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To mark its 27th birthday, The Hacienda is having a home-coming party at Sankey's, Manchester. With Peter Hook and The Whip hitting the decks, not to mention FAC 51 fave The Temperance Club making a return for one night only, it should be a ball.»
If it seems like an annoyingly long time since DOOM's (he dropped the MF in another act of re-baptism) last release, it's because »
Though it's billed as a concept album, Pram Town is only one in name. »
On Anni Rossi's debut Long Player, her myriad merits have been amplified through the legendary hands and ears of Steve Albini. But the most frustrating part of the brilliance is that it is all too fleeting... »
An unknown quantity and a general unknown Teitur may have been before the release of The Singer, but there's not a second on here that suggests this should continue to be the case. It is by no means a flawless album but the criticisms are few and fairly insignificant and are so emphatically outweighed by everything else.»
Josh Tillman is the drummer for Fleet Foxes, and Vacilando Territory Blues is actually his sixth release as a solo artist and as good a record as anything his day-job band have produced.»
Frank Black teamed up with his wife, Violet Clark, went into a studio, had a few arguments, made songs and came out with these tracks which ended up as Grand Duchy's first LP, a refined piece of work known as Petits Fours.»
Though the front cover is strikingly similar to his last full-length, the content of Squarepusher's latest EP, Numbers Lucent, is at least several worlds away. »
Mars Volta/At the Drive-in/De Facto's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez latest solo offering sounds as if it was lopped off the end of TMV's Amputechture. Prog-wankery? You betcha!»
It's a pleasant listen, and Jain's alto tones are subtly beautiful throughout, but The Inbetween's a release which sadly borders too far on the side of boredom.»
Christmas is a-coming so we've taken a look at a selection of seasonal offerings from the likes of Glasvegas, The Raveonettes and lots lots more...sleigh bells at the ready.»
The raw elements are present in Afton, but Rossi is only 22, and has much time to develop. Nevertheless her debut 4AD EP is a consistent 20 minutes of raw beauty, and holds as much worth in itself as it does in the anticipation of what could follow.»
The bleakness throughout It's Midnight In Honolulu can leave a feeling of cold, harsh emptiness. Optimism and hope is something you're unlikely to find in abundance when listening to large chunks of Palms' debut.»
Diane Cluck, Lou Barlow, CocoRosie, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Marissa Nadler, Times New Viking and Jens Lekman (plus a few hundred others...) all play a live radio session down the phone. Sounds good? Yeah, it is actually...»
Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg gives us his rundown of his band's latest album Rook, which features in Rough Trade's top 50 albums of the year. »
His is voice is barely much heavier than the air we breathe, yet manages to cut its way through the room and into the heart as each autobiographical memoir is played out in this rather grandiose setting. »
Receivers is their third full-length release since 2006 and, since last year's acclaimed Mapmaker, two EPs have been released. It's a move towards a less punk rock sound. Don't worry they've not gone totally wussy, it's art-rock but via various noisy experimentations. »
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is set to answer all of the tough questions, in appearing on MTV's 'Ask Obama' programme on Monday evening.»
Dismissing Tim Ten Yen as an overly cheerful and terribly twee musical joke would be the easy thing to do and, even if there's some truth in those assertions, it'd be the wrong thing to do. »
Music and politics aren't always easy bedfellows, but they are common ones. We're just going to have to put up with the pomposity and wait to see if anyone still remembers the words to 'I Don't Like Mondays' in 2025, then»
If you're already aware of Koushik's work, this record may not be a revelation to you but if you are unfamiliar with the author, the laid-back magnificence of Out My Window is a fine place to start.»
Canadian hardcore punk outfit F**ked Up are set to mark the release of their new album, The Chemistry Of Common Life, with a twelve-hour instore in NYC...»
Even being one of his shorter releases, Just A Souvenir's filled with peaks and troughs. There's still too much here which feels (and sounds) like filler, but when Jenkinson pulls it off it's as incomparably awesome as ever.»
Those brilliant and hard-working people over at All Tomorrow's Parties have announced yet another raft of superb concerts in this country's capital this Autumn/Winter.»
Californian hippety-hoppers Cypress Hill are due to headline FS04, apparently the UK's only music and snow sports festival, later next month.»
Brooklyn rockers The Hold Steady, who have had to cancel their UK tour due to guitarist Tad Kubler being hospitalised with pancreatitis.»
Following on from our first 'DiS likes' piece last week on Ra Ra Riot, we thought it'd be nice of us to share some shiny new(ish) video content of the very same band performing live, for your viewing pleasure.»
Isn't the internet brilliant? La Blogotheque's brilliant Take-Away Shows is too but we hadn't come across it until today. The Francophones amongst you may know it as Concerts A Emporter. Luke Slater investigates»
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I'm just going to leave you with video - and possibly some fairly upsetting images burned into your brain forever more.»
Brand spanking new London superclub Matter has announced This Is Not London, a new series of artist curated events beginning on October 3rd and featuring Justice, Simian Mobile Disco and James Murphy and Armand Van Helden»
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Drowned in Bristol #12
DiS Does Singles 13.05.13: Swim Deep, These New Puritans, The National
Darkstar, Ed Harcourt, Halls, Wall +more for 3 DiS-curated nights at Great Escape 2013
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Drowned in Nottingham #14
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