Besnard Lakes: fresh new wax
Montreal's The Besnard Lakes are to release a new slab o' 12" wax next month, entitled 'Casino Nanaimo'...»
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Minus The Bear tour update: full dates confirmed
Seattle-spawned experimental popsters Minus The Bear - whose third album Planet Of Ice receives its official UK release on September 10 - have confirmed their UK dates for the winter...»
Efterklang: DiS-sponsored tour dates fully confirmed
Danish experimental outfit Efterklang have confirmed all their UK dates, and we're pleased to say that DiS is on board as sponsors for the November tour...»
Hey Readers! Furries confirm second single
Super Furry Animals will release the second single from their Hey Venus! LP on October 22...»
Epic 45 - May Your Heart Be The map
Erratic, ethereal, engrossing: myriad adjectives can be applied to Epic45’s May Your Heart Be The Map, but few really sell it to the uninitiated in the manner a purple-hued piece of prose such as this should...»
Tunng - Good Arrows
‘Hands’ is just one track on Tunng’s third album, and second for the Full Time Hobby label, which skirts around subject matter most horrid in a fashion that feels paradoxically perfect...»
The Twilight Sad at Edinburgh Thee Underworld at Bannermans Bar, Sun 19 Aug
DiS is tolerating the packed-tight (like tinned sardines) crowd – sweat palpable on the musty air – for one reason: The Twilight Sad...»
We Are Scientists: November tour announced
New York-based trio We Are Scientists - I have a lovely t-shirt of theirs, with a cat on it - are to tour in November. Spiffing...»
Twilight Sad and Mice Parade: win London tickets and grab free download
Mice Parade, aka Adam Pierce, is to play London's Cargo on September 13 alongside ace Scots The Twilight Sad and Tom Brosseau, and DiS has a pair of tickets to give away to the show...»
That F*cking Tank ready new single
Hard-rocking Leeds duo That Fucking Tank are to release a new single via On The Bone in October...»
I Was A Cub Scout on their not-so-small adventures
Ahead of their set at the DiS end-of-summer do this Friday (August 31), Mike Diver catches up with I Was A Cub Scout's Todd Marriott to talk about their summer touring, their singles to date and their forthcoming debut album...»
The Twang - Two Lovers
That plays-himself ‘actor’ Danny Dyer features in the video to The Twang’s latest standalone offering from their decently-selling I Love It When I Feel Like This album should tell you next to everything you need to learn about it...»
BT Digital Music Awards: DiS nominated
That's right, Tom and Kev - get the booze in, as we're in a celebratory mood. Sort of: DiS is nominated in a couple of categories at this year's BT Digital Music Awards...»
DiS faves Rolo Tomassi tour next month
Sheffield quintet of utmost jerkiness Rolo Tomassi - favourites around these parts so far as bands what go WHOOSH and SPAFF go - are on tour next month, taking in a free-entry DiS show as they go. Woot...»
Titans on tour: Mono and Jesu team up
Earplugs at the ready, folks: Mono and Jesu are to tour together later this year...»
Refuse Prefuse? Unlikely: new LP and single forthcoming
Prefuse 73 - aka Guillermo Scott Herren - is to release his new LP, Preparations, via Warp in October...»
Oneida: turn ten, party in NY
Brooklyn indie oddballs Oneida turn ten this year, and are holding a birthday party to mark their anniversary...»
Meet Me on tour: twitch-rockers play shows, release debut album
Teetering-on-the-edge (of a breakthrough proper, that is) sorts Meet Me In St Louis finally release their Alex Newport-produced debut album next month, and tour heavily to support it...»
DiS's end-of-summer shindig: updated (oh, and it's THIS Friday)
Early birds at this Friday's end-of-summer DiS bash at London's Monto Water Rats (yes, we know summer's only just started... sorry) will be treated to the sounds of up-and-coming Londoners Hot Rocket (pictured), who have been lined up to open proceedings.»
Five knuckle-whiteners: full DiS-supported El-P dates confirmed
Brooklyn rapper and label head-honcho El-P has confirmed five UK dates for October. The tour is sponsored by DiS. Hi, that's us...»
'Unsigned' (ish!) bands grab End Of The Road slots
This year, the End of the Road festival is running a special unsigned stage. The acts playing said stage have now been confirmed...»
Enon announce new album release date...
New York quirk-poppers Enon are to release their fourth studio LP proper later this year, entitled Grass Geysers and Carbon Clouds...»
Mono to release rarities compilation next month
Japanese post-rock four-piece Mono are to release an album of hard-to-find tracks next month, entitled Gone...»
Parts & Labor confirm October dates - UPDATED
Brooklyn-based avant-rock trio Parts & Labor - whose Mapmaker LP of earlier this year remains a favourite at the DiSopolis - are to tour the UK in October, taking in a couple of dates with fellow townsfolk Battles...»
Midlake to release iTunes-only EP for US fans
Texan alt-country rockers of great acclaim Midlake are to release an iTunes-only EP of rare material in the US and Canada...»
Winehouse's in-laws ask fans to "stop buying records"...
Giles and Georgette Fielder-Civil - the father and mother of Amy Winehouse's husband Blake - have called on the troubled singer's fans to boycott her records to help her kick her drug habit...»
Foos schedule November dates
The Foo Fighters are to tour the UK in November...»
Charlottefield added to September DiS show bill
Awesomely awkwardly ace south-coast indie-rockers Charlottefield are to play the Manatees-headlined DiS show at London's Fly, on September 28, following the recent split of would've-played beat combo November Coming Fire...»
Foals: "We're going to get weirder and weirder"
Yannis Philippakis doesn’t need too obvious an invitation to spew forth quality copy. The Foals vocalist and guitarist is on the phone to DiS for a full 20 minutes; we reckon we score roughly seven words to his few million over said duration. Good form, sir. Our work is done with minimum input...»
The DiScover Diary - August 20-26
Each week, the DiScover Diary will outline some choice gigs up and down the country, highlighting some excellent up-and-coming acts across the nation’s varied stages, and focus on one act in particular who are both on tour and on the DiS stereo rather a lot of late. Here we sneak a brief peek at new singing and songwriting kid on the block Eugene McGuinness, who just happens to have bagged himself a few choice support slots…»