diskant is an independent music community based in Glasgow, Scotland and we have a whole team of people from all over the UK and beyond writing about independent music and culture, from interviews with new and established bands and labels to record and fanzine reviews and articles on art, festivals and politics.
The diskant team report back from their fun day out at the Supersonic festival in Birmingham. Headlined by Sunn 0))), Mogwai, Om and Qui with sunshine, cake and films it really was the perfect festival experience. Read more >>
Simon Minter finds out more about The Walk Off from Oxford and their messier, noisier and more downright bizarre take on New Rave. Read more >>
Dear Mr Revels
I never thought I’d see the day when I would be writing a letter about my disappointment with Revels but it seems that day has arrived.
Yesterday I purchased a packet of Revels drawn in by the excitement surrounding your ‘new sweet’ revelations. The whole idea had given me days of thought before I […]
I’ve been to see some films at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Two of them were really good. Red Cockroaches is a SF film made for $2000, shot in NYC and edited on a home computer. I thought sounded a bit like ? and as everyone at diskant likes pie I thought I should taste it. […]
Finally…after nigh on 48 hours of struggle that left me so stressed i developed a mouth ulcer and a nervous tic, i can post!
Our broadband is currently running at about a third the speed of dial-up. It’s amazing how frustrating it can be…I never realised how often i used the internet until it wasn’t there. […]
Veterans of this here blog may remember a minor classic of a post from Mr Summerlin earlier this year (when we were waiting for snowstorms, no less), in which he advised any of you looking for exciting music that you hadn’t heard before to GET POOR and invest in some old ZZ Top LPs. Well, […]
I’ve just bought the NME in order to get an exclusive Hood track featured on the cover CD (put together by Domino). It feels rather like I have wandered into an alternate reality. All the more so after reading the NME editor’s suckup tribute to independent labels (the irony almost made me laugh out loud). […]
I nearly sent this email earlier to my boss. I still may.
COMPANY POLICY REMINDER
In view of the number of layabout student types across the Company, I would like to take this opportunity to remind all Finance staff of the �Acting like a student� policy. I have attached a copy of the policy below and would […]
I would like to apologise to Jonny Metgod and his family as my Matthew Newnham pointed out he’s
“He’s more Dutch than a room full of tall men with long faces shouting “shhhhee looovessss iiittt”
He’s Dutch. But he has got a foot like a traction engine.
Very interesting article on The Morning News today, a Roundtable discussion with a group of MP3 Bloggers. I haven’t gotten round to investigating audio blogs but after reading this, I may have to find some time. I’m finding it more and more difficult to discover new music that isn’t made by people I know since […]
Well, they don’t actually. Ron Woods in rehab and the reason he gave was “tour withdrawal”. The very nature of playing gigs means you’re hyped up and you’re excited. Monday is the fucking shittest if you spent the weekend playing music. This weekend we went and played in London and Brighton with Lords. And every […]
One of the good/bad things about living somewhere that has lots of good stuff going on is that sometimes there’s no reason to do something because other folk are already doing it very. Like miso. Why would I want to start up a regular electro night when they are already bringing up all the acts […]
