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The legendary Pixie known as Frank Black is to perform a DJ'ing set in London tommorow (21 June). His guest set is at Casino Royale at the Barfly/Monarch in Camden and is to take place between midnight and 2am. The club opens at 10 so make sure you get there early! Although this is exciting ne»
The comedic god known as Eddie Izzard is set to do his first UK stand up performances in 4 years as part of his upcoming world tour. Entitled Sexie, his whole set is to be played out in front a huge video screen at the venues over the 15 gigs, he is expected play in front of a total of 130,000 peopl»
In the lulls of North Essex is Britain's oldest town, Colchester. We have a castle, we have a University, we have bus tours of the town and we gave the world Blur. In fact, about 10 years ago, we had a pretty vibrant local scene but now, local music is almost as rare as a good Catatonia song.
Those indie pop strumpets known as The Soho Dolls are asking if you wanna come out to play! Later in the month the band are due to start recording the video of their track 'Cruel Intentions', and they are looking for extras to help out! If you are interested, drop a mail to desperado@thesohodolls»
Somedays nothing happens. You sit, you think, you pad around, you wonder what it's all about and then... something happens. Something reaffirms that it is all worthwhile and there is hapiness in the simplest of forms. As of this moment, Drat are my hapiness. After finding out about them through a Northern »
Clarence Park in Wakefield (that's in West Yorkshire for those of you who don't know) is set hold a free festival. Here are details of some of the confirmed bands so far announced. Organised by The Wakefield Music Collective, the event is to»
The OTHER Leeds Festival is back and is promising to be a stormer! The Breeze Festival is now an established fixture and this year's line up is almost as impressive as the fact that all of these gigs are FREE! Our new found friend organising the gigs (who from here on in will be known as Andy) gave us all »
System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian has followed fellow band member Serj Tankian and started his own label which has BIG plans. The label, called EatUrMusic, has already been bought up by giants Columbia who are going to " market, promote, and distribute" for Daron. Last Autumn, »
With the help from the University Of Essex Indie Society (aka IndieSoc!), Dis comes back with another dose of pop, this time coming from Oxford, Hull and the chic world of the YYYs.
Drowned In Sound vs. IndieSoc
Thursday 29th May 2003
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One of the most pro-active indie labels in the UK is to hit the small screen. Org Records are set to launch Organ TV via Sky Channel 687 at midnight on 11th June and they are promising :- 'Cutting edge alternative underground music video, award winning animation, fast cut eye candy, no bul»
From moderate beginnings grow great things. The second Colchester DiS night is almost here, and this time we're taking on the University Of Essex Indie Society (aka IndieSoc!) with a combo of pop from Oxford, Hull and the chic world of the YYYs. Drowned In Sound vs. »
NOFX frontman Fat Mike is to cover a handful of Michael Jackson songs for his 'wacky' side project. Me First & The Gimme Gimmes are recording a 7" for Jade Tree Records with renditions of 'Ben' and 'I'll Be There', both originally recorded by the baby-dangling, King of Pop. »
Yet another live music venue is down and this time it's in London. The Kashmir Klub (on Nottigham Street near Baker Street tube) is to close on May 17th with the following reason being taken from the venue's website :- "With great regret, we have to inform you that this (17/05/03) will be the last»
Despite this being the first night of Serafin's amazingly titled 'Be Gentle With The Goat' tour (or so the opening band inform us), the curse of Colchester strikes again as first band Saint Rose hit the stage and there are little over 40 people in the venue. Considering that there was supposed to b»
Please note: All 11 bands will be covered with at least 1 paragraph as they all deserve at least that much so if you don't like long reviews, piss off! Thank you This CD is one I have been waiting for since I found out about its conception; a 150 copies only CD compilation of all the best ba»
Attempts by Madonna's record company, Warner Bros, to frustrate fans trying to download her music have back-fired in the most spectacular fashion. Fans trying to obtain tracks from Mazza's newest album 'American Life' were frustrated by the record company, who flooded P2P services like Kazaa »
The Joseph's Well in Leeds is set to host a weekender which can only be described as eclectic! The 2 day event under the monicker of GoJonnyGoGoGoGo 3 is on the 24-25th May (which as we all know is a bank holiday weekend) and includes the likes of Antihero, Ant & Yumi Yumi. As w»
Canadian purveyor of high class filth Peaches is back soon with a new album and has assistance from a living legend. Following on from debut 'The Teaches Of Peaches', her brand of smut has caught on big time in no small part to the inclusion of her song 'Fuck The Pain Away' on the Soulwa»
Arguably the most instrumental band in nu-metal culture, Bakersfield's finest Korn are set to return to the studio. Following on from last years dire effort 'Untouchables' (and yes, I AM a fan), their sixth album is to be "straight, raw and dirty" or at least it should be according to singer »
The assault of Irish bands on the UK music scene has been relentless over the past year or so, and Damien Rice seems to be the next artist destined to follow the likes of Gemma Hayes to success. Hotly tipped for at least the past 18 months, and fresh from a sold-out jaunt in the States, his latest »
Japanese godzilla-sized punk-rockists Electric Eel Shock have landed in the UK and set to rock our asses into overdrive!
The dates are as follows:
April
Wed 16 London Metro (with Giddy Motors & Mika Bomb)
Thu 17 Whitehorse High Wycombe<»
The Used guitarist Quinn Allman was arrested on Tuesday after a show in Florida, and imprisoned for almost 24 hours. Allman was allegedly arrested for trying to stop a cop from arresting a fan. Regarding the incident he said :- "I was signing autographs, and this cop had his searchlights shined o»
Rapper Snoop Dogg was involved in a shooting in Los Angeles on Thursday night. It has been announced that one of the musician's bodyguards was injured but Snoop Dogg was not hurt. It transpires that a car pulled alongside the convoy and three men with guns opened fire, with bullets hitting two of the vehi»
We continue our attempt to corrupt all of the country's venues with this next offering coming to you live from Peterborough! After a blinding set at the Colchester Soundhouse on our Essex launch night, The Broken Family Band have been invited to inf»
The divine Canadian indie band The New Pornographers are back with their second album. The group from Vancouver (which includes ex-members of Zumpano and Destroyer) are set to release the new album, titled 'Electric Version', on May 12th in Europe through Matador Records with a US rele»
The fantabulous Brassy, who many thought had split, have announced a new album and one off gig! After recently coming to 'fame' with their 'Play Some D' song being used by Motorola on adverts during ITV movies, the band have ann»
McLusky have a new single on the way to coincide with their upcoming tour (reported here). On the 19th of May, Welsh-noizeniks (as seen at the DiS Xmas Party!) release a double a-side 'There Ain`t No Fool In Ferguson' / '1956 And All That'»
Hailing from the musical wilderness known as Colchester, The Hush are out to convert anyone who is willing to listen to them and with a demo as good as this. This comes across sounding like a version of a slightly less pretentious, less aggressive 'Frogstomp'-era Silverchair. There are winks »
After an absence of what seems like aeons, Black Box Recorder are back and how! Opening track 'The School Song' is a statement of intent from the off. Unlike their previous outings, musically the band have now lightened up slightly and have become slightly euro-pop, for lack of a better description.»
My god, talk about a blast from my past. OK, back in '96 I was still in college and a regular Kerrang! reader and there was a wee uproar about the coverage given to a pair of American rappers in face paint... their name was the Insane Clown Posse. OK, how to describe ICP... imagine Gwar taking thems»
