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- 09.05.08

bon iver
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by Alex Denney

Every inch the archetypal grizzly North American man in lumberjack shirt and hat, Bon Iver is anything but the gloomy figure his backstory would suggest. He's also, as it turns out, a bit obsessed with toothpaste…


kill it kid
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by Kev Kharas

Better (slightly) late than never, April's DiScover Monthly introduces you to six new bands presently tickling lobes amongst the DiS staff. Click away for intoxicating sounds you might not have experienced before…


Johnny Foreigner @ Camden Crawl (DiS stage, 19.04.08)
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by Mike Diver

From May 6 - that's TODAY! - DiS's UK tour is go. Here we take a look and listen at our three participating acts: The Mae Shi, Johnny Foreigner and The Lionheart Brothers... PLUS WIN TICKETS


sam sparro
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by Mike Diver

Sam Sparro is the 24-year-old pop phenomenon whose ‘Black & Gold’ single has stormed the UK top five. With his debut album doing the business too, we play the DiScover Q&A game with the LA-based singer…


lykke li self portrait
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by James Skinner

DiS scrambles through London's murk and drizzle to locate Swedish singer Lykke Li, currently the talk of A&R Town following her excellent 'Little Bit' single. We find out why she's such a talent to take notice of…


the accidental
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by Mike Diver

The Accidental are a new outfit formed of familiar faces, with members from acts including Tunng and The Memory Band. DiS questions founders Sam and Stephen about their debut album, There Were Wolves


this will destroy you
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by Mike Diver

Texan instrumentalists This Will Destroy You have been attracting admirers home and abroad since their formation in 2005. We DiScover more about their past and, more pertinently, future…


iliketrains
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by Dom Gourlay

Welcome our fourth MySpace Trail. This one belongs to April. Hi, April! On the horizon, new sounds for open ears from the likes of Exit Calm, Glissando and Mint Ive. Our starting point: iLiKETRAiNS


i concur kevin petch
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by Mike Diver

Another month, more new music on MySpace pages, absorbed by the DiS ranks. Here is a selection of new bands, five in all, we’ve been enjoying across the Easter bank holiday, and throughout the month of March…


kyte lead
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by Dom Gourlay

While they're uncertain of the categories that've come their way since the release of their mini-album - 'neo-shoegaze', 'ethereal post-rock' - Leicester's Kyte are a breaking-through British band certainly worth DiScover-ing…


beestung lips
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by Mike Diver

Quite probably the UK's most exciting new punk band, Beestung Lips take their incendiary riot-rock on the road later this year, and play our own DiScover Club on March 29. For now: some Q&A action…


DiScover Sheffield
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by Mike Diver

From Youthmovies to the demented LA dance duo Captain Ahab in but a few easy MySpace steps? It can only be number three in our series of Trails, DiScovering the unknown (or kinda known this time out) at random. Click, dip, lick


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