Reckless in-store behaviour
The Camden branch of Reckless Records - a valuable source of second-hand vinyl loveliness for Londoners - is to go the way of its Upper Street counterpart and close down this month...»
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Follow the Bear... to Leeds, Belfast, Lincoln...
It's September and summer's almost over... sigh. But don't get sad, kiddywinkles; get y'self a ticket to a Minus The Bear show and rock out in a summertime vibe fashion. Yee-owww...»
West sues over unreleased songs
Mega-selling hip-hop star Kanye West is filing a lawsuit against a Chicago DJ, one Eric 'E-Smoove' Miller, over unreleased West songs in the DJ's possession...»
Motion City Soundtracking the country
Epitaph-signed pop-punks Motion City Soundtrack will bring the sounds of their recently released and Mark Hoppus-produced album Commit This To Memory to Britain next month...»
City Showcase '05 details
City Showcase - Spotlight London is to run a series of workshops in the capital next month, aimed at musicians and trade delegates...»
Shout Out Louds tour, proceed to Howl and Gaff...
Some folks, they say Swedish band the Shout Out Louds are The Next Big Thing (trade mark). So go see for y'self...»
Church tells Pete to go home, makes headlines
She's the voice of an angel but the tongue of a binman: Welshie songtress Charlotte Church has, for no apparent reason really, called the forever fragile Mr Peter Doherty a w*nker...»
Jon Bon's still Slippery When Wet
You'd have thought Mr Jovi might've towelled himself down by now, but no: Bon Jovi's 1985 album Slippery When Wet is to get the re-release treatment next month...»
Kate Bush: the King of the Mountain
Kate Bush is to return to record-releasing ways in October when her new single, 'King Of The Mountain', trickles forth from the loins of EMI on the 24th...»
Garbage cancel European dates
Garbage have cancelled their European tour dates scheduled for October. The band were due to play venues in France, Belgium and the UK...»
Rejects return, do one-off show
Poppy emo pretty boys All-American Rejects return to the UK for a one-off performance next month...»
Stars set themselves on tour
Montreal-based outfit Stars, currently drowning in the rabid praise coming their way from all corners, have a slew of dates penciled in for September. You could go, y'know...»
Orenda Fink releases her Invisible Ones
Orenda Fink, best known to folk as one-half of acclaimed Saddle Creek duo Azure Ray, is to release a solo record in October...»
C I am King Biscuit Time: Beta Band man returns
Former Beta Band man Steve Mason is to release his first solo single, 'C I AM 15', under the guise of King Biscuit Time on September 26th...»
The trials and tribulations of Timberlake...
A slew of news from camp Timberlake, featuring LAWYERS and CLOTHES, no less...»
CD:UK's new recruits: Klass, Laverne and some other guy
ITV's Sunday morning chart show CD:UK, previously presented by Cat Deeley, is to feature three new presenters when it re-appears on September 4th...»
I Am Kloot quit Echo
I Am Kloot have parted company with Echo Records. The Manchester outfit discovered that the label were not able to sustain their financial backing, so had no choice but to look elsewhere...»
Radiohead keep studio diary
Radiohead are keeping an online studio diary, enabling fans to monitor the new album's progress via band members' postings...»
Williams returns with a "gangster opera"
Robbie Williams is to return to the charts in October with new single 'Tripping'...»
Broadcast: New LP & Dates
Broadcast will release their new album 'Tender Buttons' on 19th September.»
Her Space Holiday man bitten by spider
Marc Bianchi, he of electro-indie outfit Her Space Holiday, has been forced to cancel a promotional trip to the UK following a spider bite in Japan.»
Sing along with Alan McGee at new club night
Move over Death Disco, Alan's got a brand-new night...»
Moog man dies at 71
Dr Robert Moog, creator of the famous MiniMoog synthesizer among other instruments, has died aged 71. His death came four months after being told he had brain cancer...»
Maiden's egging - the backstage story
Some DiS metalheads might be aware that Britrockers supreme Iron Maiden suffered rather at the egg-filled hands of Sharon Osbourne and company on Saturday night's Ozzfest show in Los Angeles...»
Minus The Bear, plus new album
Seattle-based indie-poppers Minus The Bear release their new album Menos El Oso on September 12th...»
BBC announce John Peel day
The BBC announce that October 13th will become a specially billed 'Peel Day', featuring gigs and extended coverage on Radio 1.»
Rock rags record best-ever sales figures
A number of music magazines have received a boost from ABC, as newly published sales figures in The Guardian show that the likes of Mojo, rock sound and Metal Hammer are selling far more copies now than in recent years...»
Pop justice! McFly to claim top spot
The belated word from the midweeks is that chart titan Sir James of Blunt will be toppled from his summit by pop-punk urchins McFly...»
More bad news for Eminem: relatives sue
Eminem is to be sued for $25,000 by his own aunt and uncle...»
John Loder 1946-2005
John Loder, founder of Southern Records and Southern Studios, died on Saturday, August 13th...»