"If you do yoga you’re not a proper Christian”: DiS Meets Falco
DiS has a chin wag with the ever entertaining Andrew Falkous about his various projects»
In Depth
“It’s now time to give this a shot”: DiS Meets Julia Ruzicka
The FotL bassist talks going solo, the logistics of guest vocalists, & the problems with democracy»
Live at Leeds 2016: the DiS review
'Have you seen any good bands yet?' asks the singer from Kleine Schweine, 'No, I didn't think so.' The man's got a point»
To Hell With Good Intentions: Fandom vs Piracy
It’s easy to shrug at illegal downloading until you see great musicians being screwed over.»
Reformations, eh? - Falco on the slight-return of mclusky and being a lifer
‘mclusky were big, right?’. Only in our living rooms, only on our imagined balconies.»
In Photos: The Icarus Line @ Netil House, London
The Icarus Line and Future of the Left perform for DiS & ATP at Netil House.»
Live Report: Future Of The Left @ The Haunt, Brighton (12/11/13)
Entering their ninth year in existence, this year's fourth long player How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident may well be Future Of The Left's finest collection to date. Their live show doesn't get any less chaotic either...»
Drowned in Leeds: August 2013
A new Leeds venues open. Old venues close. Beacons chat about this year's festival. And a new band tip: Bodywork»
Beacons festival: the DiS review
The 2012 Beacons Festival was light years ahead of the 2011 edition, in that it actually happened. Rob Cooke and David Edwards were on hand to report.»
Truck 15: the DiS preview
That Truck’s been 'resurrected', then, is good news all round. It returns for its fifteenth edition under the fresh stewardship of Ralph Broadbent, he of Y Not Festival, who has replaced founders and long-term custodians Joe and Robin Bennett. »
DiS meets Future of the Left’s Andy Falkous
Musicians can often have a way with words on record, but not necessarily in real life. Andy Falkous is not one of those people. His vitriolic lyrics have underpinned the success of both Future of the Left and Mclusky...»
This Week's Singles: 12/03/12 Sharon Van Etten, Yeti Lane, Waters, Liz Green,
Single of the Week! Sharon Van Etten - ‘Leonard’ (JagJagJaguwar) Presented with a lyrics sheet for Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Leonard’, the words look prosaic. Shaker-simple, their plainness nearly verges on boring – especially when you consume them on »
Spotifriday #113 - This Week as DiS on a playlist ft. Ben Frost, Lana Del Rey, Warpaint + more
This week's musical round-up, featuring music from Ben Frost, Lana Del Rey, My Brightest Diamond, Spectrals, Surfer Blood and a few more, to boot. »
Offset 2009: The DiS review
This year's Offset took place, as always, in Hainault Forest and it would have been rude to turn down the opportunity to see the likes of Let's Wrestle, Damo Suzuki, The Horrors, Future of the Left, Pulled Apart By Horses, Wild Beasts, The xx and about a hundred or so others.»
Spotifriday: ID:09 Special - 20 Must-Have Independent Albums of the Year (SO FAR!)
Based on a range of factors, from board discussions, reviews so far this year and utterly subjective personal opinion, DiS' editor has compiled the twenty best independent albums of the first half of 2009 to coincide with Independent's Day.»
DiSsection: Future Of The Left Travels With Myself And Another track-by-track
ndy Falkous talks us through their new album Travels With Myself And Another (9/10 Review here), which is out now. »
Conversing with myself and another: DiS meets Future Of The Left
Future Of The Left's Andy Falkous is a man with a lot to say. We've often wondered what makes him tick, and recently we got the chance to find out.»
In Photos: Future Of The Left @ DiScover Sheffield, The Harley
DiScover live listings Sheffield DiSsers Facebook group | Manchester DiSsers Facebook group July 8 Sheffield The Harley - Here We Go Magic 9 Manchester The Deaf Institute - Maps / The Phenomenal Handclap Band 25 Sheffield Tramlines - Errors and more TB»
Spotifriday #6 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
Plenty of goodness to choose from this week, we've had a whole raft of albums reviews, mostly well received records and then the Brand Neu! compilation. Phoenix and Future Of The Left both scored 9s, as did Camera Obscura. Funny what a little sunshine does to people's moods, eh? Anyway, in the time honoured tradition of representation of DiS's content - both editorial and board-wise - here's the week in the form of a Spotify playlist. Get it here.»
Dot To Dot: The DiS review
This year's Dot To Dot festival line-up was arguably the best one yet in its five year history, so DiS went along mob-handed to both the Bristol and Nottingham legs on the second bank holiday weekend of May.»
Bands on a budget: Offset Festival preview
We all remember last year's festival season as one of the most horrific in living memory. Well, if you went to ZOO8 you probably did. DiS caught up with Offset founder Kieran Delaney to pick his brains...»
In Photos: Future of the Left @ Manchester Academy 3
Future of the Left and Pulled Apart by Horses will also be performing at a DiS curated gig at The Harley in Sheffield on June 10th, along with support from Wooderson and La Folie. More details here. Should be a good'un!»
Dot To Dot preview: A DiS mixtape
This weekend sees the Dot To Dot Festival hit Bristol (Saturday 23rd) and Nottingham (Sunday 24th). DiS is rather excited as this year's line-up is arguably the best one yet, so with a little help from MySpace and YouTube, we've compiled a mega mixtape of the best of this year's artists.»
In Photos special: The Camden Crawl 2008
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»
Belsonic 2008: the DiS verdict
With a few tweaks and some more daring choice of acts, Belsonic should become an Irish festival to cherish but 2008's event is certainly a promising start»
Vote for DiS and for your alternative Mercury prize winner
Here's a double-whammy of democracy for you. This is your last chance to take part in the voting for the Pluto Prize (DiS' alternative to the Mercury music prize) and we're also asking you to vote for us in the BT DMA's»
In Photos: Future Of The Left in Sheffield
Pretty pictures from the DrownedinSound-sponsored Future Of The Left show in Sheffield on Saturday»
The shock of the new: Future Of The Left talk second album
We grabbed ten minutes with frontman Andy Falkous and bassist Kelson Mathias at the Yorkshire leg of Reading/Leeds to talk music, audience etiquette»
Reading/Leeds '08: What Our Writers Thought
Another year, another big weekend at Reading and Leeds festival. DiS sent along some of our finest scribes and asked them to scribble about their five favourites of the weekend. Here's what we got back from them»
Reading/Leeds 2008: what the bands thought
As well as watching bands at Reading and Leeds Festival this year, we spoke to some of our favourites too. Here's what Blood Red Shoes, Future Of The Left, Holy Fuck and Yeasayer had to say for themselves.»
DiS's Pluto Prize: get voting now!
Voting for the first-ever Pluto Prize, celebrating the British acts whose albums missed the Mercury Prize cut, is open now. So get voting»
The Weekly DiScussion: who should make the Mercury shortlist?
The shortlist for 2008's Mercury Prize is announced next week. DiS asks: just who does deserve to win this year's award after Klaxons' success in 2007»
Camden Crawl 2008: the DiS preview
The annual Camden Crawl kicks off its two-day stranglehold on NW1 tomorrow, rocking out through ‘til the early hours of Sunday morning. DiS will be there, hosting a venue - details TBA - but for now here are our line-up picks»
Singles round-up (07/04/08)
Sheffield glitch-rockers romp home with this week's trophy, fending off stiff competition from Future Of The Left, Black Kids and Grammatics. 65days' 'The Distant And Mechanised Glow...' is our Single of the Week»
The Weekly DiScussion: The Valentine's Day Mixtape Massacre
Love is, apparently, in the air. To mark Valentine’s Day, we asked a number of artists for their favourite songs of either love or hate. Contributors: The Futureheads, British Sea Power, The Bronx, Jeffrey Lewis, Adam Green and more»
In photos: Les Savy Fav, Future of the Left, Los Campesinos! at the London Astoria
DiS was in central London on Sunday night to catch Brooklyn's Les Savy Fav play their largest-ever London show, ahead of the release of their Inches album (Wichita, March 10). We got some photos. Bingo»
The votes are in: DiS readers' top 25 of 2007
Cast your minds back, readership: at the start of November we invited you to vote for your favourite albums of 2007 from a shortlist of 50, selected by the DiS editorial team. Now we’re pleased to present the result of the thousands of votes received: the DiS readers’ top 25 albums of 2007»
DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!
With Christmas now peeking over the horizon, DiS invites its readers to vote for your top ten of 2007, from our editorially selected shortlist of 50. Choose five of your favourites here. Voting, it will close this Friday, December 7, with the results running December 14»
A Month In Records: September 2007
And so you might well spit, Jose, at the manner of your premature departure from the Bridge. But cry thee not, our Portuguese special one: the month of your skedaddling from a sinking ship coincides with the release of many – and that really is many – a fine album. Here are the must-own LPs in our eyes. Or ears, we guess...»
Future Of The Left: "No sex with Malaysian giants, thanks"
"You’ve got to accept that when you make the kind of music we make, we can’t expect a living." Future Of The Left's Andy Falkous is in an upbeat mood as DiS's Lianne Steinberg questions the frontman on his band's debut album Curses - "we didn’t make a record that was an eight" - and the future that lies beyond it...»
DiScover: Future Of The Left
Music as a Darwinian nightmare, smashing fans over the head and the official retirement of Mclusky. Ahead of the Future Of The Left's first single release we take a look inside the strange constituency that is the mind of Andy Falkous...»