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I’m still knackered from the night before when the DiS team lost in a RAWK QUIZ and witnessed Tommy Vance being a bit of a sad, old man. There was a free bar which was made full use of. Ergo, I am not in the mood to be pushed around and made to bop about like a 12-year-old at an Atomic Kitten ‘pop’ ‘concert’, an»
Anyone who's watched the crap but oddly compulsive car-crash telly that is 'Reborn In The USA' will know about the hoo hah that went on between rivals Dollar and Sonia. For those too young to remember (ie. most people reading this), Dollar were a crap '80s pop duo and Sonia was a crap but likeable a»
A load more bands have been confirmed for T in the Park music festival, which takes place in Balado, Scotland, in July. Following a high-pressure media campaign by comedian Phil Kay, The Darkness are now set to open the main stage on the second day of the festival. Rock. DiS darlings Idlewi»
HELL YEAH! Mclusky – aka The Greatest Band In The World – ‘hit the road’ again in May and June.
Those dates in full are thus.
May
19th – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
21st – Swansea, Subterania
22nd – Exeter, Cavern Club
23rd – Brighton, Freebutt
24th – London, Buff»
Norwich’s finest girl/boy noise terrorists, KAITO, have been forced to change their name cos some DJ in America complained and his dad’s bigger than theirs or something. Yeah, we know there’s already a Kaito, a Kato, and a Cayto at least. Yes, we know the Norwich lot used a capital O at the end of their na»
THE FLAMING LIPS are due to release a new EP on Apr 22, the only catch being that's it's only available on import in the UK.
'Fight Test EP' contains cover versions they've performed on various radio stations. They are:
'Knives Out' (Radiohead)
'Golden Age' (
A double album collection of mainly instrumental, atmospheric sounds with ambience. In other words – post-rock. This is not a bad album but it’s not particularly life-changing either. The problem here is that while Up-C Down-C may have an original name (a reference to a ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ cheat, i»
SEAFOOD bassist Kevin Hendrick has given DiS the lowdown on the band’s new album, the follow up to 2001’s ‘When Do We Start Fighting’. The band have been demoing tracks in their own studio, and will spend April and May recording the tracks for the album proper. Kev tells us: “Work continues»
Lordy! The B-52s are coming back to the UK to play some gigs.
Seems there are only two just now, but they are:
JUN 24: LONDON, Hammersmith Apollo
JUN 25: MANCHESTER, Apollo Theatre
Lest you forget, the pop choons they are responsible for in a career spanning well over 20 years, include »
Paul Weller has been dropped by his label, Independiente, after more than 10 years of faithful service. Not surprising really, as he was asking for a £2million deal even though his last album sold a relatively-low 130,000 copies. Independiente were worried that they wouldn't recoup such a cost and t»
First impressions of OK Go: singer who looks like he’s just stepped out of a GAP advert, rest of band made up of geek rock ‘80s enthusiasts. And that’s probably exactly what they are. No secrets about it, we’re talking New Wave and we’re talking The Cars and Adam & The Ants and The Knack and ELO and bubble»
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, the band most famous for 'Radiation Vibe' and 'I Want An Alien For Christmas', will have a new album out this summer. Released on Jun 3rd in the US on S-Curve/Virgin, it's not known yet if the CD will get a UK release. In any case, it's called 'Welcome Interstate »
One of the most sickenly obvious things unsigned bands tell you when you ask “what sorta music are you into?”, is that they will inevitably reply, “oooooh, a lot of different styles. A very broad range of stuff.” Which may be true. But that doesn’t stop them sounding like, for example, a rip off of The Charlatans or so»
DF Concerts have announced some of the main bands playing the T In The Park festival this year.
Some of them were previously announced on DiS, but hey this is an all-official list and stuff so here we go.
Saturday, Jul 12th
REM
The Music
Supergrass
The Datsuns
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Like, what? In a move which is either utter genius or complete madness, Belle & Sebastian have drafted in Trevor Horn to produce their new album. The man made his mark in the ‘80s when he produced the hugely successful ‘Welcome To The Pleasuredome’ album by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. He was a»
Although nothing has been officially announced as such, whispers are going round as to who's playing Scotland's annual big music festival thing, T In The Park. As shouted about elsewhere, REM and Coldplay are confirmed as headliners. Jolly good! Coldplay first played the festival in one of th»
‘Keep Me A Secret’ is the debut single from all new improved pop star Ainslie Henderson, erstwhile indieboy and leader of an unsigned Scottish indieband who could’ve been huge but, uuuuummmm, weren’t. OK, so he’s still an indieboy. He’s working with his heroes from James and the influence sho»
BLUR are to play four London shows in the week of their new album's release. To celebrate the launch of the much-anticipated new album, 'Think Tank', which is out on May 5th, they are to play four shows at the 2,000 capacity London Astoria. The dates are May 8, 9, 10 and 12. Tickets are»
Wed, 26 Feb 2003 @ Windmill Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, off Brixton Hill
drownedinsound.com presents...
..august 81
..four day hombre
..destroying something beautiful
8pm - late
3 pounds door tax
AUGUST 81
Hailing from the Scottish capital, creating a bit of a buzz a»
Fierce Panda and Pointy Records run the 'Club Fandango' nights in London village, and have been foolish enough to let us choose some of the bands once a month, gig whores that we are. And here is the next gig for you. The Thing: CLUB FANDANGO in association with www.drownedinsound.com The Starda»
Mmm, I have a sudden urge to swap my Orange handset for a Vodafone. Why is that? ‘Can U Dig It’ is, without doubt, one of the finest indie singles of the ‘90s. A strictly one-hit wonder band. But a perfect single it was. An instantly recognisable guitar riff and baggy beats. It still sounds ace years down »
Pop eats itself once again... Manufactured crap boyband from 'Popstars: The Rivals', ONE TRUE VOICE, look in danger. Already. Yippee! Having released a really crap first single, faith in the group has sunk to an all-time low. Jamie Shaw is set to release a solo album he recorded at the age of»
Bis are to split after three more gigs and a 'farewell' single in April. Aww. After nine years together, they've decided to call it a day. The three-piece - 'Manda Rin', 'John Disco' and 'Sci-Fi Stephen' - were famous for being the first unsigned band to appear on 'Top Of The Pops'. Their debu»
THE DARKNESS (who are touring with DEF LEPPARD!) have not signed to Sony, you will be disappointed to learn. The rumour was sparked on the Popbitch messageboard (where else?). Upon asking the band's PR company if it was true, DiS was told: "there is no»
Investigations have begun into the alleged vote-rigging ‘scandal’ hitting ‘The Box’ TV channel. ‘The Box’ broadcasts music videos based on viewers phoning in to request them. The more votes they get, the higher up the request-chart they go. This system is easily up for abuse by record companies and a paid »
Whimsical Scottish popsters, BALLBOY, have announced details of their new single. ‘A Europewide Search For Love’ will be released in April on long-time home, SL Records. It’s backed with ‘Fuck This For A Game Of Japs And Commandoes’. The band are back in Maida Vale studios this weekend,»
A gig for London dwellers. I might get my arse kicked for publishing this but here goes. Steve Turner of Mudhoney will be headlining The Betsy Trotwood (you heard) on Mar 4th. Also playing will be The Dark Fantastic, who are a band featuring Mark Pickering from The Screaming Trees»
WEEZER are to head back into the studio to ‘rework’ some of their old tracks and perhaps record a few covers while they’re at it. Cos they can. Frontman Rivers Cuomo told MTV news: "We might do them acoustically or with an orchestra. I'm thinking about something like 'Slave' or 'December' from ‘Maladroi»
Aereogramme have recorded four tracks for Radio 1, to be broadcast on Feb 19th.
They will be aired on John Peel's show. Of course. And here's what you can expect to hear:
'Believe Me' - new tune!
'Snake' - PJ Harvey cover!
'Inhalation Blues' - new tune!
'Thriller' - Michael Jackson »
Beep beep! Last-minute gig announcement! Shouty young rock things who many of us like a lot, SMOTHER, have just been confirmed to headline Camden Barfly this Thursday. That's Feb 6th. Support comes from Corrigan and The Clams.»
