In Photos: Wild Beasts @ DiScover Sheffield
DiScover Sheffield played host to Wild Beasts, Napoleon IIIrd and Cats:For:Peru on Wednesday, and without doubt it was one of our most enjoyable evenings yet.»
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It's (not quite) a blitz: Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce trio of live shows
Karen O and co have announced three UK shows around the release of their third record It's Blitz. Yeah Yeah Yeahs will play London twice, and Manchester once in April.»
DiScover: Copy Haho, Mt. St. Helens... and Papercuts
Another fortnight, another trio of fresh DiScoveries for you - all of them very different kettles of musical fish.»
In Photos: Urgent Talk EP Launch @ DiScover Sheffield
The first DiScover Sheffield of 2009 saw local adventure-poppers Urgent Talk launch their & and && EPs in some style.»
DiSection: Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs How To Get To Heaven From Scotland track-by-track
Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs have a new record out. It's called How To Get From Heaven From Scotland, it's about lurve: "The perfect Valentine's Day gift for a loved one," concludes its author.»
Going for Golden: Sky Larkin talk debut album
Following on from our recent track-by-track DiSection of Sky Larkin's debut album The Golden Spike, here's a quick Q&A with the band's singer/guitarist Katie Harkin - as well as some pretty pictures from their recent tour.»
In Photos: NME Awards Tour 2009 @ Sheffield Academy
The NME Awards Tour 2009 (headlined by Glasvegas, also featuring DiS faves Friendly Fires) hit Sheffield last week, and DiS' Photo Ed was down the front snapping away.»
DiScover: The Deer Tracks, Still Flyin' and Urgent Talk
Welcome to our first fortnightly DiScover column, where from now on we'll be introducing you to the new sounds that have been filling our contributors' ears and eyes with joy on a regular basis.»
Tour Diary: Metronomy (Part #2)
The second installment of Metronomy's world tour diary sees them take in the sights and sounds of Australia and America.»
4AD announce trio of signings
4AD today unveiled their big three for 2009: The Big Pink, Broken Records and Camera Obscura have all signed on the dotted line. »
In Photos: Of Montreal @ Manchester Club Academy
DiS caught Of Montreal in Manchester last night, and if there's a more fun live band currently doing the circuit then we're certainly yet to witness them.»
A Month (or two) in Records: December 2008/January 2009
Missed our Month In Records round-ups? Us too. Oops. But after an enforced Christmas absence (turkeys to eat, mulled wine to drink), we're back with a round-up of what's been pleasing the ears of DiS writers these past two months.»
Tour Diary: Metronomy
London-based electro-poppers Metronomy are currently on a world tour - here's what they got up to in Japan and New Zealand.»
New Music Week: Class Of 2009, reprised
The Class Of 2009 has now been DiSmissed, but in case you missed any of the week's inductions, here are some teasers and links to the bands in question. Plus a preview of our forthcoming New Music coverage.»
DiSection: Andrew Bird Noble Beast track-by-track
Andrew Bird released one of DiS' albums of 2007 in the shape of the wonderful Armchair Apocrypha. He's back with a new one, Noble Beast - his first for Bella Union - and we asked him to take us through the collection, track-by-track style.»
Mixtape #35: Factory Records
Wrapping up our day of Factory Records-related content, here's a mixtape selected by Joy Division/New Order drummer Stephen Morris comprising his favourite tracks from the period.»
Old 'Order: Peter Hook talks re-issues, the Factory legacy and staying relevant
Joy Division and their successors New Order bass player talks to DiS (This piece was originally published in September 2008 but has been bumped to the frontpage for Factory Records Day). »
New Music Week: Mixtape #2
What's that? You like DiScovering new music but don't really have the time to trawl thousands of Myspace pages? In that case, let our contributors be your guide. The second in our series of New Music Mixtapes.»
New Music Week: Label Focus #2 with Moshi Moshi, Wichita and XL
It was great in 2008, but 2009 looks set to be equally as fine. Rather than let us tell you about all the hot acts who might soon be pleasing your ears, though, DiS decided to get on the old electronic mail and ask our favourite labels what they've got in store for the year.»
New Music Week: Mixtape #1
What's that? You like DiScovering new music but don't really have the time to trawl thousands of Myspace pages? In that case, let our contributors be your guide.»
DiS' Class Of 2009 #6: The Joy Formidable
Great British indie bands are further and fewer between these days than they used to be. And that's a pity. London-based, Wales-bred trio The Joy Formidable are shaping up to be one of 2009's best.»
New Music Week: Label Focus #1 with Bella Union, Big Scary Monsters and Holy Roar
It was great in 2008, but 2009 looks set to be equally as fine. Rather than let us tell you about all the hot acts who might soon be pleasing your ears, though, DiS decided to get on the old electronic mail and ask our favourite labels what they've got in store for the year.»
DiSection: Sky Larkin The Golden Spike track-by-track
They've been threatening to do it for a long while now, but Leeds-based alternative poppers Sky Larkin finally deliver their debut album next month. And what a hook-laden indie-rock corker it is too! Singer/guitarist Katie Harkin talks DiS through the record.»
DiS' Class Of 2009 #2: Passion Pit
Whether they go on to become this year's MGMT or not, we're thinking Passion Pit's will be one of the year's more appreciated debut LPs.»
Welcome to DiS' New Music Week!
We're trying to make DiS' New Music Week - which begins now, by the way - a little bit different. We'll be cherry-picking only those acts who linger longer in the memory (say, at least a minute); ones whose noises suggest we might still be remembering - nay, spinning - their debut albums come January 2010.»
Animal Collective DiScuss Merriweather Post Pavilion
DiS chats to Animal Collective's Geologist - aka Brian Weitz - about their new record Merriweather Post Pavilion, absent friends and the thorny issue of the day/month/decade: downloading.»
Lost 8 of '08 - #1: The Week That Was
Some records slip beneath nearly every radar. DiS even missed some of our writers' favourites from our end of year list (either because they hadn't been reviewed or mentioned by their peers). These are individual writers favourites of the year, records which they suggest, nay they demand, you take the time to investigate. So, these were the eight that you and we should have been celebrating...»
Mixtape #31: Metronomy
Metronomy's Joseph Mount put more thought into our mixtape challenge than most, picking videos for each selection and even writing his own little intro para. We like it when bands do that!»
Santas Die Younger: DiScover Sheffield December headliners announced
The year 2008, like all good things, must come to an end, but before it does here's one more DiScover Sheffield date for your diaries»
First Listen: Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion
DiS' first listen to Animal Collective's new album Merriweather Post Pavilion suggests we're in for a spectacular aural treat come the second Monday of the New Year.»