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Air Traffic have all the indie credentials to satisfy those a little too cautious to tune into Jo and Zane on a daily basis, having released their first single on the legendary Fierce Panda. But then so did Coldplay and Keane...»
What stand out most though are the tunes, and believe me Kubichek! have them in abundance...»
Come You Are Safe, We Are From The Bombs is pretty much the record we'd all come to expect from an outfit as uncompromising and inventive as Public Relations Exercise...»
Being the intrepid investigators that we are, DiS tracked down one half of The Hours, Martin Slattery, for a chat about the present state of his co-project, where he intends to take it in the future, and an albeit brief trip down memory lane into the somewhat hazy past...»
When they do channel their energies in one particular course or direction Vessels have the propensity to be a frightening proposition as they obviously hold no fear as to the endless possibilities that await them...»
Watford's only real band of note and current NME adhesive sticker faves Gallows have followed their much-talked about in industry circles SXSW shows by signing a deal that hooks up their own Casanova Records imprint through Warner Brothers worldwide...»
With a name that screams twee in 20-feet-high neon letters but a sound that rivals Seattle noise freaks The Blood Brothers for sheer, frantic intensity, Help She Can't Swim don't disappoint those decamped in either faction with this, their first release in over a year...»
With a show lasting little over 20 minutes, there is no chance of These New Puritans boring the pants off everyone just yet, even if the confusion emanating from the stage has transplanted itself onto the faces of many a bemused onlooker...»
The Dance Of Death sounds like 'Bohemian Rhapsody' after being stripped down into ten segments by Kwikfit before each one was rebuilt by a team of three-chord wonders with alarmingly distinctive falsetto voices...»
It's actually hard to envisage whether Kubichek! cracked a smile during the recording of the album as the jagged tinge of bitterness that sweeps through even the more positive songs on Not Enough Night is evident by the bucket load...»
This time last year, the four boys and three girls that make up Los Campesinos! had one common objective, and that was getting through their second year at Cardiff University. Dom Gourlay catches up with the seven-piece in Nottingham to see how they've progressed, and to find out what's next for the much-tipped indie-poppers...»
As we enter only the third month of 2007 it has already been laid out who shall be singing the dawn chorus come December 31st...»
Teenage Castle Donnington quartet Late Of The Pier want to be the most exciting band on the planet, and when trawling through all of the printed bumpf that surrounds them it soon becomes apparent that they very well might be...»
"'Mon The Biffy!" say their disciples and, I've got to say, I'm with them on that one...»
It takes less than thirty seconds for the intro of 'Discussions' to subside for logistical stereotypes to come seeping through...»
Dave Martin and Simon Fogal from Leeds' favourite purveyors of historical post-rock iLiKETRAiNS will be the guest DJs at this Saturday's (that's the 10th March) Drowned In Sound show at Nottingham's Junktion 7...»
Secret Machines' Brandon Curtis has announced via the band's own online message board that his brother and group co-founder Ben is no longer a member of the band...»
New to these shores they may be, but Melbourne-based trio Love Of Diagrams have actually been around for six years. They’re about to release their second long-play record, Mosaic, so I guess we should have been paying attention earlier...»
Two years have passed since Kaiser Chiefs' Employment debut, and for all the criticism that record gets today even its most vehement haters have to admit it was a record of its time; it was, maybe, the iPod generation's own Parklife...»
Whisper it: the UK punk-rock scene is currently at its healthiest for about three decades, and there's not even a safety pin in sight nor a jubilee on the horizon. Instead, the likes of Gallows, Lovvers and Nottingham all-girl trio The Smears are kicking up a whole different kind of fuss thanks to a combination of ballsy attitude, chaotic unpredictability and, of course, a spittle-drenched barrel of tunes...»
Some things - Marmite, butter, Friends, Nissan Micras - you're either going to love or hate, no in between...»
Birmingham's hotly tipped 'band of the people', The Twang, have announced a headline tour for May...»
Although the Out The Box club night is still in its infancy, the fact that over 100 people are packed into a tiny bar in a small town somewhere between Nottingham and Derby on a Thursday night should tell you something special is happening...»
To call The Horrors one dimensional isn't just stating the obvious; it's like telling a child that Santa only comes once a year. After eleven songs, the band’s inability to stretch their sound starts to take its toll...»
Mancunian first wave of baggyrock stylists Northside have announced a set of dates this spring following up last December's successful comeback tour...»
These past 18 months have been something of a supernova-directed launch-pad for Brighton five-piece The Maccabees. DiS's Dom Gourlay catches up with the band in Nottingham to talk about their forthcoming debut album, their rapidly rising profile, and silly-money demos on eBay...»
Having emerged through a hail of fanfares just over a year ago with the incessantly catchy 'Put You In Your Place', the tide is starting to turn for The Sunshine Underground...»
London-based three-piece Buck Brothers are aiming to play their way into the Guinness Book Of Records next month...»
Just another shoegaze record you say? I sincerely think not...»
Previously known mainly for her cameo as one of Anton Newcombe's buddies in rockumentary Dig!, where an embryonic version of 'Something For You' can be seen and heard (albeit briefly), Sarabeth Tucek isn't quite the household name her smoky, rich tones crave just yet...»
