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The Beta Band have decided to withdraw their single 'Squares', due to its similarity to forthcoming track 'Daydream In Blue' by I Monster, a single that is expected to become a huge hit.
Both bands have the same sample taken from 'Daydream' by Gunter Kallman Choir. However, the I Mons»
Huzzah! Fierce Panda are once again a true Indie label.
After months of speculation, Fierce Panda have finally announced they will no longer be a part of the Mushroom group, leaving Rupert Murdoch and his corporate whores alone.
A statement from the indie label, which help lau»
Part time Gorilla Damon Albarn has joined the campaign to pressurise the US over the Kyoto conservation treaty.
He's apparently backing Labour MP Nigel Griffiths, who is determined to slap some sense into George W Bush. Bush recently refused to honour his provisional agreement with the Kyoto treaty, t»
AngloWelsh postrockers MMA play two gigs this week.
Mountain Men Anonymous who's debut album is complete and is due to be released next month, come down from their mountains and play two gigs this week:
May
4th - Upstairs @ The Garage (w/ The Warm Jets + Frankie Machine)
Do»
Hip-hop duo Mark B & Blade have recorded the official Arsenal FA Cup Final song.
The as yet untitled track, will feature heavily around team activities during May; the final itself takes place between Arsenal and Liverpool at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on 12th May.
The pair »
To promote the release of their upcoming album and DVD 'Rings Around The World,' Super Furry Animals will invade three UK cities for three weekends in June under the banner of 'Furrymania'.
The cities chosen are Manchester, Glasgow and London and the weekends' activities will include a gig played in s»
As previously reported on DiS, The Strokes are touring the UK. However we forgot some dates.
Since the article The Strokes have confirmed some more dates:
June
10th - Brighton, TBC
12th - Oxford, Zodiac
The only band worth listening too on Poptones are due to tour the UK, well mostly London.
To coincide with the release of the 7" vinyl only single'Kickin' Back' which is out on the 8th May through Poptones, the band play a string of dates.
April
25th - Derby Victor»
Aereogramme go on tour with fellow glaswegians Life Without Buildings.
Chemikal Underground's Aereogramme and Tugboat Record's Life Without Buildings have announced a joint tour in May and June. The confirmed dates are as follows:
May
21st - Brighton The Lif»
Once their US tour supporting Placebo is over Idlewild will recommence work on their third album.
The album, which will should be out by next February, is to be produced by Stephen Street and Patti Smith's guitarist Lennie Kaye.
"I'm a huge Patti Smith fan." said Roddy to Planet Sound. "We»
Murry The Hump are touring as support to Deacon Blue.
MTH are due to to support Mogwai's favourite band next month, the dates are as follows:
May
10th - Liverpool, Royal Court
12th - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
13th - Norwich, UEA
14th - Cambridge, Corn Exchang»
American music website Excellent are giving away a free CD's worth of
mp3s.
To celebrate the re-launch of their site, they'll be giving away a free CD's
worth of mp3's to anyone who stops by the site and downloads it.
Their press released reads:
"Our idea was this: Get a bunch of gr»
The British press seem to have a tendency to praise acts that aren't born and bred in Blighty, take Trail Of Dead, I mean they’re a very good Sonic Youth tribute act… right? And The Strokes, I love ‘em and everything but they’re basically a more volatile Velvet Underground… yeah?
So why haven’t London noise»
Sir Paul McCartney has turned his hand to another musical instrument, this time a stick of celery.
According Radio 1, the former Beatle munched away on the vegetable on a track for Super Furry Animals' new album.
Sir Paul chomped in time to the rhythmn on the song 'Receptacle For »
Those noisy bastids from Glasgow, are to tour with Sunna... lucky them!
Yep Biffy Clyro get to blow another shite band off stage, this time its those Bristol boys Sunna. Here are the dates:
May
1st - Oxford, Zodiac
2nd - Cardiff, Barfly
3rd - Southsea, »
Nina Persson, lead singer for The Cardigans, is due to release her debut solo album on 20th August.
The as yet untitled long player will be available through Stockholm Records, but not under Persson's given name; she's decided to call the project A Camp.
Persson has apparently been l»
Flaming Lips make film about "Christmas on Mars".
The Flaming Lips are working on a film, described as a "futuristic fairytale" by the band's frontman Wayne Coyne.
Coyne looks like he has suspended work on the band's new LP to complete preparations for the film, which is, according to the b»
Dimitri Minakakis, lead singer and co-founder of Dillinger Escape Plan, has left the band to pursue non-music related endeavors.
Both Dimitri and the rest of the band would like to make it very clear that the parting was 100% mutual; and in no way due to dysfunction between members. Dillinger Escape P»
Super Furry Animals have announced details of their fifth studio album, 'Rings Around The World'.
'Rings Around The World' will be released on 16th July on their new label, Epic Records.
Tracklisting for the album is as follows:
Alternate Route To Vulcan Street
Side»
Mr Barry Hogan reveals all on his website, sorry I mean the All Tomorrow's Parties website.
After calling people who had genuine complaints about this years festival, "miserable fucking pricks," "soap dodging students," and "tossers" Mr Hogan then cleared up the story about the bigger venue:
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The delightful Barry Hogan, promoter behind the All Tomorrows Parties festivals, has revealed some of the acts for next years UK festival.
In the programme for this years event, the Foundation main man wrote in 'A promoter's dream...' that Shellac "agreed to curate the following year on April 19th-21s»
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite has hit out at NME, and branded U2 as "pompous, disgusting and patronising".
When asked about the magazine's decision to give U2 their 'Best Band In The World' trophy, Braithwaite told playlouder.com: "I despise U2, I really fucking hate them. They're pompous, disgusting an»
Following the success of last years event, Ken of Escanna has decided to organise another post-rock alldayer.
As yet the event hasn't got a headliner but the rest of the bands scheduled to play are:
Reynolds
Hirameka Hi-Fi (TBC)
Econoline
escanna
the oedipus
Montan»
Chemikal Underground's New Yorkers Interpol announce a tour of the UK.
The band who released their superb debut E.P on Chemikal Underground earlier this year, and featured on Fierce Panda's debut American only six-tracker will briefly tour the UK later this month. The dates are as follows:
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The second album from Brooklyn’s finest pop-star Michael Shelley.
‘Too Many Movies’, the follow-up to Shelley’s ’99 debut album ‘Half Empty’, is a collection of songs about relationships, a fantastic pop album and a modern day classic. All this and it features Chris Geddes and Stevie Jackson of Sata»
Airport Girl release their debut album on Fortuna Pop!
Airport Girl's debut album 'Honey, I'm an Artist' is due to be released by
Fortuna Pop! in the U.K on the 2nd April.
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. This could be the start of something small
2. Power yr Trip
3»
Fountains Of Wayne, Lambchop, Yo La Tengo, Queens of the Stoneage appear
on 'This Is Where I Belong: The Songs of Ray Davies and the Kinks'.
The album, which is due to be released in the US on Praxis Recordings on the
24th July, includes the following:
Bebel Gilberto - No Return
Foun»
Details of the line-up for this year's London Fleadh have been
announced.
Former Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando is one of the major additions to a
bill, which is topped by Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
Also set to play the one-day festival, which takes place on the 16th June at
Finsbury Park»
Portastatic the side project of Mac McCaughan of Superchunk have written a score for a Canadian film.
The score for the film 'Looking for Leonard' , directed by Steve Clark and Matthew Bissonnette, has finally been finished after two years. McCaughan told the official Portastatic website that: "It's g»
