Dillagence: Stones Throw back with another bumper boxset
Only a few weeks after they offered up a mammoth Madvillain bumper pack, Stones Throw release a J Dilla box full of Ruff Draft bits and pieces»
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No Age, Lovvers, HEALTH at London King's Cross Scala, Mon 11 Aug
Colossal blows stripping away your sanity, HEALTH have honed their game, whether their shrieking anthrax-induced pines or their obliterating industrial noise»
808 State in town tonight, announce deluxe reissues
Coinciding with their performance this evening at Nitefreq, with Arthur Baker, I-f and DMX Krew at Jacks in London Bridge, Manchester acid pioneers 808 State have announced the deluxe reissue of four of their seminal releases»
Oneida - Preteen Weaponry
Preteen Weaponry is a decent return that feels as if it’s pre-empting something rather than standing out as a glorious Oneida spectacle»
In conversation: Liars and Deerhunter
Strap yourself in for an epic: DiS sits Deerhunter's Bradford Cox down with Liars and lets the tape roll. The temperature soon rises»
Mastodon announce return
Back with a bludgeoning, Mastodon have announced that their follow up 2006’s to Blood Mountain will be out early 2009»
Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste talks recording, gardening
As the Brooklyn quartet take a break from recording their new record, Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste goes through how it's going»
Flying Lotus - LA EP 1x3
A compost bin of blitzkrieg beats, starlet Flying Lotus offers up one satisfying mulch with small-dose album companion piece LA EP 1x3»
Gang Gang Dance plot return on Warp
No doubt drowned in skewed world sounds, Brooklyn ‘neo-tribalists’ Gang Gang Dance return with Saint Dymphna on October 21»
DiScover: The Cool Kids
Hip-hop's hottest property The Cool Kids - "bringing '88 back" with a smile - talk to DiS about hype and how to survive it as they get their hair clipped»
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
After drifting out at sea Abe Vigoda have finally washed up amid the foam and jellies, a panic-stricken mess set to a holy racket»
Growing pains: Brooklyn noisemongers return
After releasing the stuttering electronic squall of Lateral (review) at the turn of the year, Brooklyn drone cadets Growing return with All The Way on September 9, through Social Registry. The NY label reckon Kevin Doria and Joe Denardo’s return is lik»
GAS - Nah Und Fern
With GAS it’s all too easy to suck hard on hyperbole’s teat, but a fact must be underlined: Nah Und Fern is an incredible leftfield techno tide»
Roaming Free: pop profanities Wild Beasts on their surreal balancing act
Outsiders splitting opinions, Wild Beasts are obtuse pop profanities that should be celebrated as they release their astounding debut LP»
2562 - Aerial
Dance journeyman Dave Huisman's debut as 2562 provides scraps rather than a moveable feast, but Aerial is one remarkable siphoning off of various influences that provides a dissonant slab of techno-fuelled dubstep.»
Label Focus #17: KOMPAKT
DiS speaks to Kompakt head honcho Wolfgang Voigt about the past and present of one of the most innovative co-op’s going»
Feathers Ruffled: Dirty Projectors rule the roost
Fresh from reworking Black Flag’s Damaged as Rise Above's art-pop splendour, DiS gets closer to the exotic bird that is Dirty Projectors»
Animal Collective - Water Curses EP
Difficult to pin down, ever glad to fly the nest, Water Curses gives few clues to where Animal Collective want to head next, but is all the better for providing a moment of retrospective restraint as we play catch-up»
The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
Soak this up, Smith spitting those same nonsensical stories you’ve had jabbered away to you many times before, because after a few duds Imperial Wax Solvent is a remarkable batch of brilliantly deranged tales»
Track-By-Track: No Age spell out their Nouns
No Age's Nouns looks likely to be one of our albums of the year if this review is anything to go by. Here, its makers Randy Randall and Dean Spunt talk us through its inspirations, whether Lily Allen or dancing babies»
Harmonia at London Queen Elizabeth Hall, Fri 18 Apr
Harmonia's South Bank show may start like one of Dr Gunter von Hagens' public dissections, but as it advances the legendary krautrock trio triumph in a manner to woo even the snottiest of childer»
The House that punk built: Italians Do It Better
Turning their backs on you from across the dancefloor, Italians Do It Better are the best cold shoulder you're going to receive. DiS questions the disco label's founder Mike Simonetti and Glass Candy's Johnny Jewell»
Santo Claws: talking S1W, M.I.A. and Mark Ronson with Santogold
Some, when writing their debuts, lower standards beneath their heady expectations. Others rope in Switch and Diplo, among a stellar support cast. Say hello to the newest princess of out-there-pop, Santogold»
Happy hardcore: How Black Dice mutated into...
DiS presses Black Dice's buttons, as Bjorn Copeland spills his dislike of promoters comparing the innovative Brooklyn trio's most singular and peculiar sound with mates Battles and Animal Collective»
HEALTH check: DiS/Vice show announced, new album on the way
LA noisenik sensations HEALTH announced a further date to their UK tour this May, this time put on by our good selves DrownedinSound, with help from Vice»
Singles Round-up (14/04/2008)
DiS gets bouncy this week with a few single-releasing sorts, with shout-outs to No Age and White Williams. But it's Shape of Broad Minds' G-funkin' fusion-hop that makes 'Opr8r' our Single of the Week»
Ecstatic Sunshine - WAY
Baltimore babes Ecstatic Sunshine return, their surf punk having mutated from intense snapshots to jittering drone passages; darting hooks weaving into each other like shattered reggae shards»
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
No matter what themes lyricist Cee-Lo delves into, The Odd Couple struggles to remove itself from being much more than inert comic-book soul. Gnarls Barkley's primary problem remains their inconsistency»
RIP: Klaus Dinger
Former Kraftwerk and Neu! drummer Klaus Dinger has died, aged 61»
Casual strides: Tapes 'n Tapes talk Walk It Off
The Minneapolis four-piece helps DiS get to grips with their new release, recorded with a Zen master who laid on the running water, and explains why they'll be leaving the tapes rolling whatever the outcome»