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Mixtape #9: Gareth Los Campesinos!

We at DiS have a gooey spot in our cold hearts for indie-popsters Los Campesinos!. Here, singer Gareth selects us some top-quality listening»

The Weekly DiScussion: bad cover versions

In Depth by Alex Denney

Klaxons' appearance with Rihanna at this year's BRIT Awards could have gone either way, so in the spirit of things DiS gives the not-rave trio advice on how to negotiate the pop covers minefield. Cough The Manics cough»

The Weekly DiScussion: cold comfort songs

In Depth by Mike Diver

This week's DiScussion – if the title isn't too much of a giveaway – focuses on songs to while away off-sick-with-a-cold time. After all, something has to fill the space ‘tween Neighbours and Neighbours»

The Tuesday DiScussion: DiS's album picks for autumn

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Autumn is, traditionally, something of a busy time for the industry: record labels race to release albums that, if delayed and distributed to stores in November or December, would almost certainly be consumed by the flood of best-of compilations and cash-in festive compact-discs filling shelves in the run-up to Christmas. Evidence of this is sat right in front of each office-based DiSser: mountains of records, far too many to ever get through completely, are piled here, there, everywhere...»