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In Photos: Pukkelpop 2009 - Day One

Pictures from the first day of Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium - including Deftones, Faith No More, My Bloody Valentine, and more.»

T In The Park: The (slightly delayed) DiS review

In Depth by Simon Jay Catling

What with being a bunch of self-absorbed Sassenachs and the press pass being organised a bit last minute, we didn't get around to running Simon Jay Catling's review of T In The Park in any sort of timeframe likely to make anybody involved look professional. Sorry Simon! Sorry Scotland! Please don't hurt us.»

Glastonbury Diary 2009: Thursday

In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski

The morning commences with a light spot of rain, a mild grumble that the Guardian’s Guide includes no details of today’s bill (we’re continually a bit vague on what the exact legal status of this is – info about Thursday is remarkably hard to come by, to the extent we wonder if there’s something weird with the license), and a last connection to the internet on phone before monstrous veil of static descends (conspiracy theory #1 – festival sponsors Orange were SABOTAGING O2), which reveals the horrible news that Steven Wells has died. The first of several weird shocks this weekend, though sadly one of the more overlooked ones.»

In Photos: Glastonbury 2009 - Day 1

In Depth by Gary Wolstenholme

A selection of Glastonbury photos from Day 1 of Thursday 25th June 2009 featuring mud, Maximo Park, Metronomy, Ebony Bones and Kap Bambino. »

Glastonbury 2009: DiS briefly shuts up, bands have their say

In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski

As you're doubtless getting bored/angry with the reams of subjective blather DiS has been throwing up over the UK's flagship festival, our mini Glastonbury preview week today hands the metaphorical mic to a selection of people who, er, know how to use a real one. All performing at the festival this year, Maximo Park's Paul Smith, Fucked Up's Damian Abraham, Emmy The Great and Broken Records' Ian Turnbull have all gallantly turned their little grey cells to pondering the meaning of the modern Glastonbury Festival.»

What to see at Glastonbury: a rough and biased guide

In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski

Here’s a rough, rumour-soused guide offering some vague thoughts on what to do with your Glasto ’09 – please post tips, ideas, rumours and alternate suggestions below.»

In Photos: Maxïmo Park @ Brixton Academy

In Depth by Gary Wolstenholme

DiSsection: Maximo Park Quicken The Heart track-by-track

In Depth by Sean Adams

Here's Paul Smith to talk you through Maximo Park's forthcoming album Quicken The Heart. He reveals quite a few clues to what you can expect when its released on May 11th via Warp Records.»

SummerSonic 2007: the DiS review

In Depth by Mark Butterworth

DiS heads to Japan for the SummerSonic Festival: Pole dancers, a beach, roughly half-a-billion staffed recycling stations, strict one-way pedestrian systems, pens to house pesky smokers, a Paul Smith boutique and an army of staff clad in bright pink Paul Smith uniforms. Welcome to festival-going, Japanese style...»

glastonbury lead image by Richard Poulton

Glastonbury '07: three DiSsers, some booze and hella mud...

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

It serves them right to suffer. While some of us sat scratching our arses from the comfort of our living rooms, occasionally pushing the red button to keep Jo Whiley at bay, some idiots actually went to Glastonbury. But we're not bitter. No. It would have been nice to have an invite, but that's all history now. Here, DiS’s Ben Patashnik, Joshua Cole and Georgina Terry attempt to fashion coherent narratives from their weekends of mud-soaked madness…»

Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

Don’t want to read everything? Fair enough. In short, Primavera Sound ‘07 featured sun, sea, and almost no sand at all. There was some grass, and concrete, and a number of stages. Bands and DJs performed on them, and DiS danced. Yes, yes we did. And we didn’t get sunburned...»

Maximo Park on their Earthly Pleasures

In Depth by Mike Diver

Maximo Park are all smiles. They’ve been at it for two hours, at least, but they’re far from out-questioned just yet. We’re all here because of one thing: Our Earthly Pleasures, the band’s second album, due for release in early April. The album, produced by the revered Gil Norton, is preceded by a single, ‘Our Velocity’, on March 19. Says singer Paul Smith: "Y’know, I like Billy Joel, and that's the bottom line..."»

Our 66, the slight return: bands (etc) list their favourites

In Depth by Raziq Rauf

Here's the last little tidbit tangent to DiS's favourite 66 albums of the past six years, Our 66. Here, we present to you a selection of personal top sixes (of the last six years) from an assortment of musicians and label folk, starring Alan McGee, Sparklehorse, Howling Bells, Kaiser Chiefs and more...»

Maximo Park: ï¿½Weï¿½ve always seen ourselves as outsiders.ï¿½

In Depth by Dom Gourlay

Whatever your take on Maximo Park, thereï¿½s no disputing that the last 12 months have been the sort of stuff dreams are made of. With a platinum selling, Mercury nominated debut long player and a clutch of Top 20 singles under their belts, not to mention a relentless spate of sold out shows, one could be forgiven for thinking Maximo Park had overcome their biggest challenge to date.»

maximo park live at t in the park sonia melot

UPDATED: Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds - Preview

In Depth by Colin Roberts

So, you've looked out of the window this afternoon and seen the doom and gloom pouring from the sky and decided that the office isn't actually that bad after all... Well, how about we remind the lucky ticketholders what's to come this weekend by giving you a selection of hot new bands to check out and some old faves for the Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds festivals.»

"As far as we are concerned, there's only good music and bad music"

In Depth by Gareth Dobson

Newcastle jilt-pop sensations, Maximo Park, offer up words of wisdom on matters of embracing the environment you're in and Jesus Christ's slimline figure. Go read...»