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Gone but not forgotten, this echo of Karate’s quite singular excellence reaffirms their critical standing as one of the best bands to have ever called the Southern stable home»
There was us thinking that 2007 was a pretty splendid year for albums, and then we get a look at this little lot. Ahead of feature pieces outlining our acts of the year (to be), here DiS scans a number of upcoming releases»
No. 2 of 2007... Sure, the constituent parts – the four individuals that comprise Battles – are wonderfully schooled in musical ways considerably wayward of the beaten track, but such emphasising of the band’s technical ability detracts rather from the immediacy of Mirrored»
It’s been a slog – we’ve been arguing over this list for what feels like forever – but we’re here. The summit. The zenith. Et cetera. The best five albums of 2007 in detail and our full 50 in order, as ranked by the DiS editorial team from contributor nominations»
Cast your minds back, readership: at the start of November we invited you to vote for your favourite albums of 2007 from a shortlist of 50, selected by the DiS editorial team. Now we’re pleased to present the result of the thousands of votes received: the DiS readers’ top 25 albums of 2007»
We’ve had our albums of the year and our tracks of the year, and here DiS bids you adieu for 2007 with our favourite features of the past twelve months, for your instant-click consumption and eye-aching reading pleasure. Starring Animal Collective (pictured), LCD Soundsystem, Battles, Panda Bear, M.I.A., Gallows, Beirut, Björk and more»
I’ve missed all the baby steps, and this giant leap just seems… weird. No other word for it, really. Last time I saw Bloc Party they’d not even released Silent Alarm, and now here they (we) are, at the huge Ally Pally»
Far from a linear experience though it is, Castanets’ melancholic third album nevertheless possesses a ‘journey’ quality – obstacles are overcome, and redemption attained»
Christmas shopping getting the better of you? Feet killing, fingers frozen through and misshapen by plastic bags too heavy to carry the whole way home without a break? I’ve the solution»
Stephen Malkmus' label has made a track from the ex-Pavement man's forthcoming LP available as a free download»
Compiled and released to mark its parent club’s hundredth show, SR100 is 72 tracks of this nation’s indie-rock lifeblood, assembled by the Silver Rocket founders over three discs»
Guillemots - currently working on the follow-up to their well-received Through The Windowpane LP - are to play three live dates in March»
A teacher in Connecticut feared for her life last week after hearing Guns N Roses played over her school's PA system, reports Associated Press»
M.I.A. is super-pissed following recent censorship of her 'Paper Planes' video, and the sound during her performance of said track on Letterman»
A timely reminder, forgetful kids: tomorrow (Saturday December 15) sees our DiScover Club roll into the Notting Hill Arts Club, London, for an afternoon of rocking, rolling, dancing, discovering, drinking, et cetera»
Brighton duo Blood Red Shoes hit the road again in January, promoting their ‘You Bring Me Down’ single, released January 28»
With the regular spew of end-of-year best-albums lists subsiding, attentions across the industry are now turning to who will be hot – and who will be not – in 2008. Tips, the tastemakers call ‘em. Here, we want your suggestions, DiS readers»
In Minehead for the third time this year, DiS is freezing cold, fighting against an evil wind, a bitter breeze, to get to ATP on time. The clock's ticking... through the doors, into the Skyline, eyes front. What? The Horrors? Not even the biggest Portishead fan saw that coming»
Friendly Fires are Ed Mac, Edd Gibson and Jack Savidge. Their new single, 'Paris', is our current Single of the Week, mixing as it does "danceable elements with this sort of lushness". DiS finds out what's next for the much-tipped St Albans trio»
Belfast’s Clone Quartet position themselves awkwardly between the vulnerability of a Casiotone-comparable twindie-electro act and the bravado of the bleep-core kidz riding Klaxons’ coattails»
So slight it’s barely in the room when volume’s pushed to its upper limit, ‘Amory’ is a delicate folk number – just voice and guitar in harmony in the most pleasant way possible»
Who’d have ever thought it: an ex-Arab Strapper in contention for the Christmas number one. DiS catches up with Malcolm Middleton to discuss his new 'We're All Going To Die' single, certainly the most depressing release of this festive season»
With their last London date at The Roundhouse, Glasgow's Errors are gonna crash back to earth when they play our DiScover Christmas Party at the Notting Hill Arts Club. James and Greg call in for coffee and chin-wagging»
Our second Artist Mixtape is lovingly 'compiled' by on Skins sorts Foals: they're on your telly, in your radio, all up in your grill with some actually excellent selections here. Their craniums: full of gunk»
Save for a couple of exceptions – weirdly robotic opener ‘Odi et Amo’, for instance – this reissued debut album from Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson sounds like a fractured music box, its ballerina pirouetting at an angle»
Part four of five, and pressure’s building. What record will scoop our Album of the Year title, and will its makers expect a reward for their efforts? We’re hoping not, as the budget's been blown, again, on booze»
Someone’s pissed in Alice In Chains’ tea, ‘cause Layne sounds a little off… What? HIM? Who»
Do you think of The White Stripes, Battles, Radiohead etc as ‘DiS bands’, or has the site’s highlighting of a select group of smaller acts from time to time made them ‘ours’ in the place of major label alternatives»
Yeah, yeah – I know we’re not even done with 2007 just yet. But such is the excitement for show booking at the DiSopolis that we’ve gone and confirmed our first four DiScover Club bills for 2008. That’s January to April: sewn up»
Ahead of their set at our DiScover Christmas Party, DiS catches up with Leicester quartet Tired Irie to discuss their progress from GCSE exams to indie club dancefloors, and the reception of their recently released self-titled EP»
