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Kid Galahad; best known for their funky sing-a-long chorus’ and chilled out verses. Think Beck and you’re 90% of the way there, with the opening track ‘Where’s My Gold’ cautiously treading the line and coming worryingly close to ripping off the infamous Beck track ‘Loser’. ‘Gold Dust Nois»
…And he thrust himself upon the stage, leering menacingly at the audience with a disconcerting familiarity; the remarkable likeness to two of the worlds greatest, most memorable rock stars, but with his own distinct air of sensuality and conceit. Two entwined personalities; the snarling, vicious roars of Marilyn Man»
A new album by The Charlatans is set for July release. Originally reported to be entitled 'Days Of Our Lives', the new album by The Charlatans, 'Live It Like You Love It' is to be released on July 22nd. As their 8th album during their twelve year career, the record is a live reco»
Smashing Pumpkins. It’s an obvious comparison, and one I’m sure Queen Adreena’s second Underworld supports, The Bardo, are repeatedly infuriated by, but hey, if the black-glitter guitar strap fits… Still, with an abundance of humid, thundery guitar lines and enigmatic moody bass, The Bardo fill the »
More Halo tour dates.
Continuing from their My Vitriol support dates (details here), Halo are to undertake their second headline tour this year. Supporting acts are as yet unconfirmed, but the dates will be as follows:
My Vitriol July tour support slots announced. Following much rumour and speculation involving bands such as Biffy Clyro, Kinesis and more, My Vitriol's two support act's for the»
Since the 2001 release of their 'International Superhits' compilation, Californian 90's punk phenomenon, Green Day are to return with the release of a new compliation and UK tour. Set for release on July 1st, the appropriately titled, 'Shenanigans' boasts a selection of b-sides, soundtrack so»
“FUCK THE BARFLY!” hollers the Casbah’s promoter, “TONIGHT WE’VE GOT THE BEST BAND IN THE FUCKING WORLD!”. Arms streaked with the lead singers sweat, soiled with what appears to be his blood and blinded by the blaze of the flaming drum kit. FUCK! This is Sona Fariq. Enraged, int»
Australian international sensations Silverchair have had to call off their pending worldwide tour dates due to the health of guitarist and lead singer, Daniel Johns. Set to play London's Shepherds Bush Empire on June 12th, thousands of fans are to be disappointed today as the band announce th»
I can almost hear a faint rumbling in the chillingly elitist world of the musical underground as everyone arms themselves with an abundance of criticisms, ready to shoot at the very mention of ‘Carbon Kid‘. Since the release of Placebo’s last album, ‘Black Market Music’ the word “Placebo” ha»
June 3rd see's a the return of Manchester-based Alpinestars with their new single, 'Carbon Kid'. Boasting the highly sought-after unmistakable vocals of Placebo front man, Brian Molko, 'Carbon Kid' is described as "a futur»
Anyone who’s ever been to Derby will agree with me when I say it’s a shit hole. It really is one of the most dull, eventless cities in England. However, Derby has one thing going for it at the moment; it’s music scene. Best known for it’s punk acts, for years the city has swarmed with 14 year old school bands wh»
“BOM BOM DE BOM-BOM. BOM BOM DE BOM-BOM-BOM” quoth I the rhythmic, pounding wonder that is one of the six quite remarkable bass lines of The Volt’s debut EP. Indeed, if there was one thing to credit this band on, it is most obviously their bass player. These five young men boast what so many acts d»
It has to be said that one of the nice things I’ve become accustomed to during my time with drownedinsound is getting parcels through the post. It’s like Christmas once or twice a week. I especially like it when they have lots of tack in them – like stickers of bands I’ve never heard of, or used train tickets – »
Here I am in a tiiiiiiiiiny little van, no bigger than my thumb, nicely decorated with red wallpaper and little yellow lanterns. In fact, it’s strangely reminiscent of a miniature French brothel, not that I’ve ever been in one of those of course, but It’s all very cosy and belongs to one of EMI’s newest bunch of hopefu»
Crackout are to release 'I Am The One' instead of the originally planned Volume. Since the failure of the 'Volume' single to make it to the shops, those of you with promo copies may want to hang onto them! It was decided that since it's use on the Salomon Sports advert (which has been extensi»
A release date for the eagerly awaited debut album from Tetra Splendour has been confirmed. Recorded in Audio Zone, Cardiff, 'Splendid Animation' boasts amongst the 11 tracks; single releases 'Pollen Fever', 'De-Rail' and <»
Fresh off tour with Vex Red, Halo are set to release their next single on May 13th. In a recent interview with DiS (which can be found here), Halo confirmed that their next single is to be 'Sanctimonious'. Originally released on »
Young enough for the teenagers to associate with, but not too young to upset the music press; with highly fashionable indie-kid boyish good looks; guitars in hand and some essential melodies capped with enchanting three-part harmonies; all this backed up buy a record label who can afford to give away 2,000 free CD’s, i»
Over the past few weeks, I have acquired some of the most stunning demo/self released CDs possibly imaginable, and this exquisite little 2-track created by Derby based Plans and Apologies is right on the top of the pile. ‘Close Your Eyes and Wish You Were…’ and ‘Ginger Jimmy Jackson’ manage to fill»
Welsh wonders, Tetra Splendour, have confirmed dates for a comprehensive UK headline tour. Dates have been confirmed including two London performances at the beginning of April before the band set off on the road for a gruelling 23-date month-long tour with »
Hmm… where to start…? This is a pretty impossible single to review – Scarlet Soho play the kind of music that sounds completely different every time you hear it. On this one particular play through, this is what I hear… Three out of the ordinary pop-rock outbursts with a digitised modern twist that glam-r»
Take one part Crackout, 2 parts Placebo and a sprinkling of guitar riffs borrowed from 90’s grunge/pop sensations such as Nirvana and Ash and you have a pretty vivid idea of what Nottingham lo-fi punkers, Redeye Jedi sound like. The bands current demo comprises of four laid-back»
Antihero have confirmed a record deal with indie label, Integrity Records. Following in the footsteps of previous Dental Sounds companions; Miss Black America, Antihero have flown the coop and signed their first ever deal and already have their first single lined up! 'Rolling Stones »
After much speculation, rumours of a Mo-ho-bish-o-pi split are found to be completely untrue Since being dropped by their previous record label last year, Welsh indie starlets, Mo-ho-bish-o-pi and their infamous flashing visors are said to be making a return. Bimrose of Mo-ho alledgedly»
After a three year break, guitar/singing sensation Sheryl Crow is set to make a return to the charts early next month. 'Soak Up The Sun', set for release on April 1st, is the brand new single taken from Sheryls pending fourth studio album - 'C'mon C'mon'. Single B-sides are named as 'You'r»
Plans and Apologies are one of Derby’s newer and, to my knowledge, more inspiring bands. Far from the norm of wannabe ska/punk acts (see Lightyear), these five are a lot more in touch with what’s currently exciting music. They’ve got the muso-instrume»
Due to sickness, Halo last month cancelled four of their headline tour dates, which have now been rescheduled along with confirmed dates supporting The Cooper Temple Clause If you were let down with last months Halo headline tour, hopefully you'll be able to catch them on one of the fo»
I’m really going to try and refrain from classifying ‘Unseeded’ by Sumo as (modern day) punk rock because, although this is the obvious genre, it’s a bit of a misleading term. Punk rock conjures up, in my mind at least, an image of “shallow” American skater kids playing hyped up guitar pop (think Sum 41 o»
