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March 11th, 2001

January v Lowgold

News by James Moore

January have attacked Lowgold, after the band slagged them off and nicked one of their guitars at a recent gig.
Guitarist Sarah Peacock told playlouder.com that the theft occurred after the two bands played together.

"We were meant to go on second, but their record company had bought a load of »

Beach Boys Return... Kinda

News by James Moore

The Beach Boys are to play a short tour of the UK, despite only featuring one original member.

Mike Love has licensed the Beach Boys' name and lines up alongside Bruce Johnston, who joined the band in the '70s as a touring replacement for Wilson. The rest of the band is made up of session musicians. <»

Black Heart Procession Date

News by James Moore

The band which includes members of Three Mile Pilot and Clickitat Ickatowi, have announced an one-off date before their performance at All Tomorrow's Parties

The band who according to Southern, their UK distributor, are about "Funereal pacing, love lost at sea, whiskey-soaked hearts, and nicotine stai»

Twist into pieces

News by Sean Adams

A new URL! New single delayed! New Bassist! On tour! What more can Twist do for you? L-R: Vanessa, Kelly, Leanne and EmmaOut on ORG, March 19th (was put back 2 weeks) is Twi»

[spunge] needed on eye

News by Sean Adams

Chris 'Jarvis' Murphy, bass player of [spunge] has been involved in an accident. A message on the bands mailing list said: "Chris 'Jarvis' Murphy, was involved in a bizarre accident yesterday at his home. Whilst working on his folks car with a set of pliers, his hand slipped resulting in the handle of t»

March 10th, 2001

Donnas hit the UK

News by Matthew Pimm

The Donnas announce live dates in the UK

As part of their European tour The Donnas will be playing a number of dates in the UK.

The tour dates are:

May
21st - Wedgewood, Portsmouth
22nd - Fleece & Firkin, Bristol
23rd - ULU, London
25th - Hop & Grape, M»

March 8th, 2001

Damn You! In March

News by James Moore

Here's the Damn You! schedule for this month

March
14th - London, The Verge
Sweep The Leg Johnny
Guapo
The Monsoon Bassoon
Reynolds

15th - Oxford, Bullingdon Arms
The Monsoon Bassoon
Jet Johnson
Stanton
Meanwhile Back In Communist Russia»

Courtney's Bastard

News by James Moore

Courtney Love's new band are called Bastard, and will feature members of Hole and Veruca Salt.

According to the official Hole website www.holemusic.com, Love has formed a new band, Bastard, with Veruca Salt's Louise Post on lead guitar, Former Hole drummer Patty Schemel and ex-Rockit Girl, Gina Crosle»

March 7th, 2001

Malkmus In The UK

News by James Moore

Ex Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus returns to the UK

Malkmus will return to the UK in April, for a 5-date tour, the tour coincide with the release of his debut single, 'Discretion Grove' available through Domino Records.

The tour dates are:

April
12th - University o»

Low Love Karla

News by James Moore

Tiger Style release split EP featuring K and Low

Ex-Beekeeper Karla Schickele, now of Brooklyn trio Ida, is set to release two solo recordings under the moniker of K, through Tiger Style Records. The first is to be a split EP with Duluth's Low. Each artist will record two exclusive songs for the EP»

New Material From Bardo Pond

News by James Moore

The band will release their fourth album in April

The band fourth album 'Dilate' will be released on Matador Records on the 24th April. The record features 10 tracks recorded over the course of 2000 at the Lemur House in Philadelphia and runs for over 72 minutes. It will be released as a single CD »

dismemberment plan

Dismemberment Plans

News by James Moore

Travis Morrison of Washington DC's the Dismemberment Plan, has revealed details of the band follow up to their 99 album 'Emergency & I'

According to a message on their website, they're just "putting the finishing touches on the next album's songs now. We're going in with three our four we haven't p»

The Hump's Debut LP

News by James Moore

Murry The Hump are set to release their debut album in the summer through Too Pure
'Song Of Ignorance' recorded last year in Newport's Loco Studios, is schdeuled to be released in May and»

Big Leaves Record E.P

News by James Moore

Welsh band Big Leaves have finished recording for their EP

The band recorded four new tracks, 'Animal Instinct', 'Hang On To Your Halo', 'Nicole' and 'Automatic' in Famous Studios in Cardiff. Which will be released in April as on CD and a four track 10". The describe the songs as "the best thing we»

See Caretaker Live

News by James Moore

Caretaker play three shows this month

The band will be playing at the Bull & Gate on 12th March with Fourth Quartet, The Oedipus, Reuben and Ursa. The gig is a launch show for the Badmusic compilation CD 'Please take off you shoes before entering', featuring the above bands plus 5 more.

Oth»

Beggars Can't Be Choosers

News by James Moore

Young Glaswegian upstarts, Biffy Clyro release their first single for Beggars Banquet

'27' (backed with 'Instructio4' and 'Breathe Her') will be released on the 26th March. The band who have recently recorded a session for the Evening Session in Scotland and appeared on BBC Choice, are currently on to»

Moonkat Release Single

News by James Moore

... On their own Tinfold Recordings

'I only wanted something else to do but hang around' , a split single with another Oxford based band Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia is due out on April 2nd, on Tinfoil Recordings.

It's being distributed by Prime Distribution, and will also be availa»

Vote Koala!

News by James Moore

London's premier Psychedelic Power Pop band need your help

Voting for the 'A Night Of Musical Defiance' gig with Dodgy at the Astoria in London on March 30th has begun and we at DiS think you should vote for Koala.

All you have to do is visit »

Rare Smiths Footage

News by James Moore

To mark the end of their 25th birthday celebrations, Rough Trade are showing live footage of The Smiths.

'Reel Around The Fountain' features live footage from a gig at Sheffield Town Hall as well as scenes shot backstage at various venues throughout their 1984 tour.

The 52-minute feature wi»

January 25th, 2001

New Stereophonics Releases

News by Martin Mildner

Soft rock fans will be pleased to know that the third Stereophonics album is due to be released on April 9th, preceded by a single on March 19th. The album, 'J.E.E.P. (Just Enough Education to Perform)' was recorded last summer and mixed by Andy Wallace. The tracklisting is as follows: 'Vegas Two Times', 'Lying »

Mogwai Album Update

News by Martin Mildner

Mogwai have confirmed that their new album, due out on April 23rd will be called 'Rock Action'. The album, which will be released through Southpaw, was produced by Dave Fridmann, who has previously worked with Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev. According to the band's US label, Matador, Mogwai "seem to be expanding t»

Chikinki Debut Album + UK Tour

News by James Moore

Chikinki will release their debut album 'Experiment with Mother' on Bristol's Sink and Stove label on the 12th March.

Featuring 13 new tracks described as "hewn from twisted electronic power and doused in ridiculously catchy melodies and uncommonly thoughtful lyrics", the tracklisting is:
»

Mammoth Monkey Steals The Drum UK Tour

News by James Moore

MSTD have announced a mammoth UK tour, kicking off on Monday 29th January at The Lomax, Liverpool.

The confirmed dates so far are:

January
29th - The Lomax, Liverpool (w/ Jack Drag + Birdman)
30th - The 13th Note, Glasgow (w/ Jack Drag)

February<»

Soundtrack to Violence 2

News by James Moore

The sequel to possibly one of the most insane alldayers ever to take place in Chelmsford has been announced.

The Soundtrack to Violence 2 takes place at the Army & Navy, Chelmsford, Essex on the 3rd February 2001.

The line-up consists of:

Knuckledust
Inimenter
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spunge: filmed pigeon kickin' for england!

News by Sean Adams

Englands finest, hard-touring, ska-punkers [spunge] are skanking their way around their homesoil (again). They've been tagged as one of the most exciting live bands around, just as long as you like having fun and smiling. Everyone should. No, really, you should! The tour is to support two new releases ou»

January 24th, 2001

Add N To (X) Single

News by James Moore

The trio have announced details on the follow up to their 'Plug Me In' single.

'The Poker Roll', will be released on the 5th March by Mute. The single is available on 2 CDs, b-sides include new mixes of the title track as well as two brand new songs, 'White Scrapie' and 'Wax Gravy', the later a coll»

'Stamp-ing' Their Authority

News by Colin Weston

British Grind-core (for lack of a better description) merchants Stampin' Ground are to do a 1 off gig at the Kings Head in Fulham on the 23 February. It is also being broadcast live on Total Rock Radio, who are staging the event. For more information, go to www.totalrock.com»

METAL-FEST

News by Colin Weston

So what if the U.S has the Sno-Core Festival at the moment, we have the 'Metal Odyssey 2001 Festival'. The bands playing are Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Nevermore and Susperia. It is at the LA2 in London on Sunday 1st April. Best of all, especially for a metal gig, is that it is an all ages sh»

'Coil-ed' Up For Action

News by Colin Weston

Euro-Metallers Lacuna Coil follow up last years "Halflife" with their second full length album, "UNLEASHED MEMORIES", which is set to be released on February 5th by Century Media. The track listing is as follows Heir Of A Dying Day To Live Is To Hide Purify Senzafine»

Topper's Back Catalogue Free

News by James Moore

Topper who split up last week, will make their back catalogue available in MP3 format

On St Davids day Topper will make their whole back catalogue free as mp3s for a week. They will be available from www.mp3.com/topper

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