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...»
A musical cab ride from hell, a forty-minute endurance test of half-baked cockney cod-philosophy...»
It feels like Maps & Atlases have been a cult concern for a while by this point, engendering feverish levels of dedication from musicians and music fans alike through their technically flawless and dazzlingly relayed self-releases. In a favoured haunt of old, their euphonious stylings captivate...»
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."»
Wut? OH HAI!!! We iz in yr interwebs. Ooops. Sry. »
DiS caught up with DJ, movie-soundtracker, and all round thoroughly decent chap, David Holmes to talk about his new album The Holy Pictures. »
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. »
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... »
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. »
At their best, with funky basslines driving their post-punk indie quirkiness, Popular Workshop's debut album is a fantastic listen. »
“Music is our distraction from destruction,” or is it? DiS looks at great music which would never have existed in prosperous times. »
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." »
Sex-obsessed electro-queen Peaches has revealed she's collaborating with Simian Mobile Disco and Digitalism for her forthcoming fifth album.»
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...»
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»
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»
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»
The second fortnightly instalment from the legendary Everett True, which puts the classic 1976 album, The Modern Lovers into the context of the present. »
