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»
In Depth
DiSection: Eugene McGuinness' debut album track-by-track
Eugene McGuinness, DiS' Troubadour Of '08, talks us through his self-titled debut album»
A Month in Records: October 2008
The cream really did rise to the top last month. These five records stood head and shoulders above the rest of the stuff reviewed by DiS.»
The fortnight that was: post-relaunch digest
From excellent mixtapes from some of our favourites to in-depth analysis of what makes a band tick, we've broadened our journalistic horizons somewhat since the relaunch. Catch up with this handy digest»
In The City 2008: the DiS preview
In The City is one of the places where new bands break in this country. Here are our hot tips»
In photos: Eugene McGuinness @ DiScover Sheffield
It's Fresher's Week in Sheffield, there's an entire army of new students looking for somewhere to party. So what does DiS do? We lay on a couple of acoustic-led folk acts and a one-man band (plus drummer), of course»
Green Man 2008: Q&A with festival founder
Held on August 15-17, the Green Man Festival features one of the best bills of any of the summertime weekenders. Founder Jo Bartlett speaks to DiS»
(Untitled)
The second bank holiday in May is almost upon us and with it comes this year's Dot To Dot Festival, with a bigger line-up than ever before»
In Photos special: The Great Escape 2008
DiS didn’t just have a crack team of scribes on the loose in Brighton for this year’s The Great Escape, oh no. We had a happy snapper, too»
The Great Escape 2008: the DiS preview
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»
WIN! Tickets to The Great Escape
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»
Liverpool's modern music scene: the class of 2008 (pt 2)
DiS continues its exploration into the current musical climate in this year’s European City of Culture, Liverpool, calling on the opinions of SSS and returning to some of Part One's contributors including The Wombats»
Liverpool's modern music scene: the class of 2008
Liverpool is home to the largest number of number-one artists in the world, and that's a Guinness Book fact. DiS looks at the city - the European City of Culture - and its scene, taking in everything from The Wombats to a.P.A.t.T.»
It's great in 2008, yeah: DiS's Early Doors picks
One thing that DiS has proven itself very good at over the past couple of years is predicting what bands are going to matter a year ahead of schedule. With this in mind we’ve divided our 'Bands For 2008' into three articles, Early Doors representing the newest kids on our check-'em-out block»
DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!
With Christmas now peeking over the horizon, DiS invites its readers to vote for your top ten of 2007, from our editorially selected shortlist of 50. Choose five of your favourites here. Voting, it will close this Friday, December 7, with the results running December 14»
Brainwash Festival 2007: the DiS preview
Brainwash is back for a second year, taking over a pair of Leeds venues this coming weekend (October 19-21) for three days, and nights, of eclectic alternative music. This year sponsored by DiS, the bill's better than ever...»
A Month In Records: August 2007
August is meant to be hot, sunny. Y’know, summer. Didn’t quite happen, did it? In fact, this summer is the wettest on record, so I read in this morning’s paper. But the inclement weather hasn’t damped the spirits of the DiS review team any – we’ve had plenty of smashing records to keep our stay-inside selves occupied with over the last four-and-some weeks...»
The DiScover Diary - August 20-26
Each week, the DiScover Diary will outline some choice gigs up and down the country, highlighting some excellent up-and-coming acts across the nation’s varied stages, and focus on one act in particular who are both on tour and on the DiS stereo rather a lot of late. Here we sneak a brief peek at new singing and songwriting kid on the block Eugene McGuinness, who just happens to have bagged himself a few choice support slots…»
DiS Radio: DiScover six: club shows and more
DrownedinSound Radio provides yet another fine instalment for your listening pleasure – DiScover number six. Sean Adams and Mike Diver showcase music from acts performing at forthcoming DiS-affiliated events, as well as songs from albums forthcoming and already available...»
DiScover: Eugene McGuinness
Eugene McGuinness is a young man from Liverpool. Until recently we knew nothing of his work, of his catchy, intelligent songwriting. Then came an alarm, a siren’s call from a close musical friend. “He is right good,” weren’t our man’s exact words, but paraphrasing-wise they’ll suffice.
Catch Eugene at our next DiScover Club, on April 14 - click here for details
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