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Singer-songwriter, actor, poet - Johnny Flynn’s been earning himself a reputation as a bit of a renaissance man round these parts. But you can banish any thoughts of thesp-ish melodrama right away: Flynn and his band The Sussex Wit impress with their unflashy, unsentimental rootsy stylings, which put them closer in spirit to Bonnie 'Prince' Billy or Two Gallants than the boho shenanigans of the antifolk set. DiS endeavours to find out more...»
Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner will whisk away The Rascals’ Miles Kane to France this summer to record an album.»
Eighties Matchbox's schtick should be creakier than the hinges on Dracula’s coffin in a Hammer horror flick by now, but they’ve always been able to back up their essential hokiness with muscular aplomb, and this four-tack EP isn't about to buck that trend...»
Tapestry Goes West will be getting all medieval on your asses at Margam Park, South Wales this summer, and DiS has a pair of tickets to give away...»
Kano has has assembled a wacky list of collaborators for his forthcoming new album London Town, including Damon Albarn, Kate Nash and Craig David.»
HMV has bought the Fopp brand and up to six of its stores from administrator Ernst & Young, according to Music Week.»
Hard-Fi are gearing up to 'kill off' the record sleeve with the artwork for their forthcoming sophomore LP Once Upon A Time In The West.»
The pubesced half of Mute Irregulars’ newly-minted roster, XX Teens’ brass-bolstered punk walks a deliberately fine line between ramshackle brilliance and wilful idiocy. 'Darlin' is a flagrant crossing of that line.»
Dirty Pretty Things will start recording their sophomore LP in America this summer, citing the dead as an influence on their writing.»
Leeds-based label Dance To The Radio will kick off Leeds festival next month with a 'Welcome To Leeds '07' party on the Topman stage on Thursday evening.»
The Cribs have slammed the current music scene as "rubbish", drawing comparisons with the glut of copycat bands that followed in the wake of the Britpop boom almost a decade ago.»
'Bench Sleeping' isn’t going to change your world, but it will spirit you away from it for the entirety of its quietly bewitching three-and-a-half minutes...»
Brightly-coloured Mercury nominees Klaxons claim they are ready to begin work on their second album, which will have a ‘prog doom’ vibe, according to bassist and vocalist Jamie Reynolds.»
Enduring Welsh pop faves Super Furry Animals will embark on an extensive tour of the UK and Ireland this autumn, following the release of eighth studio album Hey Venus! on August 27.»
Big news in the single charts this week is Rihanna’s continued refusal to budge off the number one spot – it’s ten weeks and counting now for 'Umbrella', making it the longest-reigning UK chart-topper since Wet Wet Wet moistened the slot for fourteen weeks with 'Love Is All Around' back in 1994.»
At this point, you may wish to ask: what in fuckery are you doing reviewing this record now? Well, I dunno... the Mercury Music Prize, perhaps? Bottom line is, Back In Black is a fully-fledged classic that should have been ringing in your ears for roughly eight months by now, and if not, well, get on it...»
Keep on trucking, folks – just do it by train, m’kay? Due to the shitload of water that’s just been falling out of the sky flooding the car parks, Truck festival organisers are warning revellers to use public transport to reach the Hill Farm site.»
Crackling out your speakers with the fizz of recently-exploded fireworks, ’Melody Day’ unfolds like a dream.»
Subtle have lined up a stellar list of collaborators for their next album, due in Autumn.»
Patrick Wolf has posted a cryptic message online revealing details of his fourth album, due for release sometime next year.»
Basement Jaxx have enlisted the services of Yoko Ono for their new LP, due in spring next year.»
The Streets’ new album has been shelved until 2008 after Mike Skinner revealed he was ‘panicking’ about it on a recent weblog.»
Animal Collective resemble a flailing Beastie Boys circa 1986, what with their jauntily-angled baseball caps and garish get-ups. Alas, if only their set was so exuberant...»
Iron And Wine will follow up his show at London Spitz in August with a full tour of the UK and Ireland in October.»
The View are to record a cover of The Libertines’ classic (natch) single 'Don’t Look Back Into The Sun' for Radio One.»
Blink and you’ll miss ‘em - The White Stripes have played a one-second gig this week as part of their unorthodox Canadian tour.»
As Faustian pacts go, Planet Earth’ll leave you feeling decidedly short-changed...»
Portland, Oregon’s The Decemberists will tour the UK in October, joined by Canadian trio Land Of Talk.»
The nominations for the Mercury Music Prize are hot off the press, folks, and it’s a rum old mix as ever. They are as follows»
The Smashing Pumpkins are trying to track down the siamese twins who featured on the cover of their 1993 album. Siamese Dream.»
