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M.I.A. at O2 Academy Brixton, London, Wed 10 Nov
It is fitting that just hours before M.I.A. takes to the stage in London the internet, news broadcasts and streets are filled with»
Wild Nothing, The Vaccines, Glaciers at The Harley, Sheffield, Sun 07 Nov
It's not every day when your band can claim to have created one of the records of the year, but with inaugural long player Gemini Wild Nothing have achieved such a feat...»
Wire, Factory Floor at The Lexington, London, UK, Mon 08 Nov
Wire make their live return in a wee London pub, with noisy scamps Factory Floor in support.»
Foxy Shazam, Neon Trees at Borderline, London, South East England, Mon 08 Nov
The music? Well, it's something like The Blues Brothers, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-era Elton John, Kiss, Little Richard and Queen pilled off their tits and channelling the ghost of Michael Jackson, but, come on, at firework displays, no one asks what's in the rockets. »
The Walkmen, The Black Keys at Rock City, Nottingham, Thu 04 Nov
While not quite on the scale of Stonehenge, Lord Lucan or the Lost City of Atlantis, the fact The Walkmen still remain a relatively unknown quantity as far as mainstream success is concerned is something of a mystery.»
The Domino State, White Noise Sound, The Medicine at Notting Hill Arts Club, Kensington, Sat 30 Oct
For East London six-piece The Domino State, one can't help thinking that it really is a case of now or never if they're ever going to emerge from being anything other than an under-appreciated niche cult band.»
Factory Floor at Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Fri 22 Oct
Thanks to it occurring on the same day as the country’s biggest spending cuts since World War II, there’s a grimly delicious s»
Terry Riley, George Brooks at St George's, Bristol, Avon, Thu 28 Oct
The late raga master Pandit Pran Nath seems to have been mentioned an awful lot recently, what with last month’s long-awaited re»
Yeasayer, Suckers at Trent University, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Fri 22 Oct
The emergence of Yeasayer from underground champions to genuine mainstream contenders may have come as something of a surprise, particularly to those among the meagre gathering of eight people that witnessed their first visit to the city back in 2007.»
Archie Bronson Outfit, The Victorian English Gentlemens Club at Bodega Social, Nottingham, Sun 10 Oct
Despite being on celebrated independent Domino Records pretty much since their conception, its been a long haul for Archie Bronson Outfit in terms of attaining the widespread recognition their melange of styles and sounds so richly deserves.»
Yuck, A Grave With No Name at Stealth, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Sat 09 Oct
There is a saying that 'what comes around goes around', and in the case of both acts this evening, that statement seems to have been taken to its most literal definition.»
Timbre Timbre at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London, UK, Mon 27 Sep
Watching Kirk live, you get the feeling that, for all the gothic grace and lurking eloquence of his recorded snapshots, he’d rather be getting deeper into the woods and lost for longer than any conventional song structure would allow.»
The Twilight Sad, Errors at Stealth, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Tue 05 Oct
For The Twilight Sad, one senses the past twelve months would be better left forgotten. Having emerged two years earlier with the excellent Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters, its follow up, Forget The Night Ahead, felt like something of an anti-climax.»
Grinderman at Hammersmith Apollo, Hammersmith, Fri 01 Oct
As Cave wrests spayed demons from his guttural guitar on the closing ‘Grinderman’ and a frazzled Ellis beats his cymbals into submission with a pair of shakers, there can be few doubting the excellence of what has just occurred. »
Manic Street Preachers, British Sea Power at The Music Hall, Aberdeen, Thu 30 Sep
At one point a balaclava like that worn by James on their infamous TOTP performance of ‘Faster’ was thrown onstage and, James refusing to wear it, Nicky put it on one of the glittery mannequins which was already sporting a feather boa. This bizarre sight was an aesthetic contradiction on par with the mess of contradictions that Bradfield, Wire and Moore have always been throughout their career. Over 20 years into their career, the live arena remains the best place to bear witness to it and one where “mass communication” still seems a given.»
Crocodiles at Bodega Social Club, Nottingham, Wed 29 Sep
With the whole "nu gaze" phenomenon having seemingly quietened down and headed back underground, it seems somewhat ironic that San Diego's Crocodiles are arguably that scene's leading lights as we speak.»
Foxtrot at Stanmer House, Brighton, Sun 12 Sep
Willkommen’s inaugural Foxtrot went on with nary a hitch.»
Major Lazer Soundsystem at Notting Hill Carnival, Notting Hill, Mon 30 Aug
While it may not be this kind of event which makes the Notting Hill Carnival the brilliant occasion that it is, this is a party to remember.»
The Libertines at Forum, London, South East England, Wed 25 Aug
Regardless of their motivation for reforming, there is something undeniably exciting about seeing The Libertines in their fully re»
Flying Lotus at ICA, London, Wed 18 Aug
These are forms anew, freeform and fabulous; like jazz, but to categorise this scintillating squall as such is to limit it by definition. Jazz is the loosest term, but its sides are stretched beyond recognition. It is, through no frame of reference, shapeless, intangible. »
DiS joins the Music Alliance Pact + May 2013's global MAP compilation
Drowned in Bristol #12
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Darkstar, Ed Harcourt, Halls, Wall +more for 3 DiS-curated nights at Great Escape 2013
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