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I'm not sure what it is about this band. With every new release they manage to conjure up thoughts of the sea, thoughts of drowning. And to leave me in awe at their improvement...»
Portland trio Sleater-Kinney are to hit London for their first UK show in over three years.
Having supported Pearl Jam on a huuuuge tour around the US-of-A, the queens of the Pacific Northwestern indie scene are to play a handful of European festivals in August.
This includes a one-off show at the
Drowned in Sound is helping to 'promote' a free outdoor festival and rockin' indoor party in Manchester in June. To help combat that inevitable summer-rain induced depression, Manchester based rock promoters are throwing a three day bash over the weekend June 20th - 22nd. It’ll be held partly outdoo»
Long Island punk rockers Taking Back Sunday have seemingly, in true rock'n'roll tradition, announced that they are 'taking some time out.' After cancelling several US shows, the band posted the following kind-of-vague message on their website: <»
Ladies, women and girls: your city needs you! Taking its lead from previous UK successes in London and Glasgow, Manchester is now set to carry the Ladyfest torch, holding its very own version of the festival. Originally held in Olympia, Washington in 2000, it aims to showcase the musical and artistic work »
"Blah blah Blah blah Blah I don’t understand I don’t understand..." This CD changed absolutely everything. Seriously, everything. Before this, for me, it was only the Manic Street Preachers that mattered. Pretentious literature and wannabe world politics was cool with me. It'd do. If only yo»
Picture it: you're at one of the upcoming DiS gigs. You find yourself stuck at the bar with a Kinesis fan; uncomfortable silences ensue. What better way to strike up conversation than a discussion on modern philosophy. A bit rusty? We're here to help. There was this Nietzsche bloke. An all round smar»
It happens to the best of us. You wander into HMV, faced with aisle after aisle, row after row of CDs. Soon enough you find yourself in the 'G' section. Ah! How handy: you were looking for the latest Jets To Brazil album. So you stroll thirty metres to the right, impressing yourself with your estimatio»
Its that BAM! Moment. Your mind spinning in a million possibilities of love/hate letters you should be writing; of jokes you could have told if you were perhaps slightly more witty. Argh, it's everything going on. It's why I had to stand up, and walk around, and flail my arms everywhere in the middle of typing t»
Yes, they are British. They shower sweat from ‘those’ haircuts onto the thirty or so people that have turned up to see their increasingly vital live shows. And I’m sure that at this very time, an 18 year old girl is working on a website devoted to them. God knows, we seem to be awash with these sticky-table-an»
