Release Reviews
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
If you believe whatever the NMEvil says Marshall Mathers AKA Eminem AKA Slim Shady is the most subversive rebel to come out of ANYWHERE since The Sex Pistols/ Public Enemy/ NWA [Delete as appropriate]. He is portrayed as a misogynistic, violence inducing, drug condoning, all singing all dancing bigot. However »
Various - spirit of the streets
Seems like there's been a trillion & one of these punk compilations churned out over the years. But, I gotta say 'Spirit of The Streets' is a darn good insight into the street punk bands that've formed the soundtrack to many a punx picnic over the years. 'Ard punk granddaddies like The Business, Warzone & Agnostic Fron»
Bon Jovi - Thank you for loving me
Aah, Bon Jovi. Just when you thought you'd seen the last of these egotistical dwarf-like fuckwits, here they are, more overblown and pompous than ever. AND they come with the love ballad. That long-established staple of soft-rock. An excuse for the sensitive songwriter to make their 'heartfelt' sentiments for t»
Nought - Nought
Nought open their eponimous instrumental debut album with 'The Fans', which is a symphonic journey from Can-meets-Swans-like beginnings through jazz through into driving rock, constantly changing and mutating, avoiding the pompous flabby noodling of prog. , main composer James Sedwards, leading a band j»
Amen - The Price of Reality
Living in the city. Just look out the window. Cars in the street , wires overhead and , above you , the distant trails of an already departed plane. You shudder and step away from the window but you can't escape. S'impossible A newspaper on the floor , plastered with meaningless remote news stories. A»
Steven Wells - Tits-Out Teenage Terror Totty
This book is unreadable. It also boasts that it has a higher death count than the Bible. I wasn’t going to count up both tallies to see if Swells was right, but I can hazard a guess that it is a close call. I can also guesstimate that this novel has more sex in it than the whole of the Swedish porn industry. »
Trashmonk - Mona Lisa Overdrive
Elliott Smith joins the Beta Band, right, they sod off to India for a while doing a bit of Kula Shaker and instead of rubbish like K they produce an ecclectic mix of samples, acoustic guitars, electronic noises and mantra-like chanting that bears a passing resemblance to the stuff you hear Hare Krishnas banging on »
Underule - Misfortune Comes By Means Of The Mouth
Osmium.n1: Heaviest known metallic element. Whoever wrote this Oxford Dictionary definition is now going to have to change the meaning after listening to the 11-track slab of pure brutality that is Underule’s forthcoming new album. I mean, anyone who isn’t taken aback by the truly staggering pulsating »
Schindler - Transverse Mercator
I bought the ‘3 Years Old’ single on Organ purely because I liked the name. Bit silly I know but I learnt my lesson coz it was terrible! Next thing I know I get sent a whole album of the stuff. Bland, poppy rock that just drags & drags, Just take the first track ‘Bulletproofman’ which, by tradition, should be the catc»
The Hives - Hate To Say I told You So
Taken from the album “Veni Vidi Vicious” The Hives have served up a rather tasty single of straightforward raw punk’n’roll ala New Bomb Turks & Zeke. Although not as energetic as Zeke & possessing little of the fervent intensity that drives New Bomb Turks, the sharply dressed Hives have added a touch of suavity to thi»
Colin Turner - Made For Life
An awe inspiring read that plagues deep into the readers mind. ‘“Why did you kill yourself?” It was the second time the voice had asked the question. The man did not want to answer, but words came out anyway. “What else could I have done?”’ Any book that opens in this way is never going to be an easy read»
The Folk Implosion - One Part Lullaby
A compelling and musically inspiring album from the US musical duo. In the wake of Lou Barlow’s recent decision to pursue yet another change in musical direction, I believed it would be appropriate to take a look at one of his past offerings- and the choice was hardly limited! Choosing to ignore his work in both»
Tindersticks - What is a man
The Tindersticks first release on new label Beggars Banquet is a cover of what I am told is ‘the classic Four Tops song “What is a man.”' Recorded for the theme tune of new BBC Drama “The Sins.” It forces the Tindersticks into their weakest position. Optimistic and (yuck) happy. Well this isn’t exactly S Club 7»
Arab Strap - Rocket, take your turn
The second in the Chemikal Underground Fukd Id series, and the only to come from an established act. Limited to 1000 for the sake of purism, meaning only the truly dedicated can get there hands on the bugger. Chances are if your looking now you will not find one. Which is a pity as it is Arab Straps best release yet, d»
Midway Still - Fuck You
Midway Still return with their first release since ‘Counting Days’ seven years ago
At The Drive-In - Rolodex Propaganda
This should have been a match made in punk rock heaven. Iggy Pop, who was busy making a spectacle of himself when Johnny Rotten was having a crafty fag round the back of the bike sheds, has teamed up with new shouty be-Afro’d kids on the block At The Drive In for a classic slice of bile-dripping emo-core. Or so was t»
Gary Numan - Pure
It’s a sad state of affairs when an innovator starts copying the bands he influenced so highly. Twenty years from his emergence with the boundary crossing niche-defining electro classic “Cars”, a paen to isolation and commercial gain, he’s just been hijacked by Garage-house abomination Armand Van Helden for a Number on»
The Damage Manual - Damage Manual
Given the current resurgence in so-called “punk”, you’d be surprised to hear that some of the most aggressive and uncompromising music made this year comes from 5 blokes who you could probably mistake for your local bank manager and wouldn’t glance at a second time in the street. But when the musical pedigree includes»
Raging Speedhorn - Raging Speedhorn
Raging Speedhorn – Raging Speedhorn Emerging from the tough Nottinghamshire town of Corby, Raging Speedhorn draw on the violence of their home town in this, their self-titled debut album. Six men from a decaying town where unemployment is rife, a spirit of anger and desolation pervades this album. F»
Earthtone9 - arct'tan'gent
In a world where At the Drive In appear on the front cover of the NME on a seemingly weekly basis, It’s amazing that Earthtone 9 aren’t gaining the same plaudits. Whereas I heard ATDI and was severely disappointed, this albums simply wipes the floor with that. Leave all your expectation sat the door and be prepared to »
Kill II This - Another Cross II Bare
Having recently achieved cult underground status with their recent ”Trinity” album, and having begun to nudge into the metal mainstream thanks to relentless touring,this album represents a considerable backwards step in their career. This album, a reissue of the long deleted and unavailable debut album fro»
Los Nachos - Turn It Up
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Eminem - Stan
Everyone loves this song don't they. I mean EVERYONE. Even those of us who apparently don't have a functioning irony gland (I fall into this category and the Bloodhound Gang can f* off) still love this song. We all think it's the greatest amalgamation of sounds in the history of sound itself. It effortlessly f»
Sugababes - One Touch
Wow !!! What a great summer that was. Ok , so maybe the weather wasn't always up to sratch and Steps may have come through it still very much alive but the summer WAS great if only for one notable reason. The respective singles from Coldplay ("Yellow") and Girl Thing ("Last One Standing") went he»
"More bands should split up" - Brett Anderson opens up to DiS about the return of Suede
Drowned in Manchester #15 – May 2013
armchair dancefloor 39: Mount Kimbie interview, Bobby Browser, Powell, Move D, Leon Vynehall...
DiS meets John Lydon - Part 1: The Man
DiS Does Singles 20.05.13: Paramore, Laura Marling, The Replacements
DiS joins the Music Alliance Pact + May 2013's global MAP compilation
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