Glastonbury 40th Anniversary line-up coming together - who's on your wishlist?
Michael Eavis says he already has some big names lined up for next year's 40th Anniversary festival.»
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June 28th, 2009
June 26th, 2009
Spotifriday #9 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist
Each week DiS uses Spotify to make a something-like a magazine cover mounted mixtape for our content. Here's some of what was on DiS this week, as a playlist, with plenty of links to the content.»
Video Drowned-Up: The Mars Volta, Micachu & Speech Debelle, Lord Cut Glass, Lily Allen and more...
Your June instalment of the seemingly now monthly Video Drowned-Up brings you all sorts of wonderful artistic pieces. Think of the ones that didn't make it in!* »
June 25th, 2009
Banhart readies as yet untitled sixth studio album
Beardy-weirdy freak-folkist Devendra Banhart has finished work on a new album, his sixth studio album.»
Win! A pair of tickets to End Of The Road
OK. Most of you know the deal by now. We run competition, you have to answer a question, winner gets picked at random. Etc. This time we're giving away a pair of tickets to End Of The Road. It's a while away yet but if you get your tickets you won't need to worry about it...»
Listen: Lovvers - 'AXTXTXIXUXDE'
What the fuck is with bands these days? If they're not adding extra letters to their names (see also Wavves), then they're releasing unpronouncable records. Seriously. I think this one is probably pronounced _"a-ti-tewd".»
June 24th, 2009
Beastie Boys reveal Hot Sauce Committee details
The Beastie Boys, seemingly not content with re-issuing and remastering everything they've ever done ever, are readying their eighth studio album, and their first fully-rap release since 2004's To The 5 Boroughs which now rather seems like a lifetime away.»
Rumours true: Sunny Day Real Estate reform and tour
After literally years of speculation and rumours, Sunny Day Real Estate have 'done a Get Up Kids' and announced their reformation as well as plotting a tour.»
Glastonbury last minute news round up
A round-up of Glastonbury related news... »
June 22nd, 2009
Music industry lives! Gorbachev's debut bought for £100k
Baldy Soviet type Mikhail Gorbachev's debut album has been bought at an auction for £100,000, The Guardian reports.»
Icelandic national radio selects 100 best homegrown LPs, but is it Björk?
Yes, rejoice fans of Iceland and music from the isolated island nation. Icelandic national radio have selected their 100 best Icelandic records, and the results are in.»
Band On Tehran: Iranian rockers speak out against Ahmadi
An Iranian rock group based in America has spoken out against the "oppressive government" of Iran, and the presidency and "re-election" of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.»
June 19th, 2009
ATP to celebrate 10 years with December weekend ft. Mudhoney, Shellac, Melvins and MORE...
Hands up if you were expecting this. No, thought not. Us either. Purveyors of fantastic musical events ATP are going to celebrate their tenth birthday with a special weekend in December - in addition to the Nightmare Before Christmas. It's a a look back »
June 18th, 2009
Speech Debelle and more for Beeb's Glasto Introducing stage
Regardless, this week is a Glasto preview on DiS, and the BBC have just announced their Introducing line-up for the festival, to be played on the Park Stage.»
Battles' Braxton to unleash more solo work on world this September
Tyondai Braxton, he of Mathletic prodigies and now car-commerical-soundtracking Battles, has been working very hard recently. The reason: he's got an album, and it's going to be released in the UK on September 14, though Warp. That's one day before it's released in the US, as it happens. SUCKERS!»
Hole are back! But not in the way you or anyone else would like!
Some time around 2004, DiS got mildly excited when Courtney Love released her first single as a solo artist. Many would disagree, but 'Mono' was something of a choon, and hopes were medium high that parent album America's Sweetheart would be as fine an ou»
Watch: Wild Beasts - 'Hooting & Howling'
Visual goodies for your eyes once more. This time it's those pesky Wild Beasts with their new single, 'Hooting & Howling', which is released on July 20 through Domino.»
June 17th, 2009
Four String Fun: Squarepusher live album deets revealed
Squarepusher has together a live album of his mesmerising plinky-plonky and poppy-slappy solo bass work, entitled Solo Electric Bass 1. It will be released on August 17 through Warp, who else?»
Maximo Park 'do a Pixies' and let fans decide Glasto set
Power to the people. Democracy is well and truly in the air. Not only are big things happening in the cities of Tehran and Esfahan in Iran, the Pixies marched through the crowd at their London gig on Monday, asking people for requests. North Easterners »
Win! Tickets to Belgium's Dour Festival
It's Festival Season. Officially! That means only one thing! Plenty of competitions to win tickets for some cool music festivals! We've done a couple already! Here's another one! This time it's for Belgium's Dour Festival! Neato!»
Macca's 'Meat Free Mondays' beefed up by Hindu support
Sir Paul McCartney's campaign to fight 'climate change' by asking people to forgo meat one day a week has received the backing of an acclaimed Hindu statesman.»
June 16th, 2009
Dirty Projectors tour Europe, play three UK dates
Crooklyn's own Dirty Projectors have become the latest in a very long line of good bands to head over to us to play some shows.»
Watch: Video for D.M. Stith's 'BMB'
We love D.M Stith. We so do. We love his fantastically weird, warbly and almost spiritual folk. Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes is also of this opinion. So much so that she's asked David Michael to support her at the upcoming Somerset House gig, on July 16.»
Listen: Free track from Anti-Pop Consortium's comeback, Fluorescent Black
Yus! Those hippety-hoppers Anti-Pop Consortium have a new album out soon. Y'could almost call it a comeback album, what with it being their first record since they split up, way back in 2002. Seven long years.»
Pixies play London gig! Seem to be having fun!
Though the horribly ungrateful wannabe hipster part of DiS’s brain was annoyed to note that a leisurely early afternoon train to Brixton and some suspiciously fortuitous scheduling would have allowed us to see Blur’s Rough Trade gig first, it was with»
The Cribs name new BNP inspired record
Yorkshire rock 'n' rock 'n' roll four-members, three faces band The Cribs have named their new album. Its title: Ignore The Ignorant.»
June 15th, 2009
Lugs Will Tear Us Apart: Deaf choir sign Joy Division
In a truly "WTF, is this art?" moment, a new project slash installation sees a deaf choir signing a Joy Division song. Yeah, it seems pretty ambitious...»
Warhol show gets UK Premiere, liked by Lou Reed
Sing a song for Warhol a pocket full of...paint? No. Far from claims of London bias, the UK premiere of 13 Most Beautiful...Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Tests is happening in Scotland. Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall, to be precise, on July 8.»
Secret Blur gig happening in London tonight! Somewhere! Probably!
Ah, Twitter, how did we come up with wishy washy gossip without you? Er, anyway, this morning Graham Coxon (or @GrahamCoxon as he is known in nerd land) quoth this: mornin all! "midlife..." is out today and to celebrate we're gonna play >some songs»
June 12th, 2009
M.Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Jim James to release album as Monsters Of Folk
Yes, the rumours are TRUE. M.Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Jim James have all clubbed together to make an album. Their band: Monsters Of Folk, their album: Monsters Of Folk. Like Monsters of Rock y'see, but replacing one genre for another. The aweso»
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