Cutting Pink unleash 'Laser Hannon', tour in support
London glitch-punk trio Cutting Pink With Knives (who, if they’re reading, we ask: what do you want us to call you?) are to release their track ‘Laser Hannon’ and tour...»
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Lou Reed, The Killers - Tranquilize
While it’s considered The Killers’ finest single to date by some in the DiS office this Lou Reed-featuring mess of a track from the Las Vegas four-piece, lifted from their forthcoming collection of b-sides and stuff Sawdust, is beguilingly awful...»
Various - Well Deep: Ten Years of Big Dada Recordings
Marking the tenth anniversary of Big Dada – a label guided by Ninja Tune through its earliest forays into the industry – Well Deep serves as a neat potted history of one of the nation’s more maverick labels»
DiSband #2: Land Of Talk
Hopefully you caught the first in our new series of articles running under the title DiSband: Hadouken! fought their corner rather well. Here, we grill Canadian indie-rock trio Land Of Talk as they look to follow in the footsteps of a slew of successful acts from their across the sea homeland»
Beck - Timebomb
Standalone singles need sturdy footing, and there’s something so very throwaway about ‘Timebomb’ that has even the most fair-weather of Beck fans pondering what the point of its release is, exactly...»
O'Death: touring now, plus single news
Brooklyn's oddball alt-country rockers O'Death are touring these shores from later this week, and also have a new single up their collective sleeve...»
Kelley Stoltz: Two Gallants support dates and new LP details
Detroit-spawned lo-fi singer-songwriter Kelley Stoltz is returning to the UK to act as support to Two Gallants...»
Welcome to the new-look DiS
The new, improved DiS has been a long time coming; the old design, which can be seen pictured there for you nostalgic sorts, had outstayed its welcome rather, and you know what they say about a change being as good as a rest, right? Exactly: we’re all nicely rested now. Save for all the sleepless nights...»
The Knife: Swedish purveyors of alien synergy
The Knife released one of 2006’s most-acclaimed LPs in the guise of Silent Shout. Ranking highly in DiS’s own run-down of 2006’s finest, the album was re-released in July 2007 as an Audio Visual Experience. We question Karin Dreijer Andersson on their relationship with the visual arts»
Swervedriver reform, announce intention to tour
Oxford-based swirly rockers Swervedriver have reformed, reports Pitchfork...»
DiScover: Holy F**k
Toronto-based duo Brian Borcherdt and Graham Walsh have nice names; they’re almost certainly well-mannered people, and together they make excitably itchy dance-rock music – it, too, is very nice indeed. So why do they feel the need to spoil things by calling their band Holy F**k...»
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Yourcodenameis: The Automatic, apparently
Paul Mullen, singer with yourcodenameis:milo, has joined Welsh pop-rockers The Automatic...»
ATP Weekend Two: Explosions In The Sky to curate
You probably didn't hear it here first, but the curator for weekend two of May 2008's double-ATP affair is...»
DiScover Club update: booked 'til Christmas
From now 'til Christmas, DiScover has some special treats for you, all for free...»
Wintermute - Gambling Or Playing Cards?
“Are we even on the same page?” question our protagonists as drums erupt behind their exasperated cries; not just yet replies the public en masse, but time’s on Wintermute’s side...»
Chromeo: double-dating this month
Funky two-piece Chromeo are to play a pair of UK dates later this month as they prepare to release 'Bonafied Lovin' as a single, November 12 via Backyard...»
DiScover: Bobby Cook
London-based Bobby Cook might look your typical commercial-potential singer-songwriter sort on paper – good looking, great blossoming CV, press plaudits racking up – but listen a little deeper and there’s more than initially meets the eye and ears...»
DiS presents: Saul Williams and more, November 7
Good news, fans of good shows: DiS and Tours, Bombs etc are pleased to co-present a quite, quite super show next month: Saul Williams and more at the pleasant basement known to locals as Barden’s Boudoir, London...»
Silver Rocket 100 at London Imperial College Union, Sat 13 Oct
Back slaps and hand claps: widespread at ICU on the day of those kicks. Last time I was here – or the time before, or the time before that – I found myself in a ‘situation’ with a rugger bugger. Today, no such mistakes, and subsequently no fists to duck; instead, there’s merriment and plastic cups ‘pon lips, cheap booze and barbecue, all in the name of celebration. One hundred up, more to come: congratulations Silver Rocket...»
Party news! Halloween DiS vs Crossfire boat show details announced
You like zombies? You like trailer trash? You like drinkin’ and dancin’? You like Halloween? You like DiS? Great! We’ve a show for you. And possibly you, too, but only if you clean your teeth this time...»
Bumblebeez - Dr Love
Ain’t no shame in professing a love for the funk, y’know; those days, they’ve gone, and embracing of pleasures deemed guilty is everyday and widespread...»
amiina: touring this month
Icelandic quartet amiina are to tour the UK later this month...»
LoneLady - Early The Haste Comes / Joy
One of the first offerings from the new Too Pure Singles Club, LoneLady’s double-A of ‘Early The Haste Comes’ and ‘Joy’ is a bit of a non-starter...»
Iceland Airwaves 2007: check out the DiS blog
Britain - London, anyway - might be enjoying some autumnal sunshine right now, but spare a thought for DiS’s Rob Webb, Gary Wolstenholme and Shain Shapiro as they board a plane for the dark and icy surroundings of Reykjavik for the annual Iceland Airwaves festival. Think of them, huddled, freezing… And read our blog...»
Hundred Reasons: 2008 tour dates confirmed
With their fourth album Quick The Word, Sharp The Action out yesterday, and new single 'No Way Back' doing the rounds as a free download, Hundred Reasons have confirmed headline tour dates for early 2008...»
Hundred Reasons - No Way Back
Perennial almost-men of the British post-hardcore scene, left trailing rather in the wake of successfully broken-through Welshies Lostprophets and Funeral For A Friend, Hundred Reasons’ commercial fortunes have never tallied with the affections directed their way from those able, still, to recall losing a week’s worth of sweat in a night to first album tracks in some dank fleapit in a satellite town...»
The Apes return: Ghost Games expected in February
Washington DC quartet The Apes are to release their fourth album, Ghost Games, early next year through the Gypsy Eyes label...»
DiScover: Stars of Aviation
Stars of Aviation are a right little gem of an indie-pop band – purveyors of the sweetest lullabies with overtones darker than your average band categorised as ‘twee’. Whatever that means today: it’s not like SoA remind us any of Belle & Sebastian, and aren’t they the be-all and end-all of the catchall? Catch SoA this weekend at our once-a-month DiScover Club...»
Brainwash Festival 2007: the DiS preview
Brainwash is back for a second year, taking over a pair of Leeds venues this coming weekend (October 19-21) for three days, and nights, of eclectic alternative music. This year sponsored by DiS, the bill's better than ever...»