DiS gets prepared to rock Soldier Boy night, Shoreditch, Thursday
Not content with having Kaiser Chiefs rocking their legendary Pigs night in Leeds, DiS is now proud to tell you about a further band-related activity in smokey old London.»
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Truck Fest '04 announces full line up, tickets disappearing sharpish
July's very own South-of-the-border musical highlight, the Truck Festival, has announced full details of its lineup. Essentially a summation of (practically) every decent independent (not indie) band going and a few big-label treats, this year's line up has expanded beyond previous years into the nebulous of "bloody hell, that's pretty amazing".»
Nick Drake - Magic
Anybody see anything wrong about a record label releasing the 'first ever single' about a man who's been dead for about 8,000 years? Mmm. Me too.»
Agent Blue - Sex, Drugs & Rocks Through Your Window
...With enough energy to support a small power station and attitude to sicken even a Frenchman, we can only blink in strobe-lit wonder at what can only be The Best Band From Stoke Ever.»
That great love of rock sound
Former Pumpkin, ex-Hole, current eponymous solo star; Melissa Auf Der Maur describes the 3D sound that has been given to us by God, and expounds on the beauties of ten-year promises made good.»
Van Helsing
Don’t get me wrong; this is no average, run-of-the-mill, mediocre bore of a movie. This is up there; we’re talking top five alongside such luminaries as Batman and Robin and Jurassic Park II.»
The Blueskins - Word Of Mouth
The Blueskins' debut record 'Word Of Mouth' is a glorious, pre-summer-heated mess of sh*t, spunk and flying fur, all belted out a breakneck pace that would put an Alton Tower's ride to shame.»
Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Godhopping
After the 'phffft' of their previous single, and last before their big-boy-now record deal, it's very pleasing to see Scotland's finest oddball indie poppers back on track.»
Bloc Party: Announce Record Deal
London-based art-pop geniuses, Bloc Party, today officially announced their signing to the highly-respected indie label, Wichita. »
March of the iPods – Apple makes a mint
Apple Computer today announced that increased sales of iPod digital music players helped its second-quarter net income grow more than 200% from the same period last year. Blimey.»
Phoenix return (insert pun here) with new album and tour
Top Parisien sophisto-pop types Phoenix - last heard soundtracking crazed Japanese nights in 'Lost In Translantion' - have announced a new album and single, as well as a UK tour.
The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons
"The Zutons have a decidedly darker heart than their current Liverpudlian peers and an endearing black fog surrounds their songs..." Mates of The Coral prove they're worthy of a place on the same label and then some.»
The Beta Band - Assessment
Possibly the most underrated band (or perhaps just plain unremembered) in Britain today, the Beta Band return with a homage to their old ways.»
Alanis releases single and album, shows off 'bush'
Strop-pop queen, Alanis Morissette has announced that she is to release a new album with proceeding single.»
V Festival Essex shifts its camping tickets
Organisers of the V Festival today announced that all it's camping tickets for Hylands Park in Chelmsford site have sold out.»
Slack-Jawed In The City - Part 2
So tomorrow (well, today, actually), I’m off to legendary NYC discothèque, ‘discotheque’, to celebrate Eric Morillo’s birthday. At 10am. Apparently.»
Slack-Jawed In The City
"...don’t even get me started on the smoking thing. Still at least the social rhythm now reads ‘beer, cigarette, complaint, beer, cigarette, complaint’, rather than everything at once. Surely good for our livers, non?" The DiS village idiot hits the biggest apple and walks around slack jawed.»
Guns N Roses - Greatest Hits
You can stick your ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ up your arse...»
The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart
The Stills are a sad band. Which 9 times out of 10 makes them better than happy bands. Warped logic? Have you seen the world out there?
DiS editors choice album of the first 1/4 of 2004.»
Coheed and Cambria - Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3
You could call them distant emo-pop-cousins of Mars Volta, but to be honest, they’re much more the pop-hardcore version of The Smashing Pumpkins circa ‘Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness’ and all the pop brilliance and utter indulgent madness that went with it.»
Liars - They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
‘They Were Wrong, So We Drowned’ is a mixed bag of pulped fashion and shredded Williamsburg sanity. Frequently unpleasant, but consistently interesting.»
The Herbaliser, Mr Scruff, Amon Tobin, Kid Koala - Zen CD + Zen Remix - A Retrospective Collection
Fourteen years into their existence, Ninja Tune, perhaps the most influential 'experimental' label to have existed, finally releases a sackload of retrospective CDs and DVDs. There are best of's and there are 'Best Ofs'... Come learn from the kings of the twisted beats...»
Bobby Conn - The Homeland
Chicago's clown cabaret answer to David Bowie (Ziggy era) returns to the fray with a behemoth of a Bush-slaying record. Armed only with the samurai sword of caustic wit and the AK-47 of disco-glam-poodle-pop-rock. And by jove, it's good.»
Green Day, Apple and Pepsi to humiliate teenagers, promote i-Tunes *updated*
Million selling punkers, Greenday, have covered the Clash hit 'I Fought The Law (And The Law Won)' as part of an advertisement for a Pepsi giveaway tie-in for Apple Mac's i-Tunes.»
Various - Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 2003
A double CD round-up of the year's eclectic best as curated by the coolest record shops in Britain: Can we trust them? Or will we end up drowning in a VAT of Shoreditch-approved drivel?»
Fierce Panda to release star-studded decade compilation
King of the indie Indies, Fierce Panda, has announced details of its ten-year celebration compilation.»
Simple Kid - Truck On
'Truck On' is a one of a noble breed of song. One that is as beautiful as Scarlett Johansson (I'm obsessed) whilst as hip as Bill Murray.»
The Ordinary Boys - Maybe Someday
...If anything, two points are made; firstly that British indie is back, and secondly, that The Ordinary Boys have a very good chance of being at the forefront of it all.»
Winnebago Deal announce tour, new recordings, new label and spare 7"s
Nitrous oxidal rockers, Winnebago Deal, have announced details of their first dates of the New Year, in addition to news of a new label.»
Razorlight - Stumble And Fall
Sometimes you struggle to find a new angle; after a while, phrases like ‘British Strokes’, ‘great hopes of British music’ and ‘former-Libertine’ stack up to a point whereby any ability to analysis or critique is crushed under the weight of Time Out by-lines.»