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DiS Tours '04: MAGNET + The Belles ...lush indie coming your way!

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? by Sean Adams
Artists: Magnet, The Belles
Us folks at DiS like to highlight and help bring you some of the finest live music in the world either at our one-off nights or at our tours. This DiS-associated tour is no exception - tho it is the first of our less 'rock' adventures...

Nordic songsmith Magnet released the critically acclaimed album 'On Your Side' (don't just take our word for it, check out the Bang, Uncut and Jockey Slut records of the year). He's toured with Doves and Ed Harcourt, but this will be his first headline tour proper to coincide with the release of his debut single, a cover of Dylan's 'Lay Lady Lay', which is a duet with Irish-Indie-Queen Gemma Hayes on Feb 9th through Ultimate Dilemma/EastWest. And the dates are...

FEBRUARY
9th Manchester Night & Day Cafe
11th Glasgow King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
12th Wolverhampton Little Civic
13th London Bush Hall

Tickets available through gigsandtours.com.

Support on the tour comes from The Belles who release their debut album 'Omertá' on March 1st.

Also, check out the recent digital single by Magnet: click here

homeofmagnet.com
thebelles.com

Words: Sean Adams

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DiS Tours '04: MAGNET + The Belles ...lush indie coming your way!

magnet is very wonderful. amazing album. amazing voice
gymmy | 8 Dec '03, 22:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: DiS Tours '04: MAGNET + The Belles ...lush indie coming your way!

If you like Magnet you should check out fellow Nord Kenneth Ishak from Beezewax. He gave a sparkling performance at the 12 Bar Club last night and is truly one of the most underrated singer/songwriters around! http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3907.html
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 11 Feb '04, 17:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

DiS Tours '04: MAGNET + The Belles ...lush indie c

just listened to The Belles and they are AWFUL....nice one Drowned In Sound, you dumb monkeys.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 13 Feb '04, 13:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: DiS Tours '04: MAGNET + The Belles ...lush indie c

RECENT BELLES PRESS:

TIME OUT Feb 25th – March 3rd 2004
The Belles – Omerta (Eat Sleep)

Inspired by the landscape surrounding them, Kansas duo The Belles create wide-open, dusty anthems of languid melancholy. Blending the restrained yet potent harmonies favoured by the Pernice Brothers with simple, frills-free Americana, ‘Omerta’ is a bittersweet gem of tranquil indie pop. Truly beautiful. Chris Parkin

ESQUIRE

The Belles

Omerta (Eat Sleep)

(4 of 5 stars)



If you're mourning Elliott Smith (and you also liked The Lemonheads), you could well find the consolation you seek in The Belles. Christopher Tolle and Jake Cardwell expose their Kansas roots with beautiful wide-open arrangements and organic riffs on this, their debut album. With songwriting and acoustics as tender as they are potent, and some inspired hooks, these boys are quite a discovery. Out on 15 March.



poprock1974 | 23 Mar '04, 15:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply