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Playground Weekender 2009: the DiS review

The Playground Weekender took place in New South Wales, Australia, between February 6th and 8th. Chris Beanland went Down Under for DiS.»

DiS Does Down Under: Playground Weekender Preview

In Depth by Chris Beanland

In the midst of the cold spell smothering Britain, DrownedinSound has decamped Down Under to experience an Australian summer.»

Slight return: DiS's tips for 2007 reprised

In Depth by Mike Diver

This time last year DiS was outlining its tips for the following twelve. Next week we’ll be doing similar – bringing to your attention the bands we think will matter in 2008 – but before we get stuck into the future, let’s dwell upon the past a little»

Reading & Leeds '07: DiS down the front

In Depth by Kev Kharas

It's been pretty miserable at times - heavy, pluvial skies pathetic fallacy for debut all-dayers and long weekenders that have sometimes spluttered rather than flown out of the traps. The weather and the times - to an extent at least - brightened last weekend, with the traditional sign off from music in the sun that is Reading and Leeds. And that, I suppose, is reason enough to break from cynicism just this once. It was a bind, but there were finer times. Time to gather thoughts and lighten brows...»

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...»

glastonbury lead image by Richard Poulton

Glastonbury '07: three DiSsers, some booze and hella mud...

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

It serves them right to suffer. While some of us sat scratching our arses from the comfort of our living rooms, occasionally pushing the red button to keep Jo Whiley at bay, some idiots actually went to Glastonbury. But we're not bitter. No. It would have been nice to have an invite, but that's all history now. Here, DiS’s Ben Patashnik, Joshua Cole and Georgina Terry attempt to fashion coherent narratives from their weekends of mud-soaked madness…»

DiS Radio: DiScover four: our tips and more!

In Depth by Mike Diver

Colin Roberts and Mike Diver play some of the top tips for 2007 as featured on DrownedinSound.com, as well as some of the cream of our forthcoming live acts. Music comes from Los Campesinos!, Sky Larkin, Blood Brothers, Cold War Kids, The Besnard Lakes, Rolo Tomassi, Lovvers, Jack Peñate, Lovvers and more.»

DiS's Tips for 2007, Part Two

In Depth by Colin Roberts

As promised, here’s part two of DiS’s Tips for 2007. Each and every one of the acts mentioned below have been getting the powers that be at the DiSopolis particularly excited of late, and we’re predicting bigger and better things for them over the next twelve months. Might they touch you? They just might…»