Gonna have to tell us today: Franz announce new album
They've taken their sweet time about it, but Scottish popsters Franz Ferdinand have finally announced details of their eagerly awaited third LP»
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The Falls Festival: Aussie bash announces bill
The Falls Music and Arts Festival takes place across two sites on December 29-January 1, in Lorne (Victoria) and Marion Bay (Tasmania), and has lined up a DiS-decent bill so far»
Franz Ferdinand to make surprise Glastonbury appearance
Franz Ferdinand are to play Glastonbury this weekend (the three-day festival started properly today)»
You could have it so much later: Franz album delayed
Franz Ferdinand have put back the release of their 's as-yet-untitled third album until 2009.»
UPDATED: Franz Ferdinand to play intimate UK shows ahead of new album
Franz Ferdinand have announced a June tour - it's fairly intimate. There's also a new album on the way»
Stars pay tribute to Bo Diddley
Stars have been queuing up to pay tribute to legendary guitarist Bo Diddley who died yesterday (June 2) of a heart failure.»
'That's an original bill, Connect. Oh no, wait, it's exactly the same as every other festival's'
Connect Festival has announced some of the band’s to fill its bill this summer»
Sex Pistols, Sigur Ros, Franz and MBV for Electric Picnic 2008
Rumours are circulating that Sex Pistols and Sigur Ros are planning to collaborate onstage at this year’s Electric Picnic after the pair of acts were confirmed to headline the Irish festival»
Interpol, Sigur Ros, M.I.A. all among first names for Latitude
The initial details of this year's Latitude festival were announced tonight (19 Mar)»
Franz Ferdinand to headline Latitude 2008
The organisers of Latitude Festival have let one cat out of the bag ahead of tonight’s grand line-up announcement and that cat is Glaswegian, named after a murdered German archduke, loves afrobeat and has a natty way with a post-punk riff»
Björk, Franz Ferdinand, Editors and Kompakt for great European festival
The first names have been confirmed for this year’s Melt! Festival in Germany.»
Franz Ferdinand to play special show in Leeds tonight?
‘Rumours abound’, introduction to many a dubious news story, but here’s ours for today – popular Glasgow-based dandies Franz Ferdinand might be supporting the Cribs at the Brudenell Social Club tonight (19 Dec).»
The Royal We: album, shows, futures
Glasgow sextet The Royal We will soon be dead. With the band’s pact to split after the release of their debut album, if you want to catch them live you’ll have to be quick.»
Franz, Girls Aloud do Bowie for BBC comp
A 40-year anniversary compilation of covers for Radio One will feature a Franz Ferdinand and Girls Aloud collaboration on a David Bowie track.»
What have The Fratellis and Hendrix got in common?
Radio 1 have pulled together a thick brigade of popular artists for a retrospective covers compilation.»
David Shrigley Gets Worried about Liars, TV On The Radio...
“I didn’t make a record. I couldn’t be bothered to make a record. It would have been too difficult. It was easier not to make a record.”»
Franz Ferdinand announce Scottish dates
North o' the border indie types Franz Ferdinand - apparently they're quite The Popular - are to play a series of Scottish dates in September. Low-key is a term you might want to apply to said dates...»
Franz: New album will be 'synth-led'
Franz Ferdinand have been talking about their their third album, slated for release in spring next year.»
The Rapture, Cat Power, YYYs, Snowden and more on new breast cancer charity album
A handful of DiS's favourite acts - including Yeah Yeah Yeahs (pictured) and Snowden, who played a DiS gig last night - appear on a new album raising money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation...»
Franz documentary to be broadcast this Sunday
A Don Letts-directed documentary on Franz Ferdinand is to be broadcast on Channel 4 this Sunday (September 24)...»
Reading and Leeds: great, apparently...
The folks behind the bigger-than-ever Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds have said that this year's event was great. Which is kind of expected, even if it'd been rubbish, really...»
Comp(o) round-up: WIN LOADS OF STUFF
We like free stuff. By ‘we’ we mean ‘Brits’, as a recently-published poll revealed. Sadly we’ve no DVDs to give away with our newspaper, nor are we offering any free texts to annoy your friends with, but we do have a few competitions on the burner that you’re welcome to dip a bit of bread on a stick into. Mmmm, taste our deliciously salty melty cheese goodness…»
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.»
DiS play pop: chart attack, new releases...
DiS does like to play pop, from time to time, but for every ‘Back In Black’ there’s a ‘SexyBack’ just around the bend to trip you over with its initially impressive skitter and slide. To ensure you don’t suffer likewise, we’ll do our very utmost to provide you with a weekly guide to what’s what, chart-wise. So, here’s the runners and riders – and fallers and non-starters – for the week beginning July 17. THAT’S TODAY. Wow, the Romans were great…»
The Features flop following commercial decline
US indie outfit The Features have parted company with Universal after the four-piece refused to record a cover song for a television commercial...»
Domino rally for budget release
Domino Records are to release a rather brilliantly priced compilation on April 17. Entitled They'll Have To Catch Us First, the wee beaut will set you, el punteroo, back all of a penny shy of three pounds. That, son, is value...»
Reading/Leeds: Headliners and more announced
NME.COM has announced the headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals. We're at the line-up launch now and we'll be bringing you the rest of line-up live, as it's unveiled. Unless my laptop battery runs out. Which it might. Not LOL.»
Franz play for fanz for free
Scottish skinny boys Franz Ferdinand are to play a show to a mere 300 people this Monday (March 13th), at London's Koko venue, Camden...»
Ireland's Oxegen Festival filling out
Further acts have been added to the bill for this year's Oxegen Festival, held at Punchestown Racecourse on July 8th and 9th...»
Coachella line up leaks onto the net
The line-up for this year's Coachella music festival, held in California across April 29th and 30th, has been revealed by NME.com... »
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...»
Franz to chat to fans through the magic of the 'internet'
Well, whatever it may be, the four skinny boys of Franz Ferdinand know all about it, and are using its mysterious powers to chat to their fans. YES! FANS!»
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...»
Noel blows off, again: British bands are shite
Another week, another A-lister taking swipes at those beneath them... or something: Noel G has told an Aussie radio station that British bands are rubbish...»
Franz fans rejoice: double-disc DVD on the way
Pesky indie-pop pixies Franz Ferdinand - currently all over daytime radio like some kind of incurable rash that brings bloody death to all that experience it with that awful song about wanting to do something - are to release a two-disc DVD in November...»
CHARTATTACKKKKKK: Top 75 rundown
Ups and downs and turn-arounds. It's another week in the totally CRAZY world of the UK top 75 albums and singles charts.»
Further Franz Fun-facts: LP renamed
Franz Ferdinand's new long-player 'You Could Have It So Much Better.. with Franz Ferdinand' falls onto shelves across the country on October 3rd, preceded by new single 'Do You Want To' on September 19th.»
Franz Ferdinand announce well-titled new LP
A new album with the same name as the old album which is the name of the band recording both albums and also a man who didn't have anything to do with the albums or the band but was assassinated leading to the start of World War I. Yeah.»
Franz play huge shows and ask for DVD contributions
Franz Ferdinand are to close this year's T on the Fringe event with two huge outdoor shows.»
Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors
The poshest music awards ceremony in town took place yesterday.»
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
Those NME Awards headlines in full; Green Day also win two; New Order declared 'God-like'; Pete Doherty no-show; The Others win John Peel Music Innovation award. Yes, really.; and -ohmygodican'tbelieveit! - former DiS Records signees Kaiser Chiefs win an award too! Hurrah!»
Take Me Out... for some fizzy pop
Scotland's fuggin' great...»
Franz Ferdinand to top V Festival bill
Brit Award men-of-the-moment-again, Franz Ferdinand, are set to make their only UK festival appearance this year as co-headliners of the V Festival in August.»
Franz, Kaisers, Coxon and Keane line up for Albert Hall Cancer Trust gigs
Franz Ferdinand, Keane and comedian Peter Kay are among those who will appear at this April’s run of Teenage Cancer Trust events at the Royal Albert Hall.»
'...Mama'-mia! Scissor Sisters win three Brits
Those Brit Award headlines in full: Disco-tastic New Yorkers take home three awards while Franz Ferdinand, Keane, and Joss Stone win two. Robbie Williams wins Best Song Award. Streets' Mike Skinner forgets to pick up award. He was in the bog. Really. Pete Doherty not sighted, probably at home in bed. Lucky fella.»
Franz Ferdinand announce Halloween DJ antics
Famous now Scot popster, Franz Ferdinand are to do an exclusive post-gig DJ set at London club FROG this Saturday (30th October)
»"I'm a LADY, too!": Franz Ferdinand as the ugly sisters?
Cor, first the God of F*ck himself dresses up in a frock for some film or other, and now those Scottish indie types Franz Ferdinand are at it. Maybe.»
Benicassim gets better
The only festival that comes close to Benicassim is Glasto, and if you're not going there, then you've got the perfect excuse to sun yourself for a week in August. Brian Wilson joins Franz Ferdinand, Air, Chemical Brothers and many more for the festival's tenth anniversary.»
Franz Ferdinand score 'porn movie'
Franz Ferdinand feature in Britain’s most sexually explicit mainstream film, ever.»
British Acts Doing Well in America Again
Crank out 'Rule Britannia' and rattle your pint glasses, as not only is there another summer of race rioting and football chanting on the way, but British acts are finally starting to do well in America again…»
Carling Live 24: Bondies Pull Short Straw
On May 1st in London, the omnipresent drinks giant Carling is sponsoring a 24-hour mini festival of live music.»
A Teeny T Update
An update on bands playing this year's T...»
Triptych 04: Line-Up Announced; Franz, Múm, Four Tet, Explosions...
Triptych expands to 5-days and has a bill that includes Franz, Mum and Explosions in the Sky...»
Franz Ferdinand Chart In Top 5
Franz Ferdinand have scored the biggest new-entry in the UK singles chart this week.»
Franz Ferdinand: In The Charts At Number 2?
The first major indie hit of 2004?»
BBC Top Ten: No Alarms and Few Surprises
The BBC's 'Buzz Chart' for 2004, compiled by 60-odd opinion-makers (including a certain DiS head-honcho) may contain few surprises, but does show that DiS has, yet again, been ahead of the game regarding a number of acts.»
Funeral For A Friend Headline NME Awards Tour
DiS favourites Funeral For A Friend will headline the annual NME Awards tour in January next year. Appearing alongside the Welsh wunderkids will be The Rapture, The Von Bondies and Domino signings Franz Ferdinand.»
Gonzo Tours Barflys
Zane Lowe to take his Gonzo show on the road»
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