Shoegaze Week: Drowned in Shoegaze - 50 Essential Albums
DiS has compiled a Spotify playlist of fifty hazy, ethereal, swooping, swirling, static-drenched albums from the pioneers of Shoegaze and the makers of Shoegaze 2.0»
In Depth
Storas Festival 2008: the DiS review
Trolls, moonshine, stuffed owls, ageing hippies, dancing to a mobile sound system in a forest clearing, death metal, indie-rock and no logos»
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 albums of 2007: 25-21
Hi December! Nice rain you've got for us. Still, it's the perfect weather for staying in and checking out the slew of best-of lists littering music rags and websites alike. Welcome to DiS's, part one of five. Let the DiScussions begin»
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»
Label Focus #7: 4AD
As we continue our series of label features, DiS' Gareth Dobson speaks to 4AD's Ed Horrox, as he fills us in on his mindset and the world of one of the UK's most genuinely influential and special independent labels.»
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...»
Dot To Dot: the DiS Reviews
Dot To Dot has happened. Been, gone, ain’t coming back for 12 or so flips of your tits ‘n’ ass Max Power calendar. Missed it? Too bad. We didn’t, and here is what we’re calling Some Words To Prove It. Or: Dot To Dot: the DiS Review...»
Dot To Dot Festival: DiS's preview of Nottingham's biggest music marathon of the year
This Sunday, May 27, Nottingham plays host to the biggest Dot To Dot Festival yet - this year it's even got a sister festival, in Bristol. DiS's Dom Gourlay casts a critical ear over the Nottingham bill to pick a few choice acts from the slew of excellent bands performing across a variety of city centre venues... your legs are gonna be wrecked by the end of this Dot To Dot, that we promise...»
A Month In Records: April 2007
April is over. Done. Dusted. During the last month some might fine records – albums, or CDs, if you will – have been released. As is sort of regular, here we collect together our pick of the bunch. These are April’s finest releases, as assessed by the ears of the ever-reliable DiS review team...»
Meeting Mugison: DiS explores Iceland's outer reaches at the Aldrei fór ég sudur festival
“I know,” said Mugison to his dad, Papamugs, over a beer in London one day. “Let’s start a grand music festival in our tiny 4,000-person town, set in a remote corner of northwest Iceland, where we bring up some of our pop star pals from Reykjavik, maybe one or two international bands, and have them support the local acts, who happen to be rather good..."»
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