Suede Split. Or Brit-Pop Death Rattle Continues
After over a decade of getting high on every substance known to man and animal, it is with great sadness that we reveal the end of Suede.»
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Oceansize, Elefant at London Borderline, Wed 05 Nov
Elefant: another pretty non-descript NYC outfit all suited up and singing nasal rhymes like they're The Strokes winning a Brian Molko karaoke competition and Oceansize: the tightest, most musically together band around. Songs? Sadly not, but live, that doesn't matter.»
Travis - 12 Memories
Travis have reached the kind heights where each new release is instantly dismissed as more disposable, daytime-radio fodder, but '12 Memories' is easily the best post-'Rush Of Blood…' soft-rock record there is, and offers a timely re-reminder as to why the world fell in love with the invisible band.»
Travis - Re-Offender
Let’s face it, Travis have never sought the outer-reaches of rawk and roll, but their live enriching beauty has a humble nicety about it which continues to wipe the floor all their drab, smug little contemporaries.»
Suicide Banned
The death metal band set to help a fan commit suicide ‘live’ on stage, saw their website die on Saturday night amid a rush of traffic. Frontman Billy Tourtelot confirmed the gig went ahead, but did not know whether the suicide (planned for another location), had.»
Suede at London ICA, Sun 05 Oct
Celebrating their Singles LP with 5 nights at the ICA, Suede’s integral tie to indie-guitar music is truly indelible. Recounting two of the decade’s greatest LPs ('Dogmanstar' and 'Coming Up') during their weeklong ICA residency is a rare pleasure.»
The Boxer Rebellion - Watermelon
Single of the Week! McGee's latest and maybe greatest signing to Poptones in recent times, as seen playing FanDiSco earlier this year and you voted them on the bill at Glasto... And according to Mr.Future: Thousands of bands would kill to sound like this.»
Boxer Rebellion Support Perfect Circle and Raveonettes
The Boxer Rebellion are last minute additions to the bill for A Perfect Circle’s forthcoming London Astoria show this Thursday.»
Matthew Jay: 1978-2003
Singer/songwriter Matthew Jay was found dead last Thursday night.»
Muse at London Islington Academy, Mon 22 Sep
Halfway through ‘Butterflies and Hurricanes’, the epic centrepiece of Muse’s third studio album, Absolution, it becomes clear that the Devon three-piece really have shaken off the shackles of genre and indeed comparison to any of their contemporaries. With fingers full of arpeggios and a throat full of d»
Muse - Absolution
Come hell, high-water, hail, fire, and indeed brimstone, Britain’s finest rock band are back and it’s time for something biblical. Bin your chaos theories because Muse have returned to prove that evolution is for mere mortals. With their third studio album, 'Absolution', they have »
The Cooper Temple Clause - Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose
Crazy insane or insane crazy; the carb-free, shit-splitting electro-prog world of The Cooper Temple Clause had been burning up Britain’s rock circuit long before the embers of Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose began charring up. Amidst tales of Japanese snake drinks, pig-farm excess and pitc»
Polyphonics Dropped
The Polyphonic Spree's deal with 679 Recordings has not been renewed, meaning the band are effectively 'dropped'. Having signed with the Warner's offshoot (the same label as The Streets), the 23 piece choral pop band enjoyed huge major-label plugging, getting fantastic support in the press and on te»
Death at Reading Festival
An eighteen-year-old male from Bedfordshire died at the Reading Festival in the early hours of this morning (Monday). Police have said the death is not suspicious, but a post-mortem will be carried out within the next 24 hours. Paramedics worked on the youth for over an hour in the festival campsite from 5»
Beetlebump! Damon falls off stage at Reading whilst SOAD fans crush Leeds
Crush drama at Leeds on Friday was the only blot on an otherwise blissful Carling Weekend. Oh, and Damon fell off the stage at Reading! Friday night’s System Of A Down set at Leeds saw 22 fans crushed under the weight of the crowd after a surge pushed the front security barrier back half a metre. Th»
2 Many DJs, My Computer, Lamb, Death In Vegas and more for Smirnoff Tent at Reading/Leeds
With Leeds confirmed to go and The Carling Weekend looking hotter than ever, the globally renowned SMIRNOFF Experience Dance Arena has unveiled what is a really fucking good line up across both sites for the whole weekend. Read on, this isn’t just one of those shameless plugs you often read in music mags. »
Linkin Park Chester: I sick when I sing
Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has revealed that his singing makes him sick. "Every night when I sing, it kind of pisses off the hernia. Last night I was vomiting when I was singing." He is to undergo surgery for a hiatal hernia, a condition that occurs when part of the stomach»
Marquee Re-opening
The north London club formerly known as The Marquee, will re-open in September as the Islington Academy and IA2. It follows the venue’s closure in January after going into administration. The venue was opened last year in an attempt to recreate the 'original' Marquee Club in Soho, which famously saw»
Weezer Good: Fifth LP On The Way
Weezer are readying themselves to work on their their fifth album and with Chilis, Beasties and System producer, Rick Rubin. Guitarist Brian Bell says: "There might be more textures to this record." After touring their last LP, 'Maladroit', the band took some time off and have a large number of son»
Crackout - Out Of Our Minds
It may not have truly kicked off for Crackout the first time round, but in true English spirit they’ve got their heads down, had a few cups of tea and packed in their angsty emo-rock gusto for something a lot closer to home. The Oxford threepiece are an archetypal British band, and if the suited drummer and wry »
Muse: Time's Running Out
Muse have confirmed that the first proper single from their third LP, Absolution, will be titled ‘Time Is Running Out’ and will be released on 8 September. Matt Bellamy will be on Lamacq tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm talking about the new record. Estimates show that had their recent intern»
Happy Birthday To The Man
DiS would like to wish Nelson Mandela many happy returns on his 85th birthday. Celebrations took place over the weekend, which saw Bono from U2 and The Corrs perform in front of a banquet of 1,600 people in Johannesburg, that included former US President Bill Clinton, and his wife Hilary, fil»
Mechanical Animals: Robots Employed To Halt Piracy
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is preparing to sue hundreds of individuals who illegally distribute songs online. It plans to use software robots to search for copyright violations, as well as sending warnings to universities and businesses demanding they remove illegal material. <»
MP3 All Hippies: Glasto Bootleggers Raided
Police raid Glastonbury counterfeiters in Huddersfield. Bootleggers selling illegal compilations, including live tracks from festival headliners Radiohead and REM, were raided in the early hours of Monday July 7. Police, along with various trading standards and copyright theft officials swooped on the fact»
Fuller The Leader
Simon Fuller is the most influential person in the UK music industry in a top 50 chart by industry rag, Music Week. The Pop Idol creator features alongside fellow pop mogul Simon Cowell, famous for shagging page three girls and being rude to people. The chart is mostly full of high-ranking suits who»
Move: Not really a festival
When is a festival not a festival? When it’s sponsored by a train company and has all the atmosphere of a carpet warehouse. Yes, welcome to the second ‘Urban’ Move Festival. The ‘move’ bit obviously relates to the stage which has been moved considerably further forward than last year to hide the fact that»
Senor BENICASSIM: Andy Interviews The Gent Behind The "BEST MUSIC FEST IN THE WORLD"
FIB - The Festival Internacional de Benicassim is the best festival in the world. Last year it has Radiohead, Muse and The Cure, and this year it has an equally top line up playing under the stars in the mountain backed, seaside resort in southern Spain. All the bands go on at night, leaving you free to soak up t»
The Who: New LP
The Who’s Pete Townsend has revealed that the band are to make one final album. "We'll probably go into the studio later this year," he told Billboard. Talking about vocalist Roger Daltrey, he added, "he seems to be determined to get me back into a studio and to push me to making what he woul»
Macca Nat King Cole Hit Beatles Tune
The Beatles’ world famous hit 'Yesterday' is said to have been influenced by 'Answer Me', originally recorded by Frankie Laine, David Whitfield and Nat King Cole. A bunch of musicologists (old men who probably used to be gynaecologists but got struck off) have declared that Macca neve»
GLASTO SATURDAY REVIEW
Fearful of being harmed by The Cooper Temple Clause, who are still stalking the backstage area almost a day after they should have left, we make for the hills and spend the morning eating pony shit, in buns made of farmers’ skin scrapings. The hippies call them bean burgers. On the way we catch a bit of <»