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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…»
Dave 1, half of New York/Montréal electro-funk duo Chromeo, is talking to DiS from the comfort of his room at London’s K West hotel. He's in good spirits, telling Mike Diver: "If people want to laugh at us, that's cool... I laugh at a lot of music that I like, too!" »
Seattle awkward-pop bleep-rockers Minus The Bear are to tour the UK in December...»
Brooklyn emcee El-P is coming to the UK in October for a brief tour, and DiS is super-pleased to announce that we will be supporting the trek as sponsors...»
Tomorrow, the August edition of our once-monthly DiScover Club goes off with a pop, a fizz, a drone and a hippy-hippy shake. Neat? You betcha...»
The Black Keys - Dan Auerbach (vocals/guitars) and Patrick Carney (drums) - are to release a special edition of their Magic Potion on Monday (August 20), via V2...»
And a festival: the rescheduled Truck Festival is to take place on September 22 and 23 at the regular site in Steventon. Hopefully it won't be so soggy on site next month....»
Danish avant-indie-pop quintet Efterklang are to release their new album, Parades, on October 15 via Leaf...»
Swedish singer-songwriter José González is making his cover of Massive Attack's 'Teardrop' available to download for free...»
Brighton-based boy-girl rockers Blood Red Shoes - one, he called Steve; one, she not called Steve - are to tour in October, taking in some of their biggest headline shows to date...»
Yeasayer haven’t been here before, but they’re making the most of their debut visit to London – tonight marks the first of the Brooklyn-spawned four-piece’s seven shows in this nation’s capital...»
French dance duo Daft Punk are to release a live album later this year...»
Arctic Monkeys have slipped from joint-first in the betting on this year's Mercury Music Prize...»
Rock Action-signed glitch-electro quartet Errors are to tour this autumn with Underworld...»
Following this article announcing a competition to design the artwork for the new single by excellent Leicester punk-rockers Public Relations Exercise, DiS is pleased to give our readers a sneaky peek at the winning entry...»
We think it’s safe to say that every DiS reader has an awareness of Scottish five-piece Mogwai. The primarily instrumental outfit have been in business for over ten years, and have released six albums including the soundtrack to 2006 motion picture Zidane (yes, they like football). DiS caught up with the band's Stuart Braithwaite to talk this year's festivals, the band's new album and some guy called Calvin Harris...»
Bright Eyes will not be playing their scheduled UK shows this week following lynchpin Conor Oberst's contraction of some sort of bug...»
65daysofstatic have had to cancel their DJ set at DiS's end-of-summer party - held at London's Monto Water Rats on August 31 - as they will be travelling to Ireland around the time of their set...»
Despite all its clichés there’s no doubting the quality of ‘Take Her Back’’s assembly...»
“You’re not the enemy, but underneath you don’t agree.” True, that: The Gossip, this critic has nothing against you, particularly, but I don’t think you’ve enough bona-fide hits in your Standing In The Way Of Control LP of early 2006 to warrant press officer claims that your tabloid-followed trio is an “unstoppable force”...»
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 band in particular who are both on tour and on the DiS stereo rather a lot of late...»
DiS is proud to announce an exciting competition. Fans of NYC anti-folk comic artist Jeffrey Lewis can ask the man a question of their choice and have it answered with an exclusive illustration...»
A competition for fans of Björk to make a video for her recent single 'Innocence' has wrapped up, with the winning clip coming from the pairing of Fred & Annabella, from France...»
Lily Allen has cancelled performances at a pair of continental festivals this week as she attempts to be healthy enough to play this coming weekend's V Festival...»
4 Or 5 Magicians are a Brighton-based indie-pop outfit mixing sparkling melodies with lyrical wit in a manner not wholly unlike a certain Stephen Malkmus-fronted act of not so long ago. This: a good thing. They’re also set to play at the next DiScover Club gig, at London’s Notting Hill Arts Club, on August 18. Ish...»
Sometimes you’ve got to swallow a little pride – if that’s what it is, clogging the throat against a man’s better judgement – and admit that a band’s comeback is welcomed...»
The British v Scandinavian press five-a-side finished locked at 1-1 thanks to the free beer and fierce sun. Tom played a solid 7, though his performance was clearly restrained by plimsoles and skinny jeans...»
Rapper-cum-actor (but, really, who does he think he's kidding?) 50 Cent is furious that his new single, 'Follow My Lead', has leaked online...»
Y’see, whatever follows this opening line, ultimately, ain’t telling you shit about Dead Meadow that you don’t already know...»
Him what plays a guitar and sings, Jack Peñate, will release his debut album on October 1. Matinée is its title. What's with all these accents? I can't stretch over from alt to the number keys just like that...»
