Win: Paramore goodies
Honestly, could we be any more emo today? It’s all Weezer albums this and Fall Out Boy that, now we’re giving away a whole buncha Paramore stuff to one of our lovely readers.»
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New October dates announced for Rufus Wainwright
His new album might have sounded ‘a bit much’, but he’s still alright by our reckoning - Rufus Wainwright is headed for the UK in October for a ten-date tour.»
Win! Cornelius tickets and signed 7"
He’s weird, he’s brilliant, he’s definitely not the Japanese Beck – and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for his show at Royal Festival Hall this Sunday (July 1). It's Cornelius, of course.»
UPDATED: The Verve reunite: tour in November
The Verve are reuniting for a tour in November.»
Kaisers announce arena dates
Obscure drone-metallers Kaiser Chiefs have announced their biggest-ever headline tour with ten dates at arena venues across the UK.»
Babyscrambles: Doherty mobs Pop
Pete Doherty has revealed he was part of the stage invasion during The Stooges’ Glastonbury performance – and insists Iggy Pop is a fan of his work.»
iLiKETRAiNS: album and tour details in your face
iLiKETRAiNS have announced details for their debut album on Beggar’s Banquet.»
Jesus And Mary Chain announce London date
Scottish merchants in fuzzed-out cool The Jesus And Mary Chain have announced a date at Brixton Academy on September 7.»
Chart round-up: Stripes bag top spot
This week’s charts are a bit like watching Big Brother in the small hours of the morning – extremely dull, but something of a relief from all the idiot mewling that fills it for the remaining 80 per cent of the time.»
Paul McCartney - Dance Tonight
Nothing like a messy divorce to get the creative juices flowing, eh...»
Beirut - Elephant Gun
The story you’ll probably know by now - annoyingly precocious American kid ducks off to Paris at 16, finds himself smitten with a bunch of Serbian musicians, gets idea for Balkan folk/indie mash-up called Beirut. So far, so middle-class tourist...»
Suicide, Grinderman at London Forum, Wed 20 Jun
I’m going to watch four men’s mid-life crisis take place on a stage in Kentish Town. And I’m rather looking forward to it. Rock ‘n’ roll is traditionally the preserve of the angry young yoof, of course, but Grinderman lash out at the foibles of middle age with the viciousness of an ageing lion stamping out his territory over young pretenders to his crown...»
Chart round-up: dad rules, OK?
Some bands might try and put the 'art' into charts, disgusted as they are with all the commercial dross choking up its failing innards on a weekly basis. Here at DiS we like to put the 'ha' in charts, as in 'ha ha ha ha fucking ha'. Luckily for us they're usually quite funny anyway, so we don't have to tell any shit jokes...»
Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
If it’s kudos you’re after, you could do a lot worse than hunting down a copy of this collaboration between German techno boffins Mouse On Mars and Fall lynchpin Mark E Smith. But would anyone actually want to listen to it? Well, yeah, as it turns out...»
Confusing headline: Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Is Is is new EP
Yeah Yeah Yeahs return to the recorded fray with a new EP, Is Is, released July 23 on Dress Up/Fiction...»
Ash try the single life: rather suits them, apparently
Ash have confirmed that new album Twilight Of The Innocents will be their last – but insisted they will continue to release singles in future. A bit like Led Zeppelin in reverse, then.»
Brock, horror! Modest Mouse frontman gets one in the eye
Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock underwent surgery following an alleged bottling incident, forcing the band to cancel a number of European dates.»
Purple reign: Prince makes it 21 with new London dates
Prince has added six more dates at the London O2 Arena to extend his record-breaking sell-out run of 15 shows in the capital.»
Gallows feel the pressure: Carter threatens to quit
Gallows earned a stay of execution last night after admitting to fans at a Sheffield gig they had been thinking about quitting...»
Video for M.I.A's new single, album tracklisting revealed
The video for M.I.A’s new single ‘Boyz’ has been made available to watch on her new website.»
Queens of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
“The devil made me holier than any man,” Homme intones over a barrage of guitars set to ‘kill’ on ‘3's and 7's’, and you kind of whisper a little amen. Era Vulgaris? Too bloody fucking right...»
Various - Across The Pennines Two
Historically-speaking, of course, there isn’t much love lost between the rose-bearing counties on either side of the Pennines. As attempts to bury the hatchet go, Across The Pennines might be a little like The Game rocking up to Fiddy Cent's doorstep with an armful of Pet Shop Boys records and a bottle of poppers, but at least they’re putting out some decent music along the way.»
Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound
If they ever do get around to making proper robots – you know, the ones that go all homicidal in the flash of a light bulb – you’d want them to be constructed from Steve Albini’s guitar sound. A twisted, sinewy train-wreck of a noise that sounds approximately like your face being shoved into a barbed wire fence from a car window travelling at high velocity...»
Hark, life: Blur to record in November
That long-awaited new Blur album looks set to finally appear in 2008, with reports confirming that the band will return to the studio later this year...»
Blonde Redhead, Maps, Sleeping States at London Koko, Wed 30 May
A fringed character bathed in shadow is slinking about the stage like an eerie puppet with Björk drunk at the controls, or like the girl that crawls out of the telly in Ring, her ethereal moan accentuating the jewelled tips of a gliding musical panorama which ushers you down into a world of exquisite sadness. The lady in question is Kazu Makino, the band is Blonde Redhead...»
Chart round-up: coo, fancy that - Pigeon Detectives in at three
Another week, another singles chart with some not very good songs in it, and this week’s has a distinctly booty-shaking feel to it thanks to a glut of diva-style r’n’b theatrics...»
Free stuff! Guestlist passes to The Young Knives at Koko
The Young Knives will be previewing new material at Koko in Camden this Sunday (June 3), and you, yes you dangnammit, can pick up some of your finest, A-grade guestlist places.
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A Month In Records: May 2007
With Paris Hilton languishing in a prison cell somewhere in California, what better time to reflect on a month in wonderful albums? Like, whateverrrr…
Lodestar festival announces line-up
Just when you thought there wasn’t a patch of grass left to pitch a tent on, the BBC 6 Music-approved LodeStar festival arrives as an interesting new presence on the full-to-bursting festy circuit.
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That Glasto line-up in full...
The full line-up for this year’s Glastonbury festival has been officially announced.
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