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Derby's finest ska-punk hoodlums, Lightyear will be blasting their way around the country over the next few months, no doubt leaving a heavy trail of chaos and warped minds in their wake. The tour will see the bands return to live circuit after taking a while out for this months recording of their second a»
The days are getting longer, the weather is getting all sunny and nice and it's time to stop spending your hours lazing in front of the fire and shed those winter pounds. What better way to do it than jigging away to your favourite bands? With festival season just around the corner, it's time to get training yourself u»
Last night I had Lasagne for dinner. A lasagne ready meal fresh from the freezer – was going to a gig, y’see. After tipping the sludgy mashed cow and sloppy pasta dish onto a plate with some of that handy pre-prepared salad stuff, I positioned myself in front of the box. Can’t beat a TV dinner. Bit of entertainment whi»
Get your ear plugs at the ready 'cause Icelandic hardcore noise merchants, Mínus are heading their way back to the UK. If furious, chaotic metal with an arty edge is your bag, this lot are definately worth the pennies. Here's their tour schedule for their return to the UK next month with a new album expect»
Ska-punk heroes, Capdown are about to set off on yet another tour, and announce details of new EP. As seems to be the trend for small punk/ska bands, Capdown are intent on touring themselves 'till comatose. Having only just come off tour with American punk-pop Kerrang! faves, Bowling For Soup, the b»
Garage punk is, like, SO last year, right? I mean, only dedicated NME fans actually (pretend to) still like that stuff, right? So, Hot Hot Heat must be waaaaaay behind the times, unoriginal and generally dull as fuck, right? Well yes, yes but NO! Behind the times and unoriginal; guilty as charged bu»
We discovered this fantastic young five-piece supporting Martin Grech at Sheffield Leadmill a while back. Instantly stunned by their enchanting Coopers-style combination of gushing samples and zooming guitars, we hounded them for a recording. Et voila! One studio track from a recording session last »
Well 'gig season' is well under way and all your favourite bands are getting down and dirty, rockin' out at venues across the country. Of course, there's only SO many gigs the average music fan can afford in one month, so here's this month's help, courtesy of DiS. This month we've taken in Cardiff, Derby, Ess»
Somewhere between the pop-rock bounciness of Feeder and the glammed-up resonating attitude and swagger of DNA Doll lies a niche from which three men going by the collective guise of BushBaby are deviously emerging. Single, ‘Skinny’, is a perfect example of how straight-up, no-frills, r»
Okay, so gig-wise, January was a bit of a slow burner, but now things are beginning to pick up again as our beloved rock stars get over their New Years hangovers and pick up their guitars once more. 2002 was a good'un for us here at DiS (our ove»
Apparently I saw this lot play supporting Sona Fariq at Sheffield Casbah. A gig I vaguely remember spending the first half hour wandering around asking who the supports were, before giving up and deciding to review only the headliners. My r»
From token sultry ‘bad boy’ in one of the squeaky-cleanest, most successful boy bands in the history of pop to roughly shaven macho groove-rap nobody, Shane Lynch’s new project, Redhill are currently touring some of the country’s smallest, scruffie»
Audioslave eh? I know what you’re thinking. You’re muttering to yourself about them being almost blasphemous compared to Rage, about Chris Cornell being a poor substitute for Zack and a few things untoward about Rod Stewart. Well hold it right there! Abandon those thoughts and take an open mind. Th»
Why is it that everything seems so much better when wrapped up? Like Christmas presents just wouldn’t be the same if they didn’t come cocooned in sheet upon sheet of glossy, multi-coloured wrapping paper. Even when you know what the present is inside; even when there’s no way it can be anything except the same sized To»
Woohoo! It's nearly Christmas! We expect that, like us, you're looking forward to a month of drunken merriment, copius amounts of food and [those of you lucky enough] some fire-side cuddles, but what better way to burn off the calories than get down to your local venue and get your boogie on?! For the second time, DiS »
I saw a few minutes of ‘em live and I was impressed. Vivacious, energetic, interesting… It all seemed promising. You shoulda seen the grin on my face when Parva’s new single, 'Hessles', was flung my way at the last DiS Staff Meeting. “Oh baby! It’s gonna rock!” I was wrong. Putti»
“The ultimate KP band” exclaimed an exhilarated DiS Boss, Sean, after stumbling across Colour Of Fire at the three-day alcohol and music binge that was Manchester’s In The City, 2002. Much as I hate to admit to being so alarmi»
65*daysofstatic announce mini-tour. Beautiful, intelligent, beepy, clever computer type stuff-making Sheffield home-growns 65*daysofstatic have announced what appears to be their first ever proper tour. Playing 7 dates all in a row, one after the other, in a sort-of organised fashion, they will be a»
Have you ever actually looked at the staff contact page? No? Well, if you had, you’d have noticed we’ve got our very own gig-going area contacts scattered right through to all corners of the UK, which is why it seems silly that most of»
Getaway - The latest single from The Music After the release of their eponymous debut, which reached #4 in the charts, The Music are to relese their next single. On November 18th 'Getaway', which featured on the album will be released through Hut Recordings and will then be deleted on »
Crackout. Crack… out. Heard that name before somewhere, eh? Last seen hustling a somewhat inebriated lead singer onto their tour bus, Crackout left the post-DiS-show drinking session in Camberwell (now home to our new offices) and disappeared on a European tour. A tour that went on to involve busses without whee»
Touring type shananigans and new EP release stuff. Remember our first 7 Questions article? Yes? Well next time you're somewhere around your local M&S underwear section, you may want to keep an eye out for the young man wh»
Crackout release an MP3 preview of new album material! The past few months have seen DiS-gig veterans, Crackout locked away in a studio writing, demoing and recording the album they claim will knock the socks off of debut '»
Clouds of cannabis infused smoke billow from the crowd, glowing blue and purple as they ascend and loiter amongst the light rigging. Pure white beams shatter and disperse, smashing against rotating disco balls and patterning the walls with a whirlwind of bubbled light. Onstage; a silhouette highlighted with an or»
Disappeared! Vanished! Gone! Ka-ping, Ka-pow! The Rock Of Travolta are currently hidden away in a recording studio mixing their next album. But, well, who said out of sight has to be out of mind? We asked for a member of the band to undergo Drownedinsound.com’s 7 Questions and low and behold, t»
The rain patters rhythmically against the window; warm, slightly stuffy regurgitated air pumps around the room and the murky light filtering apprehensively through the window competes against the yellow of artificial indoor lamps. Perched frustratedly on his computer chair, a man slumps lazily over a battered, worn out»
Miss Black America date and venue ammendments. Miss Black America's current tour has changed shape somewhat, so if you were planning to show your face at Leeds, Chesterfield, Glasgow, Falmouth or Northampton read on... September Monday 30 »
Jetplane Landing - new single and current tour dates. So far this year they've already played on tour with the likes of Hundred Reasons and Seafood, made »
Antihero announce a new tour. Having just been locked away in a recording studio, putting together a new single, once again the Antihero boys are psyching themselves up for a gig packed few months. This time supporting the new single, entitled the "Stravinsky Gave Me Nightmares Tour 2002" the»
Stapleton, eh? Seems a pretty daft choice for the launch of a new feature… Shouldn’t we be throwing the multi-million record-deal type artists at you and proving how great our address books are? Well, I’m afraid we’re gonna be saving that for a rainy day, ‘cause we’ve decided to launch the feature not with the m»
