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“Good things change a little to adjust to the times” - Conor Oberst on the return of Desaparecidos

In Depth by James Skinner

Twelve years ago Omaha natives Conor Oberst, Denver Dalley, Landon Hedges, Ian McElroy and Matt Baum decamped to a studio in nearby Lincoln, Nebraska to record a punk-rock record under the name Desaparecidos. The band broke up not long afterwards, only to release their first new material in a decade late last year. We sent some questions over to Conor on the reunion and his forthcoming solo dates among a bunch of other things.»

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This Week's Singles: 04/07/11 Low, Metronomy, Bright Eyes, Hype Williams

In Depth by Wendy Roby

By the time you read this I will be in Fronce, speaking Fronch. Sexy.»

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Glastonbury 2011: DiS' 65-Songs to Get You In The Mood (Spotify)

In Depth by Sean Adams

The gates of Glastonbury open in a mere 5 days, and DiS is excited that we've thrown together a big ol' Spotify playlist of sixty-five tracks from acts on this year's bill. And you can listen to it on Spotify by clicking here.»

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Guide to 2011 - Part 2: Albums DiS is looking forward to in 2011

In Depth by Sean Adams

Yesterday DiS reviews editor Andrzej Lukowski revealed the 11 albums he’s most looking forward to in 2011. In part two DiS founder/editor reveals his eleven... »

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Spotifriday #61 - This week on DiS as a playlist

In Depth by Luke Slater

It's time for another one! This time featuring the likes of Weezer, Gold Panda, Simon Joyner, Bright Eyes, Swans, Lykke Li AND Owen Pallett. »

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10 Years of singer-songwriters: The Changing of the Guards

In Depth by Steve_Dunne

They don't make 'em like they used to, do they? Cars, films, local beat bobbies - certainly not singer-songwriters. That was my initial thought when I began to look back upon some of the genre's chief exponents over the past ten years. And it troubles me. subbed and ready to roll...»

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Spotify playlist: 10 Years of Solo Artists - Part 1: Pianos, Banjos, Drums + dropped Ds

In Depth by Sean Adams

Putting this playlist together I was reminded that the poignancy of many of these songs comes from that single-mindedness that only an individual with something to say or a deep well of emotion to share, is capable of. Love, hate and the precarious life vs. death battle looms large. For some of the artists on this playlist, life was too much and they didn't make it to 2010 but don't let that put you off because there's a human spirit in all of these songs (save for the few that are that little bit alien or divorced from any known reality). It's a spirit that will lift you on your best days and cradle you on your worst. »

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Favourite 50: Bright Eyes I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (chosen by James Skinner)

In Depth by James Skinner

By way of Desaparecidos some years earlier, I was already a big Bright Eyes fan by the time I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning arrived in January 2005. In fact I was counting the days until it and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn received their twin release, and upon finally acquiring the pair I played the former so much that my friends and flatmates were frankly astonished.»

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10 Years of Singer-Songwriters: Some Thoughts

In Depth by James Skinner

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.»

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Spotifriday: DiS does Hallowe'en - 50 Song Spotify Playlist

In Depth by Sean Adams

On this playlist we've mixed theme tunes from TV shows and songs from horror movie soundtracks with some ghoulishly titled tracks from some of DiS' favourite acts, plus some gothic ridiculousness from Cradle of Filth and found Burroughs reading some Edgar Allan Poe. »

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Drowned in Sunday: Papers? Pianos? Lover's Spit?

In Depth by Sean Adams

Sunday has various songs written about it and dedicated to it but almost all of them are downbeat dreamy affairs. Strangely Sunday has nowhere near as many songs written about it as Saturday but maybe that's because those who've already written songs about Sunday have pretty much nailed it? Most of this playlist touches on things you might do on a Sunday but it's mostly songs that give me the Sunday feeling. »

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Spotifriday #11 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist + Mercury albums

In Depth by Sean Adams

DiS likes to end the week with Spotifriday. It's a weekly Spotify playlist which linkedly runs down the best bits from this week on DiS. This is the 11th time we've done it and you simply download the free Spotify software and then click here to listen whilst reading the below stuff or doing whatever you please. »

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Alessi's Ark picks her favourite Mike Mogis albums

In Depth by Luke Slater

DiS asked Alessi Laurent-Marke aka Alessi's Ark to pick some of her favourite records from the bulging back-catalogue of prolific producer Mike Mogis. Why Mr Mogis? Because he's the Omaha-based fella who produced her debut album Notes from the Treehouse which is out now. »

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Glastonbury 2007: Sean's Blog - Day 1

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, he finds Björk magical, the Monkeys rather muted, and Martha on song...»

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DiS is 8! A stumble down memory lane...

In Depth by Sean Adams

It's October first... Happy Birthday to us! And now for an indulgent dose of nostalgia as DiS' founder looks back at previous incarnations of the site»

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Discography reassessed: Bright Eyes in perspective

In Depth by James Skinner

On August 4 Conor Oberst will release his new self-titled solo album, and as something of a preview DiS has dived into the man's Bright Eyes catalogue.»

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Label Focus #10: Wichita Recordings

In Depth by Gareth Dobson

Rocking up the crest of their seventh birthday, DiS scribbler Gareth Dobson hacks away at the defences of Castle Wichita to reveal a set of rather contented innards, complete with tales of DFA1979 loss, guitar solos that never finished and why no-one got The Cribs for the first four years...»

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Dour Festival 2007: the DiS review

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

Remembered through a haze, of dust, drink and sunshine, this was never going to be the most factual account. But it’s probably the most accurate version of events at the 19th Dour Festival, courtesy of Tom King and Adam Anonymous»

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Hove Festival 2007: the DiS review

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

For a whole week, we barely touched a drop: too expensive, too cold, not a thing like what us Brits are used to. A dry county, Hove might as well have been; not a sip, not a tipple. For a week, teetotal. Lies: we just didn’t eat...»

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DiS meets Conor Oberst: "I wanna be an explorer!"

In Depth by Sean Adams

As the curtain rises seductively on the new album from Bright Eyes, a women's voice informs you that you got the death card but - she says like a science teacher talking about evolution - that can just mean change... Welcome to Cassadaga.

DiS's Sean Adams meets Conor Oberst to talk about the new record and its makers' calming of his formerly wild ways...»

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DiS is 6! Our 66, part 3

In Depth by Mike Diver

My, you’re patient sorts, dearest DiS faithful. We ran part two of our run down of DiS’s favourite/most inspirational/bestesteva albums almost two weeks ago, and yet you’re still champing at the bit to find out who has, and more importantly who hasn’t, made it into the top twenty of Our 66. Well, the time has come to quit your champing: we’re here, this is the penultimate countdown...»

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Sean's Top Records of The First 5 Years of DiS

In Depth by Sean Adams

DiS celebrated 5 years in October 2005. Here's DiS founder Sean's list of favourite records.»

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A Month in Records: January 2005

In Depth by Colin Roberts

In a reprise of a previous short-lived regular feature, DiS gives you the ten records that aren't necessarily the best, nor the most high-profile, but arguably the LPs which have raised the most eyebrows or sent people limp with disappointment.»

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The ‘Official’ Drowned in Sound.com Top 41 Albums of 2002

In Depth by Raziq Rauf

Yeah, so you got the tentative version of a Top 20 at the arse end of 2002 but a couple more votes came in which helped The Streets to win by a virtual mile. Eventually a nice round 50 votes were cast and this allowed Biffy Clyro to sneak in at the expense of Doves. Cheeky. A massive total of 130 different albums we»

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Sick Of Conor Oberst

In Depth by Tom Sykes

There are two unbearable things on the face of this planet. One - Pain, and Two - Hearing people fucking whining about it. For ages. And repeatedly. If arrogant Nebraskan teen (well, whatever, he acts like he’s still 15) Oberst was in a fucking concentration camp, being brutally beaten and tortured then I»