Brakes

In Depth

An unusually pop-heavy singles column this week, but have you seen the Top 10 these days? Lady GaGa is there. Twice. Still, the Skream remix of La Roux should sort that out, in a balancing-the-cosmos sort of way.»

End Of The Road 2008: The Review

In Depth by Laura Snapes

It’s a testament to End of the Road organisers Sofia Hagberg and Simon Taffe that not even the festival’s most professionally melancholy acts could contain their merriment at playing amongst peacocks, enchanted forests and parrots in the beautiful Larmer Tree Gardens»

Truck 2007: the DiS review

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

It’s the Truck that nearly never was: the tenth in a series, an anniversary to be proud of, but one so nearly ruined irreparably by the summer’s inclement weather (to say the least). Rescheduled, the Oxfordshire two-dayer battled on, staged over September 22-23, and DiS was there to catch the action...»

End Of The Road 2007: the DiS review

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

Widely regarded as one of the best new festivals on the British circuit, End Of The Road brings the summer season to a close – the rescheduled Truck excepted in this instance – with not so much a bang, but more a dainty shuffle and a fizz-pop. Eclectic within a field though its line-up is, there’s a quality control evident that’s not always obvious at such boutique – whatever – events. To cut a not-long-really story shorter: it’s quite The Good...»

Cease To Resist: Eamon Hamilton on why Brakes are the main event

In Depth by Alex Denney

"You think about the title of 'Comma Comma Comma Full Stop' and it's almost like a life… different periods broken into punctuation, and then you die." Brakes' Eamon Hamilton gets serious about not being taken seriously with DiS's Alex Denney...»

Lunch Brakes: Eamon Hamilton's post-tour / Preparing For Armageddon menu...

In Depth by Mike Diver

Brakes are a band. Perhaps you’ve heard of them? They tour a fair bit, as do many bands up ‘n’ down these isles of ours. So, like a kinda public service, DiS invited Brakes’ Eamon Hamilton to provide something of a post-tour recovery menu, for the benefit of other bands and crazy gig-goers alike...»

DiS's interviews of 2006: DiScoveries, heavy-hitters and silly Some Questions

In Depth by Mike Diver

2006: twelve whole months of DiS running about the country, up stairs and down basements, into hotel rooms and outside into pub gardens, chasing bands. It's what we do, so that you don't have to.»

A Month In Records: November 2006

In Depth by Mike Diver

Time, dear friends, is ticking away; it feels like only yesterday that DiS was chomping on Easter Eggs, but Christmas is only days away. Terrifying, isn’t it? Us we-haven’t-shopped-yet sorts certainly think so. But November's records: there were some, some good ones, and here are some of those some...»

The Devil's in the Detail: DiS meets Brakes' Eamon Hamilton

In Depth by Jane Oriel

Brakes' new album The Beatific Visions has been built upon far more than just sweetness and light. This time round, Eamon Hamilton has been wrestling with the Prince of Darkness no less...»