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Iceland Airwaves will go ahead

Sean Adams — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:19:07 +0100

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.

Popular Workshop - We're Alive and We're Not Alone

holliy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:32:56 +0100

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?

Brad — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:41:55 +0100

“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'

Sean Adams — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:09:38 +0100

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

Sean Adams — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:11:11 +0100

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

Sean Adams — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:19:24 +0100

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

Alexander Tudor — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:12:14 +0100

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...

American idiots? Crazy US news round-up

John Roberts — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:20:10 +0100

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

John Roberts — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:23:01 +0100

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

John Roberts — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:22:20 +0100

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

Everett True — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:59:33 +0100

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

John Roberts — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:33:45 +0100

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)

Chris Power — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:35:21 +0100

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

J. Wo. — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:30:59 +0100

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...

Sean Adams — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:59:09 +0100

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

John Winters — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:23:04 +0100

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.

Weezer world records: new video does five things never done before

Sean Adams — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:17:04 +0100

Original web geek rockers Weezer have broken five world records with their latest video.

Saint Etienne - London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne

Dom Gourlay — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:30:32 +0100

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.

The Rakes retreat to Berlin to make new album

Sean Adams — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:08:00 +0100

"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.

DiS Preview: Arctic Monkeys live DVD

Ash Akhtar — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:32:06 +0100

DiS went along to see the new Arctic Monkeys DVD last night and here's what our man at the scene thought...