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Poor old Barrowlands – Glasgow has a great, big new venue to rival it. The 2,500 capacity Carling Academy finally opens on Mar 26th. The young nippers who will be the first band to play there will be non-other than... DEACON BLUE. If watching Lor»
Jim Bob, aka James Robert Morrison, formerly of Carter USM, blah blah blah, is going out on tour. Great. The reasoning behind this madness is the success of ‘Goodnight Jim Bob’, which was a regular clubnite packing out the Hope & Anchor in north London last year (which I never got to go to cos they always bloody cla»
So this is my first big gig for a couple of months or so. After spending too much time in dingy pubs watching dingy bands, it was no wonder I’d spent most of 2003 feeling utterly, utterly depressed. Therefore, it’s nice going to see a couple of bands who I knew were going to be good. And they were good. Very very»
As far as debuts go, there a fewer better than this. Eight tracks from Derby's bright young things Plans & Apologies veers from delicate Belle & Sebastian-isms to pseudo metal riffage, often in the same song. They're masters of the quiet-loud with wobbly vocal harmonies, and an undenied charm. In other words - k»
Temptation Records signings Medium 21 and The Rain Band are going on tour in Feb/Mar, and sister label Fierce Panda will have a demo box for you to pop your CDs into. If you fancy 'winning' a single-deal with the Panda label, then read on. "All any aspiring musicians have to do is come along to one of t»
Four Brazilians now based in London's 'trendy' Shoreditch, who play rock'n'roll but in a far spunkier fashion that most of the leather jacket brigade. So no, this isn't another tedious garage affair like the scraping-the-barrel bottom end of that yawnsome movement spitting out conveyor belt pish (naming no names becaus»
Yes indeed, the influence of the late Cobain still remains strong amongst the youth. Stick Finlays play that angsty grunge which InMe seem to be doing well with at the moment. Stick Finlays' music is a bit darker than the aforementioned Essex pinups, and they also like the odd, gulp, guitar solo. They're »
Even though Radiohead went from making epic guitar-crunching classics, to deciding they were Squarepusher fans, there are always going to be bands floating about who still like to try and make guitar-crunching classics of their own. Few do it successfully. South Londoners Carbon 4 are along those lines, a»
They’ve been together 18 months but only just recorded their first demo. Cor, it’s a good one. The recording isn’t great (drums very high in the mix for example, but then the drummer used to be in the rather ace San Quentin, so we’ll let them off for this). It captures a very live sound, with so much energy to i»
I’m beginning to worry about the prog-rock tendencies of The Phil Collins 3, as the last track on this 8-track demo is a massive, epic, 1 min 37 seconds long. Perhaps it’s the Black Sabbath piss-take/tribute at the start which pushes it over the edge. In any case, the Brighton four-piece know what t»
When searching for that demo which sticks up amongst the crowd, it’s a case of find that ‘X-Factor’ or that elusive chord, and it’s comforting to see a band progress as recordings and gigs go on. And on. And on. The Dopamine Theory’s last demo was great, but lacking a little something. With ‘Turbo Turns’,»
Most demos we get are shit, this one is good. This is the sound of a band trying to be that little bit different. Such diverse music collections have resulted in a diverse, consistently unpredictable set of four songs here, played hard and fast (oo-er). The fact that 'Habitual' sounds like Muse»
Riding on the back of The Libertines' semi-success come this young SE London quintet, boasting they play on average of three London venues a month, and describing themselves as 'Garage Punk & Roll'. If I were The Base, I'd shy away from scenester comparisons and - to use an old cliché - let the music talk for it»
If there’s one thing Manchester’s finest have always done, it’s divide opinion among their fans and strongest supporters. To wit, New Order have released a number of albums throughout 20-year-odd career, on-and-off, and at best they’ve generally been… well… patchy. That’s not to say they aren’t one of the »
STOP PRESS... STOP PRESS...
Wed, 15 Jan 2002 @ Windmill Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, SW2
drownedinsound.com presents...
QUERELLE
...like all those pretty bands (Low, Blonde Redhead, etc, etc) but these three italians, 2 girls, 1 boy, just crawl and tease and flow and it's something»
Hot Hot Heat are currently being big-upped by Radio 1 and Xfm (a fact unbeknown to me when I purchased this album at random yesterday, thinking I was so cool and obscure buying a CD cos I'd picked up 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' mag and basically shut my eyes and stuck a pin (OK, my finger) on a review, wi»
Before he was shouting "lager lager lager!" on that song wot became famous cos it was on a film soundtrack ('Trainspotting', lest you forget), Underworld vocalist and nutjob Karl Hyde was actually able of singing some genuinely touching songs. Underworld's 1993 debut album was groundbr»
Former Sony Records MOR popsters TOPLOADER only found out they'd lost their record contract after they read it in a tabloid paper, a source close to the band informs DiS. The band were on a UK tour which had been going badly. Their crew decided to have a read of 'The Sun', only to be confronted with the he»
Rah. Welcome to, um, the best single so far of 2003. It may be a DISCO tune (ugh, run to the hills), it may be sung by a bunch of old blokes who are likely to be a one-hit-wonder if the rubbish B-sides are anything to go by, it may have an amusing yet disturbing video, it may be dumb, but it’s also irresistibly funky.<»
Indie bands don’t die, they just make alt.country records (see: Menswear). Thus, some of Cambridge’s finest, erm, minds came together to form The Broken Family Band as a ‘semi-serious’ project which has obviously gone on to be a bit more serious than they initially intended. ‘The King Will Build A Disco»
Planet Sound on Channel 4 Teletext has been nice to DiS today. In their roundup of the year, they noted: "With the NME desperately trying to regain its lead over Kerrang! in the circulation war, it fell to websites such as Drowned In Sound and Play Louder (as well as PS»
Chris T-T releases his new single, 'Eminem Is Gay', on 4 Feb 2003. The bearded popster wrote the song whilst on tour with the Divine Comedy and Ben Folds. It makes references to Dr. Dre among others... We'll leave that to your imagination for now if you haven't heard it yet. The s»
Aaaaaaaahhhh.... stretches There's not much more I like doing than watching a good ol' punk rock show. Mclusky are one of the most essential, brilliant, totally totally ace bands around and - shock horror - they have a sense of humour too. They open with 'Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues'»
Do you like watching tourists have trouble working the sweeetie machines in London Underground stations? Are you frequently overwhelmed by the range of sandwiches available in Mark's 'n' Spencer? Do you want to see some puppies? If the answer to these is 'yes', do not worry - it just means you are Normal. And jus»
A big fire in central Edinburgh has destroyed at least two prominent music/comedy venues. The fire broke out on Saturday night above La Belle Angele nightclub in the busy Cowgate area. We've heard that the Gilded Balloon has been 'gutted' in the blaze, as well as several other buildings in th»
A source close to the band has revealed that Six By Seven plan to continue despite the departure of bassist Paul Douglas. We've been informed thus: "Chris D's completely terrible week was topped off by Pazza announcing he was leaving the day before a big gig in Spain. Needless to say things are a bit fr»
After the months of speculation, it's finally happened - one of the original 'Madchester' bands, Inspiral Carpets, are reforming for a UK tour in 2003.
Full dates are:
MARCH
27 - Sheffield Octagon
28 - Bristol Academy
29 - Leeds University
30 - Birmingham Academy»
The 'secret' band playing our Xmas party on Sun 8 Dec @ Brixton Windmill is.... *drum roll* *extended drum roll* ... Mclusky! (obviously that drum roll was unnecessary as their name is in the news headline, but I thought I'd add it for dramatic effect) Thi»
Vote for Ainslie! We love him! He’s an indieboy at heart! Ahem. ‘Fame Academy’, the BBC talent show program which is ‘Big Brother’ meets ‘Pop Idol’ which nobody likes to admit they watch, currently features a 23-year-old Scottish chap nam»
We are sad to inform you that Clearshot bassist, Marty McCafferty, was found dead in his home in Derry yesterday morning. The band were due to play some gigs in Northern Island this weekend, with Smother supporting. Obviously these have all been cancelled. Marty was only 21 years old an»
