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. »
Yesterday
Popular Workshop - We're Alive and We're Not Alone
At their best, with funky basslines driving their post-punk indie quirkiness, Popular Workshop's debut album is a fantastic listen. »
DiScussion: Does poverty inspire great art?
“Music is our distraction from destruction,” or is it? DiS looks at great music which would never have existed in prosperous times. »
Watch: Department of Eagles 'Herringbone'
The folks over at 4AD have given us a heads up about this new 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. »
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.»
Where to start with... Sunset Rubdown & Wolf Parade
This is the first in a series of This Band Could Be Your Life-inspired features. We begin telling you everything you need to know before diving into the records of Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown...»
Last Thursday
American idiots? Crazy US news round-up
No Age's Randy Randall has fired an angry e-missive after being told he couldn't wear a T-shirt bearing Barack Obama's name during a recent television appearance»
Digital wars: YouTube to sell music, Myspace tries but fails
Just as über-popular video streaming service YouTube announced it would start flogging the music behind the movies, social networking behemoth Myspace was forced to shut down its own digital outlet»
Prima Donna? Rufus Wainwright pens opera
It was always on the cards, really, wasn't it? Rufus Wainwright is to stage his first opera at next summer's Manchester International Festival»
Something old, something new #2 : The Modern Lovers
The second fortnightly instalment from the legendary Everett True, which puts the classic 1976 album, The Modern Lovers into the context of the present. »
Holy Foals! Touring buddies cover each other
If you're planning on attending any of the many dates on Foals' current tour, look out for a special purchase at the merch stand»
Lambchop - OH (ohio)
Its restrained combination of new and old, tradition and innovation, sums up the strengths of OH (ohio), an album which isn't another Lambchop masterpiece, but rather a fine addition to an extraordinary body of work.»
Jeremy Warmsley: An Evening with Daniel Johnston
Interviews can be pretty predictable and boring, right? Inspired by the fact the music press was at its best when people like Chrissie Hynde were writing for the NME and more recently Andrew Bird's regular column for the New York Times, we asked literate troubadour and DiS board regular Jeremy Warmsley to begin the first of a series of artist-generated-content...»
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...»
Tilly and the Wall - O
Of all the bands to spring out of Omaha, Nebraska in recent years, there are probably few more Omaha than Tilly and the Wall; two of them used to be in a band with Conor Oberst, they’re signed to his Team Love label and he even produced their first album.»
Last Wednesday
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.»
Saint Etienne - London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne
London Conversations compiles thirty-five of Saint Etienne's best known songs, making it the nearest thing to an anthology you're likely to find.»
