In Depth
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DiScussion
The Weekly DiScussion: who should make the Mercury shortlist?
The shortlist for 2008's Mercury Prize is announced next week. DiS asks: just who does deserve to win this year's award after Klaxons' success in 2007 »
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DiScover
DiScover: Jay Reatard
From the poodle hair to the Flying V guitar and the hurtling, glam-punk crunch of their sound, everything about Jay Reatard screams ‘punk as f**k’ »
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DiScussion
The Weekly DiScussion: your festival travel nightmares
At the middle of the festival season, DiS asks readers for their travel nightmares. Stuck in the mud? Engine over-heated? Spill the beans »
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DiScover
DiScover: The Cool Kids
Hip-hop's hottest property The Cool Kids - "bringing '88 back" with a smile - talk to DiS about hype and how to survive it as they get their hair clipped »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #12: Late Of The Pier
Fresh-faced synth-pop four-piece Late Of The Pier have finished their Fantasy Black Channel debut. Celebrate! With a mixtape »
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DiScussion
The Weekly DiScussion: the best of 2008's forthcoming albums
We've presented our faves to date, now we're getting you excited about what 2008 is yet to reveal in full: our pick of albums coming your way »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #11: Gabriella Cilmi
Aussie teenager Gabriella Cilmi, fresh from playing Glastonbury, takes DiS through ten of her favourite songs, including the likes of Muse and MGMT »
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DiSection
Track-by-Track: Hot Club de Paris' Live At Dead Lake
Out of the blue via their trusty PR, Liverpool trio Hot Club de Paris have delivered a Track-by-Track guide to their recommended second LP, Live At Dead Lake »
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Label focus
Label Focus #18: Southern Records
The latest of our Label Focus articles directs its questions the way of Southern Records, both a label and distributor (Dischord, Ipecac, etc) of repute »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #10: White Denim
About to release their debut LP, DiS collars Austin's garage-rock sensations White Denim for our latest mixtape... expect prog »
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DiScover
DiScover: MySpace Trail #5
Our latest MySpace Trail - DiScovering new bands blindly, with only Top 8s for guidance - begins with Frightened Rabbit and ends with... who? Find out »
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DiScussion
The Weekly DiScussion: 2008's greatest albums, so far
2008 is shaping up to be a great year for album releases, and as we reach halfway DiS is taking a look its shoulder, and asking for your suggestions »
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DiScover
DiScover Monthly: June 2008
Five new bands to DiScover, each worth your time and attention: High Places, Maybeshewill, My Sad Captains, The 1900s and How To Swim »
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DiScover
DiScover: My Brightest Diamond
My Brightest Diamond is the solo project of New Yorker Shara Worden. With new LP A Thousand Shark's Teeth out now, we DiScover a phenomenal talent »
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DiScussion
The Weekly DiScussion: Is stadium rock back?
Remember when festivals were exciting? This excitement seems to have transfered to stadium rock. Is it back? DiS waffles on »
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DiScover
DiScover: Fleet Foxes
Inspired by The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan at a young age, the still-fresh (at 22) Robin Pecknold now leads the buzz-hot five-piece Fleet Foxes »
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DiScover
DiScover: Jacob Golden
Jacob Golden's career has progressed from recording in car parks to playing Later... in just a year. We DiScover the Oregon-based singer »
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Label focus
Label Focus #17: KOMPAKT
DiS speaks to Kompakt head honcho Wolfgang Voigt about the past and present of one of the most innovative co-op’s going »
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DiScover
DiScover: Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Sweden's Wildbirds & Peacedrums on their history, some confusion at being labelled an electronica outfit, and what, exactly, a ‘zither’ is »
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DiScover
DiScover: A Place To Bury Strangers
They're the loudest band in New York, apparently, but hyped trio A Place To Bury Strangers have more to offer than pure volume, as we DiScover »
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DiSection
Track-By-Track: The Futureheads' This Is Not The World
Pushed into a corner, The Futureheads bit back with This Is Not The World, out now. Here, they talk us through its tracks »
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DiScover
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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DiScover
DiScover: This Et Al
This Et Al set tongues wagging with their experimental rock a few years back; now, they're ready to make good on their original promise »
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DiScover
DiScover: Jonquil
Jonquil's profile is on the rise after great acclaim for their 2007 LP Lions, now re-issued for newcomers to the indie-folk Oxford sextet »