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DiS Gigs: London, Edinburgh update
We're honing our skills around the country at putting on ace bands and DJs, whilst also making it as easy as possible to cause some form of internal damage through alcohol. Nice. LOOK!»
Jamie T-our; and much, much more!
Following his debut 7" and subsequent 7"/CD EP combo, Jamie T heads on the road this June and for the first time takes a band in tow.»
Post this on your Myspace: Les Incompe-tour
Finally, after gestating in the toilets of London's fashionable venues and occasionally somewhat less, 12-legged frenetic scuzz-pop troupe Les Incompetents are heading out for a UK tour this June...»
Drowned in Sound Radio No. 14 - The Best of 2006 so far...
Hey, we just realised that 2006 has been pretty swell so far, eh? There's been some sexy singles, awesome albums and luscious live performances. We thought we'd catalogue some of the best bits we've played on DiS Radio so far into one easy-to-swallow podcast-deluxe...»
A Month in Records: April 2006
Well, that was the month that was. The sun shined, some people smiled and even more people released fantastic records. In fact, overall, it was a genuinely good month for music.»
New names for Reading/Leeds announced
The annual lager-fest known as 'The C**ling Weekend: Reading/Leeds' has been bolstered and (somewhat) improved with the announcemnt of a few spades worth of artists... »
The Great Escape: Day tickets now available, times and venues announced
You know the drill by now. Brighton, 18-20th May, 14 venues and an incredible arrays of bands and artists. Someone, somewhere else called it the UK version of South by Southwest, but I'm not going to. Why? Well, 65daysofstatic weren't at SXSW and that instantly puts this above all else. FACT.»
DiS Recommends: Shapes and Sizes
Every now and then, we like to expose a new little secret. This time around, Shapes and Sizes»
Crazy Frog: Our choice for World Cup anthem
The way I see it, when you're presented with a deathly dull MOR-fest from Embrace, a xenophobic, prejudiced pile of wank backed by The Sun or an animated frog, there's only really one choice.»
Scissors for Lefty tear up the UK
Scissors for Lefty are freshly-signed to Rough Trade over here and are popping over for their first UK jaunt, in support of debut single 'Ghetto Ways', released on May 28th.»
Exclusive: Truck Festival 2006 line-up announced
As official media partners and programme-makers for this year's Truck Festival, we're insanely happy to be the first to give you the lowdown on the initial raft of bands.»
DiS does the Barfly Tonight! Crunk-o-rama!
Aye, it feels like ages since we filled the Barfly with AC/DC songs at 2.30am and two cracking live bands, so let's get going with another!»
Foals - Try This On Your Piano / Look At My Furrows Of Worry
I've got a great idea. Let's fuse the mind-bending quasi-math spazz of Hella, with so-sweet-it's-almost-sickly melody, heaps of EMOtion and package it all in a sub-disco sprawl!»
Blood Red Shoes single & tour details, yo
At this particular point in time, Blood Red Shoes are my favourite band. News stories are supposed to be impartial, but I don't actually care. You owe it to yourself to catch BRS on tour over the next month or so. Unless of course you're some sort of complete dick.»
Snoop Doggy Dickens?
Giant of US hip-hop and all-round gang-star, Snoop Dogg is in the middle of writing a book.»
Arctic Monkeys - Who the fuck are Arctic Monkeys?
Let's get something straight. First and foremost, 'The View from the Afternoon' is quite easily, one of the finest singles of the year.»
Ooberman reform: New LP announced
Following their split in 2003, pop oddities Ooberman have announced their reformation.»
New Kaiser Chiefs tracks leak online
'Learnt My Lesson Well', 'Highroyds' and 'Heat Dies Down' were all premiered at the Kaisers' Glasgow show on April 18th.»
Drowned in Sound Radio No. 11 & 12
I'm still updating this, you bastards - crabLOL
Many of you may know Raziq Rauf as the voice of rock, metal and the general downfall of society in Britain. After him pressuring us for months and launching an online petition that at least seven Kerrang! readers signed, we've allowed the man to come in and co-curate 40 minutes of rock frivolity with DiS' antipodean guest host of choice - Flash Taylor.»
WIN! Tilly and the Wall tickets!
Tilly and the Wall return to the UK this May for a rather spangly tour, supported by the wonderful Emmy the Great. You can look at the dates by clicking the story to the right hand side of this article.»
Get DiSsed in Edinburgh
We announced a little while back that we've teamed up with the ineffably sexy kids at I Fly Spitfires to bring you gigs and clubs at the superb Cabaret Voltaire venue. If you don't know already, ...Spitfires is pretty much the best nightclub and upcoming promoter in Edinburgh and we're super-proud to be involved.»
The Cooper Temple Clause to headline intimate DiS Great Escape show
We are most definitely excited to announce The Cooper Temple Clause as our special guests for our stage at The Great Escape»
DiS' guide to a cracking Easter
DiS highlights two great shows this Thursday and rounds-up the best of the Easter weekend delights around the country.»
It's all Irie with Cats x3
This month, the indie-rock sonic-meddling of Tired Irie and the mathematical aural delights of Cats and Cats and Cats (pictured) are unleashed across a host of British venues.»
ATP: Nightmare now in Somerset with Sonic Youth, The Stooges
All Tomorrow's Parties: The Nightmare Before Christmas moves to Somerset, lands Sonic Youth and The Stooges...»
Reading/Leeds: Headliners and more announced
NME.COM has announced the headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals. We're at the line-up launch now and we'll be bringing you the rest of line-up live, as it's unveiled. Unless my laptop battery runs out. Which it might. Not LOL.»
Architecture in Helsinki - only UK date this year
Moshi Moshi's delicious eight-piece pop-twee ruffians Architecture in Helsinki are to play a one-off UK date this May.»
WIN! Spinto Band tickets!
We've a pair of tickets for every date on The Spinto Band's upcoming UK tour to give away. ENTER-ME-DO!»
Kaiser Chiefs, DiS for Iceland Airwaves 2006
Iceland's premier music festival returns in 2006 with the Kaiser Chiefs announced as initial headliners, alongside Wolf Parade, Jenny Wilson and local SXSW heroes Jakobinarina who our scribe T. Judge picked as the highlight of last year's Airwaves.»