awisgard has written the following articles:
David Ford, once of Easyworld, is back with his first solo album; should we accept his apologies?»
You'll have heard the name bubbling under in the clubs of London Town for a good couple of years, but Corporation:Blend don't fit your average Poptones bill. 'Chapter Of Accidents' is the band's second single, and takes you on a four-song trip through the band's many moods and influences...»
A year on from their 'Supergrass Is 10' compilation, the eternally-youthful trio return with the first single to be taken from their forthcoming fifth effort 'Road To Rouen', 'St. Petersburg'.»
When last we left our three grrl-pop heroines, Sleater-Kinney, they were treading lightly through a post-9/11 apocalypse, promoting an album of slightly harder-edged pop songs, called 'One Beat'. Three years, one marriage and a new record deal later, they return with seventh album 'The Woods'.»
Britain's only indie doowop quintet, Special Needs, are back with their "proper" label debut, and their third and best single to date, "Blue Skies".»
In the year since their fantastic debut, it could be said that The Cribs have got somewhat of a raw deal; overlooked by the masses, who are now scrabbling down the front of a toilet venue near you to get a look at the bands who have stolen their act.»
Liam Gallagher once quipped that "You've got to progress, but it doesn't mean to say you've got to go forward." But who knew he'd stick so rigidly to what he said?»
It’s hard to be a teenager in a band; I speak from experience when I say that getting gigs, reviews and indeed, getting people to take you seriously is a struggle. This is why The Dialogue are all the more frustrating – a group of five classically trained musicians, none of whom are over the age of 18, trying to make it in the fickle world of rock and roll. So given their talent, is their debut EP, the curiously punctuated ‘Light Is The Party Bomb, Your Misery’, going to be a bloated prog rock nightmare, or will they avoid pretension and create something fantastic?»
A success story: Band slogs around for two years, hands demo to Scottish band on brink of success, gets invited to join tour with them, slowly but surely become the biggest new band in the country. It’s a mini adventure.»
Riding on Pete Doherty's coat tails is a full time business nowadays, but with The 'Tines out of action, and Babyshambles f*cking their chances up by missing every gig they can, it seems the next in line for the throne are The Others. Peddling a slightly more simple, sparse form of what The Libertines did best, their eponymous debut album sees them throwing down all the tracks that make up their energetic live show, but will it stand up as "Definitely Maybe for the 2000’s", or will it become as classic as the first Northern Uproar album?»
Call it a hunch, but something tells me that Selfish C*nt aren’t in it to be on Top Of The Pops. Banned from every halfway trendy venue in London, the duo have gained notoriety as a result of their knowingly aggressive stage-show, in which Tomlinson berates, attacks and seduces every member of the audience. Their debut album arrives hot on the heels of two sold out singles.»
Everyone's favourite Scottish mentalists Biffy Clyro are releasing their third album 'Infinity Land' - their third in as many years - on the 4th of October. To celebrate, they're making some in-store appearances at Virgin Megastores across the country.»
How did it ever come to this? When news that 47 year old Robert Pollard, the world’s most prolific songwriter (15,000 songs and counting), was calling it quits with his chief project Guided By Voices after one final album hit airwaves and broadbands worldwide, hardened indiephiles across the globe mourned the loss of one of the most truly amazing bands of the past 20 years.»
"DiS faves" go om tour...»
Expectations are high. After an aborted session with Bernard Butler at the production helm, the band recruited Mick Jones to help them piece together their long-awaited second album. DiS is proud to bring you a special preview of the results...»
By all rights, Razorlight should be the most important band in this current wave of hip underground stars in London. Does their debut live up to their singer's own hype?»
A new EP featuring the track 'Your Cover's Blown', proclaimed by singer Stuart Murdoch as “The indie 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. It's the moment where Belle and Sebastian loosen themselves from the shackles of tweedom and embrace the funk.»
Crash! Bang! Wallop! Boom! Yargle! That’s right, kids - Biffy Clyro are back, and this time, they’ve got glockenspiels.»
Corporation:Blend sound like an ungodly mix of all the best rock and roll you’ve ever heard in your life, sprinkled with synth-lines to die for, and a singer with a voice that could shatter glass...»
A band for those of us who didn’t find The Polyphonic Spree quirky enough, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are here to give us some scary, but shockingly brilliant pop thrills.»
John Lydon once said “anger is an energy”; if the man speaks the truth, which he nearly always does, then The Others are one of the most energetic new bands in London...»
Following up the punktastic top 40 smash 'Freakin' Out' was always going to be a problem for our Graham. And judging by this, the second single from his forthcoming 'Happiness In Magazines' album, you can tell he's at least tried to rise to the challenge.»
The band have honed their craft for making explosive art-wave-noise-punk, including a disturbingly precise 100-second blast of gonzoid robo-punk that sounds like Mclusky caught in a blender with The Cooper Temple Clause...»
After 20 years in the game, the uber-prolific Robert Pollard’s Guided By Voices last night announced that his band are to split.»
It's been a good year for Mew. Sellout tours with Martin Grech and the Manics, and a well received debut EP. However, being from Scandinavia, they like to do things a little differently. Hence why their second release is a limited edition, price-of-an-ice-cream, Christmas single. As we all k»
NB: written with the help of my mate miKey Last time I saw Rachel Stamp live, they were a sorry bunch. They were playing the prog orgy of their as-of-then-unreleased second album "Oceans Of Venus" to a half full Astoria who didn't really care. Now, with a new single coming up, they'»
A lot can happen in 2 years; September 11 is fresh in our minds, Hear'say have been created and split up, and we lost another Beatle. Nevertheless, the world is now fit for JJ72 to come back, with their new (if shittily titled) album 'I To Sky'. For production, they've enlisted Billy Corga»
What were you doing in the summer of 1993? Chances are you weren't doing what I was doing (getting ready for junior school) but I'm sure what you did was soundtracked by The Breeders' uber-hit 'Cannonball', which took the world by storm. The album it was taken from, 'Last Splash', was a mix of»
You want the quirkiness of Pavement? The catchiness of Last Splash-era Breeders or even the pop sensibilities of S Club Fucking 7? Well, I give you We Start Fires! How To Be A Lady is the debut e.p from these Darlington indie-poppers and sees them experimenting with more styles than y»
Extra, extra! Read all about it: Britain's hardest working perverted purveyors of pure poodle pop power take a gothic prog rock concept album excursion! That's right, kids, after seven years, two albums (including one live album, 'Stampax') and too many record contracts to think about, David Ryder-Pran»
