Spotifriday #18 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
More content-themed music from the week on DiS featuring Paramore, The Shins, Throbbing Gristle, Stricken City, Will Oldham + more.»
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Listen: Download BEAK>'s 'I Know'
So, Geoff Barrow of Portishead is also in another band! Imagine that! Well, that band is called BEAK> (with fellow Bristolians Matt Williams and Billy Fuller) and, quite honestly, what we've heard from them so far has been nothing short of top-notch. So, good news for you (and us) is that they've made available a song for download, entirely free. How good natured!»
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 'live' album due in November
King of a certain genre that is FOLK Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, alias Will Oldham, is to release another album this year, following on from the so-so but still quite good effort from March, Beware.»
Sufjan Stevens' Rabbit album gets UK release date
Sufjan Stevens' Run Rabbit Run will be released on November 9.»
More bands announced for In The City, get DiS showcase tickets
A whole new raft of bands have been announced for 2009's In The City Festival, which takes place in Manchester from October 18 - October 20.»
Watch: Sunny Day Real Estate on US chat show Fallon
Watch Sunny Day Real Estate performing 'Seven' live.»
Watch: Mew - 'Repeaterbeater'
Watch the final part in the trilogy of Mew videos directed by Martin De Thurah, this time it's 'Repeaterbeater'.»
Final Fantasy album Heartland gets release date
Final Fantasy's Heartland will be one of the first big indie releases of the new decade.»
Vessels announced as Oceansize tour support
Leeds post-rockers Vessels have just confirmed that they are to support fellow post-rock noise merchants Oceansize on their UK tour in November and December.»
Watch: Dirty Projectors play new song on American chat show
Watch Dirty Projectors give the TV Premiere of 'When The World Comes To An End' on Fallon.»
Baddies - Do The Job
At their very best Baddies are an exciting, invigorating prospect – racked up with more than enough kickety-kick from all instrumental and vocal corners but, at their worst, they somehow manage to come off as a pale imitation of, well, themselves.»
Watch: Anti-Pop Consortium mini-documentary 'The Cut'
Watch the UK premiere of Anti-Pop Consortium's mini-documentary, The Cut.»
Men more likely to download music illegally, but the girls shop around...
A survey to find the musical spending habits of the Great British Public has been published today, with some interesting results and some less interesting results. 3,000 Britishes aged 18-60 took part in the survey, undertaken by Compare Download.»
Listen: The Invisible cover The Beatles' 'Come Together'
Heresey. Blasphemy. All that shiiiiii'. We don't need to see another band cover ANY Beatles song EVER, do we? Well, we're going to make an exception for Mercury nominated act The Invisible, who have just covered - and released, for freeeeee - a version of»
Throbbing Gristle take technology to previously unseen heights
Industrial noise artists Throbbing Gristle, or more specifically the band's sound manipulation man, Chris Carter, has just announced the latest in a whole series of technological instruments, this time called a 'Gristleism'. Which is a rather neat name (via Limewire Blog).»
Watch: Graham Coxon - 'Dead Bees'
Watch the new Graham Coxon video for 'Dead Bees'.»
Wavves and some of Black Lips involved in some wholly unecessary violence
Boys will be boys...»
Friday Feeling: Mixcloud
So, Mixcloud, what's it all about? Well, the UK-based service launched this Monday, having been a private Beta development since March. But what is it? In essence it's online radio - which is itself quite a simple concept.»
New 'Later...Live' CD compilation on the way featuring Lily Allen, Bon Iver, MGMT + more
To celebrate the longest running musical show since The Black And White Minstrels, there's a double CD out of some of the best performances over the past year or so and it features many wonderful artists and bands, including Jools himself, of course. Playing piano. Over someone. Somewhere. This time I think it's Adele.»
Watch and Listen: Stricken City - 'Pull The House Down'
A double-bubble of Stricken City related audio and visual goodies for you today, with the video for 'Pull Down The House' filmed on VHS, exclusive to DiS, and a Gold Panda remix of 'Lost Art', entirely for free.»
Spotifriday #17 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's Spotifriday playlist.»
Watch: Efterklang performing 'Performing Parades'
Watch Efterklang perform two songs from their upcoming DVD Performing Parades with the Danish National Radio Chamber Orchestra.»
Thom Yorke 'denies' Banksy video link-up, or perhaps not...
What have we learned from the whole Thom Yorke video saga? Nothing!»
Watch: The Flying Change - 'Dirty White Coats'
Watch the video for The Flying Change's - 'Dirty White Coats'.»
Pavement update #138: band WILL play UK shows
Recently re-united (or at least, recently announced to reunite) indie rock legends Pavement have partly confirmed what everyone in the UK had been hoping for - that they are going to play some shows over here.»
Sky Larkin release new track 'Smarts' as free download
Download Sky Larkin's 'Smarts', available from their official website. It's heavy, man.»
Watch: The Flaming Lips - 'I Can Be A Frog'
Watch the video for The Flaming Lips' 'I Can Be A Frog'.»
Win! Girls t-shirts and signed albums
Win some great Girls paraphernalia. »
Listen: Download Deerhoof remix of Wildbirds & Peacedrums' 'My Heart'
Download the Deerhoof remix of Wildbirds & Peacedrums' 'My Heart'.»
Muse take lip-syncing to new levels, surpass Nirvana
Muse utterly take the piss, on Italian TV.»