Poland's OFF 2011: the DiS review
DiS returns to the Primavera of the east.»
In Depth
Mixtape: Factory Floor's Favourite Non-Traditional "Love Songs"
In this week's singles column, I suggested the track was perhaps an ode to Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love' and on asking someone close to the band, they could neither confirm nor deny this, so I asked if the band could put together a 10 song mixtape of their favourite non-ballady "love songs". They said yeah, and also offered us copy of 'R E A L L O V E' on lovely 12" vinyl to give away. To enter, simply click the like or tweet button on this article, and tell us what your favourite non-traditional love song is. Winner will be picked at random on Monday 11th April at midday.»
Venn Festival 2006
Venn 2006 was three years old - the festival first brought experi(mental) joy to this corner of Bristol in 2004. Venn is based around existing venues in the Stokes Croft and St Pauls area of Bristol, many of which are literally next door to each other, making long walks non-existant. The venues are as diverse as the area housing them - Casablanca is a morrocan themed shisha bar, the Malcolm X centre is a polkda-dotted hall with jamaican lager-slash-beer, the Full Moon is a punkish pub. Diversity applied to the musical line-up too, dub-step to hip-hop to shouty girl punk; the linking factor being the high quality of everything on offer. Despite the intense sunshine and the presence of premier pie shop 'PieMinister' in Stokes Croft, DiS made it to gigs. In fact, we made it to many gigs. The musical policy at Venn was so all-encompassingly fantastic, that weather and food paled into insignificance with the excitement of bands weird and wonderful in venues small and large. Now our ears throb, our eyes squint and our legs ache from dashing from gig to gig, but we're still here to comment on our quite incredible findings.
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Venn Festival Preview
Venn Festival is three years old this year. If you follow the playground adage of “first the worst, second the best”, this will be the Venn with a hairy chest. A festival with a hairy chest is not all that much of a proposition, but to peruse the line-up, would suggest this year will be ‘third time lucky’, so delectable is the extensive list of bands, persons and machines involved.»
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