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Whilst My Bloody Valentine's buzz-worthy return may have excited more people, the fact that Cardiff's style makers, Young Marble Giants, surprised everyone by settling their differences and playing gigs once again was a triumphant moment for independent music. DiS caught up with at Swn.»
In 2006, Chicago trio volcano! checked in with a freethinking, creative masterpiece, but what of Paperwork, their latest offering?»
First bands confirmed for Cardiff's Swn '08 Festival.»
"I felt like it needed to be brought back down to earth a little bit, bearing in mind there were even songs about donkeys on there". Mike Skinner on the remade fourth album»
New early bird deposit scheme eases ticket pool chaos for Glastonbury 2009»
American Music Club return to the UK next week for a 13-date tour, with a couple of line up changes»
'No Pussy Blues' from Grinderman's 2007 début album, has been given the remix treatment five times over in celebration of the summer festival vibe and general dancing in fields.»
For The National, this is the year of the festival. On the eve of their appearance at Green Man, Scott Devendorf talks about the great outdoors»
A word of advice: surrounded by their progeny, do not miss Pentangle's headline appearance at next month's Green Man Festival. It may well be your final opportunity»
At last, Wales' biggest dance all dayer has a proper headliner act with Underworld, the half Welsh legendary titans of the UK dance scene.»
Mark Eitzel, adorned with his regular fisherman's beard, whisks though the crowd, head lowered as if against the weather. He looks for all the world like a Baltic merchant seaman in his black beanie and seaworthy overcoat, hands thrust deeply into pockets»
Fram are five guys from in and around Glasgow who wouldn't particularly care to see their faces plastered on billboards by way of plugging their wares. They're not much interested in press days either, or being obliged to chum it up with A-listers. Not that they're reclusive mind»
A new release by American Music Club, or a solo outing from their writer and inspiration Mark Eitzel, is always an event, not least as there's often a hint that is may be their last. The Golden Age can stand confidently beside AMC's classics, and it stands alone as another distinct chapter in the life of this band»
This third album from Welshman Christopher Rees is a collection of eleven songs that tour jealousy, infatuation, playing around (plus consequences), and a chronic dose of break-up misery»
Current Los Angeles residents American Music Club release their new album The Golden Age on February 4 next year and embark on widespread tour.»
It's just over two years since Six Nation State's eponymous demo EP landed on DiS's desk. In the meantime, they've launched further infectious and excitable singles but can their album keep up the momentum...»
The Automatic soon make their presence felt. Although he must have bust the same moves a thousand times before, Pennie looks as convincingly deranged as when I first saw them several years ago...»
To the likes of Beck, Conor Oberst, Bowie, Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev and a whole raft of other notables, Daniel Johnston and his simple but profound songs are genius...»
For some, this (finally released) live double-album of a legendary gig from 1998 is a longed-for treat, a godsend. To others, it might well be a bafflement; a world to be entered by means of password if one wishes to comprehend more than the bare musical notes...»
Having been taken under the broad wing of Thurston Moore, Pagoda arrive highly recommended.»
It's normal to expect a band to edge into a performance but starting with the perfect introduction to all things, 'The View From The Afternoon', followed by 'Brianstorm', right from the get-go Arctic Monkeys are perfection on a stick...»
Some discs, thrown randomly at even more random DiS reviewers, can turn out to contain the most amazing surprises. This seven-inch only release, 'The End Of Chimes', is one such record...»
It's gonna be hot. It's gonna be sweaty. Culprit One, plus four fidler's elbows, squeeze into an in-store...»
Glow give all their music away for free. That's a no-brainer if you're crap but if your sonic fruits are as lustrous and beguiling as theirs, this act of generosity is either genius, folly or both.»
Culprit One has crafted a symphonic masterwork that's variously at ease blasting from a street cruiser's rolled down window, pumping on a sweaty club's dance floor, or even feet-up and perusing at home...»
Glow give all their music away for free. That's a no brainer if you're crap, but if your sonic fruits are as lustrous and as beguiling as theirs, this act of generosity is either genius, folly or both...»
Sheehy takes tours of blues-gospel, Stax horns and bluegrass from the US canon to get the particular sound he wants, which he would seem to be achieving because one of his songs was last year used in the American Western series Deadwood...»
When word leaked that for her third album Marissa Nadler was planning to supplement her usual solitary guitar and ghostly reverbed vocals with an array of guest musicians, my gut feeling feared a sonic overload - but I need not have worried...»
Overall, Goldenhorse have made a wistful, backwards-looking album that filches a mishmash of favourite things. With the exception of 'Riverhead', this reviewer needs much more than that...»
Funeral For A Friend's Matthew Davies could get a refund on his Sat Nav, because while most musical diversions stay within hailing distance of the mother band, this hardcore frontman's new side project, The Secret Show, has ended up deep in the country...»
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