Spotifriday #21 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content-related Spotify playlist, featuring Wavves, Jamie T, Copy Haho, Biffy Clyro, Atlas Sound, Sufjan Stevens, Rolo Tomassi, Eels and many more.»
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Close to P4K-tion: DiS does the Pitchfork Music Festival
While it'll probably be nigh on time for the Apocalypse before consensus has finally been reached on whether Pitchfork represents the apotheosis of music journalism or everything wrong with everything, there's no denying that Ryan Schreiber and cohorts st»
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 2008: what the bands thought
As well as watching bands at Reading and Leeds Festival this year, we spoke to some of our favourites too. Here's what Blood Red Shoes, Future Of The Left, Holy Fuck and Yeasayer had to say for themselves.»
T In The Park Diary Part 2: Sunday 13 July
Tarnished by a brutal campsite attack, the final day of T In The Park has the potential to go belly up. Thankfully, a stellar line-up makes for a fitting curtain closer to a triumphant weekend of music»
Father's Day buyers guide: five records for the (old) man in your life
It's Father's Day on Sunday. You're wondering what record to buy pops. Coldplay's latest? Try harder. DiS offers some pointers. Do suggest yours»
In Photos: Nasty Fest IX
Ay-tee-what? No. The North = better, as proved by this year's DiS-sponsored Nasty Fest in Leeds featuring No Age, Yeasayer, Monotonix and more»
DiS Festival Diary: My first-ever ATP
DiS's ATP virgin Luke Slater heads to Camber for the first of two May weekenders, taking in Bon Iver, Sebadoh and the glee of Los Campesinos!»
Singles Round-up (17/03/08)
It's a week of big-name releases - Panic At The Disco, Moby, Utah Saints - but DiS is most impressed by a talented newcomer from Ipswich who's mates with Hot Chip's Joe Goddard. Dels' 'Lazy' is our Single of the Week»
Yeasayer: from nothing to somewhere, quick sharp
This time last year, Brooklyn four-piece Yeasayer were looking for a label and distributor to put out their soon-to-be finished debut record. Now they're one of 2008's most-tipped acts. DiS charts the band's progress and sees what's next»
The Weekly DiScussion: festival fever's early stages
That’s them, lurking, cluttering the horizon line, destroying your credit limit: festivals, assembling line-ups to die for, and just as many to run a mile from. This summer’s one weekend of sunshine will have a pre-determined soundtrack, folks. DiScuss it here»
It's great in 2008, yeah: DiS's Next-Stepper picks
Yesterday we ran through our picks to break through at a low-ish level in 2008, to tickle the fancy of those with taste. Here, we’re upping the commercial ante: these acts are in with a shout of crossing over – brighter tomorrows, bolder ambitions, bigger budgets. Next-Steppers we are calling them»
A Month, or two, In Records: November 2007
Time got away from DiS somewhat last month, what with this thing called a 're-launch', so this month we take a look back not only at November's best albums, but also our top ten picks from October. After all, those vouchers from nan aren't gonna spend themselves come Boxing Day»
DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!
With Christmas now peeking over the horizon, DiS invites its readers to vote for your top ten of 2007, from our editorially selected shortlist of 50. Choose five of your favourites here. Voting, it will close this Friday, December 7, with the results running December 14»
The Two Weeks That Was: a fortnight with the new DiS
Two weeks of the new, improved DiS done and dusted. We'd like to thank you for your patience, and invite you to reacquaint yourselves with the staggering diversity of content that we've run this past fortnight»
The Weekly DiScussion: cold comfort songs
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»
DiScover: Yeasayer
Chris Keating, Anand Wilder, Ira Wolf Tuton and Luke Fasano are Yeasayer, musicians out of time in a modernity obsessed with the now over the next. From Brooklyn the four-piece come, clutching copies of their debut album All Hour Cymbals»
New feature: weekly DiScover Diary
Each week, the DiScover Diary will outline some choice gigs up and down the country, highlighting some excellent up-and-coming acts across the nation’s varied stages, and focus on one band in particular who are both on tour and on the DiS stereo rather a lot of late...»
Reading/Leeds: what the bands thought
Blood Red Shoes Steven Ansell (drums) Did you enjoy your set today? I did, actually, I enjoyed it more than yesterday. Yesterday we made mistakes after we'd really been building it up, saying 'it's going to be amazing'. We're always hard on ourselv»
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