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Apologies for not delivering a five-pack of new bands to investigate last month – DiS was busy jetting off to festivals abroad, and we rather neglected to leave the keys under a plantpot for our neighbours to come by and set this piece live. Still, a month later and these bands are still ticking boxes: check them out at your earliest convenience.
Additional words: Billy Hamilton, Richard MacFarlane
How To Swim
A rabid disease of instrumentation, How To Swim are worlds apart from the linear indie-pop-picking that's scuffled out from Glasgow's mean streets of late. The stage-bulging ten-piece pull together demented swamps of brass, percussion and epileptic strums to create the exhilarating atmospherics of a filth-ridden bar room brawl. Central to this wild-eyed tankard-swaying is vocalist Ink Wilson, a man who crows with such rasp it's as if he's been incarcerated in a dank, stinking hovel with only Waits' Rain Dogs for company. Almost impossible to pin down, previous output has run the gamut from grave-rotting voodooism to stickleback guitar jangling, and with a new album verging on the horizon expect yet more inane sonic explorations from this ravenous ensemble in the near future. BH
Video: How To Swim on The Music Show
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High Places
Brooklyn has been in on the secret that is two-piece High Places for a while now, but the rest of us are starting to catch on. Thanks to a web-only compilation of their wriggly, polyrhythmic and hypnotisingly distinctive pop, Rob Barber and Mary Pearson are creating a stir, filling a void in Brooklyn's scene with their wobbly and sweet pop songs. It's an endearing mix; strange sounds and liquid textures pulsating beneath Mary's vocals. One of their songs is called 'Banana Slugs' (amazing title!) and that's pretty much how they sound, if you catch my drift. They're brimming with ideas and thankfully have found time to put them on an album – it's set for release in the second half of the year. RMacF
Video: High Places live in New York
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Fans of Mogwai and 65daysofstatic: stop what you're doing immediately and order a copy of Leicester four-piece Maybeshewill's debut album, Not For Want Of Trying. It might just be your album of the year, combining effortlessly as it does the click-click glitches of the latter with the blazing towers of amplified aggression occasionally wheeled out by the former. Granted, little the band produce is entirely original, but who cares when it grabs the listener by the tender bits that few bands can reach and proceeds to slam them into a wall until resistance is completely beaten. Power overcomes the need to plough a singular furrow, and the result is an LP that makes an immediately impressive impact – its title track could be easily summarised as incredible, and while they're a bit fond of stupid song names – 'Paris Hilton Sex Tape', really? – some needs to get a copy of Maybeshewill's debut to Robert Smith right away, before he books The Cure's next world tour. They've the potential to become a domestic instrumental act that truly matters over the next twelve months.
Video: 'Not For Want Of Trying' (fan video)
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The 1900s
From something to burn the soul to a band to sooth it: Chicago's The 1900s craft delicately charming indie-folk arrangements that aren't so far from the pleasingly summery tones of Camera Obscura and Belle & Sebastian. Only they're not Scottish, obviously. And there's a little Fleetwood Mac in there, too. The band's debut album, Cold & Kind, is forthcoming on Parasol and is reviewed here, DiS's Dan Gavin stating it is "meticulously arranged without seeming over-thought, carefully restrained without compromising on emotion, and, crucially, demonstrates an excellent grasp of folky pop at its life-affirming best". It sounds like the sort of record that'll get picked up at a later date by a larger label and brought to a wider audience, with critics desperate to claim they 'discovered' the band before anyone else – it's simply too delicious not to be taken to a higher level. Get in early, eh?
Video: The 1900s on US television, performing 'Two Ways'
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My Sad Captains
This month's round-up of the latest acts to tickle our fancy concludes with a band that's been around a while, but is only now finding its feet proper and making tracks in the right direction. My Sad Captains echo the work of Fanfarlo somewhat, and that's understandable as they share members; like the songs of said sibling combo theirs are tender and melancholic, yet strangely triumphant too. Think: Yo La Tengo's indie-pop savvy, Pavement at their sweetest, and a touch of Broken Social Scene. Their recent double-A single 'Great Expectations' and 'All Hat And No Plans' received the DiS seal of approval upon its release in March; so impressed were we, in fact, that the five-piece were immediately asked to perform at our monthly DiScover Club. They said yes, so catch them spreading their love at the Notting Hill Arts Club on July 12, alongside Redjetson and Kyte. Details, here.
Video: 'All Hat And No Plans'
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That's us, spent, for another month. Come back in July, yeah, for more new bands? Thanks!


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Is it just me, or has the html of the front page been messed up for quite some time? The columns seem to have suffered a mudslide below the news section header. [Update: seems to be a browser compliance problem, as it looks fine with both Firefox and Mozilla, but not with Safari. So this is probably Apple's fault, not Thilo's Any other Safari users out there can confirm this? I feel like I'm going paranoid, seeing things no one else sees..]
And speaking of news. Maybe an update of the front page is in order? "2004 - Golyadkin new moderator" looks rather old, doesn't it? Is Golyadkin still moderating, btw?
How about adding a little blurb on the front page for the benefit of the forum...."Join the community in the biggest Keats forum on the web / Discuss Keats's life and poetry / Submit your own poems / etc.."
I also think this site lacks a page with links to other Keats sites and related material, like other poets (there are some great Spenser, Shakespeare, Shelley etc pages out there), poetry resources in general, archives, essays etc. There are loads of this to go around, and could be helpful to people browsing into the forum looking for study material.
Also the Shop page could be updated with some fresh releases.
Just some ideas there; maybe others have more ideas for what they would like to see added to the site?

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Where art and science/math connect
On the surface, many people out there probably tend to view art and science or math as polar opposites. Perhaps it has to do with with so much about art being subjective while so much about science and math is seemingly concrete and measurable. Maybe it has to do with those who are artistically inclined sometimes shying away from science and vice versa. Whatever the reason, it might be interesting to know that art and science often work in correlation with one another. Here are some examples from the two artistic forms of which I am personally most familiar.
Anyone who really and truly delves into the world of poetry understands that many forms of this literary art follow a very particular structure.
For example, the Limerick is built on the formula of five lines (per stanza but are often only one stanza in total) with lines 1,2 and 5 rhyming with each other and lines 3 and 4 doing the same.
The Japanese poetry method known as Haiku does not emphasize rhyme at all. In fact, it is quite rare. This style features just three lines with the first and last featuring 5 syllables each and the middle one featuring 7.
And then there's the sonnet. Although originated in Italy, it was made famous by one William Shakespeare. The English version consists of a total of 14 lines comprised of 3 quatrains of alternating rhyme and a couplet.
In terms of visual arts, photography is so much more than pointing and shooting something that looks pretty. There are some very specific mathematical and science-based concepts involved.
Shutter speed determines exactly how long the lens remains open during a shot. Aperture, which often works hand in had with shutter speed, is a measure of how wide the opening of the lens is during the photographing process. These two tools combine to determine how much light reaches the sensor and whether or not there is any motion effect that appears in your photograph among other things.
ISO, or sensitivity is a a measure that defines the camera's response or lack thereof, to available lighting in your shooting location. The higher the number, the lighter the photo.
Did you know colors also have temperatures? Think back to your days as a child in art class. You where probably taught at some point that some colors, like shades of blue, are considered "cool" colors while others, like shades on "orange" are considered "warm" colors. This is true when it comes to lighting. The cooler the color, the higher the number is in terms of a measurement called kelvins. Around 5,000 K is what is generally equal to noon daylight.
Last but not least, there is also something called the rule of thirds. This is basically a concept that suggests to achieve an ideal placement for your subject in an image, you can imagine (or some camera's will provide a grid) that your scene is made up of sections divisible in 3rds. for ideal composition in this theory, the subject should be placed in one of the sections of thirds other than that or those in the center but rather off tho the right or left.


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Burger King in Japan Releasing Black 'Kuro' Burger for 5th Anniversary
We've seen black-bunned burgers in France and more recently in China. Finally, Japan gets in on the black burger trend with Burger King Japan's Kuro Burger (literally "Black Burger"), coming out this Friday, September 28, for a limited time to celebrate Burger King's five-year anniversary in Japan.
The burger features a paprika-flavored beef patty (113 grams/4 ounces) on a bun blackened by bamboo charcoal, topped with black ketchup made with squid ink and garlic, along with the standard toppings of lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and mayo. The burger will be sold for ¥450 (about $5.75) by itself, or ¥790 (about $10.10) with a side and drink.
Burger King is also celebrating the 5th anniversary of Coke Zero (a black drink!...yeah) by giving you a free refill when you order a Coke Zero in a set meal with a Kuro Burger. If you know Japanese, you can read more about it in this Japanese press release [PDF].
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