DiScover: Born Ruffians
Having already plugged into the right youth cultural sockets with an appearance on Skins, Born Ruffians look to take 2008 by the scruff of the neck»
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Still Floating, Still Dreaming: a close encounter with Spiritualized
“You come from there?” asks Jason Pierce, tapping the screen. Ish. But where does the Spiritualized mainman come from? DiS checks into A&E»
Reviewed: new Beck song available for streaming
A new Beck song has surfaced on the internet following an exclusive airing on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show last night»
Chart round-up: karaoke nightmares
Getting all up in your aural cavities at number one in the singles chart this week are Ting Tings with 'That's Not My Name'»
Singles Round-up (19/05/08)
In an age of flapping flibbertigibbets Johnny Flynn is a solid rock worth clinging on to; 'Tickle Me Pink' is our Single of the Week»
Sneakers pimped: Pharrell, The Strokes and Santogold record track for Converse
Pharrell Williams, The Strokes and Santogold have got together to record a trainer-based eulogy for Converse.»
The Wedding Present announce album and UK tour
Seminal indie shufflers The Wedding Present release their eigth studio album, El Rey, on May 26.»
Electro nonsense: Boosh pick Numan for Hop Farm Festival
Gary Numan has been confirmed to appear at The Mighty Boosh-curated Hop Farm Festival on July 5.»
A good konking: Pritchard decks Turner
Manbags at dawn – it’s an indie bitchfight between Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard and head Arctic Monkey Alex Turner»
Burial digs for gold on new DJ Kicks comp
Dubstep maestro and DiS ‘fave’ Burial is set to release a compilation CD of his favourite songs»
Armed Forces: on the gallows with Islands
Precocious Canadian indie sorts Islands talks DiS through their insanely overwrought new record Arm's Way, kitchen sinks and all»
Flight Of The Conchords: comedy Kiwis on their musical dabblings
Bret McKenzie takes time out from writing a new series of hit comedy Flight Of The Conchords to talk Beck and biros with DiS»
Chart Round-up: Madonna journeys south
Spare a thought for Madonna's veteran flaps; they've been dislodged from the number one spot by Scooter this week»
Tricky's new album in jumble of thoughts shocker
Details have emerged on Bristol trip-hop pioneer Tricky's first new album in five years»
Santogold - Santogold
Santogold’s agenda doesn’t extend to pushing envelopes or pushing any agenda other than her own»
Common unveils new album, stars in new Terminator flick
Chicago rapper Common has unveiled details of a new album set to appear in the summer.»
WIN! Tickets to Crystal Castles, Black Keys, Ladytron... need we go on?
Tuborg are offering pairs of tickets to a series of shows throughout May featuring the likes of Crystal Castles, The Black Keys and Ladytron. Want in? Read on»
Jean Genies: White Denim offer free download
Fresh from a blistering series of London dates whirling dust-devils of modern rock White Denim have made available a track from their forthcoming debut Workout Holiday as a free download.»
El Perro del Mar - From The Valley To The Stars
There’s a sexy understatedness about From The Valley To The Stars that's undeniably appealing, but parts are less substantial than a guff of Glade and overstep the line between the restrained and the sedentary»
DiScover: Bon Iver
Every inch the archetypal grizzly North American man in lumberjack shirt and hat, Bon Iver is anything but the gloomy figure his backstory would suggest. He's also, as it turns out, a bit obsessed with toothpaste»
Dillinger Escape Plan, Nile added to Quart festival bill
Dilinger Escape Plan and Nile have been announced as the latest additions to Norway's Quart Festival»
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
For all its accomplishments Anywhere I Lay My Head is too safe, too respectable a record to do justice to an artist who remains forever mid-topple from the bar stool in the popular consciousness»
Singles Round-up (28/04/08)
London three-piece Factory Floor make noise like pylon cables sizzling in the wet; the sound of taut menace splayed ominously overhead. Read how their Single Of The Week puts the 'spl-' in the rest of the bunch's 'iffy' here»
Love Music, Need Cash: Moz steps in to back festival
Morrissey has stumped up cash to ensure the smooth running of Love Music Hate Racism this weekend after NME pulled support for the event.»
Mixtapes #6 & #7: Bumblebeez & Muscles
As professional life-and-souls of the party Bumblebeez and Muscles are more than well-equipped to provide us with playlists for the weekend: here's their lists of ten tracks to get the juices flowing»
Track By Track: Islands on Arm's Way
Sprawling Canadian indie-poppers Islands are back with second album, Arm's Way, next month. It's dark, proggy and a lot to get your head round - here's the band to ease your worries»
A Beautiful Waste: in search of The Triffids
An undiscovered treasure of the '80s, The Triffids were the Big Music soundtrack to a decade that never was, equal parts Bunnymen, Bad Seeds and Go-Betweens. Bassist Graham Lee describes their lost gems»
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
This is M83's poppiest and most varied set to date - think Molly Ringwald's parted red lips, copious dry ice and cryogenics and you've almost a handle on Saturdays=Youth's giddy, phosphorescent glow»
Chart round-up: ROFL creepers
In the singles chart it’s a week of stealthy creepers as opposed to feckless cock-floppers; Madonna ft Justin Timberlake the craftiest of them all up three places to the top spot with ‘4 Minutes’.»
John & Jehn - John & Jehn
Toting a bluesy shoegaze sound that reeks of existentialism at the movies, John & Jehn make music to trace moody circles on your lover’s back to while smoking loftily and gazing out balcony windows»