And the winner is: Speech Debelle scoops the Mercury Prize
Yes! The Mercury Prize judges have come to a final conclusion, after all has been seen, done and heard and the winner is...Speech Debelle»
Kasabian News
Florence + The Machine favourite for Mercury, to tour a bit
Will she? Won't she? She is?! Why is she?! Yes, it's that time of year again where everyone gets pent up about the Mercury Prize before claiming that they don't really care much for it anyway. Mostly. And who is the favourite at this stage to claim the coveted prize? It's Florence + The Machine of course, for her/their album Lungs.»
Mercury Prize 2009 shortlist in 'mix of predictable and unpredictable announcements' SHOCKER
It's that time of year when everyone in the indiesphere leaps onto the high horse of telling everyone else what is wrong with this year's Mercury Prize shortlist, charges round the racetrack of rigorously protesting how uninterested they are by said list, leaps over the fence of stating the obvious about some of the nominees not being that famous, and then probably heads off for a good feed in the stables of pointing out that M People won it once. So let's do that.»
Festival Preview Mixtape: DiS' Camden Crawl companion
Thirty tracks to get you in the mood for this weekend's festivities. »
Great Escape 2009 to include Kasabian, BSP, B.Kweller, JoFo
The first list of notable names for The Great Escape 2009 have been announced. DiS can also confirm that we will once again be hosting a stage.»
Play your food: Japanese blogger makes edibile albums
Albums you can nom-nom-nom... The web is full of weird and wonderful things and this morning Boing Boing, have brought to our attention a fascinating/stalkerishly scary blog of record covers made out of seaweed, sour plum, cabbage, ham, fish cakes,»
"The duet will fuckin' blow everyone away": Kasabian talk up their new album
Always good for a quality soundbite or two, Kasabian pair Serge Pizzorno and Tom Meighan have been talking up their forthcoming album»
Extra testicle? Kasabian say alien has ‘massive cock’
Ever wondered what Kasabian’s Tom Meighan gets up to in his spare time, aside from nailing hot rock WAGS, planning his band’s next spectacular live set and listening to XTRMNTR?»
Fur queue: Kasabian ‘don’t think it’s OK to smash a baby seal’s skull’
Lad rockers they may be, but they’re lad rockers with heart – Leicester’s Kasabian have joined the fight against seal-clubbing fur traders»
Underworld, Fatboy Slim, Ian Brown, SMD: More names for this year's Creamfields
After confirming that Kasabian would be topping the bill at their event this year, the organisers of Creamfields 2008 have released another raft of acts for your consideration»
Kasabian to headline Creamfields 2008
The first details of the line-up for this year’s Creamfields Festival has been confirmed»
Kasabian back with 'psychedelic', mind-expanding new album
Leicester-born rocklads Kasabian have revealed the big idea behind their new album.»
What have The Fratellis and Hendrix got in common?
Radio 1 have pulled together a thick brigade of popular artists for a retrospective covers compilation.»
Keane's Tom Chaplin: "I was no lightweight"
Keane's Tom Chaplin - who was treated for drug addiction and depression last year - has told Q magazine that, basically, he could out-drink shit-swaggering faux-Manc c*nts Kasabian...»
Somerset House's Summer Series: shows announced
The line-up for this year's Summer Series of shows at London's Somerset House - it's by the river, yup yup - has been announced...»
Glastonbury line-up leaks
Festival-centric website FestivalNews.co.uk has reported the leaked line-up for this summer's Glastonbury Festival...»
Top bands announced for groundbreaking Isle of Wight Festival
Muse, Snow Patrol, Kasabian and Keane have been announced as headline bands for this year’s Isle of Wight Festival...»
Metric and Kasabian team up for Playboy = Flaming Lips?
Bands design t-shirts for Playboy. Mick Rock shoots results for Playboy. Playboy sells t-shirts for Playboy (and AIDs charity)...»
Kylie WON'T play Glastonbury, after all
Despite many rumours saying she would perform, Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has told BBC 6Music that Kylie Minogue won't be playing 2007's festival...»
Elton: "Just a fat man in a tracksuit," says Kasabian's Serge
Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno has come out fighting in Oasis' corner after mainman Noely G was attacked by Elton John...»
Q Awards nomination announced: strap yourself in for a flood of mediocrity!
This year's nominees for the annual Q Awards, the award ceremony offspring of dad-rock bible Q magazine, have been announced. Whoa, there, Q - way to get radical on our arses...»
Kasabian on MCR, again: "They're clowns"
I like Kasabian. They open their mouths and poop falls out. Like a PEZ dispenser, only with poop! LOLZ...»
Kasabian: "Emo is dead in my eyes."
MTV News have reported Kasabian's verdict on all things emo: it's dead, apparently...»
WIN! Ibiza Rocks double-disc albums
See me, I wouldn't be caught dead in Ibiza. It's too sunny, its beaches are full of stinkin' Brits abroad, and its clubs play that thump-thump-thump shite that the Vauxhall Nova brigade used to pump out of their crappy cars when I was in sixth form...»
Kasabian's Meighan to do a Bowie?
Sting, Prince, Bowie, Jagger, Waits, Albarn, Flea... the list of musicians-turned-sometime-actors is a long one, and one peppered with truly awful excuses for motion pictures. Now, it seems, Kasabian's Tom Meighan is weighing up his cinematic options...»
Crocodile Hunter dead, Trouser Snake not: chart round-up
Yeah yeah, we’re well aware that there was no chart summary piece last week – there’s this thing called a ‘bank holiday’, right, that means us office-bound types can bunk off without getting in trouble with Da Boss. It’s a fairly wicked deal – we suggest you investigate your options come the next occurrence of this awesome one-day holiday...»
Gigs in a brewery? DiS's dreams come true...
The Boddingtons Brewery in Manchester is to hold a series of live music events through the autumn and winter...»
Kasabian member Cutt Off: quartet reduced to three...
We're-better-than-you sorts Kasabian have shed a member, citing "creative differences"...»
Boring Touring: the mainstream grinds into action
The balding, the bland and the behemoth have been plotting their final assault on the ears, eyes and throats of the world's youth, it seems. Here's this season's social calendar for the filthy rich...»
Ibiza Rocks: latest line-up...
This summer will again see a flood of indie bands leaking their merry way into Ibizian superclub Manumission for the Ibiza Rocks series...»
T on the Fringe line-up announced
The line-up for the sixtieth Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been announced, and it contains a smattering of wonderful gigs alongside a slew of whatevers...»
New album news: Kasabian bleat, Keane leak
The twin Ks of modern average rock music, Keane and Kasabian, have been enjoying mixed fortunes with regard to their upcoming new albums...»
V Weekend tickets go in eight minutes
Be it middle-class fervour or Radiohead-induced mania, V Festival has sold out (and not just in the moral/commercial sense) in record time this year, with the weekend and camping tickets at Chelmsford evaporating in just eight minutes...»
Swaggerin' gossip: Noel to hook up with Kasabian?
Noel Gallagher has told MTV that he might work with Midlands retro-rockers Kasabian on their second record...»
Jersey Live 2005: Kasabian, The Bravery, Art Brut...
The second Jersey Live Festival takes place on September 3rd 2005 at the Royal Jersey Showground. Acts on the bill include Art Brut, The Futureheads, The Bravery and headliners Kasabian.»
Cutt Off... slacks and a rather fetching blouse
Swaggerin' pop tarts Kasabian have apparently been head-hunted by the bigwigs at fashion house Prada...»
Wireless tickets go multi-day
Wireless, the four-day festival in Hyde Park this June, has announced the release of multi-day passes for all four days of the event.»
Bands under fire: The Sound Explosion and Kasabian on the injured list
On the operating table they're not, but members of both Kasabian and The Sound Explosion have nonetheless physically suffered for their art in recent days...»
Wireless 2005: new festival comes to London
This summer, London's Hyde Park will play host to a brand new music event: Wireless 2005. All the details, as we get them, will be right here...»
Green Day and Foos for T in the Park
Details of headline acts set to play this year's T in the Park festival at Balado, near Kinross, have been announced.
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Kasabian go super size
Kasabian play big venues. Big f*cking whooop for them...»
Kasabian: June Headline Tour
Indie/electro hot tips, Kasabian, have announced plans for a headline tour to follow their Black Rebel Motorcycle Club support dates.»
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