Aerosmith's Steven Tyler had Hepatitis C
Veteran rocker Steven Tyler, frontman of Aerosmith, has revealed in a US television interview that he had Hepatitis C for a good few years...»
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Plan B makes other plans, presumably: rapper postpones tour
Guitar-strumming rapper Plan B has postponed his upcoming tour - ue to kick off two days from now - for no reason whatsoever...»
DiS associate pens first-ever Trivium biography
The world's firest-ever biography of Trivium is out now. The Mark Of Perseverance, which follows the band from their earliest days through to their current superstardom, was penned by a DiS contributor, Joe Shooman...»
Dead Sea Fuckin' Scrolls: new split seven-inch, live dates...
The four men of Hampshire-based grindcore outfit Dead Sea Fuckin' Scrolls have finished their split seven-inch with Hangover Heartattack. So, if you're in the mood for some "intense and obnoxious southcoast grind violence", get some...»
Deftones announce London show
Disrespect their alleged 'nu-metal peers' all you like, but disrespect Deftones and I will fight you...»
See the Bonnie 'Prince' live in London
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy has announced a pair of London shows for the new year...»
The Monroe Transfer: new album released, two London dates...
Six-piece orchestral something-core (we're sure... probably) outfit The Monroe Transfer are playing two London shows before the year's out - tomorrow and in November - and have also made their first album available to purchase...»
Gnarls Barkley pair working on second record
Pop-hip-hoppin' pair Gnarls Barkley - aka Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse - are already working on the follow-up to this year's debut, St Elsewhere...»
WIN! Like, LOADS of Trojan Records, um, records...
By way of celebrating the recent release of Pama International's The Trojan Sessions album - the group's fourth in all - DiS has got a shed-load of the label's finest compact discs to give away...»
The Mockingbird Nightmare prep three-way split, plus live dates...
Kent-based post-rockers of no little epicness The Mockingbird Nightmare are beavering away at putting the finishing touches to a three-way split EP, due soon on Engineer Records...»
Mt. make songs available for streaming ahead of debut album...
Post-rockers Mt., formed from the ashes of acclaimed outfit ctrlaltdelete and previous touring buddies of the excellent Up-C Down-C, have made a selection of songs from their forthcoming debut album available to stream...»
With the lights out, it really is less dangerous: Nirvana (and more) get lullabye-d...
Some crazy parents (they've got to be parents... and crazy... right?) have made lullabye albums of established rock artists' material available... so that you can send your child off to the Land of Nod with tunes by Tool and Metallica bouncing about their ickle brains...»
Unreleased Buckley material to feature in motion picture
Previously unheard Jeff Buckley material is expected to feature in the upcoming bio-pic on the late singer, according to his mother Mary Guibert...»
Label wars: Matador mock Victory's tactics...
A joke memo sent at Matador Records - for internal use only, apparently - mocking the tactics employed by Victory Records to achieve greater sales has found its way to indie label's website blog...»
De Rosa support Arab Strap, announce John Peel Day show...
Scottish rockers De Rosa, whose debut album Mend was released through Gargleblast/Chemikal Underground earlier this year, are to support Arab Strap on the pair's farewell tour...»
Mystery Jets announce acoustic tour
Mystery Jets are to play a fourteen-date acoustic tour later this year, and will release an acoustic EP around the same time...»
DJ Shadow invites fans to make him a music video
San Francisco hip-hopper DJ Shadow - whose third studio record proper, The Outsider, charted at 24 this week - has invited his fans to submit a video for his next single...»
Frank Turner needs Scottish shows!
Frank Turner - former Million Dead frontman turned politicised folkster - is visiting Scotland in November and could really do with a few promoters north of the border getting in touch...»
Meet Me In St Louis appeal for recording funds...
Plucky indie-rockers of maximum riff intelligence Meet Me In St Louis are after a few pennies and a lot of pounds in order to record their debut album, due to be released via Big Scary Monsters...»
Cortney Tidwell to open for Ed Harcourt
Nashville-based singer Cortney Tidwell is to support Ed Harcourt on his October UK tour...»
Lords announce Irish tour, and additional UK dates
Gringo-signed masters of all things punkin' blues Lords are to escape the midlands for a few days next month to play some dates in a place we at DiS are calling 'Ireland'. It's a bit like England, but prettier and with better pubs and nicer neighbours...»
Guy Chambers + Pete BB = "techno thrash", apparently
Big Brother winner Pete Bennet is working with former Robbie Williams collaborator Guy Chambers as he attempts to forge a pop career for himself...»
The Others return with Inward Parts
Be still my beating heart... The Others are to return to shops and stuff next month with a new album and a new single...»
Nina Nastasia: multiplication tables and On Leaving ambiguity
Nina’s open and frank: she hates doing interviews. “I don’t know if I’m really cut out for this,” she mumbles, an apologetic smile flashing between lips and beer, “and it doesn’t seem to get any better. I’m a pretty shy person, so this is an awkward experience...”»
Promiscuous girl, you've given me CRABS: DiS chart round-up
On the new entry front, Lil’ Chris makes nineteen with ‘Checkin’ It Out’. Clearly, despite all the time he spent outside of English class making not-so-sweet music with Gene Simmons, the cap-sporting whippersnapper knows his way around an apostrophe or two...»
"Thom needs to write pop songs," Observes Killer Brandon Flowers
The Killers' Brandon Flowers - seen this weekend gracing the cover of The Observer Magazine, posing like a gay cowboy - has said that Radiohead's Thom Yorke should ditch his electro-bleepin' songwriting and get back to penning pop songs...»
Futureheads announce November/December dates
The Futureheads are to embark on a nine-date tour before the year is out, and will also play a one-off show at the Newcastle Academy on December 20...»
Neil Young triumphs at Americana Honors and Awards
Sixty-year-old singer-songwriter Neil Young scooped the award for Artist of the Year at this year's Americana Honors and Awards, held on Friday September 22...»
TOTP to return... ish
Top Of The Pops is to return to television screens next weekend in a format that includes both new and archive performances and videos...»
clearing the eye
Clearing The Eye comprises the band’s first average-at-best release in a long while, which says what about the forthcoming In The Absence Of Truth? Nothing – the new album’s great. So, let’s consider this a blip, a slight stain on a previously unsoiled canvass, and get on with praising Isis...»