Placebo announce single, DVD and extra live date
Rejuvenated indie starlets, Placebo, have announced details of a Live DVD, a new single from the album ‘Sleeping With Ghosts’ and an additional date to their handful of gigs already announced. »
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Various, My Bloody Valentine - Lost In Translation: OST
'...a beautifully-fashioned record that works completely outside of its film setting but also acts as a haunting centrepiece to the movie itself.'»
Ryan Adams - So Alive
Last Autumn, in readiness for the release of his next album, Ryan Adams quietly slipped this song onto his website in order for fans to have a glimpse of what he'd been up to and what they could expect from 'Rock N Roll'. It was a bit of a false ephiphany...»
Grandaddy - I’m On Standby / Stray Dog and The Chocolate Shake
Listening to Grandaddy’s third album, ‘Sumday’, was like having a ten hour wank; that which started with such promise soon became a monotonous chore.»
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
All hail, all hail; bend your knee at the throne of The First Great Single Of 2004.»
Big In '04 - Part V
A fifth crystal ball-like article, predicting the bands who will come to prominence next year by picking up British music by its cojones and shaking it till it vomits tunes. Part V: The soaring, angelic, stadium-sized tunesmiths that are Keane.»
Razorlight mainman to play acoustic charity gig
Johnny Borrell, lead singer of one of the rising stars of the brit-rock fraternity, Razorlight, is to play an intimate, acoustic gig at the Highbury & Islington Buffalo Bar in support of homeless charity, Shelter.»
Big In '04 Part IV - Bloc Party to serve up debut platter
Bloc Party, one of the bands in contention to make The First Big Breakthrough In ‘04, are to release their debut record on 16th February, 2004.»
Big In '04 - Part III
A third crystal ball-like article, predicting the bands who will come to prominence next year by picking up British music by one of its legs and dragging it back to its sinister cave. Part III: The discordantly tremedous Jagstang bashers that are Distophia.»
Darkness Party Political Broadcast: The Hour Cometh
“Buy this single NOW or never complain about Pop Idol again...”»
Ryan Adams: Tour, Record, Madness And Exclusive Web Content
Alt-rock/country mental genius, Ryan Adams, has announced a further set of UK dates early next year after completing a short tour in November/December.»
Mean Fiddler Increases Live Music Strong Hold
...Mean Fiddler now has substantial involvement in all three major music festivals in the UK – Reading/Leeds, Glastonbury and the V Festivals. It is feared that this will lead to a more corporate-driven, homogenised festival circuit with bands and artists bound by all manner of ‘exclusivity’ contracts, disallowing their involvement in other promotions and ventures...»
Mean Fiddler takes to the Border
Live music barons, Mean Fiddler, yesterday announced that it had totted its live music venue count in the West End up to seven with the acquisition of The Borderline, just off Charing Cross Road, WC2.»
Mew - She Came Home For Christmas
Dirty, lying, cheating Grinches Mew tatter and tarnish the spirit of Christmas. Respect.»
The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button
'...in retrospect, we were wrong, okay? ‘Seven Nation Army’ is definitely shuffling around in that pack of songs entitled THE single of year. And hell, we’re not likely to make that sort of mistake with the White Stripes again...'»
Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell Part 1
Alongside 'Rock N Roll', 'Love Is Hell pt 1' quietly appeared on shelves the same day and offers a much more cohesive and ahem, traditionalist approach to the art of Ryan Adams songwriting.»
Big In '04 - Part II
A second crystal ball-like article, predicting the bands who will come to prominence next year by picking up British music by one of its legs and dragging it back to its sinister cave. Part II: The supremely good and obscenely exciting Hooker's Green #1.»
Big In '04 - Part I
The first in a series of sage-like, article-based predictions of the bands who will come to prominence next year and grab British music by the scruff of its bastard neck. Part I: The Verve-shagging grandeur of The Open.»
Linkin Park - Live In Texas
'Despite their lofty, stadium-playing status in the music world, Linkin Park are utterly pointless and completely inconsequential. Quicker than the blinking eye, they will be gone and their only legacy will be some half-remembered stories about on-stage vomiting and a big pair of shorts...'»
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fortune Faded
If God is all-powerful, then we assume he could create a microwave burrito that is too hot even for him to eat. But if he is all-powerful, then surely nothing is too hot for him to eat?»
The Open - Never Enough
A word to the wise: In 2004, unless something very remiss happens (singer falls down lift shaft, guitarist forgets to inhale following exhalation) The Open are going to do very, very well.»
Ludes - She Was Just A Girl/Your Dog Don't Bark
If you've spent any time with DiS (cheeky Larndarn town division) lately, you've probably heard the conversation that goes; "Ludes blah blah Ludes, Blah, Ludes Blah Blah Ludes". They're kinda popular round these parts...»
Pop Eats Itself: EMI Loses £180m But Stares At Warner Music
EMI Group plc, the music-based retail corporation today posted yearly drop in profits upwards of £180m, at the same time as announcing that it had made a ‘firm offer’ for the music arm of Warner Bros.»
Jane's Flashmob action this evening - Covent Garden
Jane's Addiction are on the Flashmob again... This afternoon, subscribers to the band's Flashmob text service received the following message:»
Doves, Reef, Brian Wilson, Duran Duran - DVD Roundup: The Good, The Bad And The Downright Reef
As Christmas draws ever nearer (note: red cups in Starbucks offering gingerbread lattes), DiS pulls a sickie, and beds down with a duvet, some pringles and a pile of DVDs.»
Copperpot Journals - Pilots
...Over the past eighteen months, Copperpot Journals have perfected their slo-mo emo style; at times languid yet graceful, although unfortunately, it can occasionally verge on the dull...»
The Distillers - Drain The Blood
Listless? Bored? Don’t know what to do now that Courtney Love’s had her solo album put back (indefinitely)? Well, help is at hand; let us prescribe you a large dosing of The Distillers.»
November: Seachange Tour! Other Gigs! Records! Scarves!
November. It gets cold, we still want to rock. So we offer the likes of Seachange (tour starts this week), Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia (TONIGHT!), Dive Dive, and of course, more Jetplane Landing...»
Donderevo - Jackie, What Are You Looking For?
Moody, moog-decorated electro-sleaze indie from what we can only assume are a group of black-clad, whippet-thin Camden-erati boys with more than a passing interest in Mansun and Duran Duran.»
Suede, R.E.M., Billy Bragg, Dexys Midnight Runners - 'Best Of's
As the summer becomes a distant memory and record companies search for the festive cash cow (turkey), it's time for another set of discs to eek out the remains of a band's career. Here are four that may interest you...»