The Long Blondes: their long tour
Rough Trade-signed Sheffield quintet The Long Blondes are to tour their cotton socks off next month in support of their forthcoming debut album...»
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His wildest dream comes true, if not his Final Fantasy: Owen Pallett scoops Polaris Prize...
Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy, has won the first-ever Polaris Prize in Canada...»
DiS's day-late chart update
Tens of thousands of apologies: we’re a day late with our weekly chart run-through, and we’ve no real excuses. The dog ate our homework; the boiler broke down and we had to wait for the gas man to arrive; our bus was hijacked by pre-teens tweaked off their tits on two-dozen bottles of Lucozade, demanding that they be driven to Alton Towers: none stick, really. So, sorry sorry and SORRY again. Okay? Okay…»
Smalltown America All-Dayer at London 93 Feet East, Sat 16 Sep
There’s magic in the air, but we’re just not receiving it as clearly as we should be. Perhaps it’s the heat, or the buffeting DiS receives every other second as some attendee or other bundles his or her way to the conveniences, but something about this evening’s performance from 65daysofstatic doesn’t quite click...»
Pelican release feast!
InstruMetal outfit of no little excellence Pelican are to release lots of stuff before the year is out. YEAH...»
The Rank Deluxe tour their singles collection
Fat Cat-signed south Londoners The Rank Deluxe are to play a series of dates (mostly in the capital) in support of their upcoming release, a six-track compilation of their three Fat Cat seven-inches, each of which was, like, totally limited edition...»
Unreleased Elliott Smith songs unveiled at b-sides site
Four previously unreleased songs by the late Elliott Smith have been made available at b-sides website elliottsmithbsides.com...»
Worthwhile re-run of War, or a Flaming rip-off? Mystics gets repackaged...
The Flaming Lips' At War With The Mystics long-player, originally released in April of this year (click here for the DiS review), is to be repacked and re-released in October...»
DiScover: Snowden
Atlanta-based Snowden began as the bedroom project of singer and guitarist Jordan Jeffares, but has since grown, welcoming Chandler Rentz (drums), Corinne Lee (bass) and David Payne to the Snowden fold. Although they’ve attracted enviable comparisons to a wealth of renowned names – Interpol, Editors, Spacemen 3, The Cure – there’s a lot more to Snowden than what immediately meets the ear...»
YouTube signs commercial partnership with Warner Music
Popular video-sharing website YouTube (link) has signed a deal with Warner Music Group, allowing the site to show promo videos by Warners artists without breaking any copyright laws... »
Hot Snakes - Thunder Down Under
Even posthumously, Hot Snakes render The Pistols and their sound-alike spawn of today every bit as sincere and passionate as a Louis Walsh-bred boyband...»
The Bronx - The Bronx (II)
We’ve drifted apart over these two years, though – I only see that now. I only hear the obvious when I play your second self-titled album and long to feel those flames again, to have my soul singed by an arsenal of fuck-the-avant-garde arrangements turbocharged by the rapid-fire beating of four hearts driving for something better than what’s come to equal ‘punk rock’ in the last few years...»
JAG! Pete Doherty loses car...
Pete Doherty, making his second appearance in today's news (kinda), has lost his Jaguar. The motor car was towed away after the singer failed to pay some £1,200 of fines...»
Robbie makes former manager furious
Robbie's in a little hot water over a few lyrics on his forthcoming album, Rudebox (aye, it's got the same title as the single). One song, 'The 90s', contains a series of allegations about former Take That manager Nigel Martin Smith...»
Rod Stewart: 'best white soul singer'? Apparently...
Rod Stewart - that's him, there, pictured - has been called the "best white soul singer" by the Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown. Face to face, no less...»
Killers tickets KO'ed in minutes...
Tickets for The Killers' November tour - click here for full dates - sold out this morning in just five minutes...»
Vincent squared tours with Villains in tow
Vincent Vincent And The Villains have announced a bunch of autumn tour dates. And - who'd have thunked it? - they've a new release coming out around the time of said dates...»
WIN! Rolling Stones DVDs
Some gigs are good, some are great, and a few are legendary. The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park, in 1969, falls into the latter category...»
Babyshambles: not "unreliable sods" anymore
Babyshambles have spoken to NME.com about their signing to Parlophone for the release of an EP, adding that they're no longer "unreliable sods"...»
Marianne Faithfull diagnosed with breast cancer
Marianne Faithfull has cancelled her world tour after being diagnosed with breast cancer...»
Albert Hammond Jr solo songs were rejected by The Strokes
So this is a surefire way to get people clambering to buy your first solo album: tell them that some of the songs on it are, essentially, rejects...»
Erase Errata - Nightlife
Erase Errata’s third long-player finds the all-girl San Francisco punks-proper minus a member, with guitarist Sara Jaffe leaving following the release of 2003’s At Crystal Palace. The departure hasn’t noticeably affected the outfit’s potency, though: the twelve songs of Nightlife rattle by the listener with alarming speed, and at only thirty minutes long the record seems to be over just as soon as its begun...»
Martin's a mack daddy? Coldplay singer to work with Jay-Z
Coldplay singer Chris Martin - he just recently bought a new house with his wife, y'know (I read it in thelondonpaper) - is among a group of vocalists expected to appear on Jay-Z's forthcoming album...»
White Rose not moving, just yet
White Rose Movement have been forced to postpone their September tour - due to kick off tomorrow in Southampton - on doctors' orders...»
Dig the blues? Drive safe, now...
Researchers at The University of Leicester have explored what an individual's taste in music says about their lifestyle.»
Flavor Flav sings praises of sole solo album
Public Enemy's Flavor Flav - best known in recent years for a string of reality television show appearances - is to release a solo album...»
WIN! Ibiza Rocks double-disc albums
See me, I wouldn't be caught dead in Ibiza. It's too sunny, its beaches are full of stinkin' Brits abroad, and its clubs play that thump-thump-thump shite that the Vauxhall Nova brigade used to pump out of their crappy cars when I was in sixth form...»
Bono kept awake at night by fears of 'under performing'
U2 singer Bono - pictured with some American dufus or other - is apparently kept awake at night by fears of him failing to perform when the Irish rockers play live, reports Digital Spy...»
The clock on the wall reads... Fifteen minutes with DJ Shadow
DiS is used to meeting musicians at their hotels, but rarely do we venture so far from the writhing swarms of pavement dwellers that so frustratingly characterise the walkways of the capital’s central streets. We’re in Swiss Cottage, a corner of town remarkable for, well, a cottage. That’s about it – aside from a library and leisure centre, DiS sees little in the way of attractions. Not that we’ve time to dawdle and take in any sights, anyway: we’ve a schedule to keep to, and our fifteen minutes with DJ Shadow have to be made the absolute most of...»
Ray LaMontagne announces 2007 dates
As in a series of shows for 2007, not 2,007 shows. You understand...»