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Idlewild, Palestine gig stream, and the fan-to-industry pipeline

Find out how to watch tonight's Together For Palestine - and about a great women-led festival taking place in London this weekend

Idlewild, Palestine gig stream, and the fan-to-industry pipeline

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Inside Bicep's Arctic Masterpiece

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Nine Inch Nails still sound like the future
Nine Inch Nails still sound like the future

…And doesn’t it make you feel better?

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What Music Festivals Look Like During Wartime 🇺🇦
What Music Festivals Look Like During Wartime 🇺🇦

Music, Sirens, Resistance, and Compassion at Kyiv's Vegan Weekend.

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What it's really like to be an art-pop band in 2025
What it's really like to be an art-pop band in 2025

DiS meets Stealing Sheep

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25 Ideas to Keep Your Music Scene Alive in 2025
25 Ideas to Keep Your Music Scene Alive in 2025

A list of ways music fans can support the music we love and the grassroots ecosystem it relies upon.

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2024's Albums of the Year
2024's Albums of the Year

10 essential, must-hear, obsession-worthy albums from the year twenty-twenty-four.

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Idlewild, Palestine gig stream, and the fan-to-industry pipeline
Idlewild, Palestine gig stream, and the fan-to-industry pipeline

Find out how to watch tonight's Together For Palestine - and about a great women-led festival taking place in London this weekend

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Why musicians & music fans are leaving Spotify
Why musicians & music fans are leaving Spotify

Love music, hate war? It's time to change streaming service... Learn more on this week's podcast.

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Drowned in Sound's Neptune Prize 2025 Announced
Drowned in Sound's Neptune Prize 2025 Announced

Vote now for your favourites of these 20 exceptional albums.

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Mercury Prize, Deftones, Die Spitz and our news round-up
Mercury Prize, Deftones, Die Spitz and our news round-up

Live Nation's legal woes, Nova Twins, Wolf Alice, The Darkness, AI, Radiohead, misogyny, and more.

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Have we reached peak megagig?
Have we reached peak megagig?

Stadium shows and park festivals are enjoying a boom - but how long can it last? And what about the grassroots?

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Inside the other Britpop
Inside the other Britpop

30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion

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