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ATP Vs The Fans Part II: The DiS Review

In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski

DiS's Dom Gourlay and Andrzej Lukowski descended upon the first UK ATP of '09 like two gods of yore. Sleep probably being what the gods of yore would listen to had stoner metal been around in yore. But enough musings on divinity: here's our high and low p»

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ATP May '09: a DiS double mixtape preview

In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski

DiS has compiled a couple of Spotify mixtapes by way of preview/giving you a taste of some bands you may not have heard of/confirming the prejudices of people not going.»

Radiohead In Rainbows

The votes are in: DiS readers' top 25 of 2007

In Depth by Mike Diver

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»

animal collective

DiS's features of 2007

In Depth by Mike Diver

We’ve had our albums of the year and our tracks of the year, and here DiS bids you adieu for 2007 with our favourite features of the past twelve months, for your instant-click consumption and eye-aching reading pleasure. Starring Animal Collective (pictured), LCD Soundsystem, Battles, Panda Bear, M.I.A., Gallows, Beirut, Björk and more»

carson howler

A Month, or two, In Records: November 2007

In Depth by Mike Diver

Time got away from DiS somewhat last month, what with this thing called a 're-launch', so this month we take a look back not only at November's best albums, but also our top ten picks from October. After all, those vouchers from nan aren't gonna spend themselves come Boxing Day»

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DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!

In Depth by Mike Diver

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»

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Beirut: inspiration is an old piano

In Depth by Gareth Dobson

DiS meets the beating heart of Beirut, Zach Condon, in Cardiff to discuss musical appropriation, German house records and why it's better to visit cities after you've made the record they've influenced»

Huw Stephens

Huw Stephens on SWN Festival: "I can't believe it's actually happening"

In Depth by Gareth Dobson

The Huw Stephens curated SWN Festival takes place this weekend in Cardiff. The Radio 1 DJ drops into the DiSopolis to explain the thinking behind the Welsh music blow-out»

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The Weekly DiScussion: just who can you trust?

In Depth by Mike Diver

As Bella Union - one of the most reliable labels out there - turns 10 years old, we ask: what labels, if any, can you trust? Who is consistently releasing quality material? And who's treading a fine line between heartfelt adoration and absolute indifference...»

glastonbury boots by richard poulton

Glastonbury: Sean's Blog - Day 3

In Depth by Sean Adams

DiS's Sean Adams tells his own tale of Glastonbury 2007 - from the backstage to the moshpit and right up to the stars - in three parts. Here, Jamie T owns all...»

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Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

Don’t want to read everything? Fair enough. In short, Primavera Sound ‘07 featured sun, sea, and almost no sand at all. There was some grass, and concrete, and a number of stages. Bands and DJs performed on them, and DiS danced. Yes, yes we did. And we didn’t get sunburned...»

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DiS @ Primavera Sound: the preview

In Depth by Mike Diver

DiS is, to say the least, pretty damn excited: tomorrow (tomorrow, in this case, being May 31, 2007) we fly to Barcelona for the annual Primavera Sound festival. The bill is literally a perfect who’s who of our favourite bands – some returning heroes, some breaking-through young bucks. Feel our sweaty skin, do – we are that excited...»

gareth alien

DiS @ SXSW: the review

In Depth by Mike Diver

DiS went to South By Southwest t’other week. Perhaps you saw our amazing preview content? Touch wood. While there we did some stuff – you know, stuff – but between sessions of stuff doing we saw some bands. Some good. Some great. Some neither. Some best left unmentioned. You won’t read about them here...»