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Oh God. Oh God. I can't stand this. It's taken a week and a half to steel myself into writing something about this. It's just... oh God. Sometimes mediocrity is something you can ignore. Radio music. David Gray et al. It's there but you'd never know - your brain has learned to filter it out like an u»
We're all responsible. If you didn't already, you should have given the time of day to this band. I should have written about them before this. The press should have given the coverage deserved by a massively promising new band. And Mahumodo should have gotten their shit together and progressed beyond this - the»
Gig-hungry Scandiwegian mentalists Span seem to be aiming to set a new record for touring, as they announce yet another cluster of dates. In addition to their headline jaunt round the UK with Crackout, Span (DiS tour dates »
Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' certainly made an impact. Following in the wake of her bestselling tome on globalisation and corporate branding have come a slew of books on the same theme. Like its peers, 'Branded - The Buying And Selling Of Teenagers' aspires to be a worthy follow-up to the success of »
So you're standing in everyone's favourite Kings Cross shithole, and this wild-eyed dude is crawling over the monitors at the front, and it's like he's battling with the noise that surrounds him. He's already broken two microphones - whirling them around with seasoned abandon or just hurling them at the floor, one a»
It's like Rock Idol in here tonight. In the red corner, spraying heat and hysteria over the braying crowd, we give you Colour Of Fire. And in the blue corner, reigning champions of the teen-rawk scene, the relentlessly chipper Reuben. Both are supposedly our future heroes, the Next Big Thing™. But both te»
Arguably one of the most eagerly awaited phenomenons in recent cinema history, the impending Matrix sequels have dominated the media of late. The Wachowski Brothers boasted that the two sequels would flatten the competition in terms of technical wizardry. Indeed they do, thus far at least; the SFX in T»
They say variety is the spice of life. Certainly, on this moody friday evening [translation: it's cold outside and pissing it down] the types at the Monarch have managed to put together a suitably eclectic bill. Undertow are Tool fans. You can tell this from their name; but just in case it's not alt»
DiS faves Span are to extend their ongoing trek around our fair isle, in support of their forthcoming single, 'Found', released on 16th June via Island. The Norwegian rockers, who are currently terrorising Violent Delight fans on their existing tour, have just been announced as main support f»
Stoke on Trent's impressive sludgecore merchants Charger are one of those bands that feel as though they've been around for years. It seems surprising, therefore, that they've only just gotten around to releasing their debut album ["Confessions of a man (mad enough to live amongst beasts)", Peaceville Rec»
Is anyone out there not bored of retro yet? Garage-rock is coiled in a shrivelled heap at our feet, its mangy tail tucked between its crippled legs, dying a wretched, whimpering death. And then Franz Ferdinand get onstage and begin to beat out a new-wave racket that, fuck me, sounds like a skewed, creepy Supe»
2000's 'Felt Mountain' established Goldfrapp as one of the most uncategorisable and intriguing collectives around, a soaring and ethereal collection of songs that showcased Alison Goldfrapp's remarkable and schizophrenic opera diva/throaty Nina Simone-esque vocals. But its success in part did co»
DiS first caught Nashville's Venus Hum's sparkling potential in a support slot with Mew a while back. 'Big Beautiful Sky' meets all expectations and then some. At once startlingly, stupefyingly beautiful and enchantingly buoya»
Bridge and Tunnel sound like the should-have-been soundtrack to every movie that's ever sent shivers down your spine. 'The Great Outdoors' recalls mid-western heroes in broken shoes travelling lonely US highways, with birds of prey silhouetted against sunset horizons. It's a patchwork of dark alleyways»
As previously reported on DiS, Jarcrew and Million Dead are about to embark on a co-headline Rock Sound sponsored jaunt around the UK, cunningly titled the "Rock Stars" tour, with bright young things The Coalfield and The Murder Of Ros»
Metallica release their new album, titled 'St Anger' on June 9th. According to famously anti-Napster drummer Lars Ulrich it's set to be "heavy and aggressive, more fucked up". And we have the album artwork and tracklisting for your perusal. The tracklist is as follows: '»
A year ago, the follically-unrivalled half of the late At The Drive-In, along with a new gang of comrades, took ULU by storm at The Mars Volta's debut London show, providing support to headliners Les Savy Fav. Few who came to sample their new musical wares left disappointed - they were a collect»
Hentai are post-everything. One might go so far as to call them post-core, if one was in that kind of mood. There's a first song, a last song, and four and a half minutes of amps buzzing betwixt the two. When they're actually playing, it's all very pretty, a serpentine stream of twiddly guitar noises and token r»
These guys are clearly big Coopers fans. This single is a veritable homage to the be-mulleted boys from Reading, pulling together the same subversive urgency that characterises The Cooper Temple Clause, complete with gravelly vocals. There's more to it than that though - Agent Blue are no tribute ban»
Avril Lavigne doesn't look happy. She's wandering back and forth, traversing the stage of the sold-out Brixton Academy as a backing track blares out behind her. Her band, coiffed, keychained and apparently miming, are jumping around like lotto-winning locusts. Avril's not miming, her voice is belting out acro»
It's been said by some that Colour of Fire are being rather unwise in releasing their best song so early on. This is clearly wrong, as 'Decisions Decisions' is not their best song at all. It is perhaps one of their most saleable ones however, being a smoothly-crafted little example of spazzed-up, snotty p»
Something about Aereogramme has never quite clicked. Their speciality is self-destruction; fragile, awkward songs smashed to pieces by monster riffs and inhuman vocal purging. Brilliant stuff, but something has always gotten in the way - until tonight. It's a treat to see them back in the (small, awkwardly shape»
Colour Of Fire have announced two more live dates for the next month or so. The York-spawned rock upstarts, currently trashing their way round the country on a tour of Britain's illustrious Barfly clubs, will support Placebo again (following their support slot at Placebo's Astoria warm-up sho»
On the one hand, The Raveonettes sound really good - it's the whole Mary Chain Buddy Holly Ramones mashup thing. It's great. They also look cool. Marvellous. Sorted. On the other hand, and this is a problem, they are perilously close to becoming a novelty band and sinking without trace a year from n»
There's a whiff of promise about these four lads. It's hard to say what it is; it's not just the songs, or the performance, or the look... it's something else. They seem... ready. Someone at EMI Music Publishing obviously thinks so as well, seeing as they saw fit to give the band 3 days worth of recording time, w»
One of the most respected artists to emerge from Scandinavia, Stina Nordenstam, is nonetheless elusive and somewhat unknown; she rarely, if ever, plays live these days and woefully few people are aware of her. If you're approaching this album having not heard anything by Stina Nordenstam, it may well strike you»
This, my friends, is radio-rock. In its worst form. Can you hear it? It's the damning sound of mediocrity. This is a more blindly optimistic Semisonic. This is Andreas Johnson. At its absolute best point, it's Scarfo without the skills or the skewed, eerie tendencies. I don't know where they'»
What do you want, huh? A cheap thrill? Is that what you're after? Alas, you're a few years too late. The days when Placebo provided thrills and breakneck riffs are long gone. However 'The Bitter End' is an admirable attempt to regain some lost ground after a few years of lazy songwriting. It's certa»
It's 10pm. Already the Mean Fiddler staff have booted everyone from the venue, and are about to start packing in the punters for their Saturday evening clubnight. The hundreds of empty beer cans piled up in the middle of the now empty room are the only indication of the brief but breathtaking musical display that took »
The Cooper Temple Clause have confirmed that they will play the Isle Of Wight Festival, which this year will take place over the weekend of 14/15th June. The Coopers - who are currently slaving away at their second album - are the latest addition to an otherwise grey-l»
