Primavera 2009: DiS's highlights
Primavera Sound 2009 had one of the best bills we've ever seen, with an eye-boggling array of talent on offer. Here's what our intrepid writing team came back babbling excitedly about.»
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Drowned-Up: Mars Volta, Britney Spears, The White Stripes and more
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Even more bands confirmed for Dot To Dot
As you might already know, this year's Dot To Dot Festival takes place on Saturday May 23rd in Bristol and May 24th in Nottingham, and a slew of new confirmations has just made the bill look even tastier.»
In Photos: Animal Collective in Leeds
Pictures of Animal Collective from their Leeds show»
Drowned-Up: Animal Collective, Green Day, Robbie Williams
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Win: Radiohead reissues - Pablo Honey, The Bends and OK Computer
Like Radiohead? How do you fancy getting your hands on expanded versions of the Oxford quintet's first three albums? What's that? You do? Well, read on.»
Drowned-Up: Bat For Lashes, Maccabees, Stone Roses and more
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
In Photos: Grammatics @ Sheffield Leadmill
DiS' Graham Shackleton got some snaps of Grammatics performing at The Leadmill in Sheffield last weekend.»
In Photos: Patrick Wolf and Micachu @ London KOKO
Patrick Wolf and Micachu played London's KOKO on Friday, and DiS sent Burak Cingi along with his camera.»
Grammatics - Grammatics
It's rare that a new band comes along who divide opinion - critical and otherwise - quite so much as Leeds' Grammatics seem to have done in their short musical career. Chances are, you'll either love their sound, or hate it, because indifference just isn't an option when confronted with something as extraordinary as this.»
News Drowned-Up: 4AD, The Dead Weather, My Latest Novel and more
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
News Drowned-Up: Eels, Jarvis, SFA and more
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
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DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Watch: Sky Larkin @ Amsterdam Paradiso
Leeds-spawned pop tykes Sky Larkin are currently on a European tour to promote their debut long-player The Golden Spike, and DiS has a pair of exclusive tracks for you to watch from Amsterdam's Paradiso venue courtesy of Fabchannel.»
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DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
News Drowned-Up: Blood Red Shoes, Grizzly Bear, Idlewild, Limp Bizkit and more
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
My tour in lists: ten reasons why F^cked Up love the UK
Imagine, if you will, 10, 000 Marbles coming at you all at once. What would you do? Run away? It'd almost certainly be futile. Imagine the coverage! The F^cked Up live experience is similarly inescapable, and the band are over here again at the end of the month for Shred Yr Face 2, also featuring Rolo Tomassi and The Bronx. »
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DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
News Drowned-Up: Brakes, Doves, M83, Silver Jews, Sonic Youth and more
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Don't look back in anger: DiSsers' Top 50 of 2008 announced
The boards have spoken: these are the Top 50 Albums of 2008 according to the DiS messageboard's annual vote.»
M-ATP: Saturdays=Youth man and Marnie Stern voted in by fans
The fans have spoken. What have they said? "We quite fancy seeing M83 and Marnie Stern play at ATP in May, actually".»
Anyone Can Write A Book: Thom Yorke biography announced, win a copy here
Finished all of your Christmas reading? Well, how about you pick yourself up something new - a nice biography of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, perhaps? Oh, wait, there isn't one. At least, there wasn't...»
'Hey Hey!' It's a new Brakes video (DiS exclusive)
Long-time board favourites Brakes are back with a new single and they've been on the blower to DiS with an exclusive link to its accompanying video»
Newsround #4: Since we've been gone...
In case you hadn't noticed, DiS has been on holiday for a few weeks. Well, now we're back and raring to go. Here's our pick of the music news (and some sad goodbyes) from our time away»
Mixtape #34: Slow Club
It's Christmas, in case you hadn't noticed, so DiS has enlisted the services of Charles Watson, guitarist and singer in popular Sheffield beat combo Slow Club, to compile a mixtape with a festive theme. At least it's only once every twelve months, hey?»
DiSection: Eugene McGuinness' debut album track-by-track
Eugene McGuinness, DiS' Troubadour Of '08, talks us through his self-titled debut album»
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It's like the real Newsround, only very different and about music. Without further ado, then, here's DiS' third and final summary before Christmas of what's hot in the world of bands and stuff»
In Photos: Late Of The Pier / Chairlift
Two bands, two gigs, one week: Holly Erskine's been busy, snapping both Late Of The Pier and Chairlift on her travels around the capital in the past seven days»
In Photos: Jarvis Cocker @ Sheffield Academy
Jarvis Cocker returned to his hometown last Tuesday to headline the first night of Rough Trade's 30th Anniversary Tour, and gave a sneak preview of new tracks from his forthcoming second solo album»
Tour Diary: Let's Wrestle
Wesley Patrick Gonzalez, singer in urch-poppers Let's Wrestle, gives DiS the lowdown on an eventful, not to mention prematurely terminated, tour in support of Bromheads Jacket last month»
In Photos: Decemberists @ The Forum, London
In Photos: Dean & Britta @ St. Giles in the Fields, London
In Photos: Wolf Gang @ Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, London
In Photos: Gay For Johnny Depp @ The Engine Rooms, Brighton
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