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In Photos: Green Man 2009
Our rundown of snaps from 2009's Green Man Festival featuring Andrew Bird, Emmy The Great, Gang Gang Dance, Wilco, Jarvis Cocker and more.»
Green Man 2009 - A Preview & Spotify Playlist
This weekend sees DiS hotfoot it to Wales for 2009's Green Man Festival and boy, we can't wait. Here's a Spotify Playlist celebrating some of the festival's finest, as well as a few words on some acts you might do well to take a punt upon and the festival itself...»
Primavera Sound: DiS' 2008 festival highlights
From the archive... Team DiS picks its highlights of Primavera Sound 2008; invites fellow attendees to give us your top bands of the fest held in Barcelona»
Reading/Leeds '08: What Our Writers Thought
Another year, another big weekend at Reading and Leeds festival. DiS sent along some of our finest scribes and asked them to scribble about their five favourites of the weekend. Here's what we got back from them»
The Weekly DiScussion: just what are we celebrating here?
After the Nationwide Mercury Prize announcement, DiS sizes up the chosen 12 and asks: just what is the award's point? Get DiScussing»
The Weekly DiScussion: who should make the Mercury shortlist?
The shortlist for 2008's Mercury Prize is announced next week. DiS asks: just who does deserve to win this year's award after Klaxons' success in 2007»
An Essential Dozen: 2008's best albums so far
As the end of June looms, DiS looks back over the past six months, picking out a dozen essential LPs. Here, part one of three picks four frontrunners»
Singles Round-up (10/03/08)
Proving there’s nothing like firing your dad for raising spirits and getting the creative juices flowing, there’s suddenly a spring in the step of Eel Pie Island's Mystery Jets their contemporaries can’t get near. 'Young Love' is our Single of the Week»
Brits Abroad: exclusive British Sea Power diary
Does mainland Europe like rock music? Of course! With this in mind DiS invited British Sea Power to keep a diary of their travels around Germany, Holland and Belgium. Warning: contains sexual frolics, knitting escapades and Auld Kendal snuff»
The Weekly DiScussion: The Valentine's Day Mixtape Massacre
Love is, apparently, in the air. To mark Valentine’s Day, we asked a number of artists for their favourite songs of either love or hate. Contributors: The Futureheads, British Sea Power, The Bronx, Jeffrey Lewis, Adam Green and more»
In photos: British Sea Power at Paris La Danse
DiS heads to Paris to check out British Sea Power, among other pursuits; stays long enough to take photographs; published photographs on website for readers to look at; introduction ends»
The Weekly DiScussion: five new British obsessions?
Despite January's hype, one of DiS's most popular artists of the month was Radiohead. They enjoy not only an incredible influence over many up-and-coming acts, but also retain a formidable fanbase. DiS asks: who could follow in their footsteps from the current clutch of indie-rockers? DiScuss away»
Czeching it out: British Sea Power on liking Rock Music
"On Do You Like Rock Music? there was a conscious decision to include stories from the time when the record was being made," say British Sea Power, and what stories they are. Recorded in Cornwall, Canada and the Czech Republic, their latest LP is perhaps their best yet »
It's great in 2008, yeah: DiS's anticipated albums
There was us thinking that 2007 was a pretty splendid year for albums, and then we get a look at this little lot. Ahead of feature pieces outlining our acts of the year (to be), here DiS scans a number of upcoming releases»
End Of The Road 2007: the DiS review
Widely regarded as one of the best new festivals on the British circuit, End Of The Road brings the summer season to a close – the rescheduled Truck excepted in this instance – with not so much a bang, but more a dainty shuffle and a fizz-pop. Eclectic within a field though its line-up is, there’s a quality control evident that’s not always obvious at such boutique – whatever – events. To cut a not-long-really story shorter: it’s quite The Good...»
End of The Road Festival
It can’t be that hard, can it? Find a field, book some bands, keep everything low-scale and independent, and hope it stays warm enough to relax in the sun drinking quality cider in your shirt and sandals. At least, that’s possibly what Sophia and Simon, the organisers behind the very first End of the Road Festival, had running through their minds last summer...»
DiS preview: Latitude Festival
Latitude Festival makes its debut this year, boasting a fantastic line-up of music, film, poetry, and other arts. DiS will be there to watch it all, so here are the top seven acts to watch out for during the weekend.»
DiS' guide to a cracking Easter
DiS highlights two great shows this Thursday and rounds-up the best of the Easter weekend delights around the country.»
British Sea Power
“Our fans don’t really ask much to be honest. They should be more demanding because we’d probably do it. Personally I’d love it if some of them asked me for a tickle.”»
Carling Weekend Preview: The Best of Sunday
click here for part 1 and click here for part 2. Sunday 24th August 2003 AKA Reading Festival Day 3/Leeds Festival Day 1 sees over 40 bands play»
"The world will come around, one day…"
BRITISH SEA POWER are one of those bands who seem to have sprung up on the blindside, virtually unnoticed by the governors at IPC yet revered by an increasing number of adoring fans who have thrown their Stereophonics t-shirts in the bin, choosing instead to don military gear just like their heroes»


Do You Like Rock Music?
Waving Flags
Krankenhaus (EP)
Please Stand Up
Open Season
Remember Me
Carrion / Apologies To Insect Life
The Decline Of British Sea Power