In Depth by Milton Savage
After a barren summer for gamers – you can tell, they’re all looking rather more tanned than they do most years – it’s all guns blazing on the high street as publishers from across the gaming spectrum release the titles that they hope will not only shift significant units between now and Christmas, but quite possibly achieve the holy grail of a Game of the Year position at magazines and websites alike. We’ll be running a best of 2011 ourselves, in December, which YOU can influence (and please, do) – but before then, The Bumper Preview Special, of said stuff that developers are hoping you’ll cough up your hard-earned for…»
In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski
Wondering what the hell all this business about 'Lewis' and 'Spectrum' is on Owen Pallett's new opus Heartland is? Yeah, well this track by track guide won't exactly tell you, but fascinating stuff nonetheless, plus you're likely to learn at least one new word.»
In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski
Hey there - to round off our 2010 preview week, here is a list of 'other stuff' we're looking forward to. It would be dead neighbourly to post your own hopes, dreams, fears and wild speculations below. This could have been twice as long and three times as speculative, and please bear in mind that new artists with impending debuts are going to be dealt with at the start of next year - WE'RE NOT QUITE Q YET. Anyway, enjoy!»
In Depth by Luke Slater
More content-themed music from the week on DiS featuring Paramore, The Shins, Throbbing Gristle, Stricken City, Will Oldham + more.»
In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski
While there are those who’ll merrily hold court for hours over how much the British festival scene has changed over the last 20 years or so, the erection of a fence near Pilton has got nothing on Poland, which has gone from Eastern Bloc austerity to gen»
In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski
Spurred on by the repeat mantra ‘there’s no way things can go wrong a THIRD year in a row', DiS’s Charles Ubaghs and Andrzej Lukowski headed down Victoria Park way last Saturday to sample the delights of this year’s capital-based Field Day festival. And barring some rain, things didn’t go wrong: bar queues? Nuh-uh. Lines for the toilet? Seemed pretty non-existent (or at least from a gruff, manly perspective). There were a few other issues, mentioned below, but here be our highlights.»
In Depth by Sean Adams
Ahead of his two Valentine's Day shows and his special Valentine's day download, we asked Jeremy Warmsley to make a mixtape to woo his beloved...»
In Depth by Alex Denney
Klaxons' appearance with Rihanna at this year's BRIT Awards could have gone either way, so in the spirit of things DiS gives the not-rave trio advice on how to negotiate the pop covers minefield. Cough The Manics cough»
In Depth by Luke Turner
Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett) is a busy fellow. Since 2006's He Poos Clouds he's worked with Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and Arcade Fire. Now he's curating his own three-city festival, Maximum Black. DiS finds out more»
In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers
Latitude has swiftly become a deep-rooted fixture on an ever expanding festival circuit, offering weary Glastonbury revellers an opportunity to recharge under the Suffolk sun and various meeejia folks the chance to check out a series of fine 'adult-orientated' headliners. DiS dispatched a handful of critical sorts to Henham Park, in Southwold, and asked them to select their personal standouts and new DiScoveries...»
In Depth by Kev Kharas and Sam Strang
Rust-ridden to their dockings, five imperious coal excavators dominate Gräfenhainichen’s bleak landscape; 100 foot high industrial behemoths that hark back to the decline this East German area felt after the wall fell...»
In Depth by Mike Diver
2006: twelve whole months of DiS running about the country, up stairs and down basements, into hotel rooms and outside into pub gardens, chasing bands. It's what we do, so that you don't have to.»
In Depth by Ed Pearson
Ontario native Owen Pallett – sometime Arcade Fire member and previous collaborator with The Hidden Cameras and Jim Guthrie – is rather preoccupied with his own Final Fantasy project nowadays. DiS catches up with him before a recent London show to talk television adverts, Belle and Sebastian and the concept of irony...»