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by Rob Webb
What do Radiohead have in common with Robbie Williams? They both want more control over the use of their music, and are joining the all-new Featured Artists' Coalition to campaign for artists' rights»
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by Luke Slater
Brand spanking new London superclub Matter has announced This Is Not London, a new series of artist curated events beginning on October 3rd and featuring Justice, Simian Mobile Disco and James Murphy and Armand Van Helden»
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by Ashraf Dumile
Eel Pie oddities Mystery Jets are back with another lump of Twenty One for you»
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by Kev Kharas
The largest festival in Norway will not take place this year, with organisers planning to file for bankruptcy amid poor ticket sales»
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by Dom Gourlay
Kate Nash, The Charlatans, Rufus Wainwright and more confirmed for Splendour in Nottingham»
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by Kev Kharas
Seems like print had the jump on us this week, as London megazine Time Out carried the next batch of acts for this year’s Get Loaded before we even knew they existed. Deadlines save lives?»
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by Kev Kharas
The latest acts have been confirmed for this year’s Melt! Festival in Ferropolis, Germany»
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by Kev Kharas
Adele is plotting to assemble a coven of former BRIT School girls for what she says would be “the best band ever”»
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by Kev Kharas
Another trickle of bands have been confirmed for this year’s T in the Park Festival»
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by Kev Kharas
More acts have been confirmed for the first ever Camp Bestival»
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by Kev Kharas
For those of you not following the grand ceremony on TV, here’s a round-up of all the winners from last night’s NME Awards Show»
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by Kev Kharas
The initial details of this year’s Dot to Dot Festival have been released.»
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by Kev Kharas
Florida’s Black Kids aren’t even over here yet, but have extended their forthcoming stay in the UK by over a month after landing support slots with Sons and Daughters and Kate Nash.»
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by Kev Kharas
We got an email recently from men calling themselves Russ and Tom. On closer inspection they turned out to be boys, but funny boys at that. Their show, the spuriously-named ‘Oatmeal TV’, launched last week.»
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by Kev Kharas
Having given the proles the pleasure of trimming down the original list of 32, artists and “music industry types” will chose the winner of Xfm’s New Music Award from a shortlist of ten debut records.»
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by Kev Kharas
DrownedinSound message boarder yes_ has lashed out at pavement, as the war of words between the two continues to escalate.»
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by Kev Kharas
Londonette Kate Nash has claimed that the lyrics to her latest single ‘Mouthwash’ were inspired, in part, by the conflict in Iraq.»
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by Kev Kharas
Chart-topping niceface Kate Nash will flounce about the UK and Ireland next year, in her biggest live shows to date.»
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by Kev Kharas
Ryan Jarman glasses jeering fan as Nash braves London crowd!»
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by Kev Kharas
The top 40 - back to normal. Unshackled from the cuffs that bound it to Rihanna for ten weeks over this strange summer, the weekly chart round-up can now get back to being an increasingly dystopic sound bite on success stories bound only by their brevity.»
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by Kev Kharas
DiS being the dapper, kindly uncle it is, has tickets. For YOU to win. Wan' 'em?»
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by Alex Denney
Kano has has assembled a wacky list of collaborators for his forthcoming new album London Town, including Damon Albarn, Kate Nash and Craig David.»
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by Dom Gourlay
The full line-up for this year's Summer Sundae Weekender Festival has now been confirmed, with The Pigeon Detectives being the final name added to the bill...»
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by Alex Denney
Big news in the single charts this week is Rihanna’s continued refusal to budge off the number one spot – it’s ten weeks and counting now for 'Umbrella', making it the longest-reigning UK chart-topper since Wet Wet Wet moistened the slot for fourteen weeks with 'Love Is All Around' back in 1994.»
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by Alex Denney
Who even presents the chart rundown these days? I don’t envy them their job. This week, the second highest new entry is P Diddy...»
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by Kev Kharas
That was the week that was last week. Guess what? 'Umbrella''s still top.»
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by Mike Diver
Courtesy of the lovely people behind the fortunes of the equally lovely Annuals - that's one of them, pictured - DiS has a lovely pair of tickets to give away to tomorrow's first-ever Bristol leg of the annual Dot To Dot Festival. Lovely...»
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by Mike Diver
Eat your cakes while you can, Kate Nash, because soon you'll be made to work really hard...»
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by Kev Kharas
This Town Needs Guns and Jonquil are to co-headline a string of dates over the next few months, supported by a motley bunch of indie hopefuls.»
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by Mike Diver
The first batch of artists playing this year's two-day Camden Crawl has been officially announced...»
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by Mike Diver
Further acts have been confirmed for this year's The Great Escape weekender, taking place at venues across sunny Brighton from May 17th 'til the 19th of the very same month. Mmm, Brrrriiiiiggghhhttttooon. I went there once, played the arcades. That fella from 80s Matchbox told me I was rubbish for doing so. True story...»
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by Colin Roberts
Well, we're three nights into the DrownedinSound.com affiliated superclub that's causing a stir in many circles, so we thought it time to issue an update.»
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by Mike Diver
Ha! You're wrong. Unless your answer was Paul Epworth. In which case you're correct. Have a biscuit...»