Drowned In Nottingham this Xmas!
Thanks in no small part to the people at Must Destroy Records, Drowned In Sound makes its debut in the fair city of Nottingham at Cabaret on Monday 19th December.»
Articles
domgourlay has written the following articles:
The Lodger - Watching
If "My Vitriol" lived up to their name, this is what they would sound like...»
Jim Noir - Tower Of Love
Possibly Manchester's best kept secret for the past couple of years now, Jim Noir has been writing, developing and recording music in his bedroom since the age of nine, and now 14 years later, 'Tower Of Love' is the first high profile release of the fruits of his endeavours...»
We Start Fires, Bromheads Jacket, Leaving The Fold at Stealth, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Thu 01 Dec
So much has been written about the third coming of Sheffield that it would be pointless to say an awful lot more. Yeah, you've all heard of a certain band called the Arctic Monkeys and now the A&R men are creaming their pants over who will be the next lot to follow them into the land of the mainstream...»
Various, The Battles Of Winter, Xero-Kline, International Karate - Club AC30 #6
Instead of scuttling around the country's toilet circuit every night of the week looking for the next [INSERT NAME HERE], maybe it's time London's A&R freeloaders looked a little closer to home, as Club AC30 have clearly been responsible for some of the best new music heard anywhere this year...»
¡Forward Russia!, Tera:Tora, The Tommys at Bodega Social Club, Nottingham, Tue 22 Nov
Watching !Forward Russia! grow steadily over the past year from bedsit practice room anonymity to the verge of potentially huge commercial success has been a joy to behold, as their mangled no holds barred genre bending exercises in all things chaotically loud threatens to take over Chris Moyles and co.'s airspace in the coming months.»
British Sea Power, The Research at Nottingham Rock City, Fri 25 Nov
With the venue changing at the 11th hour and stage times coinciding with most boozers' happy hours to accommodate the regular 70s cheese club night, this had all the hallmarks of being a disaster waiting to happen.»
The International Karate Plus - Black Christmas
It's coming up to that time of year when it's probably best to avoid any music related television or radio shows, unless having Shaky, Bing and Gary Glitter rammed down your throat on the hour every hour makes your day...»
Various, The Futureheads, The Datsuns, Robert Plant, El Presidente - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?
As Elton John lines up with The Futureheads and Robert Plant swaps plectrums with the Soledad Brothers, it would be hard not to imagine John Peel having a little chuckle to himself while Ian Curtis and St. Peter look on in wonderment...»
This Et Al - Wardens
...three singles into their short career it has finally happened, in that This Et Al have made the classic single anyone with half an ear trained to all things exciting knew they were capable of...»
The Spectacle Experiment - Just In Time For Nothing
With New York currently taking a backseat as it awaits the next Strokes record, the city that sleeps might well be advised to buckle up those seat belts as Hadrian Mordecai and his Spectacle Experiment are ready to take you on a moondust scattered journey to the stars and beyond.»
Five O'Clock Heroes, Sweet Briar at Nottingham Bodega Social Club, Sun 13 Nov
Sure, the first thing any cynic might say about the Five O'Clock Heroes is "heard it all before", but what the band may lack in originality, they make up for in dynamicism, charisma, and above all else, TUNES...»
You Judas - Discover Mutiny
Sometimes, being angry can be twinned with spurious bouts of negativity that usually erupts in violence. Thankfully, You Judas have taken such vitriol and annoyance as an energy to create one of the most enthralling records of the year.»
Broken Dolls - Any Other Day
With nothing more than a chipped statue of Lady Godiva, Jimmy Hill's chin and a terrible inner ring road system to it's name, Coventry hasn't had much to shout about since the much revered and even more lamented era of The Specials...»
Piskie Sits, The Old House - Super Seven #9
Whilst Leeds' underground scene gets itself picked with a fine-tooth comb by London's A&R mafia, it's reassuring to know that some things never change...»
Club Fandango at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 16 Nov
What do you get if you throw 'Parallel Lines', 'Dog Man Star' and 'Different Class' into a cement mixer? After tonight, that's an easy one to answer as the Hot Puppies don't just join them together and paper over the cracks, they make you forget that those three aforementioned records had ever existed in the first place.»
Termites - Less Is More EP
The Termites' frantic pop and skewered melodies shouldn't be scoffed at, as they've quite obviously mastered both the arts of writing and holding a tune, which is no mean feat in this day and age...»
Various, The Telescopes, The $hit, Eva Hertz, The Guy Who Invented Fire - Noise Research Program volume 2
French label Burning Emptiness stand alone at the vanguard of anything and everything lo-fi, avant-garde, techno, or just plain and simple noise...»
Bedouin Soundclash - Sounding A Mosaic
So much has been made of the fact that all-encompassing ska/reggae/roots'n'roll trio Bedouin Soundclash hail from Kingston Ontario rather than Kingston Jamaica. Personally I don't see what difference it makes whether they originate from Kingston-on-Thames as long as the music's any good.»
Echelon - Windows Shut / This Room
If the standard fare of the Poptones label is becoming more predictable than rain in the summertime, Echelon are the more introspective exception to the rule.»
The New Shapes - Waiting For A God
As the second wave of new wave draws to a close, make way for the marriage of the two.»
Various, Polytechnic, The Longcut, KEITH, redcarsgofaster, Fear Of Music, Former Bullies, Omerta - Power Overload
Manchester independent label High Voltage is probably more renowned for it's no holds barred fanzine and impromptu living room gigs that have seen the likes of Nine Black Alps and The Longcut spring from nowhere into the stream of general consciousness...»
Polytechnic, The Longcut at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 05 Nov
Since Ian Brown and Bez learnt how to imitate a constipated monkey, it seems all these Mancunian lads really want to do is dance, dance, dance. Which makes latest hot tips Polytechnic a bit of a strange proposition.»
BlackBud at Nottingham Bodega Social Club, Fri 04 Nov
Bradford-on-Avon trio Blackbud are a bit of an anomaly. A musician's band for real musicians, not like those three minute fly-by-nights who pilfer from the best bits of the last three decades gone by.»
Stone Roses: Addicts beckon the third coming?
The Stone Roses will be supported by Schizo Americans on their reformation tour...»
Gang Of Four - Return The Gift
Essentially this feels like it could almost be a live album (minus the overdubs), as the songs are pretty much in the same order as you would expect from one of their live sets minus the encore...»
The Organ, The Rifles at Nottingham Bodega Social Club, Thu 27 Oct
When The Rifles come onstage to a mix of shrugged shoulders and nonchalant, can’t-be-arsed stares, the band members themselves could be forgiven for thinking “Fuck it! Let’s just go through the motions and get the hell outta here!”...»
Distophia, Hard-Fi at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Fri 21 Oct
In what is possibly the most unlikely partnership since Anna Nicole Smith said “I do” to J. Howard Marshall II, Birmingham math rockers Distophia and Staines’ self-appointed voice of all things chav, Hard-Fi are spending three long weeks on the road together. Side by side. Where one goes, the other will follow. Strange but true…»
The Rogers Sisters - Emotion Control
Coming from Brooklyn would make it very unlikely that the bleak wastelands of Macclesfield would provide much inspiration for anyone’s art, but with The Rogers Sisters, it is undoubtedly their focal point.»
All That Monkey Business...
24 hours later, the Arctic Monkeys have the number one selling single in the UK. That’s NUMBER ONE. As in the real charts like. The one that Radio One and Top Of The Pops use. What’s even more astonishing is that less than six months ago, the Sheffield four piece were unsigned, yet now they’re selling out four figure capacity sized venues such as this one (The Plug) in their hometown...»