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What cannot be ignored and should be questioned is why, only nine months after it’s original release, does this need to come out again as a single?»
Tonight feels like an end of term celebration rather than the first night of a tour. If anyone had predicted the rise and rise of these three bands this time last year to platinum album status ('Employment') and being regular fixtures in the top ten I'm sure most people would have been calling for the psychiatrist to pass on a few wise words...»
Their wardrobes scream 1979, as Fred Perry polo shirts battle with Paul & Shark jumpers and Adidas Stan Smith trainers, while the haircuts look like they could have been lifted straight out of Alan Clarke's portrayal of Borstal life, Scum...»
So the students are back, and with a new term time comes a brand new club night - in this part of the world anyway - as Club Fandango opens its doors in Nottingham...»
If David Bowie had discovered the intricacies of spacious, epic post-rock instead of hooking up with Tricky and fucking Tin Machine it may have sounded like this...»
Coming from the same city that heralded the likes of Ian Curtis, Ian Brown and the Gallaghers, Omerta are the latest in a long line of Mancunians whose sound can be traced back to numerous eras and artists, and yet they don't actually sound like anyone else...»
This past year, Leeds has usurped London, Manchester and Birmingham as THE hotbed of new musical talent in the UK. Following The Kaiser Chiefs' swift elevation to Smash Hits Poll Winners Party status and Duels and !Forward Russia!'s imminent pursuit of Ricky Wilson and co.'s footsteps comes a swarm of other young scamps, and guess what? There's hardly a duffer among them!»
As anyone who's witnessed recent shows by both the Telescopes and Sonic Boom will tell you, neither of them choose to wallow in past glories, instead preferring to challenge the listening and toleration levels simultaneously...»
Hailing from New York via Northampton, the Five O’Clock Heroes write songs that sound like the best bits of your mum and dad’s record collection combined with the coolest kid at your college’s iPod playlist. This last year has seen them tour with the likes of The Bravery, The Ordinary Boys and The Paddingtons and this week they’re set to hook up with The Rakes and Louis XIV.»
When Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse created Julio Geordio, little did they know that the character would form the main body of a cinematic trilogy a decade later...»
This year's In The City Unsigned event takes place in Manchester this weekend as 54 of the UK's best bands, the cream of almost 3000 entrants, play 11 venues over three nights from Saturday 1st October to Monday 3rd October...»
Five years ago JJ72 had the world at their feet. Along with Muse and Coldplay, they were being tipped as the forerunners of a new legion of anthemic, stadium rock for the new millennium. But then, after numerous record company wrangles delaying the release of their second album ‘I To Sky’ and the likes of The Strokes and The Libertines being embraced like the little lost children of Benetton, JJ72 suddenly found themselves out of earshot and out of fashion.»
Much derided it may have been first time around, but the pontificating air of noise that was also known as shoegazing is currently undergoing a bit of a revival...»
After the tragic suicide of Ian Curtis, surely no one - least of all the band themselves - could have expected that 25 years down the line the surviving three members of Joy Division would still be going strong and churning out their 30th hit single as New Order in that time...»
Füxa have sadly had to pull out of their UK tour with the Telescopes after Randall Nieman was refused entry at Gatwick and shipped home following two days' incarceration at Trinity House...»
Leeds five-piece Four Day Hombre are set to release their first single through recently established DIY label Alamo Music on October 17th 2005...»
The Strummer Live Music Series - in conjunction with Strummer magazine - which is due to take place on the Fylde Coast at The Rossall Tavern, Fleetwood and the Liquid Lounge, Blackpool between October and December '05 today announced that John Robb (The Membranes, Goldblade, respected author/journalist and TV pundit) will be one of the judges...»
Following their successful night with The Bad Seeds last month, Number10 are delighted to announce that The Charlatans, fresh from mixing their new album, will be hosting an evening in the Member's Bar and playing a few of their favourite records on Thursday 22nd September...»
'Disposable Fiction' is a remarkable collection of songs, and certainly well above the average batch of "sounds like so-and-so" demos often received at DiS Towers...»
Mancunians Casual Saints might strut the walk and talk the talk, but anyone expecting sub-Roses/Gallagher cloning room dummies will be bitterly disappointed - or more to the point, pleasantly surprised.»
One day every band will possess this kind of lucid ambition and enthusiasm without the annoying pomposity and pretense. Until such a time, there is simply no ego like Lo-Ego...»
Having been courted by every major label for several months now, Boy Kill Boy finally get the chance to let everyone know what all the fuss is about...»
As we tiptoe graciously through all the wannabe Libertines and second-rate U2s to find something genuinely original, unique and inspiring, it seems dear old Leeds has come up with the goods again...»
Fresh from abusing Posh at the Millennium Stadium last weekend, Welsh "comedy" rappers Goldie Lookin' Chain have decided to launch their own "viral game" (that's what it says here) competition...»
Math-cum-post rock trio The International Karate Plus have issued a statement explaining the cancellation of the second leg of their tour, including the M4 Service Station shows...»
The Swarm are like a concoction of cyanide, nails and nitro glycerine, shaken and stirred then served in a coffin shaped vat, finished off by an unhealthy dose of fear for dessert.»
As Leeds reneges its intent on being the A&R capital of Europe, the best thing to come out of all this is that those who were there BK (Before the Kaisers) can get back to what they've been doing since...their time began, I guess. That is, making great pop records.»
God knows what they put in the Mersey estuaries but since rock and roll first put on it's blue suede shoes and crossed over from the Atlantic, those Scousers have been dab hands at conjuring up a half-decent tune or two...»
Everyone's favourite ska-band-by-day, new-romantics-by night outfit The Bravery are making an in-store performance to promote the release of their new (well, it's a re-release actually) single ‘Unconditional’ this evening...»
If the myths around The Warlocks are true - and this record suggests they most probably are - then this octet's life of chemical fuelled debauchery makes people like Pete Doherty look like cast-offs from Channel 4's 'Faking It'. For real? You bet they are.»
