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Hands up if you were expecting this. No, thought not. Us either. Purveyors of fantastic musical events ATP are going to celebrate their tenth birthday with a special weekend in December - in addition to the Nightmare Before Christmas. It's a a look back »
Regardless, this week is a Glasto preview on DiS, and the BBC have just announced their Introducing line-up for the festival, to be played on the Park Stage.»
Tyondai Braxton, he of Mathletic prodigies and now car-commerical-soundtracking Battles, has been working very hard recently. The reason: he's got an album, and it's going to be released in the UK on September 14, though Warp. That's one day before it's released in the US, as it happens. SUCKERS!»
Visual goodies for your eyes once more. This time it's those pesky Wild Beasts with their new single, 'Hooting & Howling', which is released on July 20 through Domino.»
Squarepusher has together a live album of his mesmerising plinky-plonky and poppy-slappy solo bass work, entitled Solo Electric Bass 1. It will be released on August 17 through Warp, who else?»
Power to the people. Democracy is well and truly in the air. Not only are big things happening in the cities of Tehran and Esfahan in Iran, the Pixies marched through the crowd at their London gig on Monday, asking people for requests. North Easterners »
It's Festival Season. Officially! That means only one thing! Plenty of competitions to win tickets for some cool music festivals! We've done a couple already! Here's another one! This time it's for Belgium's Dour Festival! Neato!»
Sir Paul McCartney's campaign to fight 'climate change' by asking people to forgo meat one day a week has received the backing of an acclaimed Hindu statesman.»
Crooklyn's own Dirty Projectors have become the latest in a very long line of good bands to head over to us to play some shows.»
We love D.M Stith. We so do. We love his fantastically weird, warbly and almost spiritual folk. Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes is also of this opinion. So much so that she's asked David Michael to support her at the upcoming Somerset House gig, on July 16.»
Yus! Those hippety-hoppers Anti-Pop Consortium have a new album out soon. Y'could almost call it a comeback album, what with it being their first record since they split up, way back in 2002. Seven long years.»
Yorkshire rock 'n' rock 'n' roll four-members, three faces band The Cribs have named their new album. Its title: Ignore The Ignorant.»
In a truly "WTF, is this art?" moment, a new project slash installation sees a deaf choir signing a Joy Division song. Yeah, it seems pretty ambitious...»
Sing a song for Warhol a pocket full of...paint? No. Far from claims of London bias, the UK premiere of 13 Most Beautiful...Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Tests is happening in Scotland. Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall, to be precise, on July 8.»
Yes, the rumours are TRUE. M.Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Jim James have all clubbed together to make an album. Their band: Monsters Of Folk, their album: Monsters Of Folk. Like Monsters of Rock y'see, but replacing one genre for another. The aweso»
As one of our top-tips for 2009 we are pleased to announce the airing of a new track from London three-piece, Three Trapped Tigers.»
This week's instalment of Spotifriday.»
Wild Beasts are going to tour the country in support of their second full-length, Two Dancers, which is released on August 3.»
Almost definitely better known for his work as guitarist and bassist in Deerhoof - and to a lesser degree The Curtains - Cryptacize is Chris Cohen's 'other' band. A band with as much an eye on the present and future as the past is often prone to falling into the traps of both, but this lot are a band who mostly know their own sound, what to do with it but not quite»
The increasingly popular Micachu has made available another one of her lovely mixtapes for your listening pleasure. Following on from last year's Filthy Friends mix, this has involved one of Mica's mates, XL's Kwes. As a result of the collaboration, it's been called Kwesachu. Well, it makes sense to me...»
Super-producer extraordinaire, Dan The Automator is offering up the chance to be featured on one of his releases. The catch: you're gonna have to remix one of his songs and it's gonna have to be real goooooood.»
DiS has been given an exclusive look at Warp20, as well as a couple of snaps to see what it actually looks like. This is some serious high-end shit. We hope you are as excited as we are.»
Here's your chance to 'see' a Friendly Fires gig in total darkness.»
Fanfarlo are making Reservoir available for download for just a dollar, or about 71 of your dirtiest British pennies at current rate of exchange. You can do this by visiting their website from now until July 4.»
With their current UK and Europe tour not even finished, French electro-tinged, indie-poppers Phoenix are set to return to these shores in October for a five date stint.»
BIG NEWS. They may no longer be kids, but here's a VERY GOOD reason for you to get up this summer. Recently reunited Emo pioneers The Get Up Kids are doing a tour of Europe.»
Madly-touring, power-driven, noise-pop trio Johnny Foreigner have been documenting their travels and tribulations throughout the country in both video and written word format for you.»
Jon McClure of Reverend And The Makers fame has leaked an anti British National Party tune from their new album through the ever-popular medium of Twitter.»
Democracy! Green Man Festival are offering the chance for a band - any band - to open up the festival this year. A sort of glorified Battle Of The Bands for Web 2.0. Perhaps a little bit like 'Road to V' but also infinitely better.»
The jist is this. Esser has remixed Little Boots.»
