DiS does by:Larm 2013
We travel to Oslo for 2013's by:Larm and see some exceptional things along the way.»
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JoeDiddly has written the following articles:
Lost 12 of 2012: Anna von Hausswolff Ceremony
Over the past few years, DiS has used the annual year-end 'listing season' to highlight a few of our writers' favourite records that, for one reason or another, slipped through the cracks and failed to garner the attention they deserved. In these incre»
Efterklang on the making of Piramida
Efterklang on the making of Piramida...»
Efterklang - Piramida
What is it that could make Piramida Efterklang’s strongest offering yet? The reasons are numerous.»
Barry Andrewsin Disko - Kuka Siellä?
Everything in this fundamentally simple record is done totally without fuss and fanfare. That in itself is not enough to be celebrated, but the end result certainly is.»
Nordic Sounds Q1 2012 ft. Hanne Hukkelberg, Miike Snow, The New Spring
As we are now well into April and past what some mentally unhealthy people may term "Q1", it seems like a pretty good time to take stock of what's been happening in the Nordic countries over the past few months, aside from it being dark and cold. Once more we are not disappointed with the musical wares on offer or, at least, we left the disappointing bits out as it wouldn't befit the tone of this piece. »
Palace Brothers, Palace Music - Palace Re-issues
Long before Bonnie 'Prince' Billy was a 'thing', Will Oldham released records under the names Palace Music, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs and just Palace. Anyone looking to delve further back in time to Oldham's career could do a lot worse than starting with these five re-issues. »
Listen: Stream Shearwater's Animal Joy in full
A week today (February 27) DiS favourites Shearwater released their new record, Animal Joy, through Sub Pop. Now you can listen to it in full, via the SoundCloud player below. Is it as good as the last one? Or even the one before that? You decide. »
Watch: Pulled Apart By Horses 'Wolf Hand' LIVE
We all know Pulled Apart By Horses are one of the most devastating live acts on the planet, so we won't bother mentioning it any more. It should really go without saying. Well we've got a video of them performing live, at their album playback last year. The track is from the album - obviously! - and is 'Wolf Hand' and was performed at the Buffalo Bar in London. Here it is.»
Erased Tapes celebrate fifth anniversary, give away compilation
Some free stuff from one of our favourite labels.»
Listen & Watch: The Shins b-side 'September'
In March The Shins finally return with a new record, Port of Morrow. It's been a long time coming, but you can find out more information about it here. We can't wait. Nor can we wait for their London show on March 22 and 23, afraid we're going to have to though. What concerns us today is a new song. It's the b-side to new single 'Simple Song' and is called 'September' (via Pitchfork).»
Killing Joke to release new record, hear 'Rapture' now
On April 2 2012 Killing Joke will release a new album, their second since the line-up of Jaz, Youth, Geordie and Paul Ferguson re-united, back in 2008. It's called MMXIIand students of classics may note that is "2012" in Roman numerals. »
Girls announce May and June European shows
One of the most un-Googleable bands in the history of bands, Girls, have just announced a very small number of shows in Europe for later in the year. At the moment there's only one date in the UK, but it's at a significantly large venue. I remember seeing them in a small one, how ahead of the curve...»
Efterklang working on a new album, lose a member
The last thing we heard from Danes Efterklang was around the full DVD release of their wonderful music documentary-film-project with Vincent Moon, An Island. The news today is two-fold. The first is that they are now down a member, after Thomas Husmer left the band after a decade.»
BBC 6Music announces tenth anniversary celebration shows
It was not all that long ago that people were fighting to save BBC 6Music from closure. That, of course, turned out rather well and the station is going, with 2012 marking its tenth anniversary. Naturally, when you have a birthday party of anniversary you'll want to celebrate and some of those plans have been unveiled. »
Perfume Genius announces UK tour for May
In a couple of weeks' time (February 20) a new Perfume Genius record is released, through Organs (Turnstile). It's the follow-up to the hugely acclaimed and largely excellent debut, Learning. This one's called Put Your Back N 2 It and now there's a batch of UK and European tour dates in May. »
M.I.A. gives Super Bowl audience middle finger, NBC apologise
Last night the Super Bowl happened. The Giants won, so well done to them. As always, there's a lot of half-time entertainment and this year it was up to people like Madonna and M.I.A. to provide it. Unfortunately - as with Janet Jackson' weird star-shaped nipple a few years ago - there was some "controversy". »
Watch: NSFW video for The Magnetic Fields' 'Andrew In Drag'
Back in December The Magnetic Fields announced the release of a new record, called _Love At The Bottom Of The Sea _ and out on March 5 through Domino. One of the tracks on the album is 'Andrew in Drag' and now there's a video for it, being the first single from the album.»
Watch: New M.I.A. video for 'Bad Girls'
A new track from M.I.A. surfaced earlier this week. Called 'Bad Girls' it's taken from her Vicki Leekx mixtape. Now, as is often the case, there's a video for the single, directed by Romain Gavras (who has worked with her on 'Born Free') and filmed in Morocco. It was premiered over on VICE's new video channel, Noisey but you can also watch it here.»
New Toro Y Moi retrospective box set, download unreleased track now
Chaz Bundick aka Toro Y Moi will release an archival vinyl box set in April. The vinyl will be of the 7" variety, with two tracks on each of the 5 plates. It's going to be released on April 23 and is called June 2009, somewhat confusingly. »
Sunn O))) to tour Europe, UK dates
Let's not beat around the bush here - legendary doom/noise/drone band Sunn O))) have announced a batch of dates in Europe, two of which are in England - London and Manchester. So, have a look for the full details.»
Friday Fun: Time for some James Murphy coffee?
Anyone for a cup of Joe?»
Metronomy's The English Riviera to be released as remix album
Some remixes and that.»
Rufus Wainwright to release Mark Ronson-produced album
Rufus Wainwright and Mark Ronson are two pretty big names in their own right but when put together that perhaps veers a little bit more towards massive. Anyway, that is exactly what they have done and will be releasing a record together later this year, with Rufus doing the musical bits and Mark on the production side of things.»
A Place To Bury Strangers: tour news, video
Following on from the release of their Onwards To The Wall EP (February 6) - which was described as "unmistakeably A Place To Bury Strangers...giving us what we want. - A Place To Bury Strangers have confirmed a batch of shows for Spring this year. There's not a ton of them, but more than enough for people all across this fine land to get to.»
Slow Club set to tour the UK in April/May
Most excellent folk-pop duo Slow Club have announced a fairly extensive set of tour dates for Spring this year. There are 20 in total which can all be seen below, they span England, Scotland but no Wales. »
Cate Le Bon announces new album CYRK
Welsh songstress Cate Le Bon will release her new album on April 30. It's called CYRK and will come out through OVNI (Turnstile).»
Listen: diskJokke - 'Now Dance'
A new track from diskJokke. »
Sweet Billy Pilgrim announce new album, free download
When Sweet Billy Pilgrim were unveiled as Mercury Prize nominees back in 2009 the people who were aware of them may have been surprised and the rest probably thought "who?". But now we know. That record Twice Born Men was quite great. The news now is that there's a follow-up to it, to be released this year. »
DiS meets John Lydon - Part 1: The Man
DiS Does Singles 20.05.13: Paramore, Laura Marling, The Replacements
DiS joins the Music Alliance Pact + May 2013's global MAP compilation
Drowned in Bristol #12
DiS Does Singles 13.05.13: Swim Deep, These New Puritans, The National
Darkstar, Ed Harcourt, Halls, Wall +more for 3 DiS-curated nights at Great Escape 2013
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