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To kick off Grizzly Bear Week at DiS we've have some gastronomic delights to bring you, courtesy of drummer Christopher Bear. If you've always wondered what gumbo tastes like but never actually tried it, then this is a pretty good place to start. »
Animal crackers Kendalites Wild Beasts have announced the title and release date of their forthcoming LP. »
Without much - or any - further ado, here are the newest and bestest additions to Suffolk's Latitude Festival.»
We all remember last year's festival season as one of the most horrific in living memory. Well, if you went to ZOO8 you probably did. DiS caught up with Offset founder Kieran Delaney to pick his brains...»
Johnny Foreigner have played something like 892 shows in the last 18 months. They also managed to release a super debut album - that's pretty impressive. Here's the latest instalment of their tour diary where they take in the sights of Leicester, which involves graffiti penises, silvery balloons and Kelly wearing a horse-mask. »
Former Wilco member Jay Bennett has died in his sleep aged 45.»
Some wonderful new additions to this year's Meltdown festival, hosted by the Southbank Centre and curated by jazz legend Ornette Coleman. Antony Hegarty of Antony & The Johnsons fame is set to be Yoko Ono's special guest, whilst pint-sized virtuoso bassist and sometimes trumpeter, Flea, will be putting on his four-string to join Coleman on stage.»
This week has been a frustrating one for Spotify users. Playlists have been playing up and Adam from Spotify has been putting on his best radio voice for us all. Everyone loves music though, so here's our fourth gift to you in the form of a playlist - taking in the highlights of the last week in terms of content and the odd board thread...»
Last week saw Brum-based noise-pop 3-piece Johnny Foreigner make a triumphant return with their ever-popular tour diary, with an update in technology as it's in video format. You've had parts 1 and 2 already so, logically, here's part numero three.»
We're pretty stoked here at DiS - South African dub-fusionists BLK JKS and Icelanders múm have been announced as the final additions to DiS' stage at the Leicestival that is Summer Sundae.»
Why? have announced a European tour this summer, taking in Brighton and London on the way.»
Ever since that bloke from The Kinks got a bit bored with his shitty amp and took a razor blade to it, guitar music changed forever more. 40 years and several hundred thousand distortion pedals later Times New Viking are something like the great-grandchildren of that act of sonic vandalism. The Portland trio are a band who always sound like something is about to break. Whether it's the drums, the PA or even eardrums it's not important. You are taunted and teased with the question of whether your cochlea or the speaker will explode first.»
Jeffrey Lewis is pretty versatile, right? He's a poet, comic book artist, anti-folk superstar and all-round nice guy. He's also added TV shows to his growing repertoire. Watch them here...»
Watch the video for British Sea Power's 'Come Wander With Me' taken from their current record Man Of Aran. »
Weirdly camp-but-good American electro five-piece Passion Pit are all set to tour the UK this autumn, on the back of their debut LP Manners. It's a headline tour.»
Hertfordshire is famous for Knebworth House and...not much else in the way of music, aside from Gallows and Enter Shikari. It's also lesser known for the Standon Calling music festival, for which the fantastic Friendly Fires have been announced as Saturday night headliners.»
Here's a competition Ex-Stagger-ganza (there's not really a pun there...) for you all. You've got a chance to win tickets (and booze if you live in London) to the Stag & Dagger festivals, taking place this week.»
Brighton electro merchants Metronomy (new line-up, above) have been announced as one of the first artists to be feature in BBC Electric Proms' New Music Shorts.»
The new Manic Street Preachers album, Journal For Plague Lovers, is set to be given the usual 'remix' treatment by a bunch of artists who their fans might find appealing.»
If you have something to say, say it quickly and say it loud. Even if you have nothing to say, say it quicker and louder.»
A day which has been already contained good album news now gets even better. Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene are in the studio recording material for their new album, as announced by Kevin Drew.»
How much will you pay for this one?»
Charitable alt.folkers Anni Rossi, Devendra Banhart, Marissa Nadler and Alela Diane will contribute to a charity compilation compiled by Buck Curran of Arborea.»
DiS gets sent an awful lot of mail and, try as we may, we can't find the words to write at length about everything. So, each week (or thereabouts) from now until someone doesn't deliver their copy on time, we'll attempt to rush you through a heap of things we've been sent or been listening to.»
Casiokids, being Norwegian, love Norwegian music. To champion music from the country they call Norge, have compiled a mixtape of their very favourite acts from their homeland. »
Norwegian indie-pop keyboard twiddlers Casiokids are playing The Great Escape this weekend at our co-hosted Export Norway show tonight before showcasing their wares at Po Na Na at 8:45. Here's a video of them back in Norway doing what they do best. Enjoy this and the weekend.»
Ahoy fans of 7 inches. The Too Pure Singles Club is releasing the May instalment this coming Monday (May 18). This time it's the début from Londoners Magic & Fur, with 'Christine' and 'Apple Falls' as the b-side.»
We've a real hum-Dinger of a playlist for all your Krautrock fans today, hopefully a Rother you can't refuse. Ahem. As there's a NEU! compilation of covers coming out on May 18 - entitled Brand Neu! we are celebrating all things Neu! with a playlist of their wares.»
We recently had Metric Week on DiS because we love them so much. They're also due to play our Great Escape stage tonight, so ahead of that show Emily, Jimmy and Josh have compiled a mixtape each. »
This seems to be going pretty well, then. We're into the third week of Spotifriday and haven't run out of things to stick on a playlist. Here's the run-down of tracks reflecting content of the site in the last week. »
