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by ellen_dis
Muse have added a further six dates to their large-scale autumn tour.
Those dates in full are now as follows:
Plymouth Pavilions Oct 4th
Portsmouth Guildhall Oct 5th
Leicester De Montfort Hall Nov 1st
Manchester Apollo Nov 2nd
Edinburgh Corn Exchange Nov 5th
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In Depth by ellen_dis
It's Sunday afternoon, it's scorching hot and Miss Black America are knackered. Drowned in Sound met up with them before their home town gig in Bury St. Edmunds.
Ellen: 'How are you feeling about tonight?'
Seymour (lead vocals, guitar): 'Well it's our home town, and it's quite nice b»
In Depth by ellen_dis
On a sleepy Sunday afternoon, Drowned in Sound met up with Stratford's finest Antihero before their support slot with Miss Black America in Bury St. Edmunds. You may have heard their song 'MTV' on Steve Lamacq's 'Session Unsigned', and never knew who they were. Well here's your chance to find out...
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News
by ellen_dis
Australian hardcore punks Godnose are embarking on a UK tour this July. Catch them on the following dates:
19- Camberley, The Agincourt
20- Margate, Lido
21- Portsmouth, Old Horseshoe*
22- Winchester, Railway Inn
23- Exeter, Cavern
24- Bristol, Fleece And Firkin*
25- Brid»
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by ellen_dis
Blur front-man Damon Albarn's film score debut will be released on May 28th. Albarn teamed up with Icelandic director, actor and producer, Baltasar Kormakur and Einar Orn Benediktsson of the Sugar Cubes to write the soundtrack for the forthcoming feature film '101 Reykjavik'.
Set »
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by ellen_dis
Farmyard favourites Exploding Sheep have revealed plans to split.
When questioned as to why the band have decided to go their separate ways, singer/guitarist Rob Dix made the following comment:
"Whilst our music breaks down the barriers between genres, between audience and performer, between»
News
by ellen_dis
Disfunctional Californians Everclear release the follow up to last year's 'Songs From An American Movie, Vol One: Learning How to Smile' on April 16th. As promised, 'Songs From An American Movie, Vol Two: Good Time For A Bad Attitude' will prove to be quite a contrast to last summer's album, with 'heavy r»
Review
by ellen_dis
"Look young, got a dick like a gun - overplaying rock star fun". Someone should tell Thirst that you can only get away with lyrics like that when you actually are a rock star. And they have a little way to go yet.
Broken up into the constituent parts, Thirst are strong and clearly very talented. The large gu»
News
by ellen_dis
Muse are to stage a ‘secret’ show at Sound, Leicester Square on February 12th. Tickets for this exclusive event will be given away as competition prizes by London radio station XFM in the week leading up to the gig.
The band are also set to appear on new ITV show ‘The Base’ on 25th January, where they will»
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by ellen_dis
Coldplay have announced that they will embark on a short UK tour in April. The four dates will coincide with an as yet unannounced new single, which will be lifted from the Brit-nominated 'Parachutes' album.
Those dates are:
April
23 Aberdeen Music Hall
24 Edinburgh C»
Review
by ellen_dis
Fans of The Bluetones’ ‘Expecting To Fly’ era should be pleasantly surprised by the Hounslow boys’ latest offering. Despite the first few seconds bearing a scary resemblance to The Cure classic ‘Love Cats’, title track of the ‘Mudslide’ EP is very much reminiscent of material from their stunning 1996 debut, With its j»
Review
by ellen_dis
Read anything about Snow Patrol in the music press and you’ll find that they’re mentioned in the same breath as Belle and Sebastian. Sure, they’re Jeepster label mates, and they used to share a drummer, but that’s as far as the connection goes. You only have to listen to the first few seconds of album opener ‘Downhil»