin blood". »
Razorlight singer Johnny Borrell has denied rumours that his band are on the verge of splitting...»
As an aside to our continuing countdown of DiS’s favourite 66 albums of the past six years – i.e. the records that have moulded and inspired DiS over its six-year lifetime; we’re six this month, you know – here we present to you a collection of top sixes from the collection of wonderful individuals we like to call The Team...»
Aussie trio The Grates are to play a headline show at London's King's College on October 25. That's next week, and you can go as their official photo person man lady...»
You know, when we book bands, we book them so you can enjoy them as much as we do. And we really enjoy these bands, the ones mentioned below. So come out and see them, yeah? Cool. Ta...»
Girls Aloud - they are not unattractive - reckon Pete Doherty's a bit rubbish. While they're not alone in thinking this, they are sort of famous, which is why The Times reported their slurs...»
Yoko Ono, yeah: she's not actually mental. If she was, she probably wouldn't have noticed all the money the EMI Group Plc owe her in royalties from her late fella's record sales. You remember, that guy that Ian Hart played in Backbeat... I forget his name...»
Sonic Youth - they're old but still rock, which is like totally crazy! - are to release an album of rare bits 'n' pieces on December 11...»
Top-of-the-chart pop-rockers My Chemical Romance - less emo, more Queen-mo - have made their new long-player available to hear online, prior to its release...»
They Don't Sleep are a London-based four-piece whose exquisite take on the post-rock formula – packing more twinkles and sparkles into their songs than many other slow-burning rockers – grabbed DiS’s attention with a self-titled demo EP. They play the DiScover Club - a FREE show - this Saturday (October 21)...»
It’s slightly surprising that The Information proves itself to be a genuinely intriguing album of multi-genre exploration; it just might be the closest Beck’s come to replicating, without resorting to pastiche at all, the genius of Odelay...»
The frankly legendary Nick Cave - I played The Boatman's Call on the way into work, y'know - is to headline April's All Tomorrow's Parties festival... »
Acclaimed indie-rock label 5RC, the rather more avant-garde wing of Kill Rock Stars, is to cease operations...»
Michael Jackson - pictured in better days, as we're a sympathetic lot - has started work on new material...»
The Raconteurs are to play a free acoustic set at the Oxford Circus HMV on October 26...»
Researchers in the US have concluded that listening to loud music for prolonged periods of time will lead to hearing loss. Well shit in my open palm and force-feed me blue M&Ms, I did not know that...»
Keane singer Tom Chaplin has been speaking to Radio 1 about his recent spell in The Priory, where he battled to overcome his drink and drug addictions...»
Manchester indie-rockers Oasis will scoop the award for Outstanding Contribution To Music at next year's Brit Awards...»
A totally DIY release of superb quality, Electric Old Wire Noise is a must-have release for those who treasure their Constellation and Kranky collections above the releases of all other labels...»
Pagan Wanderer Lu is to release a new EP, The Independent Scrutineer, on November 27 through Brainlove Records...»
Jairus are a Kentish five-piece whose relatively low profile hasn’t prevented them trekking to many a corner of the world – the band, together since 2001, have crammed into a van long enough to see the sights of Eastern Europe, have visited Scandinavia, and have even ventured as far as Japan. That picture to the right was taken in Tokyo, no less...»
A collection of Syd Barrett's final possessions is to be auctioned off in Cambridge next month...»
I could listen to Damien Jurado forever, until the sky does come crashing and the seas rise and wash us all away. I probably will – they’ll find me, sodden on a rock with a copy of this record in my back pocket, silent headphones still plugged into my ears. I wholeheartedly recommend that you seek this album out and allow it to connect with you as it has, so very effortlessly, with me. It is, in a word, magnificent...»
Yeah! Like it says! Win stuff! And read about cancelled stuff! Wicked! New Rave is awesome! And so over next year! Maybe...»
Californian hip-hop outfit Subtle, right: you've heard of them? Good, good. Like 'em? You should: we gave their last long-player, For Hero: For Fool (out this week on Lex), ten-outta-ten. We don't do that all that often, y'know...»
Don't like McFly? Fair enough, nor do I. Count your lucky, lucky stars that they didn't make our 66 albums of the last six years. They very nearly did...»
The four-piece have announced that their new album, Wincing The Night Away, will be preceded by a single. 'Phantom Limb' is available for download from November 13, with its physical release following a week later...»
