Breaking news: Truck Festival postponed
News just in, folks: following the flooding of the festival site in Oxfordshire, this year's Truck Festival has been postponed...»
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Björk - Innocence
Of course, the influence of Timothy Z Mosley is undeniable, but ‘Innocence’ is another confirmation of the fact that this lady – this odd alien character from a musical dimension unexplored by fearful pop artists present – is setting herself new standards all the time...»
Eugene McGuinness - The Early Learnings Of
Forget all your talk of promise and potential, so often preceding muted fanfare for another breaking-through artist with songs enough to warrant praise-worthy attention. It’s so non-committal, so fence-straddling. Forget keeping them peeled in the future and focus the peepers right now: Eugene McGuinness is the finished, fantastic article...»
System Downed: Serj to release solo album
System Of A Down's vocalist Serj Tankian is to release his debut solo album in October through Reprise...»
Celebration ready album number two...
4AD-signed soul-rock trio Celebration - seen on tour stateside not so long ago with The Blood Brothers and TV On The Radio - have finished their second album, the follow-up to 2005's excellent self-titled debut...»
Emmy The Great unveils her Bad: debut EP news
Emmy The Great is to release her debut EP on August 20...»
Maps: new single and tour dates for Mercury nominees
Midlands-based and Mercury-nominated slow-core outfit Maps are to release a new single on August 13...»
Exclusive: Wichita sign Les Savy Fav
Exciting news, friends of the Fav...»
Lily Allen at London Somerset House, Mon 16 Jul
Two songs in and the façade’s splintered as the stilettos are cast aside: “Now you photographers can see my stumpy little legs,” says our bubbly protagonist for this evening’s pop entertainment, giggling to herself and questioning whether or not to crack open another can of cider. Nah, leave it a few more songs – best to wait ‘til you’ve already bungled a few lines before openly swigging on stage...»
Yeah Yeah Yeahs answer your questions
Last month, DiS asked you to provide us with some questions for art-rocking threesome Yeah Yeah Yeahs ahead of the release of their new EP, Is Is, later this month. Here, we have the answers! Simple. As...»
Minus The Bear's Planet of Ice set for September release
Seattle-based alterna-indie quintet Minus The Bear are to release their third long-player proper on September 10, through Undergroove...»
65days: cancel US dates
65daysofstatic have been forced to cancel a number of dates on their US tour following a few visa delays...»
They Don't Sleep, Optimist Club at London The Luminaire, Tue 17 Jul
An ominous black cloud – huge and bulging, and about to burst – hangs over the DiS office this morning. It’s like the heavens themselves know what’s passed...»
120 Days - Sleepwalking
Aiming for Interpol gloom peppered with disco dazzles but falling short onto the doorsteps of The Bravery’s decaying mansion block, Norwegian four-piece 120 Days’ ‘Sleepwalking’ is an opportunity missed...»
Bella Union's Birthday Parties: DiS gatecrashes the South Bank...
Bella Union is a label synonymous with quality, and the bill they compile to celebrate their tenth anniversary – split over two nights at London’s Royal Festival Hall – is brilliantly representative of the variety abundant on its roster...»
Kings of Leon, Snowden at London Hammersmith Apollo, Thu 12 Jul
This is weird: small band plus massive stage (i.e. small of profile, not height or anything like that) so often equals a dismal performance, but Atlanta-based foursome Snowden fill the cavernous Hammersmith Apollo – gradually filling throughout their 30-minute set – brilliantly...»
Ween to release new EP
Get ready for some more Gene and Dean, as Ween are to return next month with their first material since 2003's Quebec...»
Torche - Torche
Best witnessed live though they are, Torche are also admirably competent at conjuring an almighty cacophony on record. Two thumbs up? Oh, for another arm or three…»
Hey designers! Get involved with this Public Relations Exercise...
Leicester-based punk five-piece Public Relations Exercise - who are booked to play August's DiScover Club at London's Notting Hill Arts Club - are offering you the opportunity to design the cover for their forthcoming single, 'Catalyst'...»
Free Youthmovies ATP download available
DiS-signed progressive rockers Youthmovies have made an exclusive track available to readers of this here site...»
Groove Armada, Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya
Will someone please give Mutya Buena a prod from me, and remind her that’s she’s a popstar...»
The Weekly DiScussion: our alternative Mercury list...
So the Mercury nominations for this year aren’t so bad, a couple of proper WTF examples aside (The View? Really? Come on…). However good this year’s nominations generally are, though, we at DiS got the old grey matter burning away to compile an alternative list of twelve that could have made the cut...»
WIN! Twilight Sad stuff...
Currently touring in the States, Scottish four-piece indie-gloomsters The Twilight Sad are one of DiS’s favourite acts to emerge in 2007 so far. Now the band’s awesome label, FatCat, has sent us a bag of goodies to give away. Hurray...»
Yeasayer: debut UK shows and single
Sorta odd but hella good Brooklyn four-piece Yeasayer (think Liars at their most mystical toying with Animal Collective oddness and jazzy basslines) are heading to the UK in August for their first-ever dates on this side of the Atlantic...»
Supersonic 2007: the DiS review
Birmingham is wet. Really wet. I was splashed by a bus an hour or two ago and my jeans are still soaked; my girlfriend’s umbrella is offering no shelter whatsoever. And, to add insult to injury (for ‘injury’ read ‘dampness’), I’ve been stood in the wrong queue for something like 20 minutes. Welcome to Supersonic 2007...»
Too Pure launches singles club
Too Pure – we’re sure you’ve heard of it, for it is a fine label and no mistake – has launched a singles club...»
Eugene McGuinness: album details announced
Hugely talented singer-songwriter Eugene McGuinness - already well praised on these pages - is to release his debut (mini?) album in August...»
Jack Peñate fined following graffiti bust
Young man with old guitar* Jack Peñate has been fined £200 after he drew graffiti on the walls of the Sub Club in Glasgow following his performance at last weekend's T in the Park...»
The Weekly DiScussion: just who can you trust?
As Bella Union - one of the most reliable labels out there - turns 10 years old, we ask: what labels, if any, can you trust? Who is consistently releasing quality material? And who's treading a fine line between heartfelt adoration and absolute indifference...»
Two Gallants: gallivanting come the autumn
Ahead of the release of their new self-titled album, due out later this year via Saddle Creek, Two Gallants have announced an autumn tour of these fair isles...»