DiScover: This Town Needs Guns
On the verge of the release of their debut album proper, Animals, we catch up with This Town Needs Guns via the ways of electronic mail to discuss popularity, illegal downloading, and working for the man 9 ‘til 5. »
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Faster Than Sound 2008: the DiS review
DiS travels to the Bentwaters Air Base in Suffolk, home to the Faster Than Sound festival some June evening every year. And it's not just about the music»
Michael Knight - I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This
I’m not Entirely Sure How I Ended Up Like This - the second album from Berlin-based/Irish-born protagonist Richie Murphy and his associated musicians - leaves me with ambivalent feelings»
Elf Power - In A Cave
In A Cave perpetuates the kind of bland music that gives some indie-pop a bad name. If Elf Power’s commercial shelf life is running out, then the band need to change tack before the interest starts to dwindle. This record does very little for their cause»
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Birmingham trio Johnny Foreigner have two sold-out 7”s to their name, recorded for Radio 1 and played with the likes of Idlewild and Los Campesinos!. Their debut EP received a 10/10 on DiS, so we catch up with them to talk their debut album proper»
DiScover: The Battle of Land and Sea
Their music is the sound of the water. They play quiet folk songs telling stories of love and the sea, and their album sounds as if it was recorded onto a tape recorder on a boat in the middle of the ocean. DiScover The Battle of Land and Sea »
The Battle Of Land And Sea - The Battle of Land and Sea
It’s easy to imagine that The Battle of Land and Sea wrote the album while stranded on a lonely island off the coast of America, with only their guitars and their memories for company. The result: a blissful folk album»
The Elephants - The Elephants
It’s hard to imagine The Elephants as anything but fey indie types living in their own dream world. Ultimately it makes me really want to visit Denmark where, presumably, everyone wears pretty dresses and listens to Belle and Sebastian»
4 Or 5 Magicians - Forever On The Edge
The debut single from Brighton four-piece 4 or 5 Magicians has one eye on the past and the other on a good tune. Imagine early Seafood with a sense of irony and you’re pretty much there»
Johnny Foreigner - Arcs Across The City
Featuring some of the most exciting indie-pop sounds recorded by a British band in ages, Johnny Foreigner's Arcs Across The City is the domestic debut album release of the year»
They Died Too Young - Push Becomes Shove
They Died Too Young's debut mini-album – Push Becomes Shove – is a solid rock record. Solid, y’know, as in one of those records you can put on without looking 'repeat' but one that you won’t want to turn off either»
RIP: Peace Burial At Sea thrown overboard
Underrated post-rockers Peace Burial At Sea are to split up after tomorrow. »
Psych! The Verve return with extended jam
Near-legendary pyschedelic rockers The Verve have posted a new track in the form of a 14 minute jam on NME.com.»
Pale Young Gentlemen - Pale Young Gentlemen
Pale Young Gentlemen don’t really sound like anyone else. There are hints of their influences, at times sounding like a patchwork of Andrew Bird, Beirut and The Dresden Dolls, but bringing them all together was a wise move...»
Cats And Cats And Cats, This Town Needs Guns - Split LP
Post-rock has become a criminally un-cool tag, but this split LP 'tween Cats And Cats And Cats and This Town Needs Guns should defer the notion that the former are just Mogwai with a chorus...»
Fightstar - We Apologise For Nothing
At the very least, this single should earn them more respect from the emo contingent. Maybe, just maybe, the success might take the overwrought anguish out of Simpson’s lyrics come the release of the band’s third album. I doubt it though...»
Various - Hallam Foe Original Soundtrack
We don’t tend to review soundtracks here at DiS. Admittedly, we don’t get sent that many, but the ones that we bother to listen to tend to parallel the quality of the film (see: Transformers)...»
The Weekly DiScussion: have too many festivals spoilt the summer?
Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, Download, Latitude, Bestival, Connect, Field Day, Truck, Lodestar... the list goes on. Just which festivals are worth your hard-earned cash, and can newer festivals survive in an over-saturated market? DiS's Ben Yates asks for your opinions...»
Kaiser Chiefs - The Angry Mob
There’s no denying that Kaiser Chiefs are very clever. They’re living testament to the fact that you can release any old shit and still make millions of pounds. Bravo lads, bravo...»
Fact Of The Day: Bears can't tour
An e-mail sent out to promoters today revealed that indie-pop heroes Bearsuit might not be touring again until 2009...»
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Tout New Age
Scribble Mural Comic Journal's sister EP Tout New Age features the tracks that missed the cut the first time round. It’s much more than a throwaway b-side cash-in, though...»
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo
Despite the occasional moment of brilliance, there just isn’t enough to keep the interest here. Even fervent followers of The Mars Volta will find this average at best...»
The Ripps - Holiday
However hard they try for success in a scene already dominated by sound-alike bands doing it slightly better, you can bet they’ll be plugging away in a back-street pub to a few locals in a few years time.»
The Sailplanes - A Second, Or Ten Years Later
It’s puzzling to think that The Sailplanes have gone largely unnoticed for so long. In fact, the first I heard of this Laaandan-based trio was when their debut album slipped through my letterbox last week. That very debut – A Second Or Ten Years Later – is The Sailplanes’ noisy, discordant, and succinct raison d’etre. In short – it’s awesome.»
Secondsmile, Meet Me In St. Louis - Aspen Fears/I Have Knives In My Eyes, I'm Going Home Sick
Now, here’s a single worth investing in: a split single from two Big Scary Monsters mainstays – one track from Secondsmile with ‘Aspen Fears’, the other courtesy of young upstarts Meet Me In St Louis with their ‘I Have Knives In My Eyes, I’m Going Home Sick’.»
Aa - gAame
On their debut LP gAame the band take their chaos out of New York and towards the rest of the world. Take note, because Aa manage to impress using an entirely rhythmic persuasion...»
Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom
Earlier this year, Iowa-based quartet Raccoo-oo-oon brought their pysch-rock manoeuvres to these shores with a small tour on the British toilet circuit. Despite playing to less than a 100 people each night, the shows whipped up interest from the press and their audience in the band’s first album proper, Behold Secret Kingdom...»
Stuffy & The Fuses - Ahhhh Song
Note to bands: just because your CD bears the mark ‘recorded by Steve Albini’, don’t think it will save your songs from insignificance...»
Neils Children - You Didn't Care
May 26 marks my first encounter with London-spawned three-piece Neils Children. Hooray? Not if past reports of ‘style over substance’ are to be believed. Still, I haven’t actually seen what these chaps look like yet, so that’s irrelevant. Working under the title of ‘music journalist’ and not ‘fashion journalist’, it’s my duty to evaluate the single based on the music only. Yep...»
Maps - We Can Create
Ten years on from its demise, bedroom-bound upstart James Chapman (aka Maps) arrives to proverbially dig up shoegaze’s grave...»