- Reviews: * The Verve at New York WaMu Theatre, Mon 28 Apr
- Reviews: * Mogwai at London Queen Elizabeth Hall, Mon 12 May
- Reviews: * Subtle - ExitingARM
- Features: * The Great Escape 2008: the DiS preview
- Reviews: * Pendulum - In Silico
- Reviews: * Tindersticks at London Royal Festival Hall, Sat 03 May
- Reviews: * Adam Green, Noah & The Whale at Manchester Club Academy (Cellar), Fri 11 Apr
- Reviews: * Effi Briest at London Camden Barfly, Tue 22 Apr
- Reviews: * Cut Copy at London King's Cross Scala, Wed 23 Apr
- Reviews: * Frightened Rabbit at London Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, Thu 01 May
- Features: * Explosions In The Sky's guide to ATP
- Features: * Flight Of The Conchords: comedy Kiwis on their musical dabblings
- Reviews: * Late Of The Pier, The Displacements, A Place To Bury Strangers, Collapsing Cities at London Camden Barfly, Wed 07 May
- Reviews: * Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
- Features: * Crawling, talking: The Wave Pictures in conversation
- * Black Lips @ London 100 Club, 15/05
- * The National @ Dublin Olympia, 15/05
- * Jens Lekman @ Glasgow Oran Mor, 15/05
- * the pAper chAse, Black Mountain, Vessels @ Leeds Cockpit, 15/05
- * The Raconteurs @ Liverpool Academy (Liverpool University), 15/05
- * Frightened Rabbit @ Dunfermline Carnegie Hall, 15/05
- * Caribou, Born Ruffians, Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ London King's Cross Scala, 15/05
- * The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty Summer @ Dunfermline Carnegie Hall, 15/05
- * Glass Candy, Mike Simonetti @ Manchester Star & Garter, 15/05
- * Nasty Fest IX @ Leeds The Faversham, 17/05
- * Example, Bloodgroup, Christopher D. Ashley @ Brighton Pressure Point, 17/05
- * Semifinalists, Bunny Rabbit, Telepathe @ London Barden's Boudoir, 18/05
- * Animal Collective, Atlas Sound @ Dublin Tripod, 19/05
- * Xiu Xiu @ London ULU, 19/05
- * Telepathe @ London ULU, 19/05
Explosions In The Sky
Signed to label: Bella Union
From: Austin, Texas
Chris Hrasky - drums
Michael James - bass
Munaf Rayani - guitar
Mark Smith - guitar
Born on the 4th July 1999 in Austin, Texas, EITS deal in immense instrumental guitar avalanches and have released four albums - How Strange, Innocence (2000), Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever (2001), The World Is Not A Cold Dead Place (2003) and All Of A Sudden, I Miss Everyone (2007).
Upcoming events
Releases
- All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone - album, out 19/02/2007 on Bella Union. 1 review (read/post)
- How Strange, Innocence - album, out 24/10/2005 on Temporary Residence. (post review)
- The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - album, out 17/11/2003 on Bella Union. 1 review (read/post)
Past events
- Wed 30 Jan at London Astoria. (post review)
- Tue 29 Jan at Manchester Academy. (post review)
- Sun 27 Jan at Glasgow Barrowlands. (post review)
- Sat 26 Jan at Dublin The Village. (post review)
- Thu 24 Jan at Bristol Anson Rooms. (post review)
- Wed 23 Jan at Brighton Concorde. (post review)
- Indian Summer - Saturday, Sat 14 Jul at Glasgow Victoria Park. (post review)
- Thu 19 Apr at London Astoria. (post review)
- Wed 18 Apr at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). (post review)
- Tue 17 Apr at Glasgow ABC. (post review)
- Thu 01 Mar at London Koko. 1 review (read/post)
- Fri 11 Nov at London Highbury Garage. (post review)
- Thu 10 Nov at London Hammersmith Palais. (post review)
- Tue 08 Nov at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
- Wed 02 Nov at Leeds Brudenell Social Club. (post review)
- Sun 30 Oct at Reading South Street Arts Centre. (post review)
- Sat 29 Oct at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. (post review)
- Thu 27 Oct at Cardiff The Point. (post review)
- Wed 26 Oct at Exeter Cavern. (post review)
News
- 01/05/2008: Explosions in the Sky ATP: your cut out and keep stage times
- 11/03/2008: Devo, EITS, Sonics, Shellac, MGMT, DiS and more for Primavera
- 14/01/2008: ATP excitement: De La Soul and Battles for May weekender
- 12/12/2007: Explosions in the Sky plan UK dates
- 12/11/2007: New raft of acts confirmed for ATP
- 19/10/2007: ATP Weekend Two: Explosions In The Sky to curate
- 06/07/2007: Dour Festival update: Explosions have us in Raptures...
- 06/07/2007: Triptych 04: Line-Up Announced; Franz, Múm, Four Tet, Explosions...
- 17/04/2007: Explosions In The Sky not to be seen in Manc' or Glasgow
- 26/02/2007: Chart round-up: Massive coat? Check. Massive hit? Check!
Features
- 13/05/2008: Explosions In The Sky's guide to ATP
- 28/02/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: when did post-rock jump the shark?
- 16/01/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: festival fever's early stages
- 18/07/2007: DiS @ Coachella: RATM, Arcade Fire, Björk and... Crowded House?!
- 12/07/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: just who can you trust?
- 05/04/2007: Label Focus #3: Bella Union
- 09/02/2007: Explosions In The Sky: "It’s shocking that we have any fans at all"
- 22/12/2006: Release Lightning! DiS's guide to 2007's early releases...
- 16/11/2006: Our 66, the slight return: bands (etc) list their favourites
- 26/10/2006: DiS is 6! Our 66, part 3
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Relevant
- Features: * Explosions In The Sky's guide to ATP
- News: * Explosions in the Sky ATP: your cut out and keep stage times
- News: * Devo, EITS, Sonics, Shellac, MGMT, DiS and more for Primavera
- Features: * The Weekly DiScussion: when did post-rock jump the shark?
- Features: * The Weekly DiScussion: festival fever's early stages
- News: * ATP excitement: De La Soul and Battles for May weekender
- News: * Explosions in the Sky plan UK dates
- News: * New raft of acts confirmed for ATP
- News: * ATP Weekend Two: Explosions In The Sky to curate
- Features: * DiS @ Coachella: RATM, Arcade Fire, Björk and... Crowded House?!
- Board_threads: * No Age
- Board_threads: * Best songs that were never properly recorded
- Board_threads: * "Interpol Live": a great sounding "live"
- Board_threads: * The National
- Board_threads: * tuesday with Jools Holland (and Nick Cave)
- Board_threads: * Is there a band that is regarded good by EVERYONE?
- Board_threads: * Strawberry Shortcake
- Board_threads: * Slightly Old Skool Chavvy Dance
- Board_threads: * Strawberry Shortcake Festival!!
- Board_threads: * Glissando
- Board_threads: * African sounding electronic music (odd request)
- Board_threads: * the last record you listened to and actualolled?
- Board_threads: * Newcastle Bass Player
- Board_threads: * EITS ATP Ticket, 1 off
- Board_threads: * ridiculously wonderful johnny foreigner album review
