Celebrating 25 Years

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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?

Have we reached peak megagig?

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Inside Bicep's Arctic Masterpiece

Inside Bicep's Arctic Masterpiece

BICEP: "The squeals and crashes that the ice makes were truly otherworldly"

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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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Super Bowl x Fenty: Why Artists and Entertainers Deserve To Be Paid

Super Bowl x Fenty: Why Artists and Entertainers Deserve To Be Paid

Surely this is not a controversial opinion?

Albums of the Year

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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DiS podcast: Q&A Edition

DiS podcast: Q&A Edition

To mark 24 years of DiS, I asked for your questions and boy did you deliver.

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Why you're not out of touch with music

Why you're not out of touch with music

Is this feeling of disconnection a rare thing that unites "us"?

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What 1% of DiSsers are doing - and how you can join them

What 1% of DiSsers are doing - and how you can join them

A quick ask, an enormous impact.

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Kate Nash's ass and who's in The Class of 2025?

Kate Nash's ass and who's in The Class of 2025?

A peachy punk protest and a new DiS and Music Venue Trust new music award.

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