An evening with Yo Chomsky!: Fancy it...?
You've probably read an awful lot about Nottingham five-piece Yo! Chomsky...»
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Her Name Is Calla - Condor And River
"They found your clothes by a lake," utters Tom Morris some seven minutes into the already haunting overture of guitar and percussion...»
Telegraphs - Across A Wire EP
And who was it that said it was getting boring by the sea, huh...»
The Pigeon Detectives - Wait For Me
Let's not take anything away from the fact that The Pigeon Detectives are undoubtedly the pick of the bunch doing this kind of thing at the minute...»
Hadouken! at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 16 Jun
It's hard to see where Hadouken! will go next. If rumours are true that that they've literally three months to put together a whole album of material, then one suspects it may all end in tears...»
i concur - Whatever It's Going To Be EP
Being from Leeds probably doesn't have the same impact as it did 18 months ago, which is probably a good thing as it means artists from the area can now focus more on the music they're making rather than impressing the image-conscious marketing men from down south...»
Editors - An End Has A Start
Forget the celebrity DJ girlfriends and miserable faces (something of an contradictory scenario anyway, surely?): Birmingham four-piece Editors seem to be one of those bands whose name alone attracts derision before a single note of their music has been heard...»
The Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go
Accessible enough, if your taste in wallpaper can sing back to you in monotone magnolia...»
Hot Renault Traffic presents... at Nottingham Junktion 7, Fri 25 May
Just when you thought America's fascination with Britpop and its new wave ancestors had whispered its last sigh, think again...»
Topman/NME new music tour at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 26 May
So this is what it sounds like when the country's perennial support band(s) have to stand on their own two feet - average, Joe...»
Vitriol-ic victory: indie-rockers return
Hotly-tipped (many years ago, anyway) tremolo rockers My Vitriol release some long-awaited – three years, to be precise – new material later this month...»
Black Helicopter - Invisible Jet
Black Helicopter are a strange beast: they deserve to be heard in every possible context, but should be approached with caution as their succinct delivery at orchestrated wryness will move mountains and break hearts in equal measures...»
Manic Street Preachers at Nottingham Rock City, Thu 24 May
Another year, another Manics album too many to taint the band's legacy as icons for several generations.»
Summer 2007: More DiS shows announced...
So this is summer, and what have we done...to deserve such awful weather. Still, there's always something to look forward to, and here in Nottingham the local DiSsers have these two events coming up...»
Students ahoy! Nottingham's biggest outdoor summer party is almost here...
This Saturday (2nd June) sees this year's Summer Party Festival...»
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
Basia Bulat, is a bit of an unknown quantity outside of Canada - with one self-released EP to her name, she has spent the last couple of years carefully writing and orchestrating the songs that were to comprise Oh, My Darling, her first long-playing opus...»
Shady Bard - From The Ground Up
If 'punk rock' was more about morals and ethics rather than the music, then Shady Bard would be the genre's most ideal incumbents of 2007...»
Censored - L.I.F.E. (Blow It Out My Mind)
"You've got life on your side!" screams Censored's Matt Henshaw like he's giving his missus some final ultimatum or other. Not to worry mate, as anyone with a pulse and a full working set of ears will surely be on yours...»
The Yours - Abraham
Despite being released at the tail-end of 2006, Abraham has a timeless quality about it, ensuring it unlikely to ever feel out of place regardless of what trend follows the current or any ensuing fad...»
Dot To Dot Festival: DiS's preview of Nottingham's biggest music marathon of the year
This Sunday, May 27, Nottingham plays host to the biggest Dot To Dot Festival yet - this year it's even got a sister festival, in Bristol. DiS's Dom Gourlay casts a critical ear over the Nottingham bill to pick a few choice acts from the slew of excellent bands performing across a variety of city centre venues... your legs are gonna be wrecked by the end of this Dot To Dot, that we promise...»
Fury Of The Headteachers - You Took A Scythe Home
You Took A Scythe Home is a debut record to be proud of. Given time there is no telling what Fury Of The Headteachers could be capable of...»
DiScover: Angus & Julia Stone
For Australian sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone the last twelve months have been like something from a fairytale...»
Mother Vulpine - Keep Your Wits Sharp (Her Words Are Quick)/For A Friend You've Got A Knife Through Your Tongue
Noisy, bombastic and, ultimately, very scary indeed. You have been warned: these kids will outfox the best of you, no sweat...»
Travis - The Boy With No Name
The Boy With No Name evidently advocates how Travis' sell-by date expired many, many moons ago...»
The Scare - Bats! Bats! Bats!
Don't you just wish there was a section of the Trades Description Act that applied to the music industry, and in particular bands whose names suggest one thing but when aurally consumed, resemble something different entirely?»
Sennen: new single and album, plus live shows...
Where The Light Gets In is due out on Monday 24th September through the Hungry Audio label, and is likely to be preceded by a single two weeks beforehand...»
The Ending Of..., iDresden - Le Cirque De Vie / Clockwork Propaganda
As the digital download fury threatens to eliminate physical singles permanently, it's good to know there are still some traditionalists locked away in their bedrooms gluing photocopied covers together in order to house the latest four-track recording of this week's favourite local band...»
Exit Ten, how rebellious...
Home Counties-based five-piece Exit Ten head out on a mammoth tour of the UK starting this Friday, continuing throughout the whole of May...»
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Whether Baby 81 is seen as a return to form or an interesting diversion is open to interpretation, but one thing that's for sure is that this record provides insurmountable evidence that Black Rebel Motorcycle Club should not be written off just yet...»
Deluka - I'll Wait
Brutal...»