Kevin is gay? What a (giant) drag...
LA-based duo Giant Drag - Annie Hardy and Micah Calabrese - release the single 'Kevin Is Gay' on October 31st. It's their first material since last year's well-received Lemona EP...»
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Six evenings of pain for the Black Heart Blues
Northern rock monsters 3 Stages Of Pain release their second album, Black Heart Blues, today...»
Wilson phones charitable fans
Brian Wilson has personally telephoned around 15 of his fans, after one doubted the singer's involvement in fundraising after Hurricane Katrina's devastation...»
Madonna is Madonna, "take it or leave it"
Madonna producer Stuart Price (aka Jaques Lu Cont) has told Billboard that the closer on the singer's new album, Confessions On A Dancefloor, is the perfect way to end the record...»
Soul star D'Angelo seriously injured in car accident
D'Angelo, the Grammy Award-winning soul singer, was seriously injured in a car accident last week...»
Gilmour, Daltrey, The Datsuns! Stars collaborate on Peel single
David Gilmour, Roger Daltrey and Robert Plant are just three of the stars that have put themselves forward to perform on a tribute single to the late John Peel.»
Beasties to release greatest hits
MTV has reported that hip-hoppers the Beastie Boys are to release a best-of compilation album, entitled Solid Gold Hits.»
Break up? Garbage! Manson dismisses rumours
Garbage singer Shirley Manson has damped rumours of the band's break up through an Australian newspaper...»
Diva unimpressed by West: Bassey wants her money
Dame Shirley Bassey is pretty unhappy with mega-popular rapper Kanye West right now. The Welsh singer claims that West did not ask for her permission to sample the song 'Diamonds Are Forever' for his recent single 'Diamonds From Sierra Leone'...»
Martin's losing his marbles: Coldplay to go country?
Coldplay chief Chris Martin has told The Daily Star that he's got a country album just waiting to get out of him...»
Nelly on the telly
Pop-rapper Nelly is to star in his own reality television show...»
Hit the woof of the net with Dogs
London-based hysteria-inducing rockers Dogs are inviting football or "soccer" fans from across the UK to participate in the video for their next single 'Tarred and Feathered'»
ATP Recordings hit the road
Three of ATP Recordings' finest acts are to tour the UK together next month...»
Terrorcore comes to town: The Locust swarm
Holy shit! The Locust! On tour! Here! Playing these places! Go! Book tickets now! Exclamation mark!»
"Dangerous" Canadian wins chance to front INXS
Australian rock veterans INXS have finished their quest for a new front man: Canadian Jason Dean Fortune is to replace the late Michael Hutchence after winning the band's reality TV show search for a singer...»
Demo Nirvana: 22-track compilation due
Not so hot on the heels of 2004's With The Lights Out four-disc set comes another Nirvana compilation, this time (well, again actually) concentrating on rare material and demos...»
Mars landings: two shows before ATP
The Mars Volta are to play a brace of shows prior to their ATP weekend...»
Pack your sandwiches: Paddingtons tour
Hull-spawned hellraisers The Paddingtons set off on tour next month...»
So good we're Jealous: label mates on tour
Hopefully it hasn't escaped your attention that Leeds-based Jealous Records happens to be home to a couple of DiS's favourite bands, Bullet Union and This Aint Vegas. Luckily for us, both outfits tour in the extremely near future...»
The Darkness return on a one-way ticket
The Darkness will release their long-awaited (we suppose) new album on November 14th. It's titled One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back...»
Q nominations: Oasis storm the shortlists
Oasis are shortlisted for a whopping five nominations at this year's Q Awards. They've made their way into the running for the Best Track, Best Live Act, Best Album, Best Video and Best Act In The World Today gongs...»
Great! Ormond Street benefit with Redjetson and more
A host of London talent heads up a benefit gig for Great Ormond Street Hospital, this Sunday (September 25th) at the Hoxton Bar & Kitchen...»
Green Day slip a bullet into the bible... on DVD
Pop-punkers Green Day are to release a live DVD (no date announced just yet) featuring footage from their Milton Keynes show back in June...»
Peel compilation: full track listing
A double-disc compilation album featuring an array of bands championed by the late John Peel will hit stores on the Monday (October 17th) following John Peel Day (Thursday October 13th)...»
Grandaddy finish with the Family Cat
King Biscuit's mine: win 7" copies of single and shirts
King Biscuit Time, aka former Beta Band man Steve Mason, releases his new single 'C I AM 15' next week. Perhaps you've read the review already? Now, we know you'd rather go out and buy your own copy, but if you're feeling really lazy, read on...»
Super winter tour: Statistics and Stapleton TEAM up
A heads up here: December sees the return to UK shores of one Denver Dalley, aka Statistics. Like that wasn't good news enough, he's taking the indie-rock wonder of Stapleton and Leicester's riff monsters TEAM with him...»
The Pipettes' Dirty Mind: new single scheduled for November
Miss out on their last totally limited 7", 'ABC'? Well, Pipettes fans, the girls (and guys) are to release their first single for Mephis Industries in November...»
Crüe singer tears calf in concert fall
Vince Neil, singer with the on-tour Motley Crüe, has torn his calf muscle after a fall from the stage at a gig in Atlanta...»
Manics' school threatened with closure
The Mirror has reported that Oakdale Comprehensive School, the meeting place of the Manic Street Preachers, will close due to falling pupil numbers...»