The Cave Singers add additional August dates
Seattle alt-country trio The Cave Singers - who recently played the o2 Wireless Festival in London - have added a couple of extra dates to their August tour»
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The Melvins - Nude With Boots
The second Melvins album to feature a Big Business pair, Nude With Boots sees the sludge-rockers opening with a Zeppelin-style flourish»
Pick a tat that's new: Wayne gets inked
Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney has got himself a new tattoo inspired by "huge musical heroes of his", Stereophonics»
The Howling Hex returns with Earth Junk
Ex-Royal Trux-er Neil Michael Hagerty returns as The Howling Hex in September»
A Fistful Of Fandango brings indie favourites to London
Billed by organisers as "London's coolest new bands festival", A Fistful Of Fandango returns this September for a five-night run in the capital»
Abe Vigoda sign to Bella Union
Bella Union - one of DiS's favourite labels of recent years - has completed the signing of Los Angeles' tropical punks Abe Vigoda - one of DiS's favourite bands of this year»
Lykke Li: new single, October tour
Swedish sensation Lykke Li will release a new single, 'Breaking it Up', on August 18, and has announced a series of October tour dates»
Department Of Eagles sign to 4AD
Brooklyn duo Department of Eagles - Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear alongside his friend Fred Nicolaus - have inked a deal with 4AD»
DiScover Club update: Envy & Other Sins give away track, Redjetson to play last-ever show?
Developments in the DiScover camp, ahead of this weekend's July edition of our London club, featuring Redjetson, My Sad Captains and Kyte.»
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»
Portishead: new LP plans, touring to be stopped
Portishead will not tour their latest album Third any further»
Giant Sand to release first album for four years
Howe Gelb-fronted rock outfit Giant Sand are to release their first album in almost four years in September»
Pinback's Rob Crow on penning perfect indie-pop
Pinback frontman Rob Crow runs through ten vital points to consider when looking to write a perfect indie-pop song. We're not sure he's being entirely serious»
Brothers rise from their Graves: Jaguar Love's fresh start
Johnny Whitney talks to DiS about life after The Blood Brothers, as he and Cody Votolato join forces with Pretty Girls Make Graves' Jay Clark for Jaguar Love»
Get a taste of Fucked Up's The Chemistry of Common Life here
Toronto-based punks Fucked Up are set to release their first album for Matador, The Chemistry Of Common Life, on October 6 in the UK, and you can get a taste of it right here»
Bowie gets covered on new !K7 comp; Au Revoir Simone on their choice of song
Next week sees the release of !K7's Life Beyond Mars compilation, featuring a wealth of modern artists covering - you guessed it - the songs of David Bowie»
The Automatic: first post-Pennie material due
The Automatic will release their first material since keyboard-banging yelp-child Alex Pennie departed the band on August 18»
WIN! Tickets to this year's Underage Festival in London
Eighteen years old or under? What are you doing reading this site?! We use naughty words, like bum and poop. Your parents would be _so_ mad if they found out. S'alright though, we won't tell. What's more, how's this... DiS has a pair of tickets to give»
Comets On Fire at London Kilburn The Luminaire, Sat 05 Jul
This could be the final final chapter, but let’s hope not. After all, DiS leaves still able to hear itself think, which is never right for a Comets On Fire show»
Future Of The Left announce pre-Reading tour dates
Welsh trio Future Of The Left will tour the UK ahead of slots at the Reading and Leeds festivals»
Supersonic 2008: the DiS preview
This weekend the Supersonic Festival takes over Birmingham’s Custard Factory for a sixth year. DiS - again a sponsor - previews the festival»
Brighton's Beachdown Festival confirms more acts
Brighton's Beachdown Festival - held August 22-25 - has confirmed a number of new additions to its bill»
Wooden Shjips and The Heads: co-headlining from this week
The Heads - psyche-rocking out of Bristol - join forces with San Fran's Wooden Shjips for a co-headline tour this month, and both appear at the DiS-sponsored Supersonic Festival this weekend»
ZOO8: the worst festival ever? Attendees speak out
There's anger in the ranks, as attendees of ZOO8 - held over the weekend in Port Lympne Wild Animal Park - have voiced their disgust at the quality of the festival, and the value for money if offered»
Gang Of Four confirmed as Offset headliners
Gang Of Four will join Wire in headlining the Offset Festival this summer, held in Hainault Forest Country Park on August 30-31»
Points of the Compass: new London festival details
Points of the Compass is a new festival, of sorts, organised by the lovely chaps behind The Local, promoters of quality shows around London and further afield»
Zapfest does a Tapestry, does a Wild in the Country: another fest cancelled
Zapfest - scheduled for this coming weekend (July 12) in Oxford's South Park - has been cancelled»
Chart round-up: rascals and raconteurs on the rise
Zing! It sounded dodge acoustic at Glasto but Dizzee Rascal’s ‘Dance Wiv Me’ (video) is new at one on the singles chart proper this week, after topping the downloads last week»
Singles Round-up (07/07/08)
We love them so much we might just adopt them so they can play for us every day... it's no surprise that Let's Wrestle claim our Single of the Week»
Independents Day 2008: three labels on what it means to be indie
Raise a glass, for July 4 is Independents Day, where music lovers the world over toast the importance of the industry's for-the-lovers»