Leningrad comes to London... and, like, other places
Montreal-based punks Les Georges Leningrad are to return to the UK next month for a handful of live dates...»
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Princess - Superstructure Of An Era
A crackling, blistering record of punishing guitars and frenzied glitch-beats, indier-than-thou samples (Slint? Respect…) and the occasional luscious dreamscape, this nine-tracker is an engrossing listen but not an inspiring one. It’s well crafted, meticulous even, but little more than the sum of select pieces if the absolute truth were told...»
Isis: European tour dates in full
Now, regular readers will remember a certain writer (hi) getting ridiculously excited about the fact that Isis, probably the world's greatest purveyors of slow-core rock dramatics, were chosen to appear as part of ATP's Don't Look Back series of gigs. What you might have missed, though (as I did until yesterday), is that the quintet are playing a few other European shows before their Koko date...»
Service, please? Postal duo talk about potential new album
Has it been three years since Give Up? Yep, it has: get over it. But cry thee not, indie kid so pale, as it seems more and more likely that the not-so-dynamic duo of Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello will release a new Postal Service album in the not-too-distant future...»
Pharrell: Vuitton deal, solo album details
Pharrell Williams - recently spied by DiS being utterly crap-o-la at the Wireless Festival - is to appear in a forthcoming advertising campaing for Louis Vuitton. Apparently he makes bags or something... »
The Killers on new album: "There's a spiritual element"
The Killers, Vegas-spawned pop-rockers of no little success, have revealed more details about their forthcoming second album, the follow-up to their breakthrough debut Hot Fuss...»
Dannii Minogue wears snake in new video; snake, quite rightly, tries to strangle her
Well you would, wouldn't you? Some faded-from-relevance pop singer picks you, a lovely white python, up and tries to wear you like a piece of Topshop clobber, so you're well within your snake rights to do what comes naturally: constrict...»
The Sleepy Jackson offer an insight into their Personality: new single and album
The Sleepy Jackson are to release a new single next month. 'God Lead Your Soul' will be available from July 10, on two seven-inches and CD, through Virgin...»
Bright Eyes, no longer burning for Bush...
Never usually one to shy away from speaking his political mind, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst has nevertheless gone on record as saying that his next album will not be dominated by lyrical opinions on the subject...»
A Magic tour: The Black Keys announce UK dates
With this writer's stereo currently playing and replaying The Magic Potion, it makes Michael a very happy boy indeed to hear that its makers The Black Keys are to tour Britain in September to promote said album's official UK release...»
Plan B goes monthly
Much-praised music magazine Plan B - one of the two post-Careless Talk Costs Lives magazines, the other being the quarterly Loose Lips Sink Ships - is to switch from publication every two months to once a month in an attempt to take on the more mainstream titles littering newsagent shelves...»
New Mars Volta LP: reports of twisted tongues spread across the nation
Prog is not a dirty word, brothers and sisters: the days of ELP are long gone, so join DiS in celebrating the news that The Mars Volta have all but finished their third studio long-player...»
Russian Circles - Enter
This is an appeal on behalf of us, music fans the world over, to you, post-rocking instrumental acts of no particular intelligence: please, try harder. The bar has been raised dozens of times since Young Team, and it’s about time ninety per cent of you caught up...»
WIN: Viva Voce tickets in Nottingham, Manchester, Glasgow
Portland-based indie-pop duo Viva Voce are in the UK kinda NOW for a series of gigs, including a couple of support slots with Death Cab For Cutie and a gig at the Wireless Festival, London, this Sunday. But we don't care 'bout them oh heck no... what we've got for you, via the band's label Full Time Hobby, are some tickets for the band's headline dates...»
Alias & Tarsier - Brookland/Oaklyn
Rona ‘Tarsier’ Rapadas is the star of this show, admittedly – her silken tones are easily comparable with those of Jessica Bailiff or Hope Sandoval – but from a label fan’s perspective it’s very disappointing to hear a near-absolute absence of creativity in Alias’ beats...»
JJ72 split; world's turn unaffected by non-existent aftershocks
Sort of popular, albeit only to old-school Melody Maker readers, rock trio JJ72 have called it a day...»
Doherty diaries to be published in March
Pete Doherty's diaries are to be published, Kurt-style (well, ish: it's not like Pete's dead yet), in March next year...»
You've got some verve: Ashcroft arrested
Former The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft was arrested yesterday following an incident at a Chippenham youth club...»
TOTP update: magazine and TOTP2 to continue...
Recently axed BBC pop show Top Of The Pops is to live on, albeit in its magazine format...»
'Retired' rapper announces tour: fo' mo' money, y'all reckon?
Jay-Z - thought by all and sundry to be retired from the rap game since he said as much - is to tour Britain and Ireland in September. Which is nice for us, but liar liar pants on fire, all the same...»
The Organ memorise some cities: tour and single news
Really rather smashing Canadian outfit The Organ - not to be confused with either the long-running London-based fanzine or your left kidney - are to tour the UK in support of a new single...»
Get slack this summer: Sebadoh III re-released
Sometimes the past is a wicked mistress: she paints your favourite records of yesteryear all manner of pretty pink tones and rose tints, but neglects to tell you, come the time when you play them again, that they really weren't ever all that. Really, Badmotorfinger sounded OLD the other day, dude. But one record that hasn't particularly aged - not in a negative way anyway - is to enjoy an expanded re-release next month...»
Into the woods: Leeds festival with a difference...
Alternative music-loving locals to the Leeds area are in for a treat this July, as the Oats And Groats festival is to be held in the woodland of Hunters Greave...»
TFT on tour: our hearts and heads go BOOM BOOM BOOM
That Fucking Tank, Leeds' best (only?) drums and guitar and BIG amplifier duo, are hitting the road in July alongside the Skingraft-signed US Maple. We don't know owt 'bout them, but we do know that TFT rock the party like an earthquake under a bar mitzvah...»
Failed on Black days: Pixies man can't write for shit
Frank Black, lead tubby in the not-so-recently reformed Pixies, has told Billboard thast he can't seem to write songs for the band anymore.»
The Nightmare expands: more acts announced for December ATP
This December's Nightmare Before Christmas ATP festival, held in Minehead rather than Camber for once and curated by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, is gradually taking shape with a number of new acts added to the bill these past few days...»
Blunt: can wake the (almost) dead
James Blunt's award-winning 'You're Beautiful' has been credited with bringing a small girl out of a coma, if The Sun is to be believed...»
Get your live kicks: The Licks on tour
Sweaty rockers Juliette And The Licks - them what's fronted by her off the films and stuff - are to tour the UK later this year...»
Sexy, and Back: Mr JT, what you got for me...?
Pop pin-up and potty-mouthed hip-hop collaborator Justin Timberlake has confirmed the release of his second long-player...»
Wind of change: Air announce new direction for forthcoming LP
Popular masters of all things ambient Air have put the finishing touches to their new album, and have announced that it'll be released in 2007...»