Bestival 2009: The DiS review
Arriving at the fag-end of a summer teeming with gruelling festival weekends, Bestival has enough gusto and idiosyncrasy to more than stand up for itself.»
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V Festival 2009: The DiS Review
V Festival - or the Virgin Media Festival to give it its correct title - may be the least favoured of its kind as far as music connoisseurs are concerned. A quick flick through the line-up doesn't exactly set pulses racing, as bland non-entities like The Script and Paolo Nutini rub shoulders with has-beens whose sell-by date expired over a decade ago (Ocean Colour Scene, Happy Mondays). However, cast all snobbery to one side for two days and delve a little deeper into the mixing pot and there are actually several gems to be found along with moments of real inspiration here. »
The Insider: How To Get Your Band Tipped
The first in a new series of articles penned by those in the know about the industry issues of the day. Meet The Insider...»
Reading/Leeds '08: What Our Writers Thought
Another year, another big weekend at Reading and Leeds festival. DiS sent along some of our finest scribes and asked them to scribble about their five favourites of the weekend. Here's what we got back from them»
Reading/Leeds: what the photographers snapped
Camera-phone let you down again? Don't fret, DiS was right down the front, in the pit in front of the pit, snapping these fine photos all weekend.»
Mixtape #11: Gabriella Cilmi
Aussie teenager Gabriella Cilmi, fresh from playing Glastonbury, takes DiS through ten of her favourite songs, including the likes of Muse and MGMT»
Hove Festival 2008: DiS diary, day two
It's day two at Hove Festival, and DiS brings word of Stars: the Canadians will never play Norway again, as too many people are having sex»
Singles Round-up (23/06/08)
So their latest album wasn't all that - doesn't mean Weezer have forgotten how to write superb singles, as 'Pork And Beans' is our Single of the Week»
Primavera Sound 2008: DiS diary, day one
DiS lands in Barcelona just in time to check in before joining the longest press-pass queue we've seen since... last year's Primavera Sound festival, actually»
In photos: South By Southwest 2008
DiS went to South By Southwest 2008 and all we got were these photographs... and these words... and no sun burn this time... mercifully»
Electric feelers out: MGMT mysticise the UK
Brooklyn's MGMT have prepped for the release of their debut album by winning over UK crowds with a series of stunning sets and a neat slot on Jools Holland. With Oracular Spectacular on the horizon, DiS discovers what's what with their 'mystic bullsh*t'»
Singles Round-up (03/03/2008)
DrownedinSound's first singles round-up finds Anthony Hegarty flailing in Hercules & Love Affair's subdued leftfield house, dancing away his troubles like a bloated Gloria Estafan having forgotten her Fluoxetine. In a good way, though»
Oracular Spectacular
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