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Primavera Sound 2012: the DiS Review, Thursday 31st May
The 2012 edition of Primavera Sound went down last week in Barcelona with DiSsers Si Truss, James Skinner and Burak Cingi in attendance. Our reviews and photos for Thursday 31st May include Grimes, Beirut, Refused, John Talabot and more.»
End of the Road 2011: the DiS review
Kate Hutchinson gets folked up and out at End of the Road this year… »
Beirut, bravery and Blondie - DiS meets Zach Condon
Beirut's Zach Condon to chat with DiS about Blondie, bravery and their new album, The Rip Tide...»
Beirut's Summer 2011 - European Tour Diary
As part of today's site takeover, Beirut's Kelly Pratt and Paul Collins provide us with an glimpse into their life on the road over the past few months...»
Ten Wonderful Brazilians by Beirut
As part of today's Beirut takeover, bassist Paul B. Collins, shares ten Brazilians that he respects and/or adores...»
Beirut: A Sleep Diary
As part of their takeover, Beirut have selected a few of their favourite dreams from their touring sleep diary...»
Spotifriday #105 - This week on DiS as a playlist ft. St. Vincent, Beirut, Guided By Voices
This week's content-themed Spotify playlist featuring a variety of music from the likes of Butcher Boy, Summer Camp, Guided By Voices, St. Vincent and a few more other such wonderful acts.»
This Week's Singles: 06/06/11 Beirut, Katy B, Cults, The Vaccines
'Parping melodically', a 'pointed plea for realism', Lidl, war/treggings, kidnapping for kicks, squats, middle-class guilt, pretending to be crap at pool, and some songs. »
10 Years of Singer-Songwriters: Some Thoughts
Kicking off a week dedicated "solo" artists, is James Skinner's look at the most traditional of "solo" musician, that easily defined beast that is the singer-songwriter... He says: It’s a term that will send many music fans scarpering; one that a lot of singer-songwriters are seemingly tired of hearing themselves. But whenever people ask me that dastardliest of questions it is generally what I tell them.»
Green Man Festival 2010: the DiS review
You’ll already know by now that Green Man was pretty darn wet this year, so let’s not mention that too much. Or the fact DiS’s tent was unable to withstand the deluge. Despite the inclement conditions, the music was really good - at times, great - and the atmosphere was incredibly relaxed. That’s all you want from a festival, really. Of course, the naysayers say it’s too sedate and middle class (go to Leeds Festival, then), and that the lineup this year played it too safe (because of Mumford & Sons and Doves? Don’t watch them, then) but, frankly, they probably didn’t lose their minds at Factory Floor on the Saturday night. We did, and thus we win.»
Drowned in Scotland #3
Most people reading anything Scottish and arts-related in August are probably sick to the eye teeth of the fact that the one and only thing anyone seems to talk about at this point is the Edinburgh bloody Festival. Well I live in Edinburgh and, frankly, »
ATP Vs The Fans Part II: The DiS Review
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»
ATP May '09: a DiS double mixtape preview
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.»
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 features of 2007
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»
A Month, or two, In Records: November 2007
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»
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»
Beirut: inspiration is an old piano (Archive Interview from 2007)
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 on SWN Festival: "I can't believe it's actually happening"
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»
The Weekly DiScussion: just who can you trust?
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: Sean's Blog - Day 3
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...»
Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review
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...»
DiS @ Primavera Sound: the preview
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...»
DiS @ SXSW: the review
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...»
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