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I’m basking in the glorious heat of a warm summer’s day, a gentle breeze softly stroking my cheeks as I lie back in a colourful flowery meadow with fluffy white lambs skipping over my feet; any elements of stress slowing being lifted from my mind. But… what’s this? It’s starting to snow and, suddenly, the sun disappear»
At least to those ‘in-the-know’ Londoners Manchester will be wearing the worn-out & tatty ‘Madchester’ Indie-rock badge for a few years yet. Sure, it’s reputation for breeding the kind of musical aptitude that ensures the home of the annual In The City showcases is pervasive in it’s reputation but it seems a new style »
Borne out of familiar punk bands such as Broccoli, Annalise and messy noise-core crew Hard To Swallow, Dead Inside are a fiery bunch of individuals that have chosen to specialise in the kind of kick-ass discordant hardcore that’s more akin to Hot Water Music, Burning Airlines and Fugazi that»
Just where does Ken at Prank Records find his bands? He seems to have a knack at discovering the very best thrash/noise/screamo bands the planet has to offer and Burst are no exception. Originally released on Sweden’s Putrid Filth Conspiracy just over a year ago ‘Conquest: Writhe’ has been r»
Airhammer are from London and if you believe their press release, play ‘Music Hall punk’. Whatever that means. However, slip this nifty little 3-inch CDEP on and you’re greeted with the kind of mischievously twitchy folk-punk that makes you want to set alight to your Nan’s hair and bounce naked around Tes»
Fun; entertaining; sexy; powerful; energetic; intense; electrifying; captivating. These are just a few words used to try to sum up just what it is that makes Orange County ska-core crew Save Ferris so special and unique. Borne from the same SoCal scene that has given us the likes of No Doubt, Offspri»
You’ve all heard the talk of a big Scandinavian revival in recent months. Of course, some will already know that Scandinavia, in particular Sweden, is one of the more musically fruitious areas of Europe anyway, having spawned the likes of No Fun At All, Håken Hellström, Breach, Abba, Refused and the awes»
In a landmark deal inked last Wednesday (20/02), Glastonbury promoter Michael Eavis and promotions giant Mean Fiddler arranged a deal which will secure the future of the Glastonbury festival for the next five years. It is understood that no money will be exchanged in the deal with MF providing "behind-th»
Lightyear are one of the most entertaining bands you will ever see. Tirelessly hardworking and endlessly hyperactive this is a band who’s only purpose in life is to have fun. With most of the members living with their parents the lack of financial constraints means less time for unimportant, trivia»
We knew it wasn’t going to be pretty. Three of the most fearsomely heavy units the UK has seen in a long, long time currently on a mission to assault the nation’s senses with mind-blowing intensity on a noisy three week tour of our hallowed toilets. Scared? Just ask the supposedly hard nu-metallers seen running out of »
Originally the gig tonight was supposed to be at the Bassment further down the road as the Packhorse had apparently stopped putting bands on. Until, that is, about a week ago when the promoters decided to change their mind and confuse everyone anticipating the exciting return of Garrison by changing venue»
Subsistence Theory are an Aberdeen-based band playing charged-up rock, seething with angst and subsiding on a rickety backline reminiscent of the late, great Stony Sleep, albeit much, much louder. These fuzzed-up guitars are lead by vocalist/guitarist Michael McClenan, who really has got a bee in his bonnet»
In the punk rock scene, where it seems a band’s creativity is as volatile as it’s integrity, there seems to be few true punk bands that’ve managed to worm their way through the nineties and still emerge with a storming fresh new record which slaps the young uns round the face & gives the lame MTV-pestering poppy punke»
'Explosive' Swedish punkers The (International) Noise Conspiracy are confirmed supports for the eagerly awaited tour from exclectic funky-blues outfit The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Fronted by Dennis Lyxzen from the revolutionary hardcore qu»
And so Garrison return with an album that opens your eyes and welcomes in an exciting emo-rock sound which must truly signal a rise for a genre which has slowly been rising up from the hardcore underground since the early ninties. Garrison are four Bostonians who have, since 1998, been setting the HC scen»
You may be still too busy nursing post-festive / new year hangovers and looking at ways of shedding those extra pounds to be thinking about the summer festivals but Drowned In Sound can exclusively reveal that the headliners for this year's Reading & Leeds festivals will be the Foo Fighters. Speaking to DiS»
The following is a statement written by Jon Lee's wife Tatiana, posted on www.feederweb.com. "Jon Lee There are no words to describe the immense pain and suffering my children and I, as well as Jon's Mum and Dad are going through at this most difficult and tragic time. There are also no words to desc»
Bit of a strange one this. It’s a split EP with Bad Astronaut & Armchair Martians playing each others songs, which is a lot more confusing when you actually listen to it as both band’s sound pretty much the same. So you’re not sure whether each band is playing in the style of the other band or if the»
If you’re looking for the UK’s answer to Drowningman then this young sextet have all the pummelling riffs played with staggering precision, and couple them with those screamy-melodic vocals to worthy such a claim. As the first track leaps out & begins the aural equivalent of a punch in the face you’re almost forced t»
Back with their confusing mix of emo, Indie-pop, hardcore and metal Grade don’t seem to be making the same kind of impact as their previous long player ‘Under The Radar’ which broke new ground back in ’99 when it came to fusing dark tough-guy V.O.D.-style screamage with poppy-emo rhythms. It may »
It seems that with ska punk’s ever–growing popularity over the past year there seems to be a never-ending supply of ska bands offering kids the length & breadth of our fair isle an alternative to mundane school PE lessons as a way of burning off the calories gained from canteen chips & beans and cheesy puffs from the t»
Breach are not what you could call normal. Unconventional in all respects they avoid any form of classification at all costs. They’re a band that leads you to an eerily beautiful solace, alleviating you of all conscious annoyances, offering you Martini & fine wines while secretly deceiving you and plotting a mor»
They’ve been praised by the likes of Kerrang, NME & Rock Sound. They’ve been interviewed on Radio 1 and they’ve played Leeds & Reading festival. And this has all been accomplished in less than two years! They’ve no doubt worked hard to get to where they’ve got but it may be an ascension that’s happened a tad too quickl»
Some of you may remember Tilt from one of the Fat tours a few years back. Touring with some of Fat’s bigger, well-known and, frankly, musically superior bands like No Use For A Name & Strung Out chances are those of you who don’t will probably have been getting the bevvies in at the bar (or if you saw them at S»
“I believe it’s still in me, that I can turn you… up! Side… and Down!”, the opening lines from Thumb’s debut UK album contains a certain exuberant passion reminiscent of the earnestly shrieked “leather! Metal !Spikes… and chaaains!” line in the “classic” Manowar song ‘Gloves of Metal’, which requi»
PROPAGANDHI interview with vocalist/ guitarist Chris backstage at Manchester Hop & Grape after a truly storming show.
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OK, first things first. Death By Stereo are the most exciting new band in punk rock and hardcore right now. That’s a fact you need to know. Yeah, so you may not be staring at them on the front cover of every magazine & humming their songs on mainstream radio but that’s because this is REAL punk rock. Up front, i»
Wow! And I mean that in the fullest sense of the word, in that I’m pleasantly surprised at the quirky sound of the Academy Morticians. At first you think vocalist Simon’s taking the piss with his vocals but through repeated plays you realise the implicit quality & uniqueness that lies underneath and it grows on »
Travis Cut are one of those special UK bands with such enthusiasm and excitement for the music they play that, despite their underground status, the last eight years of their existence has probably been more eventful than most of the UK punk bands put together. Whether it’s travelling to Washington DC »
In response to the tragic events of September 11th and the subsequent actions of the US government The Beastie Boys have announced a benefit concert consisting of a number of major New York acts. Adam Yauch says this: "in the midst of this madness adam and mike and i got together to discuss what we»
