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Mon 30 Jun

Why?
at London Cargo

Why? @ Cargo, 30/06.08
24 votes
? by Mike Diver

Sometimes it's better if a show isn't perfect - if Why? had delivered their Alopecia album faultlessly tonight, DiS's heart might have broken for good…

Sat 28 Jun

Grand Archives, Sera Cahoone
at San Francisco Slims

grand archives live
10 votes
? by Tom Milway

As Seattle headliners Grand Archives take to the stage for the last date of a six-week US tour, the dewy hue opener Sera Cahoone has woven is blown from our minds as the Californian sun comes out to shine on this Sub Pop double-header…

Tue 24 Jun

Radiohead, Bat For Lashes
at London Victoria Park

radiohead kevin westenberg
49 votes
? by Mike Diver

Thom Yorke is, by his own admission, terrified. All eyes are on the hunched Radiohead frontman as his fingers go to work on ‘Cymbal Rush’…

MC5, Primal Scream
at London Royal Festival Hall

primal scream bobby gillespie
22 votes
? by Luke Turner

When they push themselves into exotic directions, Primal Scream are undeniably one of the most visceral bands we've produced in the past two decades…

Sigur Rós
at London Westminster Central Halls

sigur ros
27 votes
? by Mischa Pearlman

A Sigur Rós show, like the music they make, is always special. Yet rarely is the venue in any way comparable to the splendour and…

Mon 23 Jun

Awesome Color, Vile Imbeciles
at London Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen/Bar and Grill

Awesome Color
17 votes
? by Helen McKay

Awesome Color's MC5-style garage and psych leanings impress live, raising them above the sizeable blues rock crowd…

Sat 21 Jun

The Cure
at New York Radio City Music Hall

the cure new york
10 votes
? by Karen Ruttner

What amazes about The Cure is the way such a stereotypically ‘goth’ band can make people - many people tonight in New York - so very happy…

Fri 20 Jun

My Bloody Valentine
at London Roundhouse

My Bloody Valentine kevin shields
25 votes
? by Charles Ubaghs

This is it. The moment everyone’s been waiting for. The first official reunion performance by My Bloody Valentine in sixteen years…

Sat 14 Jun

Underworld
at Swansea Singleton Park

Underworld @ Escape 08 by Tom Strickland
11 votes
? by Jane Oriel

At last, Wales' biggest dance all dayer has a proper headliner act with Underworld, the half Welsh legendary titans of the UK dance scene.…

Darren Hayman
at London 100 Club

darren hayman
6 votes
? by Luke Slater

Darren Hayman playing a set comprised entirely of Hefner songs is a big deal to the few hundred others who descend upon a bustling 100 Club…

Fri 13 Jun

My Bloody Valentine
at London ICA

my bloody valentine
26 votes
? by Alex Denney

It isn’t easy typing when you’re having to pick your jaw up off the keys every few minutes. My Bloody Valentine, back, loudly…

Thu 12 Jun

Clinic, Radiohead, Liars, M83, Bat For Lashes
at Barcelona Parc Del Forum

radiohead kevin westenberg
8 votes
? by Kate Hewett and Rob Webb

DiS is back in Barcelona's Parc Dél Forum for the Radiohead-headlined Daydream festival, also taking in Liars, Clinic and more…

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