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by Mike Diver
Razorlight's Johnny Borrell - never likely to be confused with the protagonist behind the Beastie Boys' 'Johnny Ryall' - has told free newspaper Metro about the band's brand-new album, Razorlight...»
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by Mike Diver
The EU Court Of First Instance has ruled, rather too late, that the Sony and BMG labels should not be permitted to merge. Of course, the pair did merge, like, two-or-something years ago...»
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by Mike Diver
So-hot-right-now indie quartet Tapes n' Tapes have told Billboard that they're already planning to hit the studio again for album number two; album number one, The Loon, is yet to be released in the UK...»
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by Mike Diver
Organ TV, the music television channel run by the people behind London-based fanzine The Organ, is to be relaunched tonight...»
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by Mike Diver
The shortlisted albums in contention for 2006's Mercury Music Prize will be revealed next week, with Jools Holland making the announcement on Tuesday, July 18...»
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by Mike Diver
US rapper and occasional airport ruffian Snoop Dogg has written over 300 songs for his forthcoming album, Blue Carpet Treatment...»
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by Mike Diver
It almost certainly hasn't escaped your attention that Canadian all-girl quintet The Organ are touring these isles of ours round about now, in support of their Grab That Gun album (out now on Too Pure)...»
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by Mike Diver
Welcome to Part Something in DiS's series of News About Festivals We Can't Afford To Go To But We Really Want To: Bumbershoot...»
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by Mike Diver
...Trail Of Dead singer Conrad Keely has spoken to Billboard about the band's upcoming fifth album, the follow-up to the underrated Worlds Apart...»
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by Mike Diver
Oasis guitarist and good-luck charm of Alessandro Del Piero - look out for his crusty undies on eBay anytime now - Noel Gallagher is to perform solo at London's Koko later this year, in the name of charity...»
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by Mike Diver
There will be no clown-themed fancy dress event at this year's Bestival, to be held in September on the Isle of Wight, as organisers have received numerous requests for them not to hold it...»
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by Mike Diver
Thieves have stolen a plaque from former AC/DC frontman Bon Scott's grave, reports an Australian website...»
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by Mike Diver
Radiohead's Thom Yorke, whose debut solo album The Eraser is out this week, has spoken to The Scotsman about the state of the industry he earns his living from...»
In Depth by Mike Diver
Cortney Tidwell, here as part of the Twisted Folk package tour alongside Howe Gelb, will, less than an hour after our interview, leave an entirely unprepared audience breathless. Hers is a talent previously untapped – allowed to shine only around the bars and clubs of her native Nashville – which is now gushing like a geyser before foreign eyes and ears almost recoiling, dumbstruck...»
Review
by Mike Diver
A hundred times better than the 100 Club.
“A thousand,” says my date for the evening.
Can you hold this? I need to dance...»
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by Mike Diver
Frank Black has told Uncut that there will never be another Pixies album, of new material anyway...»
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by Mike Diver
The Lemonheads' eighth album, and first for Vagrant, will be released on September 25. A self-titled affair, the album is the band's first for ten years... »
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by Mike Diver
Interpol have posted a message on their website, providing information on their forthcoming third album...»
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by Mike Diver
So we reported on the release of Slayer's new album already, but so what: it's freakin' Slayer already...»
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by Mike Diver
Oh my chuff-nuggin' spuffing spranging LOLing Lordy-o-Lord, The Blood Brothers have all but finished their fifth album...»
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by Mike Diver
It's freakin' hot outside, so why the blue-blazin' squad Christ are we talking about December? ATP, d'uh...»
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by Mike Diver
The line-up for this October's Iceland Airwaves Festival, held in Reykjavík from the 18th to the 20th, is shaping up quite wonderfully...»
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by Mike Diver
The Walkmen are to release their new album - their third - this September...»
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by Mike Diver
Stuck for something to do on Saturday? Bored of knocking about your London flat, making tea and eating crumpets, listening to Gavin Peacock go on and on and on about how stressful penalty taking is? Might as well take a trip to Finsbury Park, then...»
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by Mike Diver
US pop-rockers We Are Scientists have pulled the plug on plans to re-release their 'The Great Escape' single, bucking what's become quite The Trend...»
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by Mike Diver
The nominees have been announced for the Polaris Music Prize, the new Canadian music award we previously reported on here...»
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by Mike Diver
This September's Spitz Festival of Folk - held as the name suggests at London's Spitz venue - will see the likes of Beth Orton and Vetiver appearing in relatively intimate surroundings...»
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by Mike Diver
David Hasselhoff may be best-known in this country for his roles in Knight Rider and Baywatch, but the seemingly perma-tanned king of kitsch has been a music star in other territories for many a year. Now, fans are looking to help him achieve a UK Number 1...»
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by Mike Diver
Up-and-coming hardcore outfit Bring Me The Horizon, currently the subject of no little attention from the rock press, are to tour in July ahead of recording their debut album...»
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by Mike Diver
"More sad than mad," is how Nina Nastasia has described her new album, On Leaving...»