In Depth
Corona Capital Festival: DiS does Mexico City
Last weekend (13th & 14th October), DiS made the long journey to Mexico City via New York for the third annual Corona Capital music festival since its conception in 2010. Featuring a mixture of internationally acclaimed acts such as Suede, New Order, Franz Ferdinand and Florence & The Machine alongside a selection of up-and-coming Mexican artists, this year's line-up bordered on the stellar side compared to many of its European counterparts. Here's what we had to say about our trans-Atlantic trek to North America...»
Spotifriday #115 - This week on DiS as as playlist ft. Field Music, Walls, When Saints Go Machine + more
This week's content-themed Spotify playlist, featuring tracks from Field Music, Jens Lekman, Walls, DOOM, Friends and a bunch more.»
Primavera Sound 2010: the DiS review (Saturday)
And yea! Primavera's final day was upon DiS writers James Skinner and Andrzej Lukowski and snapper Lucy Johnston.»
In Photos: Florence and The Machine @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
Photographs by Minh Le»
Favourite Five of 2009 from Marina & the Diamonds
Marina Diamandis' favourite five albums of 2009...»
This Week's Singles: 16/11/09
After the torrent of superlatives doled out to Animal Collective last time, I will admit to toddler-high expectations for this week’s singles. I thought it could only be a hopeless, pleather jacket shop-bought sort of rockness and disappointment; a glass of warm Lambrini served in Styrofoam compared to last week’s vintage bubbles in cut glass. [OH SHUT UP, WENDY.] But it turns out there are a few surprises, one of which * exclusively * reveals THE COLD HARD TRUTH about the XX. Oh yes, it do. »
This Week's Singles: 07/09/2009
I went to a wedding this weekend to see one of my best boypals marry the love of his life. And it was one of the most heart-warming things I ever did see. So while it is unlikely that any record will be able to wipe the smile off my wetasaflannel, romantic face, one which has Nick Grimshaw as a supporter will have a flipping good try. »
Reading 2009: Day One roundup
DiS is onsite at both Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend and through a haze of dust, here's DiS' editor with a quick rundown of Day One at Reading...»
In Photos: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 1
Reading and Leeds Festival photo galleries: In Photos: Leeds Festival 2009 - Day 3 In Photos: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 3 Leeds Festival In Photos: Kings of Leon In Photos: Leeds Festival 2009 - Day 2 In Photos: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 2 Leeds»
In Photos: Pukkelpop 2009 - Day Three
Pictures from the final day of Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium - including 50 Cent, NER*D, Little Boots, Florence and The Machine and more.»
A Month In Records: July 2009
Now, July may not have been the greatest month of the year as far as big-name bands releasing big-name chart crushing records - this is normally always the case, mind - but there has been a steady flow of excellent little records from equally excellent little bands.»
Perdu sur la plage: DiS does Les Eurockéennes
DiS arrives at Les Eurockéennes , a long-running French festival that takes place in a stunning location on the peninsula of Malsaucy near Belfort, just a hop over the Swiss border. It is very nice here: located on a strip of land between two massive lakes, it sort of has a Latitude-ish size and prettiness. One of the stages is called La Plage and is, if anything, more delightful than that sounds. There are also bands.»
Singles of the Year (So Far): January-June & A Proper Chart
A re-cap and re-rub of all the sevens we've voted Single of the Week so far this year. Then I had to work out which ones I liked best, threw a strop, and settled for this Top 28.»
This Week's Singles: 22/06/2009
This week we are transmitting not-quite-live from North Norfolk, where across the plains of the caravan park I can hear the strains of Fleetwood Mac trying to make themselves heard through a tinny radio. I have also been fortunate enough to catch a very spirited rendition of ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ from a fellow camper (on the bog), while I was merrily dodging medieval verrucan foot complaints (doing the shower block dance). So while I want to just sit here and greedily lap up the given names of each house-on-wheels (‘Miami’, ‘Pageant’, ‘Senator’ and my favourite and best ‘Pastiche’) I have instead dutifully donned my headphones for FloMo, Johnny Foreigner and lovely lovely lovely La Roux. Yes, I said 'lovely' in the same sentence as the words ‘La’ and ‘Roux’ – you will just have to deal with it. »
First listen: Florence & The Machine's Lungs
DiS attended an advance listen to forthcoming album Lungs, checking out what precisely Florence Welch and her Machine have been cookin’ up with producer James Ford. It’s fair to say we were a little surprised.»
In Photos: NME Awards Tour 2009 @ Sheffield Academy
The NME Awards Tour 2009 (headlined by Glasvegas, also featuring DiS faves Friendly Fires) hit Sheffield last week, and DiS' Photo Ed was down the front snapping away.»
New Music Week: Here Come The Girls (Friday Fun)
DiS takes a (relatively) light-hearted look at the three prime candidates for the fictitious Girl Of 2009 crown and attempts to separate the MGMT mega successes from the Bravery-style stinkers...»
Something old, something new – fit the sixth: Florence And The Machine
Everett True dissects big mouth of the moment (according to the BBC Sound of 2009 long list) and part-time Bianca Jackson lookalike Florence And The Machine.»
London Airwaves: The Review
Thank God for the Nords. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Iceland’s Airwaves festival (five days of music amongst the boiling geysers and cascading waterfalls of Reykjavík) they decided to stage one night of music, with over 20 acts across seven hip East London venues»
Singles Round-up (23/06/08)
So their latest album wasn't all that - doesn't mean Weezer have forgotten how to write superb singles, as 'Pork And Beans' is our Single of the Week»
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