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So this is Christmas, and as well as massive queues and really shit weather, it's also a time for bands to get themselves a few extra Myspace friends by recording a festive tune or two and whacking 'em online. Bah! Humbug!, etc. You've got to give The Cr»
Primavera Sound 2009 had one of the best bills we've ever seen, with an eye-boggling array of talent on offer. Here's what our intrepid writing team came back babbling excitedly about.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
As you might already know, this year's Dot To Dot Festival takes place on Saturday May 23rd in Bristol and May 24th in Nottingham, and a slew of new confirmations has just made the bill look even tastier.»
Pictures of Animal Collective from their Leeds show»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Like Radiohead? How do you fancy getting your hands on expanded versions of the Oxford quintet's first three albums? What's that? You do? Well, read on.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
DiS' Graham Shackleton got some snaps of Grammatics performing at The Leadmill in Sheffield last weekend.»
Patrick Wolf and Micachu played London's KOKO on Friday, and DiS sent Burak Cingi along with his camera.»
It's rare that a new band comes along who divide opinion - critical and otherwise - quite so much as Leeds' Grammatics seem to have done in their short musical career. Chances are, you'll either love their sound, or hate it, because indifference just isn't an option when confronted with something as extraordinary as this.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Leeds-spawned pop tykes Sky Larkin are currently on a European tour to promote their debut long-player The Golden Spike, and DiS has a pair of exclusive tracks for you to watch from Amsterdam's Paradiso venue courtesy of Fabchannel.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Imagine, if you will, 10, 000 Marbles coming at you all at once. What would you do? Run away? It'd almost certainly be futile. Imagine the coverage! The F^cked Up live experience is similarly inescapable, and the band are over here again at the end of the month for Shred Yr Face 2, also featuring Rolo Tomassi and The Bronx. »
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
The boards have spoken: these are the Top 50 Albums of 2008 according to the DiS messageboard's annual vote.»
The fans have spoken. What have they said? "We quite fancy seeing M83 and Marnie Stern play at ATP in May, actually".»
Finished all of your Christmas reading? Well, how about you pick yourself up something new - a nice biography of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, perhaps? Oh, wait, there isn't one. At least, there wasn't...»
Long-time board favourites Brakes are back with a new single and they've been on the blower to DiS with an exclusive link to its accompanying video»
In case you hadn't noticed, DiS has been on holiday for a few weeks. Well, now we're back and raring to go. Here's our pick of the music news (and some sad goodbyes) from our time away»
It's Christmas, in case you hadn't noticed, so DiS has enlisted the services of Charles Watson, guitarist and singer in popular Sheffield beat combo Slow Club, to compile a mixtape with a festive theme. At least it's only once every twelve months, hey?»
Eugene McGuinness, DiS' Troubadour Of '08, talks us through his self-titled debut album»
It's like the real Newsround, only very different and about music. Without further ado, then, here's DiS' third and final summary before Christmas of what's hot in the world of bands and stuff»
Two bands, two gigs, one week: Holly Erskine's been busy, snapping both Late Of The Pier and Chairlift on her travels around the capital in the past seven days»
Jarvis Cocker returned to his hometown last Tuesday to headline the first night of Rough Trade's 30th Anniversary Tour, and gave a sneak preview of new tracks from his forthcoming second solo album»
