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Spotifriday #20 Side I: This Week on DiS as a playlist

This week's Spotifriday content-related playlist, featuring Muhdoney, Nirvana, Pixies, Sufjan, St. Vincent, Tom Waits, Weezer, A Place To Bury Strangers, Girls and many more!»

Leeds 2009: The DiS review Pt. 1

In Depth by Dom Gourlay

So, it's that time of year again that the major festival season draws to a close, and while sister site Reading is viewed as the (slightly) more mature of the two, Leeds has often been renowned for bowing out in a blaze of glory...literally.»

Shoegaze Week: Mixtape #36 - The Ultimate Shoegaze Mixtape...?

In Depth by Dom Gourlay

Ok, so what with this being Shoegaze Week here on DiS, we thought what better way than to round the whole thing off than by compiling the ultimate Mixtape for the genre.»

Shoegaze Week: The Third Wave Collective's Andy Oliver reassesses the Shoegaze phenomenon

In Depth by Andy Oliver

Andy Oliver is the editor of Psychedelica magazine and has recently formed his own label, The Third Wave Collective. Here he adds a darker perspective to the whole "what is/isn't shoegaze" debate and draws parallels with conflicts in society as landmarks for the ascent of the psychedelia-cum-shoegaze movements past and present.»

Shoegaze Week: "There’s no such thing as Nu-Gaze" by Sonic Cathedral

In Depth by Nathaniel Cramp

Nathaniel Cramp has been running the increasingly successful Sonic Cathedral club night since 2004, before launching the record label two years later. Here, he discusses the merits of so-called "nu-gaze", and what the whole shoegaze revival means to him.»

Shoegaze Week: An introduction....

In Depth by Dom Gourlay

This week, Drowned In Sound celebrates the scene that allegedly "celebrated itself". Shoegaze. We'll be bringing you commentaries and interview pieces with those who played a part in the movement's initial discourse at the turn of the 1990s and those who are taking the genre into further undiscovered territories almost two decades later.»

Primavera Sound: DiS' 2008 festival highlights

In Depth by DiS Festivals

From the archive... Team DiS picks its highlights of Primavera Sound 2008; invites fellow attendees to give us your top bands of the fest held in Barcelona»

Guest Column: Dom Gourlay's Some Velvet Mourning

In Depth by Dom Gourlay

Once upon a time, "shoegaze" was a dirty word; a derogatory term invented by journos of the day to describe a cluster of bands with one common aim that transcended the normal verse-chorus-verse ethic courtesy of vocals so low in the mix they were barely audible»

My Bloody Valentine: peer pressure from five potential successors

In Depth by Mike Diver

My Bloody Valentine's influence has never sounded louder, and as the pioneers return live DiS looks at five potential successors to their shoegaze crown»

DiScover: A Place To Bury Strangers

In Depth by Dom Gourlay

They're the loudest band in New York, apparently, but hyped trio A Place To Bury Strangers have more to offer than pure volume, as we DiScover»

In Photos: Nasty Fest IX

In Depth by Rob Webb

Ay-tee-what? No. The North = better, as proved by this year's DiS-sponsored Nasty Fest in Leeds featuring No Age, Yeasayer, Monotonix and more»

Singles Round-up (12/05/08)

In Depth by Mike Diver

Perhaps it's the sunshine, but we're leaning towards the higher-BMP'ed releases this week. Cadence Weapon's 'House Music' our Single of the Week»

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Spotifriday #24 - This Week on DiS as a playlist

In Depth by Luke Slater

1. The Magnetic Fields - 'The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side' It seems almost that it rains almost every time I sit down to write the short, often nonsensical notes on each of the playlist tracks. Then I say, "listen to this little gem to cheer you »