The Great Escape 2008: the DiS review
From the archive... Amazing scenes on the south coast as DiS descends upon the annual beachside fest that is The Great Escape, catching the cream of its crop»
From the archive... Amazing scenes on the south coast as DiS descends upon the annual beachside fest that is The Great Escape, catching the cream of its crop»
DiS's love affair with Norway continues as we're again in the country for another superb festival, this time featuring Fuck Buttons, Stereolab, Miracle Fortress and more»
2008 is shaping up to be a great year for album releases, and as we reach halfway DiS is taking a look its shoulder, and asking for your suggestions»
Ay-tee-what? No. The North = better, as proved by this year's DiS-sponsored Nasty Fest in Leeds featuring No Age, Yeasayer, Monotonix and more»
It’s Thursday! It's time for The Great Escape! Here we present our top ten must-see acts at the seaside festival, including DiS's own awesome line-up»
Perhaps it's the sunshine, but we're leaning towards the higher-BMP'ed releases this week. Cadence Weapon's 'House Music' our Single of the Week»
Hey you! People who aren’t doing ATP on May 16-18. People who like music and the seaside. Wanna go to a festival for free? Wanna go to The Great Escape in Brighton for free? Read on»
We’ve enjoyed a veritable banquet of beauties in March - whittling our favourites down to ten was tough work. Expect to see a number of these LPs in December’s end-of-year best-of list, so good is March’s crop»
It can’t have escaped attentions that there’s a shindig going down stateside: the yearly South By Southwest conference starts today. DiS wants to know your thoughts on the world's biggest music festival. Plus, check out some of our tips»
If US crack-rap brothers Clipse had crammed on indie hip-hop ethics and chomped through a collection of European techno instead of pushing contraband, they may have arrived somewhere close to precocious Canadian emcee Cadence Weapon»
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»
Well Deep compiles some of the finest moments from Big Dada’s ten-year back catalogue with cLOUDDEAD sat beside Roots Manuva and MF Doom. It only goes to show that the label is as relevant as ever. Samuel Strang questions founder Will Ashon on the label's history to date...»
And so you might well spit, Jose, at the manner of your premature departure from the Bridge. But cry thee not, our Portuguese special one: the month of your skedaddling from a sinking ship coincides with the release of many – and that really is many – a fine album. Here are the must-own LPs in our eyes. Or ears, we guess...»