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Following the Febuary/March rotating headline tour with Capdown, Hundred Reasons hit the road this May for an extensive tour to promote 'Silver'. Preceeding the new album on May 20th, 'Silver' is the follow up single to 'If I Could', and is scheduled for release on May 6»
Details have finally been announced about Idlewild's first release and UK tour since 'Roseability' in October 2000. 'You Held The World in Your Arms' is Idlewild's first single taken from their forthcoming album, entitled 'The Remote Part', (due for release in July»
Halo have postponed their live shows over the next few days, due to illness. If you were planning to see Halo this weekend, unfortunately you're in for a bit of a disappointment. Lead singer, Graeme has just been diagnosed with tonsillitis, meaning that the following dates have had to be postponed: »
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again… Sufferkiss are Nottingham’s answer to King Adora, but upon hearing this CD, I have to admit, the comparison isn’t as close as I remembered from their live performance. In my hand, I have Sufferkiss’ first demo. Two memorable, stick-in-your-head glam-pop t»
Crackout have been confirmed as supports for Seafood's forthcoming tour.
Crackout, promoting their latest single 'Volume', and Seafood, with their pending release of 'Western Battle', will be on tour playing the following dates:
March
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So, here I am at the Casbah in Sheffield, awaiting my first viewing of yet another of those bands that loads of the writers on DiS rant on about, but I have never been able to see myself. I spy tonight’s headliners, Kinesis over by the bar (dirty underage drinkers… heh), the room is pretty empty, despite »
The Dawn Parade guitarist and founder member, Rob Marenzé, has decided to leave the band and move on. The band are down to four after a mutual agreement last Wednesday, that the line-up "wasnt working anymore". The rest of the group are not seeking a replacement and are set to continue as a quartet »
Up until now, I quite liked what I’d heard of Sum 41. Their hit singles to date, 'Fat Lip' and 'In Too Deep' were both good, light-hearted little pop songs and as far as I’m concerned, deserved all the success they got. The Canadian quartets third release, however… I simply can’t s»
After the first formal album playback in London yesterday, thanks to our "anonymous informant", DiS have rumoured information of Idlewild's new single and album, plus there are more rumours of abandoning the old infamous Idlewild logo The first single taken from the highly anticipated album is sche»
Ikara Colt are due to release a new album and single over the next month through Fantastic Plastic Records. Febuary 18th see's Camden four-piece, Ikara Colt release their new single, "Rudd" as a follow-up to last Octobers' "One Note. Backed up by a tour, their first album»
If you haven’t already heard the demo version of ‘Can’t Smile’, then you’re in for a bit of a treat. It’s been a year since this song started circulating the music scene, causing a stir amongst those “in the know”. Now, a few tours and a single later, it has been re-mixed to it’s full potential and is rea»
The first "proper" single from Hundred Reasons has been confirmed as 'If I Could', to be released on March 4th 2002. The single is set for release on limited edition green 7" vinyl, as well as 2 CD formats as follows: CD1 - 'If I Could', 'One Moment', 'No 5' plus t»
British rock trio, Crackout are set to release their second single, taken from the debut full-length album, 'This Is Really Neat'. The details are now confirmed for Crackout's next single release. The track is entitled 'Volume', and is set for release via Hut Recordings on March 25th. »
With the doors opening over an hour and a half late, and a cold, wet and exceedingly grumpy crowd slowly filtering through the doors, The Cooper Temple Clause’s first supports of the night had a lot of rock-orientated cheering up to do if this gig was to be put back on-track. No sooner had I positioned mys»
To coincide with the forthcoming tour and release of the new single, 'Nothing', 'A' will be appearing at Virgin Megastores across the UK for a series of live/signing sessions. You can catch the band on any of the following dates: Fe»
And I’ve waited… and waited …and waited. For months now, all I’ve heard is "Miss Black America this..." and "Miss Black America that!" Heaven forbid I should actually get a chance to see what all the fuss is about! So, last night, on a desperate mission to unearth the truth, I found m»
Having just spent the past month taking the piss out of my friends for getting The White Stripes album for Christmas, hearing this little anecdote of indie-pop mastery has left me somewhat in a dilemma. I took to hating Hotel Yorba like a fragg»
After a change of management, London metallers Miocene are set to mark their return, embarking upon a gruelling six-week comprehensive UK tour The tour marks the release of Miocene’s latest EP release, 'Cellular Memory' which is due for issue during the tour, on March the 11th. »
2002 is set to be a huge year for british five-piece, Vex Red. With the highly anticipated debut full length LP, set for release on March 4th, the band have confirmed a short 9-date promotional tour in March. Following their support slot on S»
Ever wonder "what happened to that band from Reading/Leeds Festival with the big checkered double bass"?? Well, early 2002 sees the fully fledged return of The Lo-Fidelity Allstars, with the release of their new single on January 28th entitled 'Sleeping Faster', and the somewhat cheesily tit»
Hundred Reasons' first tour of 2002, the "If I Could" tour kicks off next month, continuing into March, with ska-punkers, Capdown keeping them company along the way. Headline slots will be rot»
'Film Maker' sees experimental indie rockers The Cooper Temple Clause proving that they too can do the oh-so-fashionable preened indie starlet thing just as well as any of the other names doing the rounds at the moment. As a follow up single to 'Lets Kill Music', 'Film Maker' comes as »
I find myself travelling to the Cockpit in Leeds for a “secret” free gig headlined by Hundred Reasons. Entering the venue, I’m surrounded by press members, and other winners of the competition featured on the official Hundred Reasons website - all adorned with a uniform »
Leaving Crackout’s tour bus at the Manchester MDH date of their December tour, supporting the Alkaline Trio, their music and the whole point of their existence as a band made a hell of a lot more sense to me. This is a band that should not be taken for face value! Listening to their debut al»
The US punk-rock "newbies", American Hi-Fi are back after their debut chart hit - 'Flavour Of The Weak' with a new song entitled 'Another Perfect Day'. Recently it seems that just about anyone with the ability to play a few basic guitar chords, string some words together in a fashion that is »
Every sound made by Tobey Torres, lead singer of Snake River Conspiracy captivates the essence of the powerful emotions boldly portrayed on this extremely impressive debut. The versatility of the band shines through as every track demonstrates a different aspect of their own personas and indeed, the»
Singles Club 2 - FREE Hundred Reasons Single You can now register for the second part of the free Hundred Reasons Singles Club. SC2 includes an exclusive Hundred Reasons track, plus tracks from support bands on the current tour, Hell Is For Heroes and Errortype:11 - all you have to do »
Granted – Crackout may not be the most awe-invoking, inspiring band in the world. Over and over again I hear them categorised as just another boring, unoriginal punk-rock outfit... and maybe to a certain extent, this is true. But, you have to credit the band, although possibly slightly unoriginal; what Crackout »
