In Depth by James Skinner
Felix are Lucinda Chua (classically trained musician) and Chris Summerlin (him from Lords). Makers of the utterly strange, utterly wonderful October-released You Are The One I Pick, they do make for an odd pair. We asked them to write to us and clear up a few things. They complied... »
In Depth by Andrzej Lukowski
DiS's Dom Gourlay and Andrzej Lukowski descended upon the first UK ATP of '09 like two gods of yore. Sleep probably being what the gods of yore would listen to had stoner metal been around in yore. But enough musings on divinity: here's our high and low p»
In Depth by Jordan Dowling
MySpace site and their genre description pretty much describes them to a tee: Rock, Rock, Rock. Their debut album This Ain't A Hate Thing, It's A Love Thing was a hard (blues) rocking bastard and a half. I played it at work yesterday and two middle-aged men combusted...»
In Depth by Jordan Dowling
On June 9, a small but very special record label based in Nottingham reaches its tenth birthday. Its name is Gringo Records, and if you are a patron of the Midland's smaller venues, or a visitor to recent ATP and Dot To Dot festivals, you may know its name. But just what do you know of its releases? The answer from the many: not very much...»
In Depth by Mike Diver
DiS went to South By Southwest t’other week. Perhaps you saw our amazing preview content? Touch wood. While there we did some stuff – you know, stuff – but between sessions of stuff doing we saw some bands. Some good. Some great. Some neither. Some best left unmentioned. You won’t read about them here...»
In Depth by Mike Diver
Part two of DiS’s SXSW preview – again focusing on a quartet of acts we reckon are well worth catching at the annual music biz booze-up – shifts its eyes and ears from the US of A to the UK and even further away from the Lone Star State. Well, with the exception of one of four, anyway...»
In Depth by Mike Diver
Lords are a trio from Nottingham. They've been gigging for what seems like an eternity, but only released their debut album, This Ain't A Hate Thing, It's A Love Thing, through Gringo earlier this year. That said, members' previous bands - details will be revealed below - have enjoyed many a release and also a fair amount of critical acclaim...»