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To celebrate Fierce Panda day on DiS we'd like to take you back to 2007.... On the eve of their 13th birthday, DiS caught up for a chat with Simon Williams, to discuss and celebrate Fierce Panda's long and happy existence...»
Bruce Springsteen's latest album follows hot on the heels of his previous long player. Unfortunately, Working On A Dream emphatically proves that those who record in haste tend to repent at their leisure...»
My head hurts. Here are some photos from London.»
The thing about London gigs, is that for the band, they’re f*cking awesome things. For us poor crew, however, it’s a bit more stressful: there’s more to do, seemingly less organisation and definitely more annoying c*nts hanging about.»
Sorry it’s taken a little while to get back to you from Glasgow. Blame Glasgow. Saturday’s show was an Epic Spectacular in the mould of great Art School shows. And given that it all took place at the Glasgow School of Art, that was handy.»
It was the sort of night where you loaded out in double-quick time, wailing Kings of Leon’s ‘Sex on Fire’ very loudly through the corridors, just because it was such a good night.»
Leeds, as predicted, rocked pretty damn hard. As I type, we are sitting on the bus, all 224 of us (a slight exaggeration, admittedly), readying ourselves for a trip across the Irish Sea to Dublin»
Hello from Liverpool again, where we’ve just finished a night of controlled chaos and fiery finesse. As we ready to roll on towards Leeds, let’s recap on the last 12 hours.»
Hello from Liverpool, where the winds are gusting through with, well, gusto. As we ready ourselves for day 2 and a fitting conclusion to Liverpool’s tenure as the Capital of Culture ’08, let us recap on yesterday’s events.»
Los Camp, TNV and No Age play instores in London on October 19th. Read on for details on how to get wristbands.»
Bloc Party have added a second London show at Olympia in April next year, after the first sold out on the day of sale.»
Drowned in Sound politely but enthusiastically reminds you that it has a blimming good shinddig tomorrow.»
Our twentieth profile in this series fittingly finds DiS speaking to a label that recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. A record company which has firmly established itself as (debatably) the most esteemed and influential independent label of modern times»
Lorain, Ohio’s own Jason Molina – he formerly known as Songs: Ohia - is to play a short series of UK shows set around his appearance at this weekend’s End of the Road festival in Dorset.»
Cynics might suggest that during a night with Kings of Leon the songs blend together into a vast mulch of up-tempo rock. But when your festival warm-up takes place in the 5,500 capacity venue, it seems safe to assume your band's become a pretty big deal»
2008 might not have produced too many truly classic festival moments but there's lots to come. Excited, DiS here looks over seven of the best festivals ever»
On the eve of playing Young Team live for the first time, DiS speaks to Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite about the record that started a Glaswegian legacy»
The latest of our Label Focus articles directs its questions the way of Southern Records, both a label and distributor (Dischord, Ipecac, etc) of repute»
Remember when festivals were exciting? This excitement seems to have transfered to stadium rock. Is it back? DiS waffles on»
Already common knowledge, but we're contractually obliged to mention that Radiohead have offered up a live cover of Portishead's 'The Rip' on their website.»
You can almost see twenty years of graft, sweat and tears rushing through Dave Grohl's head, at once exonerating and justifying. Wembley is an emotional triumph»
Velocifero shows that time in foreign climes has been well spent, Ladytron's latest album containing plenty of great and clever songs»
It’s a frustrating listen but there are enough great moments studded amongst the mire to make Red, Yellow and Blue a worthwhile purchase»
Spiritualized's Songs In A&E offers wonderful moments but mixes truth and parody in an altogether confusing and ill-conceived manner»
Philadelphia shoegaze band A Sunny Day in Glasgow are set for a tour of the UK in July. The dates»
The line-up for a series of iTunes endorsed shows at London’s Koko has been announced.»
On October 13th, Jagjaguwar Records will release Okkervil River’s new full-length album titled The Stand Ins in the UK.»
Radiohead beseech Prince to unblock his Creep cover at Coachella.»
Ex-Clor man returns with new act. Barringtone.»
iS has a copy of a double 12" vinyl edition of the new Spiritualized LP, Songs in A & E.»
