50, not out: Monsters celebrate half century with massive compilation
Oxfordshire indie label Big Scary Monsters has reached its 50th release, and will celebrate by issuing a special 50 Not Out compilation»
Meet Me In St. Louis News
RIP: Meet Me In St. Louis
As you may have already heard, Guildford rock heroes Meet Me In St Louis have decided to split.»
Meet Me In St. Louis plan first dates as quartet
Meet Me In St Louis start out on tour again later this time next week, but this time without recently-estranged vocalist Toby Hayes.»
WIN! Silver Rocket 100 tickets and compilation CDs
This Saturday, October 13, London indie club Silver Rocket marks its 100th gig with a special all-day do at the capital's ICU venue (next to the Albert Hall, innit). DiS has FIVE pairs of tickets to give away to the event, and winners will also pick up a copy of SR's new compilation CD, SR100...»
Silver Rocket at 100: special all-dayer this month
Celebrated London indie clube Silver Rocket is to mark its 100th show with an all-day bash at the capital's Imperial College Union...»
WIN! Meet Me In St Louis tickets, records, STUFF
We've a pair of tickets to give away to the launch party for Meet Me In St Louis' album - which goes down on September 27 - as well as copies of both the aformentioned LP and MMISL's split 7" with the also-amazing Secondsmile and some posters...»
Brainwash Festival: line-up announced for Leeds charity bash
The Brainwash Festival returns to Leeds later this year for three days of bleeps and beats and riffs and rock, all in the name of charity...»
September shows: starting Saturday!
September may well be a week old already, but don't go accusing us of slacking. Besides, we're playing catch up like crazy 'til the month's end...»
Meet Me on tour: twitch-rockers play shows, release debut album
Teetering-on-the-edge (of a breakthrough proper, that is) sorts Meet Me In St Louis finally release their Alex Newport-produced debut album next month, and tour heavily to support it...»
Slam! Bam! Thank you... Grantham?!
Not going to V this weekend? Then why not head to the usually sleepy confines of Grantham instead...»
Summer Sundae: Full line-up + DiS does the Fringe!
The full line-up for this year's Summer Sundae Weekender Festival has now been confirmed, with The Pigeon Detectives being the final name added to the bill...»
DiS-approved touring action: Rolo Tomassi and MMISL jaunt starts on Saturday
This Saturday sees the DiS-sponsored Rolo Tomassi and Meet Me In St Louis tour get on the move. The two bands - two of the finest in the land to be causing a stir in 2007 - kick things off at the Barfly, London...»
Oh No Tomassi! Guitarist fractures wrist at 5-a-side
Bad news, fans of Rolo Tomassi's six-string shredder Joe: the guitarist fractured his wrist at yesterday's Big Scary Monsters-organised 5-a-side tournament in London...»
Big Scary Monsters; London label show, Sunday 5 a side tournament; DiS gets ready for humiliation
n quite a flurry of activity this week, the Big Scary Monsters label is to celebrate its very own existence with a rather enticing show at Rota, London, plus most importantly, a succulent sporting drama in the first ever BSM 5 a Side tournament.»
BSM: taking itself not so seriously on new sampler
Acclaimed Oxford label Big Scary Monsters is to release a new sampler later this year entitled Record Label Schmecord Label. LOLZ...»
A Badge Of Friendship's DIY Summer Festival: line-up + tickets
London promoters A Badge Of Friendship have announced details of two all-dayers for next month...»
DiS-sponsored July jaunt: Rolo Tomassi and Meet Me In St Louis hit the road together
DiS is pleased as a pig rolling in the very finest shit to inform you that we're right behind the July tour by Sheffield keyboard-core screamers Rolo Tomassi and Guildford/London-based avant-garde alt-rockers Meet Me In St Louis...»
DiScover Club: this weekend, Saturday May 5!
Hooray - or is that 'hurray'? Either way: it's the weekend! And this weekend's super special, and not just because the mighty Southampton could secure a place in the play-offs. Oh no... we've a DiScover Club to dance at...»
DiScover Club update: booked until October!
How good is this? DrownedinSound.com – hello, you’re reading us – has only gone and confirmed our DiScover Club bills all the way ‘til October. Wow, for once we’re totally all over this organisational thing...»
DiScover Club update: loadsa free shows for London DiSsers...
Tonight's free-entry event's no one-off, y'know - we'll be putting on more and more free shows at Fopp on London's Tottenham Court Road this year. Be sure to check the site for updated details in the near future. Which leads us quite nicely to this: all the dates for our forthcoming DiScover Club shows...»
Brappy clappy: This Town Needs Guns and Jonquil tour
This Town Needs Guns and Jonquil are to co-headline a string of dates over the next few months, supported by a motley bunch of indie hopefuls.»
DiScover Club update: many a (free gig!) date for your diary
Did you attend the first DiScover Club of the year, at London's Notting Hill Arts Club on January 13? If not, why not?! It was ace: we had Loney, Dear, former Eastern Lane man Derek Meins and the well-special House Of Brothers. And it was free. And it was rammed, and fun, and great. Frankly, you'd be very silly to miss any of these upcoming shows...»
Cats And Cats And Cats and an all-dayer: this weekend, London
DiS's favourite band called Cats And Cats And Cats, Cats And Cats And Cats, have pulled together a frankly super bill for an all-dayer in London this weekend...»
Emergency! Dates! By! An! Emergency! Yeah...
Not a lot of people know that we at DiS really really like Exeter-based pop-punk hip-swingers An Emergency; they regularly make us shake our bottom halves in a way we've not since Q And Not U called it quits...»
Haemostatic Picnic Races win BSM Christmas competition
Tunbridge Wells-based four-piece Haemostatic Picnic Races have won the chance to open Big Scary Monsters' Christmas gig, at Camden's Barfly on December 17...»
Second annual BSM Christmas Tour announced
Details of the second Big Scary Monsters Christmas Tour have been announced...»
The Mockingbird Nightmare prep three-way split, plus live dates...
Kent-based post-rockers of no little epicness The Mockingbird Nightmare are beavering away at putting the finishing touches to a three-way split EP, due soon on Engineer Records...»
Meet Me In St Louis appeal for recording funds...
Plucky indie-rockers of maximum riff intelligence Meet Me In St Louis are after a few pennies and a lot of pounds in order to record their debut album, due to be released via Big Scary Monsters...»
Get Off The Internet! No, seriously: do so, and go to this...
See that STA all-dayer news, there? We thought that was about as ace as today was gonna get, awesome-festival-type-stuff wise. But no - then we saw this...»
And with the right kind of answer, you can WIN: MMISL giveaway
Super-charged masters of complex post-hardcore riffery Meet Me In St Louis very kindly joined DiS for our afternoon RoTa bash this weekend; our ears haven't been without a slightly sweet sting ever since. The Surrey quintet released their five-track debut proper last week, and 'cause we're good to our valued readers - that's YOU - we've blagged a few copies of it to give away...»
Silver Rocket preview-a-thon: GREAT gigs, really
We here at DiS have mad respect for Silver Rocket, the sole London club that consistently delivers the live goods. Sure, there are dozens of Londoners putting on clubs with live acts, but few maintain the sort of quality illustrated by these upcoming dates for your diary...»
SPILL does shows...
On-the-rise music magazine SPILL has put togther a quite admirable series of gigs for the next month and a bit. Do check these hot puppies the heck out, won'tcha?»
Variations On Swing
All We Need Is A Little Energon, And A Lot Of Luck
Aspen Fears/I Have Knives In My Eyes, I'm Going Home Sick
And with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark – the place where the wave...
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