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Drowned in Sound Radio No. 10
Well, we did it. We've made it to the tenth show of Drowned in Sound Radio without being arrested, disciplined or abused. Sean and Colin celebrate this week by playing a rather ace selection of slightly more downtempo tunes, with the occasional hit of ROCK.»
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 Shoreline
Like being caught in the most perfect rainstorm and walking hand in hand with the one you crave. »
EXCLUSIVE: New Bloc Party LP 'within 6 months'
In an online exclusive interview with Bloc Party this afternoon, bassist Gordon Moakes revealed their second album will be released within the next six months.»
Prince paints, landlord faints, then there's some complaints
Prince has a new album out. It's called 3121 and it's really rather ace; but rather than inviting hundreds of journalists to get crunk and eat some sausage rolls to push the new LP, the little one has gone and painted the front his house. Stripy. Purple. Stripy purple. He's also emblazoned '3121' across the front of the swanky mansion»
DJ Shadow! Comes out of the um... Shadows?
Remember the first time you heard Entroducing..., DJ Shadow's first commercially-available LP? From the dark, introspective rhythms to the perfectly looped samples from all over the globe. A true classic and herald of a new genre. Well, much like his good friends Seafood, he's BACK.»
Seafood! Return! Great!
Rock-o-tastic-o four-piece Seafood have unleashed details of their fourth studio album and follow up to 2004's As The Cry Flows. That was a great title.»
volcano!: Tour Dates, 7" announced
Quite possibly my favourite band in the whole wide world, volcano! have announced a full UK tour and 7" for this May.
The band will release 'Apple or a Gun' backed with a cover of Otis Redding's 'I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)' on 7" at the end of May through The Leaf Label.»
DiS Radio presents... Guillemots
DiS Radio ventures to North West London to capture spectacular new band Guillemots in the studio, working on their debut album. We leave with an enthralling interview and a beautiful solo performance of new single 'We're Here'.»
Deerhoof at London King's Cross Scala, Mon 27 Mar
Deerhoof are international heroes, disguised in clothes to make them seem like you and I; paving roads of happiness across acres of emotional furrow. Like all the best heroes, this band finds it significantly harder to put a foot wrong than it does to effortlessly captivate with another spasmodic burst of rhythm. A yelp. Or a squeal. A fiddling, then middling then quite frankly bewildering guitar pattern...»
Drowned in Sound Radio No. 9
Drowned in Sound Radio continues its path of destruction with this, our ninth show. Queue here for new music - express!»
The Strokes - Heart in a Cage
Once upon a time, in a scene far, far away, The Strokes produced singles that, whilst being marketed (and in most cases accepted) as the saving grace of rock music and the herald of a new era, there were genuinely great pop songs behind the haircuts.»
WIN! Tickets to the theatre with Patrick Wolf!
Patrick Wolf is going to the theatre and if you were unlucky in missing out on tickets, allow DiS to help you somewhat...»
DiScover: Les Incompétents
Adorned in sweat, vintage and off-the-wall attire, Frederick Bang, singer and spokesperson for West London's Les Incompeténts is filled with hope, fear and ideas. Weeks of radio sessions, debauched live performances and skewed interviews have brought his band to the cusp of success, leaning on the edge of their opportunity to break. »
DiS hosts special New York party
DiS plays the ambassador's role and offers Ferrero Rocher (not really) to a few lucky New Yorkers»
Drowned in Sound Radio No. 8: SXSW preview special
Sean Adams and Flash Taylor guide us through their picks and tips for this year's South by Southwest festival and music conference in Austin, Texas.»
DiS preview-o-rama: Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new LP
This week, myself and the David Niven-like rock warrior, Michael K. Diver took a trip to darkest West London, or at least High Street Kensington, to listen to the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs LP, Show Your Bones...»
Tourgasm: New dates for Howling Bells & Mazarin
Two of Bella Union's finest have announced some rather spiffy new UK tour dates. Gosh! Here they are...»
Nightmares on Tour
Warp Records' cut n' paste club Nightmares on Wax announce new tour dates»
volcano! announce first UK headline date
Just a short newsie to let you know that this particular scribe's band of 2006, volcano!, have announced their first UK date from their forthcoming DiS-associated UK tour, one that will also take in shows with Lightning Bolt...»
WIN! Tickets to the Insomniac's Ball
I was once told, "Colin, you're far too good to your readers, all they do is spew rubbish into the comments beneath the articles and send you hate mail when you slag off Band X." I pondered this for a second and replied, "quiet infidel! DiS readers are a higher class of music lover and their comments are always incisive, valid and above all - interesting! Then, I thought, "hey! let's give away some more prizes!" So that's exactly what we're going to do.»
Artists announced for Camden Crawl 2006
Camden's annual beer, band and puke-a-thon has been unveiled for 2006»
EXCLUSIVE: ¡Forward Russia! announce debut album details
Bastions of independence and DiS-proclaimed 'Kings of Leeds', ¡Forward Russia! have announced the details of their debut album release and next single.»
WIN! Super-limited :( / data Panik booty!
The sexy mother-hubbards at Must Destroy... Music have furnished DiS with some rather special prizes to fill yer boots with.»
DiS comes to Edinburgh
DiS is proud to announce another new night in our expanding co-promoted gig and club network, in Sunny Scotland!»
Field Music announce first headline UK tour
Field Music's innate ability to construct complex and interesting pop music and still maintain a soul hold them in good stead for this, their first UK headlining tour. DiS suggests you go and below is where you should go, if you decide to go and you decide than the answer isn't no when you pose the question 'should I go?'»
Truck Festival sells out in record time
The summer's main event, the Truck festival, has sold out in record time.»
The Pipettes: single, dates and kisses
New single 'Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me' fills the main criteria for a Pipettes track; handclaps, catchy choruses and general prettiness. Release date? YES. It has one. Oh, yeah. It's the 27th March and comes on two different colours of 7" (green and white) and a CD single.»
Drowned in Sound Radio No. 7
We've a live bootleg of a brand new Shins song, a classic piece of post-punk excellence with our Band You've Heard of, But Maybe Never Heard; Q and not U.»
BSS' Jason Collett to play exclusive showcase
Broken Social Scene guitarist to play one-off free showcase in London, this Wednesday...»