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British Sea Power - Remember Me
'Remember Me’ is an epic of an opus of a song, with scorching, dissatisfied guitars and a scowling, bronchial, Curtis-like lead vocal. And yet still the fragile beauty of the melody, and the charred emotion of the lyric remain clear.»
The Vacation - They Were The Sons
The last time The Vacation washed up on these shores, they left a trail of blood n' spunk equalled only in Placebo's wildest dreams.»
Radio 4 - Start A Fire
Got to hand it to Radio 4; I mean, who else is releasing super limited edition singles as a political statement against the overlooking of the ever-growing AIDS crisis? And it’s a valiant effort, with the nastiest of bass sounds grinding away like a rhino doing a pole dance, and guitars that sound like the»
Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever
Baking in the sensationally seasonal weather, it occurs to DiS that as you go slowly barking, the Super Furry Animals seem to make increasingly more sense. And it’s timely that electronics wizard Cian cites KLF as a musical touchstone in our DiS interview, as this glam stomping affair is strikingly »
Athlete - Westside
My god, Athlete really are a bunch of shit-sucking no-talent chancers, aren't they? It's like they've been placed on earth to test us; custom made to try our patience and the theory that all humanity must love one another; what, even if your brother is a wet indie no-mark? And haven't they released this ho»
The Thrills - Big Sur
Single-handedly reviving the trans-atlantic travel industry, Thrills single no.3 is so breathy, it could embarrass an out of shape asthmatic. It's another wonderful melange of Beach Boy harmonies, wistful lyrics, fat tunage and rustic guitar n' banjo, and it's all done with the grace and poise of a »
Turin Brakes - Average Man
Turin Brakes have an unfortunate image; beloved by the middle tier of society, they can sometimes come across as accountants gone hippy for the weekend. Where songs like ‘Average Man’ should be gracelessly plucked out of the ether, too often it seems that they have been sweated over in a white-hot forge of indi»
Keane - Everybody's Changing
There are few things to get excited about in this unoptimistic musical climate, dulled by the graceless squawks of American post-grungers, backwards-looking Englishmen and denim-clad Aussies, so it's perfectly understandable to question whether the entrance of Keane is actually a trick of the light, or is »
The Unisex - Take Me Higher
It was bound to happen. It seems that finally the tide is turning against those in distressed denim and connoisseurs of the swiped MC5 riff, and we are about to be swallowed up in a giant ground swelling of melody. At the announcement of another unfeasibly handsome five piece from Sweden releasing a record,»
Rocket Science - Run Like A Gun
Not wanting to sound anti-antipodean, but it's fair to say that the last few offerings from the hotter half of the globe have failed to produce the same heat under the collar of Johnny London (give or take, rightly or wrongly, rock gonks The Datsuns). In a nation where You Am I and Silverchair still rule the ro»
Singleskin - Even The Saints Can Get It Wrong
It's strange how the passing of the musical seasons can dramatically alter your perception. Path Records' Singleskin offer finely crafted melodic rock which a few years ago might have been seen as one pop duck in a massive AM drivetime pool. Now, however, it sounds vibrant. The order of the day is radio lo»
thisgirl, Copperpot Journals, Million Dead, Funeral For A Friend - The Squirrel EP
Quite simply one of the best ideas to emerge in CD format for a very long time. Many a DiS wine-tasting session has been ruined by torrid arguments along the lines of "Who's your favourite UK Screamo/Emo/Post-Hardcore band then?". Not very original I know, but there you go. But now such traumas c»
Medium 21 - Killings From The Dial
The first album from the Temptation Records factory line (a record label which, thanks to its association with the Island Records group, is going to have substantial clout) was always going to be important, it's a signal of intent. So what do Medium 21 reveal? Immediately and most clearly, the fo»
The Vines at London Shepherds Bush Empire, Sun 03 Nov
Myths surrounding The Vines.
No. 1: Craig Nicholls is a genius. Touched by the same melodic muse
as McCartney and Wilson, bedevilled by the same angst and punk-rock
fury as Cobain.
No. 2: They start off slowly. Reviews constantly refer to the lacklus»