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Listen: Download new Nicolas Jaar track 'Don't Break My Love'

News by Luke Slater

Today at pretty much approximately NOW, Nicolas Jaar releases a new single, called 'Don't Break My Love'. The good news is that it's absolutely free to download and, although you can't do so from here, you can very much do it from Cloud and Sunset, which »

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Listen: Stream Cass McCombs' new album, Humor Risk

News by Luke Slater

Stream the whole of Humor Risk.»

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Watch: Vessels launch interactive video

News by Luke Slater

Vessels have produced a couple of cracking videos in the past, but their new one is slightly different. Different in that it's interactive. It was just produced by Studio Murmur and has been directed by Tim Harrison and Ian Pons Jewell. »

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Listen: DOOM, Jonny Greenwood + Thom Yorke track 'Retarded Fren'

News by Luke Slater

To mark the tenth anniversary of Lex Records, Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have collaborated on a track with mystical MC DOOM, who was previously known as MF DOOM and many other things. The track is called 'Retarded Fren' and can be streamed»

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The Antlers to release new EP in November

News by Luke Slater

It'll be no great surprise if The Antlers' Burst Apart features quite highly in our end of year list. Although we do like to keep you guessing, so nothing is a dead cert around these parts. Still, it's a great record. And good news follows in the announce»

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Listen: Download Taragana Pyjarama remix of When Saints Go Machine's 'Parix'

News by Luke Slater

Danish lot When Saints Go Machine released the stunning Konkylie earlier this year (read our review here) and on November 14 they will release a single from the record, 'Parix'. Obviously you'll have to pay for that, but if you want a slice of free 'Parix' then you're in luck today as the band have a reworking by fellow Dane Taragana Pyjarama up for downloading.»

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New Gonjasufi mini-album out in January

News by Luke Slater

As you may have noticed during the past week or so, it's around this time of year where things get a bit busy for albums being released in the early part of 2012. There has been literally tens. Anyway, the next in line to announce a mini-album is Gonjasufi, whose new project is released on January 23 next year.»

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Cloud Nothings confirm new album release, download track

News by Luke Slater

Wichita-signed Cloud Nothings will follow up the success of 2011's self-titled record with another one in 2012. It's called Attack On Memory and will be released on February 6 through Wichita Recordings once more. As is usually the way with album releases, you can stream and download a track from the album right away.»

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Listen: New EMA track 'Angelo'

News by Luke Slater

There's been a lot of EMA love from these quarters over the past year or so and today is going to be no exception. She releases her new single, 'Marked', digitally today and the b-side is a new track, one called 'Angelo'. You can stream it here. »

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Barbican announces Spring Contemporary Music Programme

News by Luke Slater

We're used to The Barbican providing plenty of musical greatness over the years and months, especially in recent times. It's with great delight, then, that we bring you the news of their Spring Season of Contemporary Music. Have a peek here for a round-up of what's going on in Spring 2012 at the great London institution.»

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Watch: St Vincent's 4AD session

News by Luke Slater

Earlier this year record label 4AD released a vinyl and digital compilation of their "sessions", which have been going on for quite a while now. I have held the physical product in my hands and it is wondrous. This doesn't signify their end, though, and t»

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Listen: Download Ghosting Season remix of Cloud Control's 'Death Cloud'

News by Luke Slater

As you know, we're big fans of Ghosting Season at DiS. That much would be obvious. They, and in their guise as worriedaboutsatan, have done some super remixes in the last year or so, and this time it's the turn of Cloud Control to be remixed. The track in»

Crunch

Crunch 2011 announces full line-up ft. Polinski, British Sea Power + more

News by Luke Slater

Crunch festival - a mixture of art, philosophy and music based in Hay-on-Wye - has announced its full line-up for its 2011 edition. As you'd expect, it's quite an eclectic mix. See below for the full line-up. Some choice gems in there, naturally.»

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Spotifriday #114 This week on DiS as a playlist ft. Eels, Deftones, Active Child + more

In Depth by Luke Slater

This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring lots of stuff from the year 2000, including At The Drive-in, Coldplay, Outkast, Deftones and Eels. »

Summer Camp Down

Watch: Summer Camp - 'Down'

News by Luke Slater

Summer Camp are in the process of releasing their debut album, Welcome To Condale. It comes on the back of a great EP and a few really great singles. They're doing things the right way. As a guide to that record they wrote and released a fanzine, somethin»

Det Haster

Watch: Casiokids - 'Det Haster'

News by Luke Slater

A new Casiokids video. It's fluffy.»

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Amplifier: video, tour dates, free download

News by Luke Slater

Earlier this year Michael Brown gave Amplifier's new record an 8/10, writing that it embraced its past but was unafraid of the future, which sounds like a good mix to us. There's a hive of activity around them at the moment, with a track to download, video and some upcoming tour dates. The track is 'Planet of Insects' and it can be downloaded here, via BandCamp.»

Nada Surf

Nada Surf announce new album, free download

News by Luke Slater

A new Nada Surf album. On its way.»

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John Peel's death marked seven years on

News by Luke Slater

No, the picture isn't Noel Edmonds.»

FUJIYA

Watch: Fujiya & Miyagi - 'Ecstatic Dancer'

News by Luke Slater

Watch Fujiya and Miyagi perform "a session".»

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Listen: We Were Promised Jetpacks - 'Human Error'+ 'Ink Slowly Dries'

News by Luke Slater

On December 5, Scottish-types We Were Promised Jetpacks release a double A-side single through FatCat. Yep, people still do release double A-sides. The two tracks in question are 'Human Error' and 'Ink Slowly Dries'. You can, handily enough, listen to both of here below in the embedded SoundCloud player.»

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Iceland Airwaves 2011 - The DiS review

In Depth by Luke Slater

There is just something about Iceland. In reality it is not one single thing but a combination of them, from the people, the weather, the city of Reykjavík and, above all, all of these distilled in a few days in the middle of October that make up the annual Airwaves festival. Although 2011's edition was marked by several performances of Björk's Biophilia at the resplendelty and long-awaited Harpa Music Hall, it's quite arguably not what Airwaves is about. That said, every festival is helped by a "marquee" performance or two and Sinead O'Connor made an appearance, too.»

Wild Flag

Watch: Wild Flag - 'Electric Band'

News by Luke Slater

A new Wild Flag video. Have a look. »

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Watch & Listen: Ice, Sea, Dead People - 'Ultra Silence'

News by Luke Slater

Noisy, loud, and well-named lot Ice, Sea, Dead People have a new single out very soon indeed. In fact it might be out already, but I've been so busy listening to it I've not really bothered to check. Anyway, it's a single, yes, but it's also a free download. Which can be obtained here in exchange for some social media type messages. Easy.»

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Mister Heavenly announce first European shows

News by Luke Slater

Mister Heavenly, the band made up of Nick Thorburn of Islands and The Unicorns, Ryan Kattner of Man Man and Joe Plummer of Man Man, have announced their first ever date in the United Kingdom and some more in Europe, too. They are all listed below and start at the end of next month, moving through to December.»