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In Depth

DiS's features of 2007

We’ve had our albums of the year and our tracks of the year, and here DiS bids you adieu for 2007 with our favourite features of the past twelve months, for your instant-click consumption and eye-aching reading pleasure. Starring Animal Collective (pictured), LCD Soundsystem, Battles, Panda Bear, M.I.A., Gallows, Beirut, Björk and more»

El-P: the overly dramatic truth

In Depth by Dave Kerr

Once DiS tempers his harsh - but we pray comical - demand for imminent hari-kari by loading a fresh AAA into a Dictaphone, Def Jux CEO extraordinaire El-P tells tales about the trials of keeping one of the most consistent underground hip-hop record labels on the planet afloat while he ups the ante on his own solo career and – what's this? – whispers the potential of a white label Company Flow comeback...»

The Weekly DiScussion: our albums of the year, so far

In Depth by Mike Diver

Six months into 2007 (almost...) and there’s already a not-so-proverbial shit-tonne of albums in contention for the coveted Album of the Year ‘gong’ at DiS – again, the winner will be selected by you, the readers, from a shortlist compiled by us. Yup.»

DiS @ Coachella: RATM, Arcade Fire, Björk and... Crowded House?!

In Depth by Dave Kerr

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...»

El-P: "When I run out of my magic pills, I’ll lose my sh*t"

In Depth by Mike Diver

DiS catches up with native New Yorker El-P to talk his latest album, air travel, passing fashions and wild streaks... »

A Month In Records: March 2007

In Depth by Mike Diver

Every year is made up of twelve months. This, any modern Roman Calendar will tell you. What said flap of paper full of boxes and reminders to call mum and book a visit to the dentist will also tell you is that every month is made up of four or five Mondays. And some other days, too, but mainly Mondays. They’re all that matter, really, as it is on Mondays that our record stores are full to bursting with new releases...»