DiS vs. Towers of London - bring it on
I know quite a few people, not thousands, but a good few hundred. Out of those people, I don't know one who thinks anything positive about the degenerate buffoons who call themselves Towers of London.»
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Win! Ulrich Schnauss tickets and AC30 goody bag!
Across his illustrious career, German Ulrich Schnauss has produced some of the most interesting electronic music fathomable. He makes a rare London live appearance at the salubrious (and rightful winner of the capital's best live music venue at the Time Out awards) Luminaire, this Friday 16th Julngside Spotlight Kid (Chris Davis, formerly of six.by.seven), Pia Fraus and Haliconia.»
Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone
For every insanely hyped proposition that emerges from the streets of London, I've usually got a host of derogatory comments, sometimes even before I've heard them. It is, after all, increasingly hard not to get swept up in a sea of superlatives and wave after wave of hyperbole. This time though, it's different.»
Win! Tickets to Europe's Best Alternative Festival!
Dour is Europe's best alternative music festival and here at DiS, we're more than a little excited about the line-up this year. Four days, a ridiculous amount of diverse, interesting bands and all in Belgium - so the beer's that little bit cheaper.»
Win! A Concretes branded Roberts digital radio!
We've got a light blue Roberts RD-50 digital radio (worth £150), complete with specially branded buttons to give away to celebrate the release of The Concretes' fantastic new single 'On The Radio', which is release this coming Monday, June 12th.»
Charalambides announce UK tour
Charalambides make beautiful, spacious psychedelic folk music in the vein of Espers and influential 70s group, Fuschia.»
Reading/Leeds adds some (good) bands!
Carling stage announced for this year's Reading & Leeds extravaganzas.»
The Tuesday DiScussion: Are Muse the most important band of our generation?
As the start of a regular new feature, DiS provokes debate on Muse. National treasure, or overblown theatre-merchants?»
Lightning Bolt rejected from Japan
Rhode Island residents Lightning Bolt - inarguably one of the greatest live bands in the world - were rejected from entering Japan last week, for a ten date tour.»
Win! London Research tickets! Mega!
Wakefield's The Research play lovely pop yumminess. There's three of them and they're great. That's a DiSfact.»
Hope of the States: in-store tonight!
South coast progressive pop-rock six-piece Hope of the States are performing a very special acoustic set THIS EVENING.»
¡Forward, Russia! + Youthmovies = tour
>Two of the UK's most interesting bands are heading out on the road together this July. I read somewhere, possibly Wikipedia, that if you don't go to one of these dates, you're both ugly AND a heroin addict.»
Win! Be one of the first to hear Guillemots' LP!
Hey, so the ineffably majestic Guillemots have finished, mastered and generally completed their debut album, Through the Windowpane, and it's unleashed upon the proleteriat on 10th July 2006...»
New bands announced for Truck Festival
Battles, Mojave 3, That Fucking Tank, Goodbooks, Good Shoes and the splendid :( have been added to this year's Truck Festival taking place in July.»
Exclusive: Babyshambles demo new material; ponder offers
Following the inaccurate news that Babyshambles have been dropped, DiS has the skinny on exactly what is going down.»
The Best festival ever? Dour line-up finalised
Running from July 13th-16th, the Dour Festival, Belgium encompasses seemingly every genre in the world, inviting the best artists, DJs and performers from each to one 4-day festival, all totalling £50.»
Deerhoof bassist quits; new Curtains material
Spasmodic, multi-national rockers Deerhoof are a member down, following the departure of bassist Chris Cohen.»
DiS Barfly London: This Friday!
When you promote gigs, you always have your secret favourite shows that you put on; the ones where you get to book your favourite bands and get people to come down and see them. This month is one of those...»
Alleged Audioslave quote: "we hate our own music and European people"
North American four-piece, Audioslave featuring ex-members of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden have thrown a rather large cancel-shaped axe at their UK and Europe dates, including their performances and the Reading and Leeds festivals.»
Monkey falls out of tree
The fat one out of Crazy Frog-influenced four-piece Arctic Monkeys has opted out of the band's North American jaunt, booked for June.»
Crazy Frog announces second LP
Widely seen as the forefather of contemporary popular music, the multi-national Crazy Frog has announced a second long-player, with another host of mindblowing pop hits.»
colonopenbracket - new stuff, YEAH!
North of the border, something continues to brew. As the kids who fell in love with Biffy experiment with their Casiotones and calculators, emotional rock continues to move on. Earlier this year, I called them 'emoticore', in reference to their name and sound. But y'know, whatever, they're just great. :( (colonopenbracket) have some exciting bits and bobs to share with y'all.»
Panic! At the Split-sco
In a statement posted to their web site late last night, it has been revealed that bassist Brent has left Panic! At The Disco.»
Guillemots! Great Escape! Weekend! Win! Wow!
Brighton's Great Escape festival is but a day away and at the last minute, we've managed to grab a pair of full weekend tickets (that's all gigs, folks!) and a meet and greet session with the ever-wonderous Guillemots.»
White Heat at London Madame Jo Jo's, Tue 16 May
What I do know is that leaving the venue, up and down escalators on the Tube and now 13 hours later, I'm still singing the choruses and smiling at the melodies. Yours is a talent to be savoured, by yourselves and embraced, by the masses.»
EXCLUSIVE: The Cooper Temple Clause 'Damage' MP3
To accompany the exclusive interview we nabbed with Reading's The Cooper Temple Clause (here), we're incredibly excited to bring you the world's first glimpse of Make This Your Own, the third studio album from the band.»
The Cooper Temple Clause: "We had to reinvent the wheel"
It's odd writing about a band you've grown up with. In my early years of music geekdom, moving out of the Manic Street Preachers obsession was never going to be easy, but I always craved something a little more... current? No, I'm not sure current was the correct description, I just think that I resented the fact that This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours was, on the whole, a pile of toss... »
Win! Wychwood! Wicked! w00t!
Today is glorious, isn't it? By choice, I'd be down at the beach with my ladyfriend, popping into the sea on occasion and supping on a delicious blonde trappist ale.
Alas, in the ivory basement of the DiSopolis I sit, looking forward to a summer of love. Yeah! Music! Wychwood is one of the first festivals this summer, kicking this off in style from the 2nd-4th June at Cheltenham Racecourse.
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Jimmy Edgar at London Rhythm Factory, Thu 11 May
For anyone with even a slight soft spot for electronica or techno, Jimmy Edgar is currently one of the most forward-thinking, accomplished producers in the world. Tonight's performance of his post-modernist take on To Rococo Rot leaves a few of us breathless and jubilant...»
The Cooper Temple Clause: Exclusive download news, tour & single details
Having completed work on their third studio album, Make This Your Own, genre-mashing bleep-rockers The Cooper Temple Clause have announced their first new material since bassist Didz left last year.»