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The South London duo are to tour the UK in November on their return from the USA...
Turin Brakes are currently supporting David Gray on the second leg of his US tour, but will return in three months for a handful of British dates:
NOVEMBER
Thu 27 - Manchester»
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci return with their ninth album and tour dates... The band's new album, 'Sleep/Holiday', will be released on August 25th via Sanctuary Records. A single, titled 'Mow The Lawn', will trail the release on September 29th. Gorky's begin their tour in late Septembe»
This year's Aussie hopefuls The Sleepy Jackson take their fare on the road... The band are to tour in support of their debut album, 'Lovers', which was released worldwide in July. The tour begins in New York on September 6th, moving to the UK exactly a month later. Here are the domestic»
Michael Clarke – aka Clarkesville – sounds rather like David Gray would if he had the vaguest idea how to pen a tune and wasn’t so bleedin' old. This is not quite as bad as it sounds; ‘The Half Chapter’ is a pleasant, if unremarkable, run through the modern strain of AOR that inhabits most l»
Wayward Brit(power)poppers Silver Sun are to debut their new album live in October... The band will be playing through their forthcoming album, 'Disappear Here', at the Camden Barfly on October 16th. The release date for the project has been put back to allow time off for singer James B»
Suede are to play all their albums live before releasing their singles compilation... In support of their forthcoming 'Singles' album, Suede will be performing each of their five studio albums live at a week-long residency at London's Institute Of Contemporary Art. The dates are as foll»
There’s no two ways about it: The Sleepy Jackson are great. In the classic sense of the word. Unlike many of their fellow young antipodean talents, Luke Steele’s troupe owe little or nothing to Nirvana or the ‘70s garage rock movement. Their spectrum of inspiration is hugely colourful and div»
Green Man Festival line-up and location announced... This year's event will be held at a new venue - Craig Y Nos Castle in Abercrave, Powys. The festival, organised by It's Jo And Danny, will take place on 25th August this year. There will be two stages of music, a theatre and film show and an»
Kelly Osbourne is pulling the remaining dates on her UK tour due to illness... The singer/celebrity, who remains dealless after dumping her record label Epic in May, is due to release a statement later today. There has been no press release as yet on exactly what are the reasons behind her decision. »
Only two gigs into their career, openers Amityville manage to turn in a truly incendiary performance tonight. Frontman Andrew Montgomery is riveting to watch, taking on the air of a man possessed and singing as if his life depended on it. The band has real chemistry too, adding much needed zest to hits-in-waitin»
Singer Andrew Montgomery talks exclusively to DiS about life after Geneva... Former Geneva frontman Andrew Montgomery has formed a new band, Amityville, and is currently demoing material for a publishing contract at EMI studios. Spe»
Audioscope announces its location and line-up for 2003...
The event will be held at The Zodiac in Oxford on 6th September and will be headlined by Six By Seven. All profits from the event go directly to the Shelter fund.
The full line-up is as follows:
Six By Seven
The late Jeff Buckley's band are to release an album and tour the UK... The group, led by Buckley's guitarist/co-songwriter Michael Tighe, also features his former drummer Parker Kindred and new recruit Andrew Wyatt. They release their eponymous debut album on September 22nd, with a single, 'I Was The S»
Scottish indiemen Snow Patrol plan new single and nationwide tour... With his Reindeer Section duties complete, Gary Lightbody goes back to his day job. Jumping ship from Jeepster to new Polydor subsidiary Black Lion, the Snow Patrol boys have scheduled a single, 'Spitting Games', for a 1st S»
As one wise critic recently pondered; what exactly is it that makes one string-laden guitar band good and another not? It is very difficult to put your finger on it, but it is also a simple fact that some stick out above the crowd, while the majority get lost in it. I wasn’t quite sure on which side of this line Lon»
The band are 25 years young and they're celebrating in style!
You can check the '80s songsmiths out at one of their four UK/Ireland special anniversary shows in November:
NOVEMBER
Wed 26 - Dublin Vicar Street
Fri 28 - Glasgow Barrowlands
Sat 29 - Liverpo»
The Swedish power-poppers return with new deal. The Wannadies have bounced back three years after their ejection from RCA, signing to Cooking Vinyl and finally setting a British release date for their new album 'Before And After'. You'll be able to pick a copy up in the shops fro»
Tackling somewhat precariously the murky waters of ska pop, Glasgow’s Dogs Die In Hot Cars have the dubious honour of sounding like the bastard offspring of Astrid and Symposium on debut ‘I Love You ‘Cause I Have To’. Luckily they ain’t forgotten to insert a stickleback-crunching chorus and »
Ah, Hollywood. It’s an industry blamed for wrecking many an anticipated sequel over the past few years with its ruthless sacrifice of art in favour of commerce. So now along comes Terminator 3 and manages to prove that even a 20-year-old franchise is not immune from a producer’s heavy-handed populism. The good n»
Ex-Pixies man debuts new album on extensive UK tour. The legend formerly known as Black Francis returns to the UK in September, with a new album and tour to boot. The album, 'Show Me Your Tears', is released on 8th September, with a single, 'Everything Is New', preceeding its release o»
Spaceman Jason Pierce extends tour and announces full details of his new album and single... Yes, that's right, after less than two years since Spiritualized's last album, 'Let It Come Down', Pierce and co. are back with their next full-length. Easily the shortest gap between albums th»
MISSION: Bell X1, the country/label-mates of U2, return to wage war on the UK public with new single. Commentary by DiS. The Contenders: Coming across here, though probably not on purpose, as the illegitimate lovechild of said Irish megastars and lost Britpoppers Longpigs, Bel»
There’s business to be done here on this, 19-year-old Branch’s second full-length release. She’s at that all-important crossroads between one-hit wonderville and genuine stardom, and all eyes are on her right now. Debut album ‘The Spirit Room’ was a slow-burning success story, selling millions desp»
Danish garage-poppers The Raveonettes set August release date for debut album... The duo, who first came to public attention for their acclaimed mini-set 'Whip It On' in January, will release its follow-up on August 25th. Their new album has been titled 'Chain Gang Of Love'»
Mower return with new album and August tour dates... The band are to release their second LP, titled 'The Morning After', on August 4th through Graham Coxon's Transcopic label. The album was produced by legendary Blur and The Smiths collaborator Stephen St»
Fierce Panda's resident post-rocking art-punkers Lapsus Linguae announce tour dates...
The Glasgow four-piece will be debuting material from their forthcoming album, due to be released early in the new year. The remaining dates are as follows:
JULY
Sat 26 - Stoke On Trent Ta»
Ladyfest, the renowned feminist arts festival, announces its Bristol dates and line-ups... ...and there's some exciting additions to look forward to. Highlights include Donna Matthews of Elastica's new outfit Klang, NME favourite Holly Golightly and garage rockers The Gossip<»
Ex-Babes In Toyland singer Kat Bjelland keeps busy with new Katastrophy Wife album and solo projects... Fresh from their appearance at Ladyfest 2003, Katastrophy Wife, the band led by grunge icon Kat Bjelland, have announced the release of their second album this autumn. 'All Kneel'»
Proving once and for all that ‘Dreaming Of You’ wasn’t simply a fluke, The Coral return with this, the second single from their forthcoming 'Magic And Medicine' album. And what a single it is: understated, with intertwining melodies and guitar hooks in all the right places and sparing wi»
Shack make their long-awaited comeback with the announcement of a new album and live dates... For anyone who has forgotten Shack in the four years they have been away, they are the band that topped a pile of critics polls with their incendiary 'HMS Fable' album back in 1999. Now the Li»
