Cutting Pink With Knives

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Supersonic 2008: the DiS review

As summer colours the sky blue, events at the Custard Factory complex paint Birmingham black. Another Supersonic festival lifts the spirits»

Supersonic 2008: the DiS preview

In Depth by Mike Diver

This weekend the Supersonic Festival takes over Birmingham’s Custard Factory for a sixth year. DiS - again a sponsor - previews the festival»

Dot To Dot 2008: the DiS review

In Depth by DiS Festivals

DiS heads to Nottingham for the third annual Dot To Dot festival; proceeds to pick its best, and worst, bands of the weekend»

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In Depth by Dom Gourlay

The second bank holiday in May is almost upon us and with it comes this year's Dot To Dot Festival, with a bigger line-up than ever before»

Cutting Pink With Knives: addicted to bad R&B

In Depth by Mike Diver

Making sense of London-based Cutting Pink With Knives' splutter-punk electro goofing is as much fun, and as infuriating, as attempting a top-level sudoku puzzle with your pants down in a bubble pool full of hula girls. DiS catches up with the trio ahead of the release of album two, Populuxxe...»

Label Focus #9: Holy Roar Records

In Depth by Gareth Dobson

Holy Roar are one of a few small domestic labels likely to outgrow their roots before long, with an admirably diverse and critically acclaimed back catalogue already theirs to call their own. DiS's Gareth Dobson plays the Q&A game with co-founders Alex and Ellen ahead of this weekend's Holy Roar vs DiS gig at London's Notting Hill Arts Club...»

DiS Radio: DiScover Two

In Depth by Colin Roberts

This special live preview showcases the best new artists playing Drowned in Sound's clubs and gigs in the month of September. Bands on this short one-off show include Cutting Pink with Knives, I Was a Cub Scout and Optimist Club.»

Chasms ‘tween spasms, or close to the same edge? An Albatross and Cutting Pink albums assessed

In Depth by Mike Diver

Both tick a number of those boxes, the ones the casual listener will still associate with The Locust, and maybe Trencher, too. The solution to my which-to-cover-first woes? DO BOTH. AT THE SAME TIME. AND WRITE IN CAPITALS. It’s what they’d want…»