Watch: Arctic Monkeys - 'Cornerstone'
Watch the Richard Ayoade directed video for 'Cornerstone'.»
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Arctic Monkeys announce November UK tour
Arctic Monkeys truly need no introduction whatsoever, so there won't be one. They've just announced a UK tour for November, doing the usual arena stuff because well, they need to, don't they?»
Watch: Arctic Monkeys at Maida Vale + the DiS report
On Monday night, Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show heralded the return of the Arctic Monkeys, with them doing a live set in the small tiny studio where everyone from Pulp to The Pixies recorded sets for John Peel. And probably much bigger bands like Pink Floyd and wotnot too.»
Spotifriday #12 - This week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content in the form of a Spotify playlist.»
Arctic Monkeys to release single through Oxfam shops
Charity shops have long been the preserve of the record collector looking for a bargain among the bric-a-bric but now the worm has well and truly turned as the Arctic Monkeys are to release 'Crying Lightning' through Oxfam shops.»
Arctic Monkeys set release date for third LP
Sheffield Superstars the Arctic Monkeys have made good on their promise to release their new album before the Leeds and Reading festivals.»
Arctic Monkeys new album "Out before Leeds and Reading" - DiS exclusive
DiS shared a few words with Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders yesterday in relation to Sheffield's new Tramlines festival, but ended up finding out a few things about his band's third record, which could be with us as soon as August.»
Drowned Up: Arctic Monkeys, PJ Harvey, Grizzly Bear
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
DiS poll: would you stop using P2P if you got a warning from your ISP?
Russell Hart, chief executive of Entertainment Media Research commented "It is quite evident that an ISP-led strategy has bite, because illegal downloaders are fairly convinced that ISPs are currently monitoring their activities and are more likely to act against them than the courts."»
DiS Preview: Arctic Monkeys live DVD
DiS went along to see the new Arctic Monkeys DVD last night and here's what our man at the scene thought... »
Alex and Alison, sitting in a tree: Kills singer talks Arctics collaboration
The Kills' Alison Mosshart has told NME.com about a song she recorded with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner»
School shooting: Kooks man lays into old music teacher
Pritchard sticks it to a naysaying music teacher»
A good konking: Pritchard decks Turner
Manbags at dawn – it’s an indie bitchfight between Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard and head Arctic Monkey Alex Turner»
Noel Gallagher: 'I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury' and other luddite sense
After all the conjecture back and forth, it’s good to finally have someone wade in and take the situation by the scruff of the neck: let’s face it, hip-hop and Glastonbury make about as much sense as mixed-race marriages and that Aerosmith/Run DMC collaboration»
Jay-Z to pull out of Glastonbury? Rapper 'still a headliner', claim organisers
Michael and Emily Eavis’ attempts to sell Glastonbury to the kids look set to backfire as rumours abound that Jay-Z - this morning confirmed to headline Wireless - is planning to pull out of the event»
Alex Turner and Miles Kane cover Bowie and Billy Fury on debut single
Miles Kane and Alex Turner will cover David Bowie and Billy Fury on the b-side to their new single»
Watch: new video from Arctic Monkeys, The Rascals side-project
A new video from the side-project of Arctic Monkey Alex Turner and The Rascals' Miles Kane has been posted online»
NME Awards show: full round-up
For those of you not following the grand ceremony on TV, here’s a round-up of all the winners from last night’s NME Awards Show»
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Watch BRIT Awards Winners
Whilst the DiS brethren were mincing round a dank Dalston for Cadence Weapon, pop’s elite gathered like hens round a cornfeed, pecking viciously for seed at last nights BRIT AWARDS 2008. Who went home with a contented belly»
Arctic Monkeys, Rascals, SMD, Final Fantasy collaboration ready debut album
The Last Shadow Puppets - the side-project featuring Arctic Monkey Alex Turner and the Rascals’ Miles Kane – will release their debut album this spring.»
Super-Rev: Makers, Monkeys, Mystery Jets and Supergrass to form charity supergroup
Members of Arctic Monkeys, Mystery Jets, Supergrass and Reverend and the Makers have tethered together to form an ‘indie supergroup’.»
Wetherspoons lunch: ladrock round-up, shot
The Enemy's Tom Clarke has been flapping his jaw in the direction of Arctic Monkeys who won the South Bank award for best pop album this week. Meanwhile, Max has had a falling out and left the Kooks and the Wombats have announced a huge show at the Royal Albert Hall.»
Watch: Lightspeed Champion, Arctic Monkey, Ipso Facto, 'Fred Les' play one-off covers show
A cast of half-famous faces joined Dev Hynes in London last night for a one-off covers show in celebration of the new Lightspeed Champion album.»
BRIT Awards: observations, nominations
News from the Roundhouse»
Chart round-up: the dark lord ascends
The Ghost of Christmas Past haunts the charts this week, with classics of yesteryear from Mariah Carey, The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Wham! and Wizzard all reminding you of happier times and, by implication, what terrible people you’ve all become.»
Mardi Bum: Arctic Monkeys sell special Big Issue at shows
Music + charity = not patronising, hackneyed and totally ineffectual? Arctic Monkeys have cracked something, working with the Big Issue to produce a special ‘collectors’ magazine for their forthcoming UK arena shows.»
Monkey suit: Arctics release single under new alias?
Some of you probably heard about this yesterday on BBC6Music, but for those too dismayed by George Lamb to tune in, Arctic Monkeys have, apparently, released a new single under a different band name.»
Berk: Linkin Park targets collaborations with Horrors and more
Prepping the market ahead of a company jolly in January, Chester Bennington laid the ground for Linkin Park to develop enterprising new partnerships in the UK.»
Arctic Monkey works with Final Fantasy on new side-project
The debut record from Alex Turner’s as-yet-unnamed side project is nearly finished, says producer James Ford.»
Tag along: Reverend tattoos Arctic Monkey
Reverend, of ...and the Makers fame, has claimed that one of the Arctic Monkeys has the title of one of his poems tattooed on his neck.»
Q Awards: it's like DiS community bear-baiting
Q Awards: people win, no-one dies...»
Banana republic: Arctic Monkeys' reveal arena tour
Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys have announced their grandest series of dates yet for December.»
Q nominations: new blood?
The nominations for this year's Q awards have been announced.»
Mercury Prize: DiS picks its winners-to-be, waits to be right...
Time to put our pretend money where our ever-so-real mouths are: DiS is picking our individual favourites for tonight's Mercury Prize, and leaving them here so we can see who's right. And, more importantly, who is wrong and has to buy the biscuits tomorrow...»
Mercury odds update: Arctics out, Bat For Lashes up
Arctic Monkeys have slipped from joint-first in the betting on this year's Mercury Music Prize...»
Alex Turner records album with a Rascal
Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner will whisk away The Rascals’ Miles Kane to France this summer to record an album.»
Mercury Prize nominations announced
The nominations for the Mercury Music Prize are hot off the press, folks, and it’s a rum old mix as ever. They are as follows»
Top of the class: The Enemy denounce posh music
Nothing like stirring up a bit of class resentment on a Friday afternoon, eh? Tom Clarke, dimwit frontman with The Enemy, has claimed that ‘working class roots’ mean better songs.»
Monkeys shun melting Arctic: Live Earth 'hypocrisy'
Arctic Monkeys have slammed tomorrow’s Live Earth event in London as ‘hypocrisy’.»
Don't panic: terror delays at T
Fans heading for the T In The Park festival today are being warned to leave extra time for travel following the terror attack in Glasgow last weekend.»
That Glasto line-up in full...
The full line-up for this year’s Glastonbury festival has been officially announced.
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The Mouse and the Monkey: stepping into fashion
Danger Mouse - pictured - may start a fashion label with Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders. All together now: WTF...»
Favourite Worst Nightmare: unsurprisingly set to be 2007's biggest seller...
Sheffield's popular indie-pop types Arctic Monkeys look set to score 2007's biggest-selling LP with their second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare. So far, anyway...»
Chart round-up, and shot: not a right lot happens
A noticeable lack of high new entries in the singles chart this week, but plenty of jostling for position among the top five, the Arctic Monkeys' 'Brianstorm' valiantly doing battle with a stellar cast of pop’s elite to clinch the number two spot behind Beyoncé and Shakira...»
Chart round-up: We've used the same photo as last week!
Good news, aging Scottish popsters: you, The Proclaimers, are still number one on the UK singles chart. Ish, as you’ve got those comedy people with you, but nevertheless: bravo, you. Inappropriately battered snacks all round...»
Arctic Monkeys: "English radio is terrible"
Ahead of the release of their new single 'Brianstorm' - out April 16 and available to download now - Arctic Monkeys have told popular red-top rag The Sun that domestic radio is pretty rubbish...»
Glastonbury line-up leaks
Festival-centric website FestivalNews.co.uk has reported the leaked line-up for this summer's Glastonbury Festival...»
Arty Monkeys: Arctics reveal new album cover
Arctic Monkeys have unveiled the cover art to forthcoming second album My Favourite Worst Nightmare.»
Arctic Monkeys to raffle tickets for new tour
Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys this morning announced details of a fresh April tour.»
Grime n' steel: Monkeys record with Dizzee
Dizzee Rascal joined the ranks of Arctic Monkeys recently to spit rhymes over the top of one of the Sheffielder's new album tracks...»
More Arctic Monkeying, albeit not so secretly...
Arctic Monkeys - they're a band - have announced a secret but-not-really show for tomorrow night, at Middlesbrough's Town Hall...»
T in the Park: homogenous '07 festival convoy heads to Scotland
The organisers of T in the Park have announced details of who will be playing when at this year's festival...»
Morecambe calling: Arctics announce secret gig #3
They're not particularly Arctic, nor are they monkeys (quiet at the back there) but they are playing another 'secret' gig at Morecambe Dome this Saturday, 17th February...»
Benicassim takes shape: first bands announced
The first few confirmed acts for this year's Festival Internacional de Benicassim have been announced...»
Dublin up: Arctic Monkeys announce two new gigs
Arctic Monkeys have announced details of two new shows via their internet forum...»
DiS watches the Brit Awards: our wine was nice and we drank the whole bottle
Last night DiS sat down at home, a bottle of M&S red and some spaghetti before us, and flicked our telly over to channel three. Russell Brand! Not talking about his ball bags! It could only mean one thing: we’d tuned into the first live Brit Awards since that whole Sam and Mick fiasco...»
Arctic Monkeys preview Favourite Worst Nightmare at secret hometown show
Arctic Monkeys played a secret show in Sheffield at the weekend, previewing material from their forthcoming second LP, Favourite Worst Nightmare...»
DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news
Here are what we think are the top ten most newsworthy news stories of the week. Enjoy this, the weekend starts here. Unless you're a football steward or you work in a bar. Salut!»
Arctic Monkeys confirm second LP release date and tracklisting
Sheffield's most indie-poppin' of kids Arctic Monkeys - they must've done their mocks by now - have confirmed a handful of details about their much-anticipated second album...»
Rage Against California: rap-rockers to headline Coachella
That anger's a gift is a given, but the chances of Rage Against The Machine playing this year's Coachella Valley Music (and Arts) Festival, not so. But they bloody well are, y'know...»
Stomach Turner? Arctic Monkeys record with new member
Alex Turner, frontman of popular group Arctic Monkeys, has announced that his band believe their current recording studio to be haunted...»
Cos he doesn't look a thing like Jesus? Ghostface spurned by Killers
Ghostface Killah is licking his wounds after being ditched on by The Killers...»
'No strings': Monkeys' Turner on new album
Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys fame has been talking about his band's new record, which is due out this Spring...»
DiS's top ten albums of 2006, as voted for by YOU
The results are in, and all arguments in the DiS office have died down – we can’t alter our final top ten albums of 2006, anyway, as they were very kindly voted for by you lot. Reckon you can guess the winner? Is that photograph a clue...»
Arctic Rascals or Dizzee Monkey? Duet in the offing?
A duet between Dizzee Rascal and Arctic Monkeys, arguably the two most lauded 'street' acts in the UK at the moment, is the subject of red-top speculation this morning...»
VOTE! For DiS's album of the year! WIN! A massive pile of CDs from Our 66!
Good day to you, dearest of dear readers, and welcome to what we’re calling an ‘interactive activity’. Because we’re busy – bloody busy – at the DiSopolis, we’re asking you to decide our album/s of the year...»
Arctic Monkeys announce massive show for July '07
Arctic Monkeys have announced a massive show to take place when the sun returns next summer...»
NME Cool List 2006: Are you in it?
Beth Ditto has been named numero uno in NME's Cool List 2006, in a top ten that - shock, horror - contains just as many women as it does men...»
Q Awards: Take That "bollocks" Idols, while Liam's at the zoo...
Take That picked up a Q Idol Award at the magazine's annual awards bash yesterday, only be be called "bollocks" by fellow winners Arctic Monkeys. Ooooh, someone wash those boys' mouths out...»
Q Awards nomination announced: strap yourself in for a flood of mediocrity!
This year's nominees for the annual Q Awards, the award ceremony offspring of dad-rock bible Q magazine, have been announced. Whoa, there, Q - way to get radical on our arses...»
Post-Mercury Monkey business: bar bouncers and charity donations
Following their Mercury Prize win on Tuesday night, Arctic Monkeys were almost prevented from partying at the awards' aftershow, as bouncers at the Met Bar weren't convinced that the band were of legal drinking age...»
The Mercury Prize, and what we have or haven't learned
Another year, another Mercury Prize (sorry, Nationwide Mercury Prize), and an ultimate feeling of deflation once the dust’s settled. The bookies got it right, we got it wrong; Arctic Monkeys are the critics’ as well as the consumers’ favourites, and who are we to stand in the way of their sweeping-aside-all-before-them power and popularity...»
Police appeal for Leeds Festival rape witnesses
The Sun has reported that a 27-year-old girl was raped at the weekend's Leeds Festival, and that the attack was witnessed by many an attendee...»
Hot Chip predict Monkeys Mercury victory
Hot Chip have told MTV that they think Arctic Monkeys will scoop the on-our-doorstep Mercury Music Prize...»
WIN! Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festival tickets
Thanks to our good friends at Mean Fiddler, DiS has a pair of tickets for each site of this year's Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festivals up for grabs. The festival runs from 25-27th August at Bramham Park, Leeds and the Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading.»
Please, please, please: stop buying James Morrison records. DiS chart round-up...
Another Monday, another round-up of the movers and shakers in the UK singles chart. Well, we say ‘movers and shakers’, but nothing much has changed since last week to be honest...»
The Tuesday DiScussion: The Mercury Music Prize shortlist
Cheer up, Thom! Your only-just-released debut solo album, The Eraser, is among the twelve long-players shortlisted for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize, sponsored by Nationwide...»
Full-time Monkey business for O'Malley after Arctic bassist quits
Stand-in Arctic Monkeys bassist Nick O'Malley will take up the position full-time following original member Andy Nicholson's decision to leave the band for good...»
Monkey falls out of tree
The fat one out of Crazy Frog-influenced four-piece Arctic Monkeys has opted out of the band's North American jaunt, booked for June.»
Rock, like, rocks...
Axe-manglers and fret-fondlers rejoice! It seems that rock is, once again, the supreme force in contemporary music...»
Somerset House warns of hoax tickets
The management team at London's Somerset House (pictured) have warned that online adverts for a series of gigs in the summer are false... »
Monkeys don't believe their own hype
Popular indie boys Arctic Monkeys are to beat the boo-boys at their own game by releasing a song to precede the all-too-inevitable backlash...»
Brit Awards 2006 score worst-ever TV ratings
No, we didn't report who won what at this year's Brit Awards, and neither did we get all chest-puffed proud 'cause the Kaisers romped their way to three wee statues (well done guys, seriously), but this is mildly interesting: the television coverage for the Earls Court event scored the lowest-ever viewing figures in its history...»
Monkeys plan ahead, record acceptance speech
Arctic Monkeys, currently on tour with Maximo Park et al on an NME-sponsored jaunt, have recorded an acceptance speech in advance of tonight's Brit Awards...»
Arctic Monkeys tell hometown crowd to "f*ck off"
"Fuck off." That was Arctic Monkeys' singer Alex Turner's reaction to hometown crowd calls for his band to play their much-aired cover of Girls Aloud's 'Love Machine'. Manners, in my day we had them.»
Fagging heck: Arctic Monkeys project "wrong image"
Scottish children, beware: buying the new album by the Arctic Monkeys is a risk to your health...»
Monkey busy ness: top poppers tour
Arctic Monkeys are doing a tour in April. Here are the dates. Tickets go on sale on Thursday February 2nd. So DO NOT come to us complaining that we didn't tell you. Come to us with cake instead. And ale. Thanks...»
Monkeys get sweetened up by Sugababes
Recently remodeled pop types Sugababes will belt out their cover of the AM's breakthrough single, ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’, on the b-side to forthcoming single 'Red Dress'...»
Festival rumours: the Mode for Wireless, Franz for Reading
Depeche Mode have rather let the cat out of its proverbial bag: although organisers of this summer's Wireless Festival, held in London's Hyde Park, haven't yet revealed the initial line up, the three-piece have posted the event on the upcoming shows page of their website...»
Monkey masses ditch Dublin as Maximo headline
Many a news source, including The Sun, is today reporting that last night's NME gig in Dublin didn't go particularly brilliantly for headliners Maximo Park...»
Kaisers ready to romp home at NME Awards - nominees in full
The nominations for this year's NME Awards makes for some mighty fine readin' if you're one of them Kaiser boys - the band are up for no fewer than (*counts, rapidly*) six awards...»
Arctic Monkeys give TOTP the cold shoulder; gear up for album release
NO! To Top Of The Pops. YES! To the fastest-selling rock record EVER...»
EXCLUSIVE: ¡Forward, Russia! for the Top 20?
We've been delightfully informed that the kings of Leeds, ¡Forward Russia! are currently sitting in the Top 20 in the midweek charts.»
Arctic Monkeys tour
Cheeky Sheffieldian fun-rock maestros Arctic Monkeys are another of Domino's current slew of signings and they take their infectious rock on tour this October in support of a new single.»
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