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Watch: Kaiser Chiefs return with broody-broody-broody new track 'Little Shocks'
Yesterday, BBC Radio1's Zane Lowe premiered the brand new track from Leeds' (Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!), finest peddlers of cheeky indie pop, Kaiser Chiefs. 'Little Shocks' is a different beast to a lot of the Kaisers stuff before it, shuffling somewhere between Maximo Park's bubbling key-throbs and Oasis' guitar snarls. In fact, it sounds a little like the live version of 'Everyday I Love You Less and Less' and perhaps signals a (welcome) departure from their irritating-to-many trademark summer-anthem uh-uh-uhs and oh-ohs »
Watch: Artists plead to save 6Music ft. Bat For Lashes, Kate Nash, British Sea Power + more
As you will have noticed, BBC 6Music has been earmarked for closure by that Strategic Review thing that came out a couple of months ago. Well, there has been plenty of campaigning in the mean time, including several gigs in various places and Adam 'Count Buckules' Buxton challenging (jovially) Director General Mark 'Thommo' Thompson to a fistfight. »
DiScussion: P2P is there a consensus for a solution to the free music 'problem'?
TO BE FINISHED THIS AFTERNOON File-sharing, free music, p2p, mp3 blogs, etc, etc... it's a hugely complex issue and no-one seems to have come up with a solution yet. We've run several pieces over the past week and we'd like to know what you now think and what you suggest that government, music fans, the music business, the media and of course musicians themselves, should be doing about this so-called 'problem'...»
P2P: Kaiser Chiefs have their say
Kaiser Chiefs' Nick Hodgson wades into the great download debate»
Later...later: Bruni, TVOTR, Fleet Foxes, Metallica, Sway for new series of Later
Everyone's favourite boogie-woogie ivory tinkler cum presenter Jools Holland, returns to our screens tonight (16/9) with the latest series of Later...with Jools Holland»
Kaiser Chiefs kill two birds and you can be the fat one
Get your nanananah, rooobehroobehroooobay and ooooooh-woooooh-aaaahh's ready as popular pop band Kaiser Chiefs have a new album in the offing and plan to launch both it and a new venue at the same time. The Leeds lads will be hometown heroes on th»
Kaiser Chiefs reveal return, label indie scene "boring"
Kaiser Chiefs have announced their return, with the Off With Their Heads released on October 13»
Muse and the Verve headlining V Festival, apparently
Word reaches us that Muse and the Verve will headline this year’s brace of V festivals.»
Chart round-up: outlook 'bleak' for obese livestock
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting so fat both its ankles have broken and all the other fowl have begun to peck at its flesh. This goose is miserable, and it’s got a date with your dinner table.»
Kaiser Chiefs to play massive hometown show
Kaiser Chiefs will play their biggest ever show in 2008, scheduling an appearance at Leeds United FC’s Elland Road stadium for next spring.»
David Gest: well scene
Famous cuckold and plasticman David Gest has revealed a penchant for Leeds quintet Kaiser Chiefs.»
Q Awards: it's like DiS community bear-baiting
Q Awards: people win, no-one dies...»
DiS is seven! Happy Birthday to us!
Happy Birthday to DiS, Happy Birthday to DiS... »
Q nominations: new blood?
The nominations for this year's Q awards have been announced.»
Ooooh: first acts confirmed for Electric Proms '07
Kaiser Chiefs and Mark Ronson are the first two artists to confirm their part in this year's Electric Proms.»
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.»
DiS in digest: weekend news round-up...
New! Neu! Nouveau! DiS takes the weekend in outstretched palms, twists it about a bit and re-presents it, origami-like, in front of your eyes.»
DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news stories...
It's been an odd week. With Glastonbury hangovers letting dark clouds encroach over Monday/Tuesday, the music industry newswires ambled back into life towards Wednesday, only to decide it couldn't really be arsed as the weekend approached.»
Kaisers announce arena dates
Obscure drone-metallers Kaiser Chiefs have announced their biggest-ever headline tour with ten dates at arena venues across the UK.»
Hove Festival 2007: final line-up confirmed
The DiS-associated Hove Festival – held in the picturesque surroundings of Tromoy, on the Norwegian coast, from June 26-30 – has confirmed its final, pretty dang good actually line-up...»
Glastonbury line-up leaks
Festival-centric website FestivalNews.co.uk has reported the leaked line-up for this summer's Glastonbury Festival...»
Hove Festival continues to take shape. Continues to look GOOD...
The line-up of Norway’s Hove Festival – one of a handful of DiS-associated events going down this summer, y’all – is taking shape very nicely...»
White Stripes, QOTSA announced for 02 Wireless shows
While musing on why the hell FA Cup Quarter Final replays are being held on a Monday, we also stumbled across the line ups for this year’s 02 Wireless Festival...»
Chart round-up: if it were sausages instead of chips in the 'daddy or chips' thing...
Quick one this week, as I’ve sausages to get home to and Southampton are on the telly at 8...»
Chart round-up: Massive coat? Check. Massive hit? Check!
He’s gone! Rocked from the top of the singles chart by those merry Leeds men, Kaiser Chiefs. Ladies, gentlemen, breathe again: Mika’s infuriatingly rubbish version of a dozen good songs condensed into four minutes of intolerable shite, ‘Grace Kelly’, has slipped from number one. To number two. Which is so much more appropriate, really...»
Chart round-up: Really, who HASN'T heard Eyes Open yet?
Who’d have thought it? A good few weeks in and still ‘Grace Kelly’ is doing it for the people of Britain. Well, for the people of Britain who don’t like music, anyway...»
Chart round-up: Mika in double-penetration shocker!
It’s pop, kids, but not as we like it. And it’s all over the charts like a bowl of cold custard tipped from a tenth-floor window onto the frail frame of a passing OAP. Sticky and yellow and just not proper...»
Kaiser Chief in "music is average" shocker!
Nick Hodgson, drummer with popular northern poppers Kaiser Chiefs, has revealed that the contemporary music scene, which his own band is a part of, is "average" and many of its bands "shit"...»
Kaiser Chiefs sell-out Doncaster. Wow?
Yorkshire tykes Kaiser Chiefs have sold-out a one-off show at Doncaster's Dome venue in, like, some seconds...»
Kaisers spawn Angry Mob
Kaiser Chiefs have named their second album and the tracks featured on it ahead of the record's February release date...»
Long Blondes to support Kaisers on jaunt
So, The Long Blondes have been announced in a supporting role for six of the Kaiser's gigs announced earlier today.»
Kaisers on the march: Comeback tour
Kaiser Chiefs will return to a stage somewhere near you in February, sometime after the death of panto season...»
Oooooooh: New Kaisers album
Kaiser Chiefs have announced the completion of the follow-up to 2005 album Employment, with a release date scheduled for February...»
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...»
Kaiser Chiefs on album two: "We are full of inspiration"
Kaiser Chiefs have apparently polished off their second long-player, currently scheduled for an early-2007 release...»
Kaisers cheesed off over BNP promo video
The British National Party (BNP) has upset northern pop-rockers Kaiser Chiefs after the political party used the band's 'I Predict A Riot' in a promotional video...»
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.»
Kaisers ready second album
Speaking to excitable Radio 1 deej Zane Lowe last weekend, Ricky Wilson wowed all present with the revelation that his Kaisers have nearly finished work on their second album.»
Iceland Airwaves Festival takes shape... with DiS stage
The line-up for this October's Iceland Airwaves Festival, held in Reykjavík from the 18th to the 20th, is shaping up quite wonderfully...»
Kaisers, New Order and Gorillaz win at Ivor Novellos
Gorillaz, Kaiser Chiefs and New Order are among the winners at this year's Ivor Novello Awards...»
Kaiser grief: Wilson hit by car
Ricky Wilson, singer in the Kaiser Chiefs, was struck by a car while crossing a road in his hometown of Leeds, it has been revealed...»
New Kaiser Chiefs tracks leak online
'Learnt My Lesson Well', 'Highroyds' and 'Heat Dies Down' were all premiered at the Kaisers' Glasgow show on April 18th.»
Somerset House warns of hoax tickets
The management team at London's Somerset House (pictured) have warned that online adverts for a series of gigs in the summer are false... »
Kaiser Chiefs, DiS for Iceland Airwaves 2006
Iceland's premier music festival returns in 2006 with the Kaiser Chiefs announced as initial headliners, alongside Wolf Parade, Jenny Wilson and local SXSW heroes Jakobinarina who our scribe T. Judge picked as the highlight of last year's Airwaves.»
Kaisers deny World Cup song involvement
Despite rumours all over the press last weekend to the contrary, the Kaiser Chiefs have said they've no plans to record a song to accompany the England football team's bid for World Cup success this summer...»
Kaisers not bothered about US success
Brit winners Kaiser Chiefs are perfectly content with their domestic success, stating that they're not keen on pushing their wares across the Atlantic a la so many other homegrown talents that have subsequently failed to break the US market...»
Brit Awards 2006 score worst-ever TV ratings
No, we didn't report who won what at this year's Brit Awards, and neither did we get all chest-puffed proud 'cause the Kaisers romped their way to three wee statues (well done guys, seriously), but this is mildly interesting: the television coverage for the Earls Court event scored the lowest-ever viewing figures in its history...»
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...»
2005's biggest sellers: Blunt owns all our arses
Twelve months ago it was so peaceful, so tranquil, daytime radio airwaves. Yes, we had Westlife and their spawn, delivering ballads to mums about the land, but they were easily ignored; also, we had the enduring Robbie, remaining chirpy and cheeky alongside the new batch of made-by-telly stars. Then, suddenly, Blunt.»
Chiefs to top bill at booze-sponsored Irish festival
Leeds' finest success story of 2005, Kaiser Chiefs, are to headline next year's Heineken Green Energy festival in Dublin...»
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...»
Chiefs ready festive DVD
Leeds-based pop-rockers Kaiser Chiefs are to release a DVD just in time for Christmas...»
Q nominations: Oasis storm the shortlists
Oasis are shortlisted for a whopping five nominations at this year's Q Awards. They've made their way into the running for the Best Track, Best Live Act, Best Album, Best Video and Best Act In The World Today gongs...»
Warchild benefit tracklisting revealed
A significantly healthy choice of the UK's finest talent are in studios across the world as we speak/write recording Help: A Day in the Life' for the Warchild charity.»
Kaisers lead Mercury race
Kaiser Chiefs are the favourites to scoop this year's Mercury Music Prize, according to bookies William Hill...»
The Night The Reindeer Died: Bloc Party and Kaisers to get festive?
The Sun has reported that Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs might get it together for a little festive fun this Christmas, recording a seasonal single to rival Sir Cliff...»
I Predict a Re-release
Kaiser Chiefs are to re-relase 'I Predict a Riot' this August as a double A-side with new track 'Sink That Ship'»
Notes from the Overground: UK top 75 Analysed
So, the charts then;»
Band bitchin' - Kaisers et al hit back at Oasis
Some bands what were dissed somewhat by ol' big-maaaf Liam Gallagher in the New Musical Express t'other week 'ave hit back at the band what panned 'em, sayin' all kinds of potty-mouthed shite.»
NME editor wins an award?!
Conor has commented, "I'm flabbergasted but tremendously pleased. This really is a victory for the whole team around NME. The judges mentioned NME's speed of response and that's something you can only achieve by everyone working together." »
Chiefs cover Cribs: Kaisers new single soon
'Every Day I Love You Less And Less' is the next single, with a surprising (sort of) cover version...»
The big stack: Chart round up...
Hello Tuesday. DiS managed to miss our Monday chart bulletin by an hour and then decided it was worth it anyway. Why? Cos there’s like, some interesting activity in the soon-to-be-non-existent charts this week. Or so we think.»
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!»
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.»
Kaiser Chiefs sign up for 'Employment' April tour
Kaiser Chiefs have announced a top of the crops April tour to big up their forthcoming LP 'Employment'.»
Kaisers to play Leeds benefit gig this Friday + States Dates
Indie pop hopes, Kaiser Chiefs are to play a one-off show at Leeds Joseph's Well this Friday, 7th January»
South By South West shapes up
The provisional line up for this year's South By South West festival, which takes place in Austin, Texas in March, features a number of UK acts and one or two surprises.»
Killers to headline NME tour
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Kaiser Chiefs: To Go Top 20?
Kaiser Chiefs, top of the pops?»
Kaiser Chiefs forecast fighting and gigging
Former DiS employees, Kaiser Chiefs, have announced details of their debut single on B-Unique records, as well as a handful of tour dates.»
Kaiser Chiefs: Return from Moscow, Do Barfly Tour
Cheeky northern indie-pop scamps tour...»
Reading/Leeds adds: Kaisers, Distillers, Bad Things, Shins, Oliveri...
Reading and Leeds, or The Carling Weekend, if you're into corp'isms, has announced more bands...»
CHARTSzzz! Wot, no Barenaked Ladies?
DiS Recordings in the Top 75. Oooooh.»
Sheffield Casbah Closes; DiS Tour Date Venue Change
The Casbah is indefinitely postponing all gigs booked from Saturday 1st May.»
Chikinki, Kaiser Chiefs, Koreans: Do DiS Tour
Chikinki, The Koreans and the DiS labels very own Kaiser Chiefs (who won the NME single of the week plaudits last week) hit the road in the name of DiS starting tonight at Metro on Oxford St, London...
Come, discover...»
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