Devastations

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Primavera Sound 2008: the DiS preview

Seriously, have you seen the bill (click for a handy pdf) for this year’s Primavera Sound? It's ace, and here are just five do-see picks»

Devastations on album gestation: "It's generally pretty personal"

In Depth by Richard MacFarlane

On the phone from London, Conrad Standish of Australian expiates Devastations speaks in a slow drawl. The vocalist reflects on the reception of third album Yes, U, and how its origins may have differed had their creative environment been the warmer climes of their homeland»

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...»

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...»

ATP Weekend One: The DiS Preview

In Depth by Mike Diver

This weekend, Butlins in Minehead will be overrun by indie-rock sorts, all wearing bizarre band tees and badges and beards and fidgeting with digital cameras and LPs and wondering what Joanna Newsom sees in Bill Callahan and whether or not Nick Cave is some sort of god or something and what Warren Ellis hides in all that facial hair and deciding if three bottles of blow-your-head-off red for a tenner is a good deal or if the morning will be awful because of it and quite why the sun has decided to hide for three straight days... Some bands will play, too...»