In Depth
Spotifriday #74 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
After a break of about a month we are back with the first Spotifriday of the year. It has a distinctly British vs. American flavour, rather arbitrarily including Darren Hayman, White Lies, Pearl Jam, Warpaint, Mogwai and some more bands you should really dig.»
The Insider: In Hype and Hope – where next for the big three?
Whilst XL, Domino, 4AD, Wichita and others put new acts on the map and control the direction and priorities of the new alternative scene, the major labels look distracted and erratic in their signing policy and approach to new acts. Many of the staff realise the game has changed but no one across the big three is really looking as though they know the rules by which to play. For now, to allow the scenes to flourish and to protect itself from further unwise and costly bad investments the sensible major label should focus on catalogue and known artists. It isn’t a panacea but its a way forward for a group of companies that look to be in serious need of new strategies. »
Drowned In Manchester #1
Our first local scene report and guide from our DiSser in Manchester...»
The Great Escape 2008: the DiS review
From the archive... Amazing scenes on the south coast as DiS descends upon the annual beachside fest that is The Great Escape, catching the cream of its crop»
In Photos: NME Awards Tour 2009 @ Sheffield Academy
The NME Awards Tour 2009 (headlined by Glasvegas, also featuring DiS faves Friendly Fires) hit Sheffield last week, and DiS' Photo Ed was down the front snapping away.»
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...»
Eurosonic 2009: the DiS preview
This weekend at Holland's Eurosonic, each national public service broadcaster in Europe will offer up a band that they think will do the business in 2009. There's 250 acts in all and 50,000 Dutch students going nuts in their university town. And DiS will be joining them!»
Mixtape #35: White Lies
We asked the three members of White Lies - guitarist/singer Harry McVeigh, bass player Charles Cave and drummer Jack Brown - to come up with a collective mix tape that gets them through the working day of being in a band. Over to them...»
White Lies loves...
West London trio White Lies, one of 2009's hottest tips, told us about their five favourite things that inspire and to a point, keep them sane, while on tour...»
In Photos: White Lies @ London's Koko
A packed Koko in Camden saw White Lies performing tracks from their upcoming album To Lose My Life (out in January). »
(Untitled)
The Sunday morning acidic hangover is here and so too is the rain but that's as good an excuse as any to delay braving the outdoors and run-down on day two at Reading. In the past few years Saturday at the Festival has established itself as the "i»
Singles Round-up (28/04/08)
London three-piece Factory Floor make noise like pylon cables sizzling in the wet; the sound of taut menace splayed ominously overhead. Read how their Single Of The Week puts the 'spl-' in the rest of the bunch's 'iffy' here»
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