There is a lot of music in this round-up, partly because I haven't done one for a while, but mostly because there is a lot of great music around at the minute (IMHO, etc). This column is basically a round-up of the best of my inbox and social media feeds... »
As per previous columns, this is a collection of the best bits that have tumbled into DiS' inbox this week, plus a few things that I spotted spurting out of the waterfall that is my social media streams. For the sake of laziness, some press releases will be copy-pasted, and for the sake of saving your time (YOLO, etc) the commentary will have a brevity pithiness that I hope screams "we let the music do the talking"»
A nine-date tour for later in the year. »
DiS' first monthly round-up of the headlines by the brilliant TwentyFourBit blog.»
Earlier this week the news broke that Patrick Wolf was to return with a new single in December entitled 'Time Of My Life'. The good news today is that you can now not only HEAR this very track but also watch the video for it. It's a pretty low-budget affair and Patrick doesn't actually appear in it, nor does anybody else but, y'know, the song promises much for the full album.»
Plenty of people seemed fairly repelled by Patrick Wolf's "new" direction, which he took for last year's The Bachelor. Surprising. We actually quite liked it. The news now is that he's returning with a brand new single later in the year, in December to be precise (via FactMag).»
BBC 6Music kindly let Drowned in Sound takeover the nations airwaves last night, for a special two hour 6mix(tape) featuring some of DiS founder Sean Adams’ highlights of the past 10 years. »
DJ Produce duo Buffetlibre have announced yet more names for their Amnesty International supported compilation, entitled Peace, which now features over 50 artists from across the world including, of course, the UK.»
Ho ho ho, another round up on which to end the year. This time, though, instead of just WORDS and occasional pictures, we have moving images, videos for singles released this year, and it is our aim to present here the best NINE videos of 2009.»
Femme-popster and voice of a broken generation Lily Allen has entered a ferocious war of words with indie darlings of the world over Radiohead, over the damage caused by ILLEGAL file sharing to the music industry. Except it's not really been that ferocious, nor has it been a war of words (via NME.com).»
Today is your last chance to vote in the Neptune Music Prize.»
After your rampant enthusiasm last year for DiS ' Pluto Prize (our reader voted alternative to the Mercury Music Prize) we're doing it all over again for 2009 with a new name: The Neptune Music Prize. DiS' award highlights 12 out of this world albums that we felt missed the Mercury cut go head to head for the alternative title of best album of 2009.»
Patrick Wolf has just announced a show at the London Palladium for this November. And guess what? Whoopi Goldberg was his inspiration for the choice of venue. »
Fans of fiddling genius Patrick Wolf who invested in his new album, The Bachelor will see a portion of the albums profits, after the £100,000 target required was met reports BBC 6 Music.»
A selection of video tasties from the last few days and weeks for you. Thankfully none of them involve F.C. Barcelona or North Korean rockets, though the Pendulum one may have you yearning for destruction on an unprecedented scale.»
This week has been a frustrating one for Spotify users. Playlists have been playing up and Adam from Spotify has been putting on his best radio voice for us all. Everyone loves music though, so here's our fourth gift to you in the form of a playlist - taking in the highlights of the last week in terms of content and the odd board thread...»
Plenty of beastly delights have been added to the line-up for 2009's Latitude Festival. Patrick Wolf, The Airborne Toxic Event, Wild Beasts, Bombay Bicycle Club and Casiokids among the most 'DiS friendly' of them.»
Here's a selection of videos that have bought light into our dull March days, and hopefully will do the same for you.»
This year's Dot To Dot lineup is looking even sweeter than usual, with a slew of recent DiS-approved confirmations.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
It's like the real Newsround, only very different and about music. Without further ado, then, here's DiS' third and final summary before Christmas of what's hot in the world of bands and stuff»
Dis' favourite multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wolf reveals plans to release a double album.»
This year’s Redfest has bailed from the summer calendar after poor ticket sales, joining Quart, Blissfields, Wax:On Live and others on the scrap-heap»
Patrick Wolf has been announced as the headliner for this year’s Redfest»
Patrick Wolf posted a MySpace bulletin towards the end of last week, in which, we think, he talked about plans for his new album»
Win tickets to Patrick Woldf's second Christmas spectacular at Shepherds Bush Empire in London this Friday (21 Dec)»
Lightspeed Champion has announced a grand tour to welcome in the new year.»
Gathering late to ‘toast’ last year’s Plague Songs compilation, a selection of artists will appear live at the Barbican in London this Sunday (28 Oct).»
Song lark Patrick Wolf will head out on a solo tour of the UK in November.»
DiS - hello, that's us! - has a couple of pairs of tickets to give away for this Friday's Underage Festival in London, held at the city's Victoria Park, E9...»
Patrick Wolf has posted a cryptic message online revealing details of his fourth album, due for release sometime next year.»
Patrick Wolf's next album will see him broach more political subject matter.»
The line-up for the Carling Stage at this summer's Reading and Leeds festivals has been announced, and some of it has made DiS go all wobbly at the knees. That said, we're thinking that might have more to do with the almost complete lack of sleep we had last night...»
The Young Knives and Blood Red Shoes are among fifteen brand spanking new acts that have been announced to play the Electric Gardens Festival in Kent this summer.
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Patrick Wolf is to retire... from live performances...»
Last week’s number one by The Proclaimers slips to number four, while the next new entry is at 14. And who is it? Welcome back, Gareth Gates! We’ve missed you, and your new song doesn’t sound like ‘No Surprises’ at all. No. ‘Changes’ is absolutely its own thing, a fully original comeback single. Yes...»
Jarvis Cocker and Patrick Wolf are among four acts freshly confirmed for this year's Latitude Festival.»
Quick one this week, as I’ve sausages to get home to and Southampton are on the telly at 8...»
Patrick Wolf is set to release the title track from the highly anticipated new album The Magic Position as his next single. The album is out February 26th...»
Here are what we think are the top ten most newsworthy news stories of the week. Enjoy this, the weekend starts here. Unless you're a football steward or you work in a bar. Salut!»
Arcade Fire's sold-out March tour of the UK and Ireland has just got even better, with Patrick Wolf being confirmed as support for all UK dates and Electrelane pitching in at the London shows...»
Wandering minstrel Patrick Wolf wanders over to Koko in January to perform LIVE! for Channel 4's Album Chart Show...»
Patrick Wolf will be putting out his next single, 'Bluebells', on New Year's Day, 2007...»
Patrick Wolf will tour next year in support of his third album The Magic Position, due for release on the 5th February.»
Cult singer/songwriter Patrick Wolf has released a statement to mark the completion of his much-anticipated third album, entitled The Magic Position, to be released later this year on Loog...»
Patrick Wolf is going to the theatre and if you were unlucky in missing out on tickets, allow DiS to help you somewhat...»
Patrick Wolf has at last signed a deal for his much anticipated third album.»
Following an awful lot of gossip in recent weeks, Patrick Wolf has released a statement through his PR company explaining the details of his arrest and subsequent bail last year...»
Just a little reminder for all of you that the most compelling solo artist to have emerged this year, Patrick Wolf, is doing a tour, starting like, today.»
Hurrah! 2005 line-up news...»
Inspired wunderkind Patrick Wolf is to tour in support of his critically acclaimed Wind In The Wires album this March, followed by a European tour this April.»
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