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Festival News Round-Up #11
A slightly more curtailed Festival News round-up this week mainly because a) an awful lot has already been announced, this limiting the prospects of space for further announcements and b) some of these festivals have already happened. »
Clinic, Johnny Foreigner and Sky Larkin for DiS' 2 Poor 2 Pitch Weekender
DiS done got our own little festival! Yes sir, between Friday 4th June and Sunday 6th we'll be taking over our favourite Sheffield establishment The Harley for an entire weekend of live music - curated in partnership with the venue - and we're absolutely delighted to announce who and what we've got in store for you.»
Bergenfest 2010: The DiS review
What do you know about Norway other than the price of beer is around three times the annual GDP of Togo? Well, it's cold in the winter, but the people are warm all year round. That it won last year's Eurovision Song Contest. Harald Hardrada and all that. »
Fat Cat Records' Brighton guide for The Great Escape
Brighton is quite a small place, really. You won’t need to get a bus to anywhere, or a taxi… unless you’re hammered. Here are a few places you need to know about during the Great Escape weekend. Bookmark this page in your i-phone* and impress your f»
Live at Leeds: The DiS Review
Last Saturday delivered the busiest day in the Leeds musical calendar, with the venue crawl that is Live at Leeds giving us a whopping 170 bands to choose from.»
Local Knowledge: Blood Red Shoes' Brighton City Guide
Ahead of their hometown headline show on the DiS stage at the Great Escape, DiS asked Steven from Blood Red Shoes to share his local knowledge and suggest some places to visit during the weekend's festivities. »
Mixtape Monday: 10 new acts to catch at The Great Escape
So, the Great Escape starts on Thursday and features several hundred bands to watch across the three days of festivities. Yesterday, we provided you with this Spotify playlist but obviously the brand new bands who've not released anything yet aren't really up on Spotify. »
Play This: Great Escape Festival 2010 as a Spotify playlist
Welcome to Great Escape week on DiS... with The Great Escape 2010 only a few days away, here's our Spotify playlist to help you pick who to see (or avoid). Oh, and we should point out, there's plenty more Great Escape coverage coming up this week, including Blood Red Shoes and Fat Cat Records' guides to Brighton, our suggested schedule and more... »
Festival News Round-Up #10
More. More. More.»
Festival News Round-Up #9
A rough amalgamation of the festival line-up additions from the past seven days or thereabouts.»
Bloc Weekender, Butlins, Minehead, 12-14 March
I want to effect a turn of phrase that gets across exactly how wonderful the Bloc Weekender is. Once again, the three-day jaunt sold out its 5,000-ticket allocation, but if you didn’t go, you NEED to know why you missed out.»
by: Larm ‘10 Festival Review
With temperatures diving to -19°C, constant snowfall and prohibitive alcohol prices, this wasn’t the most welcoming of settings for by:Larm 2010, Scandinavia’s premiere music showcase. Nevertheless, this was a small price to pay for a large injection of emerging local talent that took part in this exceptionally well-organised event held in the Norwegian capital. DiS froze along with the rest of the unaccustomed international delegates, dragged itself around the 28 scattered venues in difficult weather conditions in order separate the wheat from the chaff and bring you the five hottest tips from this year’s festival. »
Brainwash: The DiS review
Leeds's Charity Festival Brainwash enters its fourth year in 2009. We sent along William Grant to check out proceedings.»
Swn 2009: The DiS Review
I lived in Cardiff for five years and I love the place. Swn, to me, encapsulates the best of what it has to offer: an independent spirit, a sense of immense self-belief, and a determination to get things done.»
In Photos: Swn Festival Day One
A selection of our snaps from Day One of Cardiff's Swn Festival.»
Iceland Airwaves: The DiS review
Madness. This is what you’re in for here at Iceland Airwaves, which has become a yearly pilgrimage for many music enthusiasts, press and industry. Once you’ve been, the chances are that sooner or later you’ll be coming back. Late-night mash-ups, hip crowd, a cryptic language and most importantly an overdose of pretty damn good local and international bands. My recollections are scarce and a crushing hangover is imminent… »
"More bands should split up" - Brett Anderson opens up to DiS about the return of Suede
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