This is the last roundup of 2011. There may or may not be a “best of” type arrangement and I’m open to which ones people may have enjoyed the most either included or not included in this roundup. I’ll start a “Best Music Video of the Year” forum thingy and anyone can battle like Pokemon if they want to.»
Bestival’s reputation for fun has been earned once again.»
It’s hard to know what to expect when you meet DJ Shadow. I mean, I had to Wikipedia his real name; always an awkward introduction when an artist is better known by their stage-name – particularly when that’s prefixed with the letters D and J – and not what their mom used to call them in to dinner with. »
Fresh-faced synth-pop four-piece Late Of The Pier have finished their Fantasy Black Channel debut. Celebrate! With a mixtape»
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…»
DiS heads to Barcelona for the second time this year - following Primavera at the end of May - for Summercase. What we find: a drunk Lily Allen, a chilled-out Chemical Brothers, and some dodgy scotch...»
Harnessing the energy of a rare minute in which a disparate range of artists from the past and present can look to the future and plausibly congregate on the same bill, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California has steadily become world renowned as the proverbial melting pot, tripping over itself with cultural icons both obscure and ubiquitous...»
DiS is used to meeting musicians at their hotels, but rarely do we venture so far from the writhing swarms of pavement dwellers that so frustratingly characterise the walkways of the capital’s central streets. We’re in Swiss Cottage, a corner of town remarkable for, well, a cottage. That’s about it – aside from a library and leisure centre, DiS sees little in the way of attractions. Not that we’ve time to dawdle and take in any sights, anyway: we’ve a schedule to keep to, and our fifteen minutes with DJ Shadow have to be made the absolute most of...»
to sub and go up on weds - S»
In a new monthly column Nick Hagan charts the development of songs and sounds that other artists have been inspired to cover, sample, reimagine and regurgitate.»
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