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SEAN'S PICK OF THE MONTH:
I absolutely love Turin Brakes and this acoustic tour, preluding stuff from a springtime new album which they've nearly finished is going to be really special. The dates are...
21st - Glasgow Henry Wood Hall
22nd - Dublin Rupert Guinness Theatre
23rd - Belfast Empire Music hall
24th - Bristol St Georges Hall
25th - Newcastle Opera House SHELTER benefit
26th - Manchester Royal Northern College of Music.
27th - Leeds Civic Theatre
29th - London Shepherds Bush Empire
30th - London Shepherds Bush Empire
Now, onto Mercury Tilt Switch recently seen rocking out at a DiS show at the Windmill in Brixton. They sound like the furious power of American-hardcore with a UK twist through Hundred Reasons and early iDLEWiLD. click here to read what =Peter= thought of them live. They're supporting, former Symposium fellas Will'n'Joe's rock yer face in, in a nu-metallic styleee; Hell Is For Heroes on the following dates.
20th - LEICESTER, Princess Charlotte
22nd - CARDIFF, Barfly
23rd - WOLVERHAMPTON, Little Civic
24th - LEEDS, Cockpit
25th - LONDON, Dingwalls
26th - EXETER, Cavern
27th - BRISTOL, Louisiana
29th - SHEFFIELD, Barfly
30th - NORWICH, Arts Centre
October
1st - MANCHESTER, Hop & Grape
2nd - SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners
3rd - BRIGHTON, Concord 2
The Music, with their Leeds-baggies draped all over Zeppelin, are out and about in September too, plugging their self-titled debut album...
12th - Dublin Whelans
13th - Belfast Limelight
14th - Aberdeen Lemontree
16th - Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
17th - Newcastle University
18th - Liverpool University
20th - Oxford Zodiac
21st - Birmingham Little Academy
23rd - Bristol Fleece & Firkin
24th - Brighton Concorde 2
26th - London Astoria
27th - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Alternatively, get your head melted clean off with the reconstructed noize-headfuck beats of Kid606. Catch the Kid here (dates continue into October - check the DiS gig listings!):
18th - Leeds Brudenell Social Club, with Random Number
20th - Lodon Fabric, with Photek, Bad Company, Adam F, Ed Rush, Jaques Lu Cont, Propellerheads and many more!
21st - London Electrowerks
22nd - Dublin Spirit, with Schneider TM
28th - Birmingham Custard Factory
29th - Manchester The Attic, with V/VM
30th - Cambridge Junction
Ben Folds and Divine Comedy, head out on a solo tour together (with new bands, natch), but saying that they pretty much were solo in the first place, does it make any difference?
29th - Bristol Academy
30th - Birmingham Academy
October
3rd - Manchester University
4th - London Shepherds Bush Empire
5th - London Shepherds Bush Empire
Ben Folds and Divine Comedy, head out on a solo tour together (with new bands, natch), but saying that they pretty much were solo in the first place, does it make any difference?
29th - Bristol Academy
30th - Birmingham Academy
October
3rd - Manchester University
4th - London Shepherds Bush Empire
5th - London Shepherds Bush Empire
And this round-up wouldn't be complete without mentioning the album tour for recently interviewed dis-faves Miss Black America at the following venues (more dates October, check out the listings for those)
26th - Chelmsford Army & Navy
27th - London The Garage (with The Catheters)
28th - Liverpool The Masque
29th - Peterborough - The Metropolis Lounge
30th - Leeds The Cockpit
OCTOBER
1st - London Water Rats (with Antihero and the Dawn Parade)
We're sure there is a lot more goin on. To goto our full listings guide, click here
