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DiS is moist with excitement to announce that the infectiously catchy and danceable, fans' favourite, 'Talk To Me, Dance With Me', will be Hot Hot Heat's next single. Singer Steve Bays told us that the video (which includes his sister in the crowd) is of the "live concept" kind. "Sh»
Dude, I hate it when this happens. I’ve tried reasoning with myself and slapping myself round a bit. I’ve tried cleaning the filth off with a very strong scrubbing device. Fuck. I really enjoyed Limp Bizkit tonight. I hate myself. They’re a band so devoid of credibility, a band so corporate and cheesy (the»
Let’s see… ‘punk’ bands have been playing subversive comedy cover versions ever since, if not before, the The Dickies brutalised ‘The Banana Splits’ and the Toy Dolls famously spat ‘Nellie The Elephant’ out of their arse, so the novelty value has long since worn off (although I did spend man»
Hark – is that the sound of the new Glasgow underground poking you in the eye? ‘Darts Of Pleasure’ is the statement of intent which Franz Ferdinand have chosen to foist upon the world, and job’s a good ‘un. With one journo claiming this to be the most exciting debut record since The Strokes’ ‘Mo»
A curious bunch hailing from Surrey, Bernard like their guitars noisy, their timing all over the shop, and their rock poses firmly in place. It’s no surprise then that Donna Warrillow has a voice capable of shattering the roof of the Astoria without the aid of a microphone. Lengthy and loud, they’re perhaps not »
Three months. The length and breadth of the UK (they're up in Scotchland this week).»
Now that you're back from that stoopid festival, you'll want another gig to go to. Don't worry, you have all of Monday to recover. A pulse-racing Club Fandango press release The Thing: CLUB FANDANGO in association with drownedinsound.com The Stardate: TUESDAY 26th AUGUST 20»
There are too many bands. When you get all the bands fighting for gigs in the same venues, sometimes a new and genuinely exciting band will miss out because they can’t pull in the punters, or whatever other reason. Then there’s the problem that people don’t know which bands to go and see – hence the lack of punters at »
‘Recontruction Site’, the third album by cult Canadian power poppers The Weakerthans, is an altogether harmonious affair, splicing in hints of folk, alt.country and lyrical twists. In short, put everything into that mixing bowl and mix it good – there is nothing remarkably different here to their previous»
The Indie Revival continues in fine form with Suede playing lotsa big gigs in December. They're promoting their inevitable 'greatest hits' style collection, 'Singles' (as previously reported here). If you haven't got tickets for any of their fanclub shows at t»
Tomorrow's Rolling Stones gig at Twickenham Stadium has been postponed because Mick Jagger's got the flu. His doctor has ordered him to rest his voice for two days. The band were hoping to kick off their tour with "all guns blazing" and are "sorry to disappoint the fans who were coming on Saturday." »
Kerrang! magazine held their annual awards ceremony last night in London. Lots of loud rock bands and long-haired journalists were kept off the streets for the night as the results were announced. And here they are... Best Single: Good Charlotte - 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'»
Reading noiseniks The Cooper Temple Clause have announced a tour and a one-off London date. With dates lined up in Germany and Japan (see their website for more info if you happen to live there), there's also a one-off London gig at the new London Islington Academy on Sep 27th. Tickets »
THIS WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 20TH - sees three more bands take to the stage for what will be the last of our regular Wed night gigs at Brixton Windmill. .. JOHNNY PANIC are a 4-piece Clash/Manics/Deftones-influenced punkpop band based in deepest East London. They recently supported the Rezillos on tour a»
This year's annual music conference, In The City, which takes place in Manchester, is to see the addition of 'Break In The City' - billed as an entry-level to help new and unsigned bands. Taking place on Sep 12-14th at Urbis, Break in the City will be run by The Band Agency (part of the Natio»
Oceansize head out on tour to support the release of their debut album, 'Effloresce', which comes out on Sep 29th and is over 75 mins long!
The 'Remember Where You Are' tour takes place in these fine venues:
SEPTEMBER
2nd Nottingham Rock City
3rd Leeds Jos»
Shack: it rhymes with Back, Crack, Sack, Gak and Attack. Shack? You thought they’d crawled off to die in Bridlington Spa or something. Shack: a band only liked by music journalists. Having defied the bad drugs and the bad record company people and whatever other bad things cause bands to vanish for inordin»
Hurrah for screaming! A misleading mighty rock screamer (now now), ‘A Place For Everything’, opens Future Kings of Spain’s debut album. Misleading? Well as mighty as this full-on assault can be, the band are a pop group at heart. Those distorted guitars can’t hide their sense of melody. I hate liste»
Jetplane Landing have gone and booked a bloody great big tour, sponsored by us here at DiS, and you should really go along to check them out if you can be bothered dragging yourself away from the Popbitch messageboard for once in your life, you slacker. The band release new single, 'Calculate the Risk/M»
Honourary Scottish band Snow Patrol have always appeared to be on the cusp of greatness, a flickering grasp from the indie B-list upwards. Nearly, oh-so-close to swaggering into the limelight and to have the world know of Gary Lightbody's lush tones, their silky smooth, carefully-crafted tales of love, an»
The All-American Rejects are back in the UK to play the Carling Weekend, and have just announced details of a November tour. Top 20 hit 'Swing Swing' was all over the radio and telly, their debut self-titled album is out now, and you can expect a new single nearer the time of the tour. N»
Stoke-on-Trent 'baggy punkers' Agent Blue have signed to Universal offshoot and sister Fierce Panda label, Temptation Records. But if you'd been reading our messageboards, you'd already know that. Their first single, 'Snowhill', was released earlier this year and has now ap»
Reunion tours and folks-famous-in-the-90s-who-are-now-solo-or-have-new-bands - it's all happening this Autumn/Winter. Dexy's Midnight Runners: as previously announced, Kevin Rowland, Lucy Morgan, Pete Williams and "others" are taking Dexy's on the road for the first time in years. Tickets cost aroun»
From the deepest recesses of the souuuuuul came three earnest, young, bad-hair-day-suffering, dressed-in-black men, all intent on bringing their gloomy drone r’n’r to the masses. Fortunately, they had some great singles and their debut album was well received. More of the same, vicar?
Oh, go on then.
With th»
Skewered sounds which can be drenched in fuzz one minute and sparkles the next, this is 17 tracks from the American underground, made by perverted minds. The Simpsons would have quickly turned to shit if it had one writer behind the show for its entire lifespan. But no, it’s had a team of writers over a nu»
The Indie Revival (or something) continues in September with the release of new Belle & Sebastian stuff. Sep 29th sees the release of a new, currently-untitled single - their first on Rough Trade records. An album will follow on Oct 13th. It's been produced by (the mighty) Trevor Horn, who's been responsib»
It was only a matter of time before they released a ballad. The startling revelation (or not) this time would be: Charlie really does have an awfully annoying nasal singing voice, doesn't he? It's The Other Two Boys who can actually sing alright. Who'da thunk it? James Bourne takes the lead part for this. It appears to»
Rawwwwwk magazine Kerrang! is hosting a free gig in London's Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street, August 5th. And what a cracking lineup it is too. This will be a busy one, folks. The Darkness, Crackout, Sikth, Funeral For A Friend and Biffy Clyro are all due to play sets and do signing s»
The Biffy Clyro gig in Aberdeen on Oct 2nd has been moved from The Forum to Moshulu. Apparently there were some 'situations' developed with the Forum, hence the change of venue. Moshulu is normally a 650-capacity nightclub but is being modified to suit bands - this has included moving the DJ booths, instal»
Boo! Get thee to eBay and sell your tickets! The White Stripes have pulled out of the Carling Weekend, due to Jack White's hand injury. In a statement released today, Jack says: "A bone in the index finger of my fretting hand was shattered in an automobile accident, making it absolutely impossible to p»
