DiS London: Wed's lineup (28th May)
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Box Sets A Go-Go: Duran Duran, Buzzcocks and The Stranglers are waiting for you. Again
Box Sets A Go-Go! EMI Catalogue have been busy bees trying to find new ways of making you replace any old vinyl you might still have, and even replace old CDs. Well here's the latest. Shiny new handbag-sized singles collections, housing music in faithfully-replicated sleeves and one or two pre»
Biffy (and InMe) get Deftones and Taproot supports
Biffy Clyro have been confirmed as the support band for Deftones and Taproot.
They will be supporting Taproot at Liverpool Barfly on June 1st.
They will also be the main support in Glasgow for the Deftones at Braehead Arena on June 3rd.
Sadly, it means that the gig due to be in Wre»
Razorlight and The Darkness sign to The Man
Prepare to be shocked but it seems that The Music Industry has been - wait for it - signing bands recently. Deals signed and sealed most recently by two major labels go to The Darkness (at last) and Razorlight. The Darkness»
Clearlake and Simian play rekkid shop
A new chain of record stores called Carbon will see its flagship branch on Carnaby Street, London, 'opened' by two popular indie combos. Clearlake and Simian are due to play acoustic sets at the shop on July 13th (a Friday, oo-er). Carbon expect to create a chain of 16 outlets in two years. Br»
Youthmovies at London Bull and Gate, Sun 18 May
Here we have another band who fully embody the phrase drowned in sound. Noise for noise's sake or noodling 'post' 'rock'? Four malnourished boyz with little hair make their second sojourn unto one of London's favourite piss»
!!! - Me and Giuliani Down By the School Yard (A True Story)
Ignoring the fact their singer can't actually sing and the lyrics are barely more literate than the latest effort from the Cheeky Girls (with added swearing and wit), 'Me And Giuliani…' is a triumphant 9-minute shimmering dance/funk beast with hand claps, "do do do"s, and sounding like it has The Edge on guitar.»
Biffy in-stores in May
Biffy Clyro have confirmed some in-store live shows this month, pre-empting their tour.
The dates are:
27th - London, Virgin Oxford Street. 6pm
28th - Milton Keynes, Virgin. 4pm
30th - Glasgow, Virgin. 6pm
31st - Aberdeen, One Up Records. 5pm
All shows are free but some may»
DiS London gigs in May: Panda Love Unit, The Soles, I Own Kings, Union...
More gigs in May 2003. Grrreat.
The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, off Brixton Hill
All Windmill gigs are £3 on the door with the first band going on at 9pm.
Wed 14 May……
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Ozma: new album is "definitely a breakthrough for us"
Ozma have revealed their new album, 'Spending Time On The Borderline', is a bit of a change in direction for them. Talking to Mean Street magazine, co-frontman Daniel Brummel says "it's definitely a breakthrough for us... We really grew up in terms of our sound and willingness to experiment with »
Small Brown Bike record new EP and LP for you
Small Brown Bike (is it OK to call them emo?) are to release a Canadian-only EP next month, followed by an album later in the year. The Michigan band are currently on tour in the US. They release 'Nail Yourself to the Ground' on No Idea/Smallman Records in June. Tracklisting is: 1. Trains Al»
Closer do the tour thing
Weezer-y (it's a new genre) Scottish rock band, Closer, are going out on tour.
The band have a tune featured as the lead track on acclaimed compilation album 'Rock Mess Monsters' (Adorno Records).
Those tour dates are:
JUNE
10 - High Wycombe, White Horse
11 - Birm»
The Frames in Rare UK Gigs Shocker
The almost-totally-ignored-by-the-UK-press-and-public Dublin band The Frames are set to play a couple of rare gigs in England.
Usually touring their arses off on home turf and in America, they play:
May 29th: London, Union Chapel
June 27th: Glastonbury Festival, acoustic stage (5:45pm)»
Dropkick Guthries
Boston punks Dropkick Murphys will be using lyrics from late folk legend Woodie Guthrie, for their fourth album 'Blackout', according to rollingstone.com. Guitarist Ken Casey told the site: "Woody's grandson knew our band. He went to his mother, Nora, and told her that we would be a good fit to r»
The Matrix goes Animatrix
The creators of 'The Matrix' have conceived a series of short anime films, to be released on DVD on June 3rd. The Wachowski Brothers have brought together nine clips in the Japanese anime style, with the voices of Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss on two of them. "Inspired by »
Pumpkins Guitarist Will Guest on New FoW Album
New Fountains Of Wayne album, 'Welcome Interstate Managers', will feature a guest star - former Smashing Pumpkin's guitarist James Iha. As previously reported, the new CD is out at the start of June on S-Curve/Virgin. It will be released simultaneously in the USA and Japan, while international relea»
More Eminem tix onsale for Hampden Park
DF Concerts are to put another 2,500 tickets onsale for Eminem's gig at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which takes place on June 24th. The tix go onsale tomorrow, May 10th, at 9am and are only available via internet or the Ticketmaster phonelin»
Scotland's 'T-Break' lineup announced
T-Break is an annual 'showcase' (some would say battle-of-the-bands) for new bands in Scotland, giving them the chance to win a place at T In The Park festival in the T-Break tent. Biffy Clyro first made their mark there in 1999, and the lineup for the T-Break gigs this year has been announced tonight. Ban»
Dive Dive: debut single and tour
In a previous life they were called Fighting Gandhis (for about 2 gigs) and before that, Dustball, but now they're Dive Dive and they've confirmed details of their new single and tour. Their debut release - already shaping up to be one of 2003's finest singles (trust me) - will be out on new London label I»
Jarcrew sign to Gut
Jarcrew have announced that they signed to Gut Records this week. And, à la Lostprophets, the band will be remixing and re-releasing their debut album, 'Breakdance Euphoria Kids', before starting work on album no. 2. They go out on tour with fellow Welsh noiseniks Mclusky (COR, THAT'S A»
End of the Line For Ooberman?
Ooberman have dropped heavy hints that the band will be splitting soon. Having just pulled out of this year's Truck festival, Ooberman band members Andy and Steve have both written unhappy letters to their fans. "Basically the Oob is to roll no more," explains Steve, "The ambition and love »
Placebo in the picture
Placebo release 'This Picture' as their next single, on June 9th.
Tracklisting across the formats is as follows:
CD
This Picture
Soulmates
Where Is My Mind (XFM Live Version)
7"
This Picture
Where Is My Mind (Xfm Live Version)
Remix Marillion and win loadsamoney £££
Marillion - an old prog band your dad probably likes - are giving fans the chance to remix tracks from their 'Anoraknophobia' album. There's a catch - they want you to buy the masters at £10 per track. But hey, you can purchase all 9 tracks for 'just' £60, if you're feeling flash. It's not all»
p-rock TV goes off air
Punk music channel p-rock, the digitial TV channel setup in Nov 2002 by two south London businessmen, has been taken off air. It disappeared on Thursday. They blame lack of advertising as the problem. "Far and away the biggest obstacle to our cash flow was the slowness in which the advertising came i»
The White Stripes - Elephant
Having tried to 'live' with this album since its release, the fact of the matter remains - 'Elephant' is not a great album. Shock! Its sprawling 14 tracks rarely cover new ground from the previous three long-playing efforts. The riffs feel repetitive and on occasions the songs ape older tunes - »
Special/Blown It - Mansun call it a day
After eight years together, Mansun, have decided to split. mansun.net reveals today that "the band members came to the decision towards the end of March, agreeing that they each want to move on with their lives, and that the life of the group had co»
London: Alldayers this Bank Holiday
A few good alldayer events happening in London this lovely bank holiday weekend (in addition to the DiS gig on Monday, of course info here).
SAT 3rd MAY
Last Rockers Club presents:
Twisted Charm, »
DiS-friendly Truck Festival: confirmed bands so far
The fifth annual Truck Festival in Oxfordshire has started to announce its lineup for this year. The 2-day fest takes place on Hill Farm in Steventon, on July 19th and 20th. Tickets are priced £20 before July 1st, or £25 thereafter. Bands from the Truck stable are set to appear as always: Goldrush (w»
Eels: tour and new album
Eels finally return with a new album, 'Shootenanny!', on June 2nd. It's their first new material since contributing two exclusive tracks, 'Skywriting' and 'Taking A Bath In Rust', to the Billy Bob Thornton 'Levity' movie soundtrack, which was released in the US last month. They»
Ainslie: new single due
Scots popster Ainslie is to release his second single soon. The followup to Top 5 single 'Keep Me A Secret' was initially rumoured to be 'Pretty Girls and Pretty Boys' and get released this month, but his official website now suggests it now may be something different. In any case, his »