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"Wrong Visions of the Future..." - DiS meets Air
Back in 1902, cinema was still a relatively new concept. It was, after all, only seven years since Auguste and Louis Lumière had pioneered motion pictures with L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat: the moving image of a train pulling into a stati»
Treasure Island Music Festival 2011 - The DiS Review
Five Years ago, San Francisco did not have a music festival to call its own. Now it has two. While the larger event, Outside Lands, sells many more tickets every summer to those who wish only to pass out in the psychedelic haze of Golden Gate Park to art»
Drowned in Sound Albums of the Year 2010: 75-51
DiS usually does a top 50 albums of the year. However, 2010 has seen the release of rather a lot of much-loved records that we have been forced to do a roll-over, in order to highlight a few more must own/investigate records.»
Spotifriday #57 & #58 - This week (and last!) on DiS as a playlist
This week's content mashed into the form of a Spotify playlist, featuring the likes of Orange Juice, Ghostface Killah, Mogwai, El Guincho, Arab Strap, Flying Lotus and Klaxons.»
Dot To Dot 2010: The DiS Review
Now in its sixth year, the Dot To Dot Festival has outstayed many of its rivals purely on the basis of its unerring frequency at discovering many an up-and-coming artist not to mention its location in two largely ignored cities on the festival circuit in Nottingham and Bristol. This year saw a third city added in the shape of Manchester, and despite ticket sales not being as quick off the mark as with previous years, no lesser time was had by DiS' man in Nottingham, Dom Gourlay. »
Spotifriday #40 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
We considered taking the day off and not bothering with this week's content-based Spotify playlist, what with today being a bank holiday and all. But we thought better of it. We're servants to you. And you'll get more chance to listen to it if you're at home, anyway.»
Singles of the Year: 1st Quarter 2010!
A Spotify playlist of all the best singles? As in, them things that were hactually released - proper singles - not just common-or-garden 'songs'? Oh, go on then.»
This Week's Singles: 29/03/10
Beach House and Django Django win the red rosettes this week, while some predictably harsh words are doled out to Scouting For Girls and any band who decide to ruin Animal Collective's 'My Girls'. Is this what the end of the world sounds like? Don't be silly, everyone, it's only music! »
Spotifriday #34 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
Welcome to Friday. A marginally more beefy Spotify playlist for you this week, mainly on a whim. Enjoy it while it lasts. Plenty of highlights this week, though, including a lovely piece from the armchair dancefloor column, and a rare chance to hear Roy Harper.»
This week’s albums ft Four Tet, Beach House and The Magnetic Fields
Aloha! Here are some records that – in the ever-shifting world of indie release dates – could be deemed to be out today, January 25th, 2010. No Spotify list this week, alas, as virtually nothing here is on it. Reviews of many of the rest of these records to come in next couple of days - weee!»
Spotifriday #30: This Week on DiS as a Playlist
Welcome to the 30th Spotifriday, compiling the week on DiS as a Spotify playlist. What an eventual week it's been, I'll cut to the chase and explain as I go along.»
Spotifriday #15 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content in the form of a Spotify playlist.»
Green Man 2009 - A Preview & Spotify Playlist
This weekend sees DiS hotfoot it to Wales for 2009's Green Man Festival and boy, we can't wait. Here's a Spotify Playlist celebrating some of the festival's finest, as well as a few words on some acts you might do well to take a punt upon and the festival itself...»
The Great Escape 2008: the DiS review
From the archive... Amazing scenes on the south coast as DiS descends upon the annual beachside fest that is The Great Escape, catching the cream of its crop»
Emmy meets Beach House
As part of Emmy the Great week she's taken the opportunity to talk to some of her heroes. Here, she speaks to Victoria Legrand from Beach House via email.»
Explosions' ATP: the DiS review
DiS does ATP for a second weekend, this time boarding the Minehead train for Explosions In The Sky's little lot, including De La Soul, Battles and Mono»
The Great Escape 2008: the DiS preview
It’s Thursday! It's time for The Great Escape! Here we present our top ten must-see acts at the seaside festival, including DiS's own awesome line-up»
A Month In Records: February 2008
Cripes! One minute we’re all “Yay Spurs” and loving the Beautiful Game; the next we’re ducking chimney stacks as Britain rocks to some Richter Scale madness. Bonkers. Still, the jolts have stirred DiS into collecting February’s key releases»
Sandy Shore: Beach House on Devotion
With their masterful second LP Devotion, Baltimore duo Beach House underline their claim to being one of the most subtly inventive acts to have gazed shoewards over the past ten years. DiS catches up with the enigmatic pair ahead of their American tour»
DiScover: Beach House
DiS speaks to Baltimore based duo Beach House ahead of their forthcoming UK dates to discuss their debut album, Cocteau Twin comparisons and the hating of 'folktronica'»
Bella Union's Birthday Parties: DiS gatecrashes the South Bank...
Bella Union is a label synonymous with quality, and the bill they compile to celebrate their tenth anniversary – split over two nights at London’s Royal Festival Hall – is brilliantly representative of the variety abundant on its roster...»
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