Dillinger tackle Timberlake. Seriously.
Dillinger Escape Plan have covered Justin Timberlake's 'Like I Love You' in the studio, having played it live a number of times. It's to be released as part of an internet-only EP, out later this month...»
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Decemberists announce new album details
Portland's finest purveyors of antique indie-popness, The Decemberists, have announced details of their forthcoming Major Label Debut...»
The boy, without the Arab Strap: Malcolm Middleton prepares new solo material
Malcolm Middleton - he of fifty per cent of Arab Strap fame - is about to begin work on a new solo record, the follow-up to last year's excellent Into The Woods...»
Punk-rocker shocker: Gnarls knocked off number one by bland-a-thon
The seemingly all-conquering duo of Gnarls Barkley have finally slipped from number one to number two on the UK singles chart, following their label's decision to delete their smash hit, 'Crazy'.»
And with the right kind of answer, you can WIN: MMISL giveaway
Super-charged masters of complex post-hardcore riffery Meet Me In St Louis very kindly joined DiS for our afternoon RoTa bash this weekend; our ears haven't been without a slightly sweet sting ever since. The Surrey quintet released their five-track debut proper last week, and 'cause we're good to our valued readers - that's YOU - we've blagged a few copies of it to give away...»
Just ten people? How a-Muse-ing.
Proggy-rockers Muse will play a show to just ten people next week...»
Meet Me In St. Louis - And with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark – the place where the wave...
That title, And with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark – the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back, let’s not even go there. Suffice to say that Meet Me In St Louis aren’t your regular rockers on the block, stealing wholesale from familiar sources...»
Carla Bozulich: new album, re-arranged London show
One-time Geraldine Fibbers front woman Carla Bozulich plays a trio of RARE (capitals for a reason here, people) UK dates this week in support of her new album, and first for Constellation, Evangelista...»
Schneider TM - Pac Man / Shopping Cart
It’s indie-geek super-freeeeek: electro-hop-stomp-burp via broken acoustic guitars and wheezing, dust-entrenched instruments from another age, one of steam and iron. Schneider TM mixes the now and then wonderfully, yet somehow remains detached from either – the effect is like hearing tomorrow’s number two single in rich sepia, chemical stench filling your nostrils and black smoke your eyes...»
The Academy Is... - Checkmarks
The Academy Is… are a MySpace-born band given too much respect by misinformed and over-enthusiastic industry types...»
WRECK SEVEN at London Brixton Plan B, Thu 25 May
twentysixfeet can do this to a man, woman or child; they can wrap you up in their music – intoxicating, dizzying, spectacular in its execution and admirable in its scope – and keep you entirely isolated from ulterior forces for a set’s entirety...»
When Doves hide: no gigs for band as they work on new album
Manchester band Doves are to play no further gigs or festivals for the rest of 2006 as they concentrate on writing the follow-up to Some Cities...»
They will follow you into the festivals... Death Cab come to Europe
Seattle-based indie quartet Death Cab For Cutie bring the sound of their Plans album to Europe this summer, taking in a shed-load of festivals along the way...»
DJ Shadow dates cancelled due to paperwork problems
Those previously reported DJ Shadow dates have been cancelled, as paperwork problems have reared their so-ugly mugs...»
Stalled Patrol: band cancel US dates
Popular indie-poppers Snow Patrol have been forced to cancel a series of upcoming Stateside shows, after singer Gary Lightbody lost his voice...»
The lights, ALIVE! Something a little different for an evening, wethinks...
Now, we're always banging on at you to see this band or that band or those bands or his disfigured toe, but sometimes even we get bored of night after night of pulsating rock music and endless free beers.* So, in an attempt to plug something a little different, we've come up with this...»
Nuke'em, Duke: bonkers Scots on tour
Spreading their mystical rock spaff over front-row faces like some kind of wall-erecting cement-shoveller, Marmaduke Duke are touring come the end of this month. You - yes, you - should probably go...»
The Specials to reform?
Two-tone legends The Specials are considering a reformation, according to BBC 6music...»
Still fighting fit: Dave's NOT dead
Oh, how I chuckled at the telly last night when it reported that rumours were circulating that Dave Grohl of popular rockers Foo Fighters was DEAD. I chuckled, of course, 'cause it's quite obviously not true...»
WIN! Tickets to The Drips in London
Californian punkers The Drips are set to thrash 'til they collapse in warm puddles of their own making next week at London's Garage venue, in support of their recently released self-titled debut album. YOU can be there, sans cash...»
Black Keys sign with Nonesuch
Spankingly awesome blues-rockin' duo The Black Keys - who recently burnt the ears off this writer with a stunning ATP set - have put pen to paper on a US deal with Warner Music subsidiary Nonesuch Records, home to Wilco and David Byrne...»
The trials of van... you know, the four-wheeled type...? Whatever: Midlake tour
Really really really really wonderfully lush indie types Midlake are to embark upon their first ever UK tour this summer, following a series of dates on the continent with The Flaming Lips...»
Will Oldham awakes from his Cursed Sleep: new album news
Will Oldham's new album under his Bonnie 'Prince' Billy guise is to be titled Then The Letting Go. The album - out in September through Domino - will be preceded by a single, 'Cursed Sleep'...»
Monkey see, monkey do? Love to publish her own journals
Courtney Love is to follow in the rather dead footsteps of her late husband Kurt Cobain by publishing a collection of journal entries...»
Every Move A Picture - Signs Of Life
Recently seen on the road alongside ¡Forward, Russia!, Every Move A Picture are San Franciscans hopping atop fast-deteriorating dance-punk coattails a little bit later than advised...»
Busta busts a move: UK tour
Not-necessarily-homosexual-friendly rapper Busta Rhymes - he who is responsible for filling TMF with garish videos asking us to "get low"... ergh - is to tour Britain next month...»
DiS @ RoTa, 3/6/06: that's TODAY!
It�s this Saturday. No, seriously, this Saturday. So come...»
This Et Al - Sabbatical
Good, then, and without a single pair of matching ties in sight...»
Foos go acoustic for one-off London show
Dave Grohl-fronted US rockers Foo Fighters have announced a one-off acoustic show...»
Channel 4 introduces new music show
Not content with Popworld still attracting decent viewing figures even after the departure of Those Two, the bods at Channel 4 have announced details of a new music show...»