Originally written by Sean Adams · 24 September 2002
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
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)
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