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We really are lucky. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have toured the UK three times in the last 10 months. If you haven’t had the chance to see them, what’s your excuse? There’s been plenty of time to make travel arrangements. Well, as you’ll have read here on Drowned In Sound, The JSBX are on top »
“You’re not singing, you’re not singing, you’re not singing anymore”….. There it is, as sang on Monster Bobby. A song which wasn’t played at Birmingham Academy. In fact, neither were a lot of the more vocal ‘songs’ from the futu-robotic sex noiseniks we know and love as Add N to (X). You see the probl»
Alec Empire has been around for a good 12 years now; 12 years that have seen a startling array of albums, from radical political noise with Atari Teenage Riot, to ambient records on Mille Plateaux. For the last six months, Alec has been touring latest LP »
Dee Dee Ramone has been found dead in his L.A. home. It is believed that Bassist of The Ramones, Douglas Glenn Colvin aka Dee Dee, aged 50, has passed away. He was found by his wife at his hollywood home on Wednesday June 5th. He was pronounced dead at 8.40pm by paramedics and the Los »
When the news broke that Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna was in a new pop band, Le Tigre, people got worried. How can you make pop music, happy sounding music, with political and vitriolic lyrics? It can’t be easy, but Le Tigre pull it off well. Taking to the stage at Nottingham Social, the scr»
The Modey Lemon come to the UK as support band to The Von Bondies, a great great band, and one I intended to review, but the problem is, their support band were so great, that their set in comparison was quite average. Stood alone and it would be a different matter, and all credit to them for bringing to»
Cornelius doesn’t tour much, but when he does, it’s a big deal. Cornelius likes to put on a show. We’re not talking about your cheesy run of the mill support band that rock, followed by greatest hits and faux equipment trashing. On the tour for the last LP 'Fantasma', the audience were issued»
30 year Jason Beck first tasted fame as the lead vocalist in a Canadian rock band Son. Disillusioned with the music industry, he eventually split from the band and started recording under the alias Gonzales. Thus a star was born. Signed to cool German label Kitty-Yo, he recorded an astonis»
Call Chilly Gonzales what you want, the Worst M.C, Prankster fly, but you can't call him boring. The Gonzales live experience is one that puts most to shame. You get dedication, passion, comedy and five costume changes, and it never slides into Butlins style cabaret, or high camp. Schemes »
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have just released their latest album Plastic Fang and have taken to the road in support of it, bringing along The International Noise Conspiracy for the ride. TINC start the night off by showing the Manchester audience how to create an almighty mix of r»
And once again, V/VM decide to treat us to some of the worst music ever made. Or is that the best? What's right and what's wrong? Sometimes Good Things Happen is a VERY loud album. No, it's a VERY quiet album. Well, it's both. Probably. You see, V/VM have knocked up two versions of the a»
"Destiny won't speak in slogans" It's been 10 years since Alec Empire's band Atari Teenage Riot burst from the Berlin underground, spawning a record label which offered freedom for many like minded artists who were fed up with the a mucic scene on the verge of an monotonous implosion. Digital Hardco»
It's been four years since Babes in Toyland split up; four years that have seen their songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Kat Bjelland form two other bands, neither leaving the same impact that Babes in Toyland made. The void that the band's split created has yet to be filled, so, Bjelland has refo»
For one night only, German record label Kitty-yo bought their talent out to perform for our nations capital. Spread out over three rooms, we were treated to Kitty-yo regulars such as laub, Tarwater, and Peaches, as well as newies such as Maximillian Hecker, and Taylor »
Fantastic German record label Kitty-Yo are taking over London's 93 Feet East club, this friday, to showcase some of their talent. You can see Laub, Maximillian Hecker, Tarwater, peaches/Gonzales cohort Taylor Savvy, and the one and only Peaches herself. If you can't»
Back in the early nineties, there were three bands that changed the way rock was heard. Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and Minneapolis trio Babes in Toyland. The band split in 1998, leaving a fantastic collection of albums, and proving a lasting influence on many of todays un-manufactured girl bands, as diverse as Kittie an»
The Worst M.C Chilli Gonzales, is hitting the UK to promote his latest album 'Presedential Suite', and if that wasn't exciting enough, labelmate Peaches is throwing in a brief UK tour too!.
You can catch Peaches at:
March
07th - Sheffield, The Barfly
08th - L»
Shirley Manson and the boys that make up Garbage, have announced their first Wolverhampton date for quite some time. So, if you want to remind yourself what the Garbage live experience is like, get yourself to Wolverhampton Civic Hall, on Wednesday April 3rd. Tickets are 18.50, and are»
Wow, another American band are touring the UK, you must have noticed all the music magazines and papers salivating over the next big thing to hit us from the mighty States, whilst failing to bring to our attention some fantastic home-grown guitar bands. The finest of which, Seafood, are tonight playing suppo»
Current faves of the music press Miss Black America are taking themselves on a long jaunt across the uk, to tour their forthcoming single 'Infinite Chinese Box'
You can catch them at the following venues:
January
Thurs 17 - London Camden Barfly @ Monarch NME night
Wow, the Manic Street Preachers met Fidel Castro, so fucking what. You can meet Fidel too. In London. Only this Fidel is more important. For where Fidel Castro is a hero to many students who go uninformed on the history of the Cuban leader and just 'like' him because he had the privile»
Capsule, the lovely people whom have in the past bought such bands as VVM, Chicks On Speed, and loads of other fantastic bands that ususally don't realise that the UK isn't just based in London, have a new gig to promote, which you lucky lucky midlanders can get yourself down to. Political No»
It’s been a long time since Jesus Jones have played on British soil. So, for a small tour to remind Britain how great they once were, Jesus Jones have decided to support the rather average Wonderstuff on a small jaunt across these shores. The last time I saw Jesus Jones was in New York, where they seem t»
Over the last 12 months, many fans of the digital hardcore scene have been bitching away over the internet about the state of the label, about Atari Teenage Riot, and mainly, about how Alec Empire has turned into Nine inch Nails or become a junkie, amongst many other odd rumours.
Just because th»
With the exception of one compilation album track with a different vocalist, the Gold Chains EP is the first outing for Topher Lafata, whom a few people may have seen ripping apart venues earlier in the year supporting and upstaging Laptop whizzkid Kid 606 under the Gold Chains moniker.»
It's been a while since we heard from Jesus Jones. Three years to be precise, three years which have seen them dropped from their label, food, and saw the band split up. But, there's an early 90's revival going on at the moment if you haven't noticed, and all the 'greats' are getting back together, Ned's At»
Guitar Wolf are from Japan, and they play a fantastic mix of jet rock and roll and noisecore that they refer to as jet rock and roll. Their albums are short, yet loud affairs, which once put onto the record deck set about destroying the fuck out of your stereo's speakers. But what are they like live? W»
With the mainstream music press unsure to whether they love or hate Kid A and Amnesiac, the general consensus is that the follow up to both albums would be a return to their more guitar based roots. For once, the mainstream press are right. Sort of. I might be wrong consists of 8 tracks taken fr»
Muse burst onto the indie scene in 1999, with their debut album ‘Showbiz’. To promote ‘Showbiz’, they took to the road supporting the dreadful ‘Skunk Anansie’, taking in Wolverhampton Civic Hall on their way. The gig was good, but there was a fundamental difference from their first Headlining show at the Civic, for no»
With their new album when do we start fighting out, Seafood are proving themselves to be one of Britains best kept secrets, and a young My Vitriol audience audience were on hand at Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall to witness Seafood’s splendour. Kicking off with a riotous Guntrip, »
