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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»

Trans Musicales 2008: the DiS review

In Depth by Chris Beanland

We're listening to thumping French techno surrounded by 20,000 students and farm workers drunk on cider in a giant shed somewhere in the middle of Brittany. Sounds weird? It is, but in the best tradition of eccentric foreign festivals»

Mixtape #19: el Guincho

In Depth by Cate Blanche

DiS fave el Guincho (aka Spanish musician Pablo Díaz-Reixa) compiles his top ten 'great boleros' for your listening pleasure...»

2008 to date: DiS's tracks of the year so far

In Depth by Mike Diver

Three of DiS’s core operators list ten of their tracks of the year so far - a simple premise, and a simple article for you to have fun listening along to»

2008 to date: our favourites on their favourites

In Depth by Mike Diver

Six of DiS's featured twelve responsible for our Essential Dozen albums of 2008 to date give us their favourite acts and records of the year so far»

The Weekly DiScussion: 2008's greatest albums, so far

In Depth by Mike Diver

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»

South By Southwest 2008: the DiSummary

In Depth by Sean Adams

DiS trawls Austin looking for the Next Big Thing alongside fellow Brits abroad with the same intentions; settles for catching known highlights and a selection of buzz acts definitely worth the hype»

DiScover: el Guincho

In Depth by Kev Kharas

DiS introduces its readers to el Guincho, a.k.a. Barcelona-based Pablo Diaz-Reixa, whose debut album Alegranza is described by the man himself as "a space age-exotica kind of record". True, too, as it's thrillingly rooted in the work of tropicalia auteurs past»

A Month In Records: January 2008

In Depth by Mike Diver

A strange first month: high-profile passings in the media, the axing of a national icon, real life snow; plus much-hyped albums falling wide of the mark. But let's not dwell: here DiS picks its favourite LPs of January , featuring anticipated debuts, rewarding follow-ups, and an ambitious fourth from a prog-rock super-power»