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Oceanskiving: rhythm section release debut Kong single

Dom Gourlay — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:50:45 +0100

Kong, the new project of Oceansize rhythm section Mark Heron and Steven Hodson, release their debut single later this month.

Wild Beasts: July/August dates in full

Mike Diver — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:13:58 +0100

Wild Beasts - their superb Limbo, Panto debut album is out now via Domino; review here - are out and about this month and next on what can only be called ‘a tour’

Nicole Atkins - Neptune City

Daniel Ross — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:52:11 +0100

You do begin to wonder where this trend emerged from. Young girl, post-Tori Amos, connects with own emotions, discovers she can hammer away with mediocre precision the odd song from Parachutes on her mum’s piano

Tape - Luminarium

Dan Gavin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:42:24 +0100

Tape's Luminarium is a good album, for sure, but you’re left with the feeling that you can hear this sort of thing better elsewhere

Gemma Ray - The Leader

James Skinner — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:33:01 +0100

The Leader's troubled gestation period has lent it – while intermittently endearing – an air of torpor it struggles to convincingly overcome

Look: details of our special YACHT show in flyer form

Mike Diver — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:31:32 +0100

Just why are these people jumping for joy? Why, it's because they'll both be at our special YACHT show, at London's Old Blue Last on July 16

Watch: new video from XX Teens

Mike Diver — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:21:14 +0100

XX Teens are to release a new single, 'Only You', on July 14. The standalone precedes the London band's debut album, Welcome To Goon Island

Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow

Mike Diver — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:49:25 +0100

Take the time to concentrate on Hammock's music for an hour and you will experience what a guitar gently weeping truly sounds like

My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth

Mike Diver — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:18:00 +0100

Shara Worden isn’t the easiest female singer-songwriter to enjoy, but persistence produces rewards on her second studio LP

The Cool Kids play free London show tonight

Mike Diver — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:36:12 +0100

Between riding BMX and having a fish-fry, hip-hop duo of substantial buzz The Cool Kids sometimes manage to record music and perform live. Tonight: the latter

Down I Go - Tyrant

Ed Graves — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:58:23 +0100

Down I Go deliver the goods consistently, with flair to spare, and as such this must go down as one of the year’s better hardcore releases

Jeremy Jay - A Place Where We Could Go

Tom Edwards — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:22:35 +0100

Californian Jeremy Jay leaves behind the electronic elements of his Airwalker EP on this spare, Calvin Johnson-helmed debut album

Pattern Is Movement - All Together

Tom Edwards — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:47:57 +0100

The duo of Pattern Is Movement have developed their innate musical telepathy into something approaching the supernatural

William - Self In Fiction

Rob Webb — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:31:14 +0100

William shouter Gavin Housley treads close to Wild Beasts-esque Marmite vocal territory - some will revel in his delivery, others will reach for the off switch

Jaguar Love: DiS-supported tour kicks off this week

Mike Diver — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:11 +0100

Jaguar Love - the Seattle trio spawned from the detritus of the shattered forms of The Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves - arrive inthe UK this week for their first shows here

Sons Of Noel And Adrian - Sons Of Noel And Adrian

Rachel Kellehar — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:41:35 +0100

A vivid journey into a discordantly beautiful world, Sons Of Noel And Adrian have liberated themselves and created something truly inspirational

Lite - Phantasia

Mike Diver — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:34:00 +0100

Easy to admire but tough to love, Japanese quartet Lite deliver the sort of balance-troubling post-rock with math overtones that gets tech-heads in a giddy spin of pleasure

Awesome Color, Vile Imbeciles at London Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen/Bar and Grill, Mon 23 Jun

Helen McKay — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:45:25 +0100

Awesome Color's MC5-style garage and psych leanings impress live, raising them above the sizeable blues rock crowd

High Places - 03/07 - 09/07

Kev Kharas — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:26:25 +0100

Even when 03/07 – 09/07 seems too cute or too pussy it’s still kind of heartening. All told High Places must be doing something right, right? Right

Pure Groove update: instores aplenty at London record emporium

Mike Diver — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:02:22 +0100

Pure Groove - their store is located at 6-7 West Smithfield, London EC1A 9JX - have announced a number of decent in-store performances for July