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by Luke Slater
So various bits and bobs about the imminent return of 65DaysOfStatic have been floating around in the ether for a few days or so now, but we thought we'd bring you most of the news compacted and combined in one news article. So don't say this is 'old news', OK?»
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by Luke Slater
When, in January, we reported the eventual demise of one of our favourite bands of the last ten years, and one of 'our own', Youthmovies, we were told that there were to be a handful of UK farewell dates before the band called it a day.»
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by Sean Adams
Before we compile our super-massive end of year coverage, we want to know what you've loved this year. We kick things off with DiS' returning Editor's favourite albums of 2008. »
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by Sean Adams
One week on and Tom Waddington, our web guru, has been working around the clock to make things work. As we said when we launched it's going to take us at least a month to begin to finish the new site; there is so much still to be done aside from stomping out a few rogue bugs but we had to go live so that the development of the site could be finished. This is where we're at...»
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by Sean Adams
"If you don't know, honey, why'd you just say so?
Cause I need this now more than I ever did.
If you don't well, honey, then you don't.
So here we are now, a sip of wine a sip of water.
Someday maybe, maybe someday we'll be smarter.
And I'm sorry»
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by Mike Diver
Oxford prog-rock quintet Youthmovies were in the studio last night, recording material that'll make up their next release, an EP scheduled for November»
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by Mike Diver
Oxford’s leading proggy alt-rockers Youthmovies have confirmed a number of live dates for November. Bonus: they’re again taking talking-songs artist Adam Gnade on the road with them»
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by Kev Kharas
Youthmovies will be in London’s Brick Lane this time next week, playing after the UK premiere of Juno actress Ellen Page’s new film»
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by Mike Diver
Oxford quintet Youthmovies can be watched right here performing a City Centre Sessions, um, session for Manchester-based TV station Channel M»
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by Kev Kharas
More acts have been announced for this year’s Summer Sundae Weekender – including the five acts who’ll make up DrownedinSound’s stage»
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by Kev Kharas
Casting minds back through the mists of time, you may recall that we ran a news story about Youthmovies, Tired Irie and Lovvers playing a show at the ICA in London this month»
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by Mike Diver
You stop work, but the charts keep rolling. Yesterday's movers, shakers, fakers and crap, here»
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by Mike Diver
Youthmovies to play special ICA show in support of new album Good Nature - win swag in exchange for your view on the album, plus tickets to this awesome end-of-tour gig»
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by Mike Diver
With the peak looming and the slide to another weekend just over yonder hillock, it’s time attentions turned to Monday next’s releases, particularly the new Youthmovies single»
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by Kev Kharas
More of what's good, including the magnificent new Youthmovies video and an Upset! The Rhythm special. Next week: Feist, Ronson x Radiohead, Chairlift, Islands and more.»
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by Kev Kharas
Drowned in Sound’s indulging in sheer amounts of live show harlotry this week, and we’re not stopping ‘til we’ve rubbed you red raw; you fucks.»
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by Tom Milway
Youthmovies have recorded a video for long-time fan favourite 'The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor'.»
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by Mike Diver
Dead Meadow are to release their fifth studio album, Old Growth, on February 4, and DiS is pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring the band's London show to support the new LP, at the Scala on March 2»
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by Kev Kharas
Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has denied claims that recording the band's debut with producer Dave Sitek was a negative experience.»
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by Kev Kharas
Stretching our creaking January backs out wider, we come with news of us, live, with the Drowned in Sound-sponsored Winter Warmer series at Bardens.»
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by Kev Kharas
DrownedinSound.com has been sworn in with the heroic team - including Kompakt, Warp, Modular and Downtown - at RCRDLBL.com to launch a new audio and video ‘blog. We kick of with a brace of exclusives from Simian Mobile Disco»
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by Mike Diver
Tonight in London, San Diego indie-rockers Pinback play live at 229, with suitably ace support from The Dudley Corporation and Youthmovies»
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by Kev Kharas
Hot on the hay-caught heels of the first announced UniTRUCK comes news of a second TRUCK event in Wycombe.»
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by Mike Diver
As 2007 nears its end and thoughts turn to Christmas shopping, DiS presents a selection of shows to take your mind off tinsel and turkeys... at least for a wee while»
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by Kev Kharas
Keen soundscapists 65daysofstatic have landed a gig supporting The Cure on their 2008 European tour»
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by Mike Diver
DiS-approved solo singer-songwriter House of Brothers has made a free download of his 'Deadman' track available ahead of his linking up with Youthmovies for a section of the Oxford five-piece's current UK tour...»
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by Kev Kharas
Tickets for the inaugural Swn festival are now on sale.»
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by Sean Adams
Happy Birthday to DiS, Happy Birthday to DiS... »
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by Mike Diver
On tour, from this evening through 'til next month: DiS's Youthmovies and US spoken-word poetic dude Adam Gnade (pictured). Buy him gin and watch him spin...»
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by Mike Diver
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...»
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by Alex Denney
Fresh from support slots with the likes of The Shins, Regina Spektor and Rilo Kiley, our favourite new singer/songwriter Eugene McGuinness has announced a sod-load of new dates in some very fine company.»
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by Tom Milway
The third installment from the running series of Youthmovies free live downloads has been made available to you special, special people.»
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by Mike Diver
The five men of Youthmovies and the quintet known as Jonquil have joined forces for a new project, Vertical Montanas...»
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by Mike Diver
Early birds at this Friday's end-of-summer DiS bash at London's Monto Water Rats (yes, we know summer's only just started... sorry) will be treated to the sounds of up-and-coming Londoners Hot Rocket (pictured), who have been lined up to open proceedings.»
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by Tom Milway
Sadly postponed in June due to flooding, Truck returns over the weekend of September 22 and 23.»
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by Tom Milway
You may well recall that last month we offered you, beloved reader, an exclusive free Youthmovies download? Well here's another.»
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by Mike Diver
65daysofstatic have had to cancel their DJ set at DiS's end-of-summer party - held at London's Monto Water Rats on August 31 - as they will be travelling to Ireland around the time of their set...»
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by Mike Diver
Tickets are selling... selling... selling for DiS's special end-of-summer party at London's Monto Water Rats at the end of the month, so if you want in, you'd best get on it now...»
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by Mike Diver
Oxford-based five-piece proggers Youthmovies - thankfully not under too many inches of water to measure right now - have planned two releases for September, and a tour for the very same month...»
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by Mike Diver
News just in, folks: following the flooding of the festival site in Oxfordshire, this year's Truck Festival has been postponed...»
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by Alex Denney
Keep on trucking, folks – just do it by train, m’kay? Due to the shitload of water that’s just been falling out of the sky flooding the car parks, Truck festival organisers are warning revellers to use public transport to reach the Hill Farm site.»
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by Mike Diver
DiS-signed progressive rockers Youthmovies have made an exclusive track available to readers of this here site...»
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by Mike Diver
Off to Latitude this weekend? DiS is. Hope you've got your tickets, too, because the three-dayer's sold out as of now...»
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by Mike Diver
Good news, friends of DiS! Our special end-of-summer bash at the Monto Water Rats on August 31 - headlined by the beyond awesome Russian Circles, who'll be delivering their debut London headline set - has grown. Now, we think, it's time to get properly excited...»
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by Mike Diver
By now you already know who's headlining DiS's super-special end-of-summer party, held at London's Monto Water Rats on August 31. To say we're excited about having Russian Circles play is something of an understatement - we're wetting ourselves in anticipation of one of the best sets the venue in question has ever hosted, trust. But what of the support acts...»
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by Kev Kharas
The line-up has been announced for this year's Truck festival.»
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by Mike Diver
Seriously, are you as excited as we are? I doubt it - the DiS office is stinking, what with all the wet pants littering the place...»
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by Mike Diver
Oxford-based and DiS-signed (yippie) all-over-the-place rockers Youthmovies are currently in the studio, working on their debut album. Touch wood and cross fingers now: it'll be out later this year...»
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by Mike Diver
Another day, another free DrownedinSound show, and this one’s a real treat...»
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by Mike Diver
Sheffield electro-post-punking-rock sorts 65daysofstatic have announced their confirmed support acts for all upcoming UK shows...»
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by Mike Diver
Good news, all 'ee fans of funny time signatures and trumpet-scorched post-rock fun: DiS Recordings has crossed the t's and dotted the i's on a deal with Oxford-based quintet Youthmovies...»
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by Mike Diver
DiS has not one but two free shows up its flappy sleeves for y'all next week...»
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by Mike Diver
Tickets to this year's three-day jolly by the Brighton seafront, The Great Escape, are going fast. Consider this your warning: if you're not ATPing on the weekend of May 18-20, get some of this...»
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by Mike Diver
DiS in Digest has been away. We were physically away. Now we are not. Hello...»
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by Mike Diver
Bad news, brothers and sisters of The Rock - Leeds' ace pop-punkin' trio Sky Larkin have been forced to pull out of April's edition of our once-a-month DiScover Club, held at London's Notting Hill Arts Club...»
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by Mike Diver
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...»
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by Mike Diver
Scottish almost-instrumental rockers Mogwai have today confirmed that they will appear at ATP's Versus The Fans weekend in May...»
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by Mike Diver
The rest of November sees DiS get all nice and stuff, giving you, the readers, the opportunity to not only attend awesome gigs, but to also watch videos that we've selected on your televisions. In your house! Or flat. Do you have a license? I am telling...»
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by Mike Diver
Wanderer of the great American expanses and writer of some of the most extraordinary modern-folk 'talking' songs to reach DiS's ears in recent years, Adam Gnade has now been confirmed to tour the UK in November alongside Youthmovies...»
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by Mike Diver
Oi, Leeds: get off your bottoms and go to this tomorrow, yeah...»
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by Colin Roberts
As if to confirm our commitment to new music that little bit further, we're announcing the inaugural (and hopefully start of many) DiScover: New Music Tour, featuring our favourite Oxford-based undefinables, Youthmovies and Brighton's grunged-up sex-rock duo, Blood Red Shoes.»
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by Colin Roberts
Rather than taking a day off with their current touring buddies ¡Forward, Russia!, the progressive four-piece (plus new trumpeting recruit, Sam) sent a bulletin via MySpace looking for a house to play before the final support date in Bristol tonight (21st July)...»
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by Colin Roberts
Drowned in Sound loves Scotland. North of the border they produce the finest soft drink known to man (Irn-Bru), over the years they've produced some rather splendid bands and now Scottishland plays host to a grand total of three DiS-affiliated nights.»
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by Colin Roberts
>Two of the UK's most interesting bands are heading out on the road together this July. I read somewhere, possibly Wikipedia, that if you don't go to one of these dates, you're both ugly AND a heroin addict.»
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by Colin Roberts
A rather spiffing new label is entering the throes of indie magnificence. Sim, Simon and Al (yes, of Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies fame) are proudly announcing their brand new label and hitting you with the wicked debut 7" from Leicester boys Tired Irie.»
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by Michael Fishtival
Michael Fishtival gives his top five new bands to investigate and uses his quality insight to give you the best weather forecast ever! On top of ALL of that, he also gives some exciting new news»
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by Colin Roberts
So, you can't make it to Essex for TMF, but you're still in the mood for some debauchery and insane amounts of great music, beer and frolics. Look no further than the inaugural W.H.O.R.Efest (that's White Heat's Only Recorded Ever Festival to you and I).»
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by Colin Roberts
24 bands, 3 stages, 1 day. WHORE fest, London's best all-dayer?»
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by Colin Roberts
Two of the best bands of their ilk hit the road this October. RESULT.»
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by Mike Diver
DiS's favourite band with 'Strategies' in their name, Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies, play a launch party gig in honour of their new, rather splendid single 'Ores'.»
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by Jack Lowrey
DiS favourites Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies are set to re-release last year’s thoroughly impressive mini-album Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than The Last; The Inexorable March Of Progress Will Lead Us All To Happiness this May»
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by Mike Diver
DiS's very favourite prog-rockers, YMSS, are going to be busy little boys over the next few months. Read on...»
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by Adie Nunn
Youthmovies to tour with Hope Of The States...»
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by Adie Nunn
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies have a lot of stuff 'going' 'down' right now, as it were, with a new single, new mini album (which doesn't look that mini - especially the title) and tour with 65 Days Of Static coming up.»
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by Adie Nunn
DiS faves Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies, who've just released their debut mini album on Oxford's Quickfix Recordings, are out on an equally mini tour with The Edmund Fitzgerald.»
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by Sean Adams
In the City, the big ol' music biz shindig, have announced their line-up for the annual A&R scrum to snap up the nations finest new bands for one week, in Manchester, in various venues, with loads of bands playing at the same time.
And if that didn't make much sense, nor will this big list of new bands, wh»