Jay-Z on Glasto criticism: "if we don't embrace what is new, then how do we progress?"
Jay-Z has broken cover and commented on criticism directed his way ahead of his headline appearance at this coming weekend's Glastonbury Festival»
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Tabloid tattle: Winehouse has lung disease
Singer Amy Winehouse has the lung disease emphysema, her father Mitch has revealed to the Sunday Mirror»
An Essential Dozen: 2008's best albums so far
As the end of June looms, DiS looks back over the past six months, picking out a dozen essential LPs. Here, part one of three picks four frontrunners»
WIN! Tickets to the 20th Dour Festival in Belgium (Mystery Jets, The Fall, Foals, Battles)
DiS's friends at the annual Dour Festival, Belgium - celebrating its 20th anniversary - have given us a number of tickets to give away to the four-day festival, held July 17-20»
Editorial JAG: DiS YACHT show is filling up
Word up, DiS gig-goers of London town: our special YACHT gig at the Old Blue Last on July 16 is filling up»
Secondsmile release second album; play DiScover Club date
Dorset's Secondsmile will release their second long-player, Years, via Big Scary Monsters on July 7»
Chart round-up: 'bed-wetters' dominate, home and abroad
Bravo, Coldplay: the bed-wetters, so we’re led to believe, have triumphed on two fronts, topping the albums and singles charts this week»
Rolo Tomassi getting Hysterical come September
Sheffield synth-punx par excellence Rolo Tomassi have confirmed the title and release date of their debut album»
Singles Round-up (23/06/08)
So their latest album wasn't all that - doesn't mean Weezer have forgotten how to write superb singles, as 'Pork And Beans' is our Single of the Week»
Pyramids - Pyramids
Pyramids are a four-piece from Denton, Texas; this self-titled, running to ten tracks, is their debut album. Beyond that the accompanying press release offers little information»
Hot Club de Paris - Live At Dead Lake
Liverpool’s Hot Club de Paris make the awkward accessible, in a fashion not wholly dissimilar to contemporaries Johnny Foreigner»
Chris Martin is a 'pinhead'. Not THE Pinhead. But a pinhead nonetheless
Chris Martin - pictured with that Whiley woman having a word; probably something about hummus - has been called a 'pinhead' by the Fox network's Bill O'Reilly»
My Bloody Valentine reissues delayed due to writer's block?
As you may recall, DiS previously reported that My Bloody Valentine's Isn't Anything and Loveless albums would be reissued this week. But they've not been»
Santogold and Laura Marling added to inaugural Edge Festival bill
Santogold and Laura Marling are among the new names confirmed for this year's first-ever Edge Festival»
Oasis agree new Big Brother deal
Oasis have agreed a three-album deal with Sony BMG, which will see their own Big Brother Recordings involved in a profit-share venture with the major label»
David Holmes announces new album
Soundtracker supreme David Holmes has confirmed the release of his fourth solo LP, The Holy Pictures»
Mixtape #10: White Denim
About to release their debut LP, DiS collars Austin's garage-rock sensations White Denim for our latest mixtape... expect prog»
Nick Cave confirms second Grinderman LP
The latest Bad Seeds LP might still be doing the business but already Nick Cave's attentions are turning to a follow-up to 2007's debut Grinderman LP»
Comets ablaze, again: West Coasters confirm one-off London date
So you might have already heard this news, but it's only 100 per cent official from now, so shurrup»
Slipknot's fourth: All Hope Is Gone due in August
Slipknot have confirmed that their fourth album will be titled All Hope Is Gone, and that it will be released on August 25»
Watch: new video from Blood Red Shoes
Brighton indie-rock duo Blood Red Shoes release their new single, ‘This Is Not For You’, on July 7»
Coldplay crack the Billboard Hot 100
Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', the title track of their new LP, has gone to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart stateside»
The Weekly DiScussion: 2008's greatest albums, so far
2008 is shaping up to be a great year for album releases, and as we reach halfway DiS is taking a look its shoulder, and asking for your suggestions»
Truck Festival 2008: new headliner announced, special guest confirmed
What's that distant rumble... coming nearer? Truck Festival is as good as on our doorstep, and the Oxfordshire two-dayer has just announced details of another headliner»
Sick of Et Al: This Et Al call it quits
Yorkshire-based four-piece This Et Al have split»
Canada's best: Polaris Prize longlist announced
Hands up if you want Cadence Weapon to win this year's Polaris Prize, essentially the Canadian version of our Mercury? Awww, Rollie»
Mercury rising: the Rev return in September, tour in November
Mercury Rev are to release their new nine-song LP Snowflake Midnight on September 29, via V2/Cooperative»
Chinese Democracy: is the truth finally out there?
Okay, so maybe you gave up caring years ago, but it seems Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy is nearing completion»
Deftones reveal more about new album, Eros
Californian metallers Deftones have revealed more about their new studio LP, working title Eros»
Radiohead's 'Nude' given the once over... by a ZX Spectrum
Radiohead's invitation to have fans remix their latest single 'Nude' has resulted in a Glasgow School of Art student becoming something of a YouTube sensation»