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Singles round-up (26/05/08)

German electro-indie outfit The Notwist turn a poor crop around with their first new material in ages. 'Where In This World' is our Single of the Week»

The Weekly DiScussion: The Valentine's Day Mixtape Massacre

In Depth by Gareth Dobson

Love is, apparently, in the air. To mark Valentine’s Day, we asked a number of artists for their favourite songs of either love or hate. Contributors: The Futureheads, British Sea Power, The Bronx, Jeffrey Lewis, Adam Green and more»

Romantic wrongs: Guillemots embrace "chart-humping" R 'n' B on second LP

In Depth by Gareth Dobson

DiS is in Bethnal Green, engaged in pleasant conversation with Guillemots. The Mercury-nominated quartet are gearing up for the release of their second LP, Red, an ambitious progression from their acclaimed debut. That it's good, no doubt, but romantic? Nope»

G! Festival: the DiS review

In Depth by Shain Shapiro

DiS heads north, then north a little more, landing in the Faeroe Islands for the annual G! Festival, held in the harbour town of Gota...»

Summercase 2007: the DiS review

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

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...»

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Glastonbury '07: three DiSsers, some booze and hella mud...

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

It serves them right to suffer. While some of us sat scratching our arses from the comfort of our living rooms, occasionally pushing the red button to keep Jo Whiley at bay, some idiots actually went to Glastonbury. But we're not bitter. No. It would have been nice to have an invite, but that's all history now. Here, DiS’s Ben Patashnik, Joshua Cole and Georgina Terry attempt to fashion coherent narratives from their weekends of mud-soaked madness…»

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Colin Roberts: My musical moments of 2006

In Depth by Colin Roberts

2006 has - every now and then - leaped up and bit me in the ear. Of course, I mean this in the most pleasurable way possible. Like the first time 'Bohemian Rhapsody' went into the rock-out (actually, every time that song metamorphoses is just gets me going) or how 'Idioteque' becomes an all-consuming powerhouse of glory and you can listen to it more than 600 times a day and it still blows your head off...»

A Review of 2006: DiS is what it's all about, yo

In Depth by Raziq Rauf

2006 has been a year that’s lived up to and exceeded all expectations. With enough fantastic albums to treble the length of my Albums of the Year list, and a gig list long enough to frighten even the hardiest tour manager, I’ve seen plenty of goodness this year. Luckily we’re on hand to jog those memories and help you reminisce about the good times and the couple of sad moments which brought us all back down to Earth with a big bump. This is 2006...»

End of The Road Festival

In Depth by Mat Hocking

It can’t be that hard, can it? Find a field, book some bands, keep everything low-scale and independent, and hope it stays warm enough to relax in the sun drinking quality cider in your shirt and sandals. At least, that’s possibly what Sophia and Simon, the organisers behind the very first End of the Road Festival, had running through their minds last summer...»

DiS is 6! Our 66, part 1

In Depth by Mike Diver

Let the DiScussing begin! We’ve been racking brains – prior to pulverising each other’s – at the DiSopolis these past few weeks to come up with our top 66 albums of the past six years; the very best records to see the light of day during DiS’s lifetime (yes, six years). Arguments have been won and lost, a handful of frankly incredible artists have improbably missed the cut through forgetfulness and space constraints, and we’ve all got quite, quite drunk along the way...»

Just another festival? Bestival 2006

In Depth by George

The best of the (medium) fests, DiS headed off to Bestival last weekend, for three days of sunshine, cider, and dancing in an inflatable church to Elton John and Kiki Dee»

The Nationwide Music Prize is tomorrow! DiS gets Isobel Campbell's thoughts on her chances...

In Depth by Mike Diver

Tomorrow brings with it not only cloudier skies and cooler weather than we’ve been used to these past few weeks, but also the announcement of the winner of this year’s Nationwide Mercury Prize. You know: voted for by a panel of industry specialists (although we’ve not been invited to provide an opinion – what’s that about?), comes with a fat cheque and a skip-load of recognition, and was won by an American last year. Or, rather, an Englishman that’d not lived in England for many a year. Oooh, taste the controversy...»

Carling Weekend 2006 - Friday

In Depth by DiS Festivals

Drowned in Sound's coverage of The Carling Weekend 2006 has come to you courtesy of Sean Adams, Sam Corbett, Jordan Dowling, Chris Harris, Ben Jones, Kev Kharas, Christopher Knight, Ben Marwood, Raziq Rauf, Rob Webb and Gary Wolstenholme.»

Carling Weekend 2006 - Friday

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A Month In Records: July 2006

In Depth by Mike Diver

As July slides away into memory’s mists, one can’t help but feel that summer – so swiftly and brutally upon us though it was – is slipping through our fingers with all the fluidity of the Coke Zero that DiS has taken to consuming by the tanker-load. Really, why is it that Diet Coke by another name is so appealing? Is it because a guy advertises the stuff on the telly, or are black cans simply that cool? Answers on a postcard to some other address than ours – we really don’t have the time to read your nonsensical musings on the matter.»

Venturing Out: Latitude Festival in review

In Depth by Ben Yates

2006 has given rise to a brand new event: Latitude Festival. An idyllic setting, a variety of arts, weird and wonderful scenery and a laid-back atmosphere are the framework for the gathering in a park in the heart of Suffolk, or as some ignorantly call it – the middle of nowhere...»