Audioscope charity draw: win a signed Radiohead guitar
Thom Yorke has donated a signed guitar to Audioscope's all-dayer event on October 2nd.»
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Stop monkeying around, The Apes are in town!
The Apes, purveyors of ace 'n' abstract quirk-pop, are swinging their way to the UK in November. Go see them dress up and make noise...»
There's a moose, loose, aboot this hoose...
Or not, actually. Tricked you. But Modest Mouse, that band what used to be tiny but is now MASSIVE over there, are playing some shows. These probably won't suck, so why not go, eh?»
Growing - The Soul Of The Rainbow And The Harmony Of Light
Lines are forever there to be drawn, but where does one even start with this? Where does the boundary between easily deconstructed music and open-to-any-interpretation art become blurred and, ultimately, broken? This jury's out to lunch; draw your own conclusions like you do your lines.»
Todd - Purity Pledge
Todd don’t make music for parties. They’re not going to be the Next Big Thing. They’re not so hot right now. They are going to strip your insides of whatever it is that keeps your heart beating and turn your corpse into a wall adornment.»
Vaux - Plague Music
Vaux's Quentin Smith has the least r’n’r name in the history of amplification, but has the voice of a acid-gargling angel and the words of a million tortured poets. Truth be told, it makes me feel a little strange…»
Ed Harcourt: tour and single news
DiS-approved boozy singer type Ed Harcourt is to release 'Born In The 70s' as a single on November 1st.»
U2 news: Bono in Brighton and new album tracklisting
U2 frontman Bono will today address the Labour party conference in Brighton... and other news.»
Youthmovie: Tour, Single, Session, NEWS
DiS's very favourite prog-rockers, YMSS, are going to be busy little boys over the next few months. Read on...»
Roni Size - Out Of Breath
Had this been a nice, three-minute-long effort it’d have fared better in the critical stakes; at five minutes plus it well and truly outstays its welcome.»
The Man In Black on Broadway
Sick of ABBA, Queen and Rod Stewart hogging the musical(s) limelight? Then book your tickets for The Man In Black's Broadway debut NOW.»
Head Automatica - Decadence
...track after track of dancefloor delights that should have disco doyens and emo kids smiling gleefully in tandem.»
The Flaming Lips: "It's getting space-jazz"
The Flaming Lips, busy beavering away on their follow up to the multi-award-winning 'Yoshima Battles The Pink Robots', have stated that their new record is progressing in all sorts of previously unexplored directions.»
Another month, another Marquee: London venue offers free nights
London's Marquee Club (um, well, another club called The Marquee at least) opens later this month, and as way of celebration offers YOU, the public, some rather splendid free shows. Nice.»
Michael pulls out of first gig in five years
George Michael has pulled out of his first gig in five years after falling foul of laryngitis.»
Green Day - American Idiot
What's this? A Green Day record, and me, in the same room, and it's not 1994 anymore?»
Q Awards nominees: the usual suspects
It's Q Award nominations time. Whoopee.»
YYYs: one-off show and DVD
Those hip cats the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced a one-off show in London for the 15th of November.»
Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
Everything alive today will some day die; 'Burned Mind' is the beginning of the rot.»
Reubens Accomplice - The Bull, The Balloon, And The Family
Arrive too late for a British summertime that all but ended back in June it may, but desert-dwelling duo Reubens Accomplice's second full length release is a blissful collection of sunshine melodies and sugary pop hooks.»
Cove - Hi-Watt
That's not to say it's a bad record, at all - this knocks the spots off many a UK post-rock outfit - but there's no bite, and none of the aggression that characterises a Cove show.»
Non-Prophets - Damage
A decent 12" purchase, and a great introduction to one of the decade's finest hip-hop pairings.»
Call Me Lightning - The Trouble We're In
A record that not only breaks away from Revelation's hardcore tradition in eye-popping and jaw-dropping fashion, but also might just creep into the inevitable end-of-year equation.»
Polysics - Polysics Or Die!!!!
If Nintendo turned their collective hand to manufacturing pop bands, chances are their results would sound something like Tokyo's Polysics, a band who defy not only conventional categorisation but also the rigid borders of conventional sanity.»
28 Costumes - 21 Years
Sorry, but I just can't stop thinking about Aussie pop-punkers 28 Days.»
The Dillinger Escape Plan at London Islington Academy, Thu 26 Aug
Someday, sooner than you might think, those that choose to oppress us will succeed. So God bless our knights of the realm, The Dillinger Escape Plan.»
Manson to host The Cure tribute show
Marilyn Manson will host a live tribute to the kings of glum, The Cure, on September 17th.»
Christ, that was good! Let's make a record!
The son of God is in the house, y'all...»
Todd, The Edmund Fitzgerald, That Fucking Tank at The Yacht Club, London, South East England, Wed 25 Aug
Rock the boat? In what sense? Sure, this boat is swaying, in a sort of rocking motion, but this? This music isn’t what you’d call 'rock' in the conventional sense. Still, it’s making me rather seasick all the same.»
These Arms Are Snakes - Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelopes Go Home
These Arms Are Snakes have been held in high regard ever since their inception over a year ago. Last year's toe-in-the-water EP, 'This Is Meant To Hurt You', was stunning, and whetted appetites aplenty. But does their debut full length, which arrives over 12 months after 'This Is...', live up to the hype?»