Bert Jansch dies aged 67
Scottish folk singer Bert Jansch, founder of the band Pentangle, has died at the age of 67. He died in the early part of Wednesday morning at a hospice in London, having being diagnosed with lung cancer in June 2009. »
Articles
JoeDiddly has written the following articles:
Watch: When Saints Go Machine - 'Parix'
New video for When Saints Go Machine's 'Parix'.»
Watch: Zola Jesus - 'Vessel'
New Zola Jesus video.»
Watch & Listen: Ólafur Arnalds's second Living Room Song, 'Near Light'
Yesterday we ran the first of Ólafur Arnalds' Living Room Songs which was, aptly enough, called 'Fyrsta' - Icelandic for 'first'. A brief explanation is that, like Found Songs, Ólafur is writing, recording and releasing a song a day for the whole of this week.»
Listen: Esben & The Witch announce new EP, hear new song
The art of releasing an EP or two before and in between full-length records is perhaps being lost. However, Esben & The Witch aren't to blame for this and indeed they'll be releasing another one of these rare things on November 7 through Matador, enti»
The Twilight Sad announce new single, tour dates
New single and tour dates from The Twilight Sad, isn't it?»
Listen: Download Casiokids - 'Det Haster'
Download and/or stream a new Casiokids track.»
Watch: PJ Harvey on Andrew Marr
When we first heard PJ Harvey's new material, taken from Let England Shake, it was on Andrew Marr's Sunday morning show. Polly Jean has now taken to the same show, albeit this time as part of the backdrop of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. She was interviewed, along with Prime Minister David Cameron and also performed 'The Last Living Rose'.»
Watch & Listen: Ólafur Arnalds's first Living Room Song
At the end of last week Icelandic neo-classic composer Ólafur Arnalds surprised us by announcing Living Room Songs. For those of you familiar with his oeuvre then you will probably remember when he wrote and recorded a free song a day for a week, and turned it into Found Songs. With Living Room Songs he's doing something similar, starting from today. »
Watch: dEUS's track-by-track guide to Keep You Close
A video track-by-track from dEUS.»
Listen: Download Chad Valley remix of 'Shell Suite' by Cashmere Cat
Chad Valley - he who is also part of Jonquil - released an EP earlier this year and we bloody well liked it scoring it 8/10. We also got a guide to Oxford from Chad Valley, too. Unfortunate thing was I went a week before it was published. Oh well. Regardless of the travel advice, we've got a remix of 'Shell Suite', which is taken from that EP. »
Spotifriday #110 - This week on DiS as a playlist ft. Bauhaus, Twin Sister, Wilco
This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring loads of bands, all of whom have appeared on the website in one form or another in the past five or so days.»
Watch: Ganglians - 'Bradley'
Ganglians released their new album, Still Living, earlier this year and now there's a video for a track from it. The track in question is called 'Bradley' which also happens to be a man's name. It's like well over six-minutes. And the video is good also. »
Tim Hecker to release Ravedeath "sketches" album
Tim Hecker's Ravedeath 1972 made it onto our favourites from the first half of the year and deservedly so, because it is quite frankly brilliant. Don't be surprised to see it up there in our end of year list, although we do like to keep you guessing. It a»
Listen: Gold Panda - 'An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds'
A couple of weeks ago it was announced that Gold Panda would release a CD in the DJ-Kicks series through !K7 records. That's released on October 31 and the opening track is a new, original track from Mr Panda. It's called 'An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds' and you can now listen to it here, as a lot of people already have done. »
Thurston Moore announces European tour dates
Following on from the near-simultaneous announcement that the Sonic Youth record Hits Are For Squares is going to get a full and proper re-release three years on from its initial release, there are some Thurston Moore shows just announced. They all happen in Europe, but a good chunk of them are in the UK and Ireland, which is good news for us home nations types. »
Win: 7" Lady Gaga picture disc w/ Metronomy + Wild Beast remixes
Win some cool stuff, yah?»
Weekend Listening: Stream Twin Sister album In Heaven
Weekend listening is Twin Sister's new album.»
Spotifriday #109 - This week on DiS as a playlist ft. REM, The Antlers, Nicola Roberts
Some songs. From this week. In a Spotify playlist. »
4AD Sessions release compilation, download for free now
Over the past year or so 4AD have been running their "sessions", which have resulted in live video performances from a number of the bands signed to that great label. Now they're releasing a compilation of all those sessions. It will be released on Limited Edition clear vinyl, available to buy from here. Limited to 1,000 copies, by the way. »
M83 announce January UK tour
New M83 tour dates.»
Guided By Voices to release new record in 2012
A new album from the "classic" line-up, you say? Sure, why not?»
Radiohead to tour in 2012 and Atoms For Peace record nearly finished
Some Thom Yorke and Radiohead related news.»
Watch: dEUS - 'Constant Now' live at Lowlands 2011
On Friday last week we posted a stream of the new dEUS album to listen to over the weekend. It's called Keep You Close and is released next month. Obviously there has been plenty of bits and bobs around the band in the lead up to the record's release and today is little different, as we've got a video of them performing 'Constant Now' live at Lowlands festival.»
Sound It Out: Official Record Store Day film seeks funding for full release
The official film of Record Store Day 2011 is called Sound It Out and documents the life of Stockton-on-Tees's last remaining independent record store. In fact, it is the last remaining vinyl record shop in the whole of Teesside. The film premiered earlier this year but to get the film into cinemas there needs to be some extra funding for additional copies, BBFC certification and other administration issues.»
Watch: Girls - 'Honey Bunny'
Christopher Owens-fronted San Francisco-based American indie-rock group Girls release a single on October 10. It's 'Honey Bunny' and is taken from their current full-length record, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, which came out early last week. Watch it here:»
The Big Pink + more for Constellations 2011
A couple of weeks ago we reported that a few more acts had been added to Leeds's Constellations festival and now we're more than pleased to be doing the same again. The acts that have been confirmed this time round are listed below: The Big Pink 02:54 St»
Polyvinyl celebrate 15th anniversary with free 30-track sampler
As a kid, it's always good to go to birthday parties because you often get free stuff, like cake and balloons and perhaps a wind-up toy or something. As an adult it changes a little, and in some workplaces it is expected that you will be the one to bring in the goodies. This is so unbelievably wrong, but it's OK when, say, record labels celebrate their birthday in this way, as Polyvinyl are doing for their 15th anniversary.»
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
Interview: Frank Turner on The Olympics, The Backlash, Thatcher and Black Flag
Drowned in Nottingham #14
Twitter
Facebook
Last.fm
SoundCloud
MySpace
Friendster
RSS
