The Great Escape 2008: the DiS preview
It’s Thursday! It's time for The Great Escape! Here we present our top ten must-see acts at the seaside festival, including DiS's own awesome line-up»
It’s Thursday! It's time for The Great Escape! Here we present our top ten must-see acts at the seaside festival, including DiS's own awesome line-up»
Cripes! One minute we’re all “Yay Spurs” and loving the Beautiful Game; the next we’re ducking chimney stacks as Britain rocks to some Richter Scale madness. Bonkers. Still, the jolts have stirred DiS into collecting February’s key releases»
The first solo project to emerge from alumni of the on-ice Field Music project, David Brewis’ School Of Language debut Sea From Shore strips his former band’s sound of its instrumental niceties and hacks away at the remains like some kind of demented post-structuralist hairdresser»
DiS is pleased to present no fewer than three gigs for your consideration this week, starting with TONIGHT'S Winter Warmer show headlined by The Mae Shi (pictured), rolling on to Thursday's Wild Beasts-topped bill, and ending with Johnny Foreigner at our once-monthly DiScover Club. Good times, for sure»
Side projects are traditionally a rum old do but this year's changed all that. Here, Alex Denney reasons why having a bit on the side is no longer a guilty pleasure. In his sights: Panda Bear, Grinderman, Von Südenfed, Sunset Rubdown and more»