“Be kind to each other” Van Dyke Parks advised his attentive audience at the Barbican on Saturday night, “… or I’ll kill you!” – sage advice from a man who has spent much of his career collaborating with other likeminded musicians. »
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.»
DiS’s journey to La Route Du Rock 2011 begins aboard a ferry out of Portsmouth, where it’s roughly 2am, and I’m trying my absolute best to grab a precious ounce of sleep. Unfortunately, what with the fellow sat opposite me working overtime to see if he can successfully self-inflict a brain hemorrhage by way of snoring alone, and my own brain working overtime to try and discover what sort of karmic retribution had been dealt unto me in my having to witness an hour of seizure inducing ferry cabaret, I’m dragging my feet across St. Malo port the following morning having had next to no shut-eye.»
This week's Drowned in Spotifriday playlist featuring songs from Fleet Foxes, of Montreal, Beastie Boys, Parts & Labor, Diskjokke, Dels and a handful more. »
Arriving at the fag-end of a summer teeming with gruelling festival weekends, Bestival has enough gusto and idiosyncrasy to more than stand up for itself.»
September is upon us and that means festival season is as good as over. Thank goodness then, for Rob Da Bank and his space-themed Bestival, a one last hurrah and glorious standout in a dizzying summer calendar. There's even the threat of sun this year. B»
Hove Festival took place on the idyllic island of Tromøy, near Arendal in Norway, last week. DiS was there, and soaked up a glorious four days of sun, sand and bands. If you've not been - and we're hazarding a guess that many of you haven't - then trust us when we say it's an altogether more civilised, sunny alternative to that English festival we've heard so much about these past few days. Here's DiS' highlights. »
Everett True reports from Australia's Falls Festival, set in miles of impossibly beautiful forest-land, dotted with inlets and waterfalls and rock formations and the likes of Lykke Li and The Drones.»
We asked several of the leading lights of independent music to tell us what Rough Trade means to them. First up we have Simon Raymonde, formerly of the Cocteau Twins who now runs the Bella Union label, home to the likes of Fleet Foxes, Midlake and many more... »
Fleet Foxes, then: pretty damn popular thanks to all that broadsheet loving. Their Sheffield date last night was certainly a hot ticket»
For our latest MySpace Trail - DiScovering new bands blindly, with only Top 8's for guidance - we find ourselves beached in Seattle with the friends of Fleet Foxes as a starting point»
DiS crosses the Atlantic to join the celebrations at Sub Pop's 20th Anniversary, at a country park near (of course) Seattle»
An electro act looking into the past for inspiration, M83 echoes '80s synth-rock and shoegaze and makes 'Kim & Jessie' our Single of the Week»
An impressive crop this month, as Flying Lotus and Wild Beasts tussle for supremacy on the DiS stereo, both just about distracting us from the kicking»
Inspired by The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan at a young age, the still-fresh (at 22) Robin Pecknold now leads the buzz-hot five-piece Fleet Foxes»
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