If Olafur Arnalds could... soundtrack a movie
Icelandic songsmith Olafur Arnalds tells DiS about the films he'd love to have soundtracked...»
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Ryan Adams & The Cardinals' new album 'Cardinology' available to stream
iLike have a stream of Ryan Adams' new album. We want to know what you first thoughts are and whether you think he's still guilty of quantity over quality? Will you be listening to it, or do you wanna wait for your copy on vinyl to arrive rather than listen to a stream?»
Mixtape #20: M83
Anthony from M83 compiles his favourite tracks as a little mixtape for DiS readers and makes a few 'hot or not' liner notes...»
DiScussion: Who's your favourite duo?
We want to know who your favourite duo is but first, here are three of our favourites: The Kills, No Age (who head out on the road for our Shred Yr Face tour which starts this week!) and Blood Red Shoes, to focus your mind and get you started...»
DiS poll: would you stop using P2P if you got a warning from your ISP?
Russell Hart, chief executive of Entertainment Media Research commented "It is quite evident that an ISP-led strategy has bite, because illegal downloaders are fairly convinced that ISPs are currently monitoring their activities and are more likely to act against them than the courts."»
DiS 5.0 chaos: apologies and explanations
Wut? OH HAI!!! We iz in yr interwebs. Ooops. Sry. »
Watch: Department of Eagles 'No One Does It Like You'
The folks over at 4AD have given us a heads up about this new live session video from Brooklyn duo Department of Eagles. They do subtle brooding ache pretty darn well and for additional indie points feature some fellas from Grizzly Bear. You probably downloaded their album before they recorded it. »
Concrete & Glass 2008: The DiS Review
Last weekend DiS hit the streets of East London for the first ever Concrete & Glass festival. We saw a lot of bands, some good, some great and here are our highlights... »
Iceland Airwaves will go ahead
Organisers of Iceland's biggest and one of Europe's best festivals have confirmed that the event will still go ahead, despite huge economic problems with the Icelandic economy. »
Chinese Democracy gets a release date
Tony Jacobs, VP of marketing for Dr. Pepper had this to say: "We're waiting to hear about Chinese Democracy just like all the other GNR fans. But if the rumours are true, we're putting the Dr Pepper on ice." »
Peaches teams up with SMD and Digitalism for her fifth album
Sex-obsessed electro-queen Peaches has revealed she's collaborating with Simian Mobile Disco and Digitalism for her forthcoming fifth album.»
New Site News: One week on, what works, what's still to come...
One week on and Tom Waddington, our web guru, has been working around the clock to make things work. As we said when we launched it's going to take us at least a month to begin to finish the new site; there is so much still to be done aside from stomping out a few rogue bugs but we had to go live so that the development of the site could be finished. This is where we're at...»
Weezer world records: new video does five things never done before
Original web geek rockers Weezer have broken five world records with their latest video.»
The Rakes retreat to Berlin to make new album
"The London music scene is so dull right now - it's like wading through a swamp of shit. We just wanted to be somewhere more inspiring," says The Rakes singer Alan Donohoe.»
Cold War Kids tick friday fun and political point making boxes
Makers of sub-Chili Peppers dreary funk-balladry about drunks, Cold War Kids, have done something of note. Whilst Friday's may be known round these parts for the infamous 'Is This News?' feature we thought this we might resurrect it and shield the »
DiScussion: In the age of the web, are negative reviews more pointless than ever?
The web is limitless and you can find an opinion on everything and anything but because of that don't you just find you want one reliable place to find out what's worth your time? And has this nullified both the impact and the point of negative journalism?»
Ne'rmind the old site, welcome to the new one…
"If you don't know, honey, why'd you just say so? Cause I need this now more than I ever did. If you don't well, honey, then you don't. So here we are now, a sip of wine a sip of water. Someday maybe, maybe someday we'll be smarter. And I'm sorry»
DiS is 8! A stumble down memory lane...
It's October first... Happy Birthday to us! And now for an indulgent dose of nostalgia as DiS' founder looks back at previous incarnations of the site»
DiS is 8 on tour presents... Shred Yr Face with Los Campesinos, only two weeks to go
It's not long now (two weeks in fact!) 'til the Shred Yr Face tour hits the road so without further ado, here's a quick reminder of what's in store»
About bloody time: Kevin Shields to resume work on aborted third MBV album
Following MBV's headline set at ATP New York on September 21st, Shields the New York Times that he wants to restart work on the band's aborted third album.»
Crystal Castles camp confirm t-shirt saga is over
Gameboy-squelch dance-noizesters Crystal Castles have bought the rights to use the image for their iconic 'bruised Madonna' tee»
MySpace apparently not against independent culture
MySpace have responded to accusations that their new music store service is intentionally blocking independent artists and labels»
Mogwai cancel US & Canada tour due to ill health
Mogwai drummer Martin Bulloch was rushed to hospital following the band's ATP performance in New York last night and the band have been forced to cancel their dates in the US and Canada»
We &hearts #1: Lovvers
For this new feature we have one simple request: 'please tell us five things you love' With the release of their new EP (9/10 review) and with a name too apt not a draw a line to our new feature, we fired off an email to Lovvers and this is what came back»
Mixtape #16: Trans Am
It hasn't always been as easy for band at the art-house end of dance to bust through the crowd and into your hearts. Trans AM have been one of those super special bands which those-wot-know have been cranking between Cut Copy and LCD Soundsystem at house parties and on their blog mixes for longer than we care to remember. We asked the band to make us a mixtape of what they like as a reminder and introduction»
Travis Barker crash latest: Tyre blowout suspected cause for air crash
Travis Barker, drummer from punk-pop heroes Blink-182 was involved in a fatal air crash this weekend. Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein (DJ AM) who DJ as the duo TRVSDJ-AM were injured this weekend after a Learjet they were flying in crashed. The cr»
Chart & Destroy: 'tallica and KoL still top of the pops
Chart attack: no change at the top... Hairy men continue to top the charts with Kings Of Leon at one in the singles chart with 'Sex on Fire' and Metallica topping the album charts for a second week with their ninth studio album Death Magnetic. The sing»
Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt: the shoe
Magnetic Fields, who make anti-pop or folk filled with gin'n'gloop, have inspired a range of shoes. Whilst feet-related ranges are usually the reserve of the hip hop elite, a French shoe firm called Bluedy have decided to make a range of shoes as a»
Idlewild to play all their albums in full
With a teenage wriggle of excitement not felt since hearing that Ash were to play 1977 in an ATP-Don't-Look-Back-style; DiS is please to share the news that Idlewild have announced a five-night-stand at the legendary King Tut's in Glasgow, where they will play their back catalogue in its entirety. »
DiSection: Friendly Fires debut album track-by-track
After years of rag-tag imitators, two bands are proving that home-brewed British pop is firmly back. In part one of this bands-eye-view of their debut albums we heard from Late of the Pier. For part two, we hand you over to Friendly Fires whose self-titled debut is already a contender for album of the year»