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The division between audience and headliner tonight is a physical one, true – band high on stage, gaggle grouped below. But there’s also a detachment that’s rather less tangible, albeit just as apparent; a schism of circumstance that confirms, for better or worse, that The xx have truly flown the indie nest and arrived at a place where their delicate songs have been co-opted by the comparative masses. »
Twenty-four hours ago I couldn’t have told you the last time I was caught in a mosh, as I couldn’t remember. Million Dead’s see-ya-later show at the Underworld, maybe. Today, I can: last night, ULU, Deftones. Me, friends never before met and never t»
Radiohead are among the biggest bands in the world, period. Ahead of dates home and abroad, drummer Phil Selway talks about In Rainbows' industry impact and why the band always need a new learning curve»
From the archive... DiS did the Camden Crawl 2008 the weekend just gone, chasing NW1’s cracked pavements in pursuit of hawt young t’ings. And the Fratellis. Here's an In Photos gallery of many Crawl acts, including those on the DiS stage»
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Originally posted Feb 9th 2007... So there’s me, in bed, still in that delightful state of being neither fully awake nor out cold, and the girlfriend’s leaping about and the curtains are open and it’s all “snow snow snow” and the radio newsreader’s telling me not to travel unless I really have to and I’m desperate to drift off again but before I know it the duvet’s off and I’m marched to the kitchen window to gaze at a garden smothered with six inches of the stuff...»
With some commentators already calling it the best ATP of the past couple of years, this December's Nightmare Before Christmas has gone from great to greater with the addition of new acts»
Sunderland-based concept-poppers The Week That Was take their fantastically received self-titled album on the road later this year»
Foals' 2008 has been a hectic one, and the end isn't quite in sight yet. As they prepare to tour the UK again, DiS catches up with the Oxford outfit»
Raleigh, North Carolina trio Bowerbirds’ debut LP is the sort of slow-release indie-folk almost-masterpiece that seems anything but the first few times through»
American record producer Jerry Finn, who worked on releases by Blink-182, Green Day, Pennywise, Morrissey, Alkaline Trio and many more, died earlier this month at the age of 38»
As their debut LP nears release, DiS finds out what's gone into Sheffield prog-core teens Rolo Tomassi's melting pot for the much-anticipated Hysterics»
Playing our free-entry DiScover Club on August 30 in London, Dorset's Secondsmile are rapidly making their name as a must-see live act»
Squarepusher's new album, Just A Souvenir, will be released via Warp on October 27»
Bloc Party will make their third album available to the public on August 21. That's this week, on Thursday, for the more calendar-challenged amongst you»
Much-loved - sometimes a little too much, and you know who you are - indie-popsters Death Cab For Cutie are heading back to Blighty in November for a series of dates»
Hymns For A Dark Horse, the superb debut album from North Carolina trio Bowerbirds, earns an expanded re-release via Dead Oceans on Monday»
The End Of The Road Festival acts as something of a marker each year, indicating that the festival season in the UK is as good as up, and you've one weekend left to party in a field. And now you can do that partying for nowt»
Memphis garage rocker Jay Reatard returns to run riot in the UK in November, in support of a singles compilation forthcoming on Matador»
Sheffield trio Bromheads Jacket follow up their Dits From The Commuter Belt debut of 2006 next month, with the Ross Orton-produced On The Brain»
London's newest live music venue, matter, opens its doors for business on September 19, and has plenty in store for its first six weeks»
Proggy-popsters from the English south, Cats And Cats And Cats are playing a great many live dates in October, and also have a good-looking all-dayer arranged»
You can get a preview of The Verve's forthcoming comeback LP - their first since 1997's Urban Hymns - online right now»
DiS is proud to present the Shred Yr Face tour this October, featuring Los Campesinos!, No Age and Times New Viking. Get all the info here»
Oxford prog-rock quintet Youthmovies were in the studio last night, recording material that'll make up their next release, an EP scheduled for November»
There's no doubting that Heartbreak are going places - signed to Lex, the duo will release their debut album Lies via the acclaimed label on September 22»
A five-pack of recent DiScoveries for you, readers, to let sink into your ear holes. Featured: Calories, Narrows, Brontide, more»
The Falls Music and Arts Festival takes place across two sites on December 29-January 1, in Lorne (Victoria) and Marion Bay (Tasmania), and has lined up a DiS-decent bill so far»
Super-synthers Metronomy - soon to release their second album, Nights Out - have made a Mad Decent remix of their track 'A Thing For Me' available for nowt»
Leeds-based alt-rocking foursome ¡Forward, Russia! have as good as split, according to a post on their official website»
Jaguar Love release their debut album, Take Me To The Sea, via Matador on August 19, and here's the video to lead track 'Highways Of Gold'»
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In Photos: Public Image Limited @ Liverpool Academy
In Photos: Redfest @ Robins Cook Farm, Surrey
In Photos: School of Seven Bells @ The Scala, London
In Photos: Adam Green @ Liverpool Academy
In Photos: Faithless @ The Roundhouse, London
In Photos: Latitude Festival 2010 @ Henham Park, Suffolk
Spotifriday #55 This Week on DiS as a playlist
Spotifriday #54 - This Week On DiS as a playlist
