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»
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HEALTH to Get Color-ful in 2009
LA-based noise-dance merchants HEALTH have given DiS some juicy tidbits about their second album, including the hitherto unknown title: Get Color.»
Newsround #2: Animal Collective, Blur, Of Montreal
From the sublime to the ridiculous: our pick of this week's music news»
In Photos: Metronomy @ ULU
What better to do on a Friday night in London than catch electro-poppers Metronomy doing their thang? Indeed: nothing. Don't those lights look pretty?»
Chairlift - Does You Inspire You
Chairlift? The band from the iPod advert, right? Yes, but that's only part of the story. The New York trio - where else? - certainly have more in their repertoire than that song»
Newsround #1: Beirut, Eugene McGuinness... The Jackson 5?!
DiS is busy, busy, busy at the moment, and we realise we've been a bit slack on the news front of late. Apologies! Here's a handy, bite-sized round-up to make up for it»
That chicken's gone to heaven: Frank Black boycotts KFC
Who'd have thunk it? Ex-Pixie Frank Black doesn't like KFC! It's not necessarily the food itself he objects to, though, more the way those poor little blighters are treated on their way to the bargain bucket that bothers him»
Nelson and Westwood: the world's best DJs?
Let's face it, nobody ever really agrees with the decision to award musicians with Best This/Best That-type accolades, but the MOBO judges have pretty much jumped the shark this year»
Shame on a Jigga: Jay-Z dissed by Festival Awards
What's the beef with Jay-Z? We thought the public consensus was that the US rapper's Glastonbury headline set was a massive success... but apparently not»
American idiots? Crazy US news round-up
No Age's Randy Randall has fired an angry e-missive after being told he couldn't wear a T-shirt bearing Barack Obama's name during a recent television appearance»
Digital wars: YouTube to sell music, Myspace tries but fails
Just as über-popular video streaming service YouTube announced it would start flogging the music behind the movies, social networking behemoth Myspace was forced to shut down its own digital outlet»
Prima Donna? Rufus Wainwright pens opera
It was always on the cards, really, wasn't it? Rufus Wainwright is to stage his first opera at next summer's Manchester International Festival»
Holy Foals! Touring buddies cover each other
If you're planning on attending any of the many dates on Foals' current tour, look out for a special purchase at the merch stand»