In Depth
Meltdown 2012: The DiS Preview + Playlist + Archive Content
2012's Meltdown festival, sees Antony (of Antony & the Johnsons) curating a bill of avant awesomeness. We've compiled some bits to help you get excited about this year's event, which kicks off on August 1st on London's Southbank.»
Death Cab for Bass: Mixtape of Songs That Inspired Nick to Play Bass
Or Death Cab for Cutie's Nick Harmer's Top Songs In No Particular Order that inspired him to become a bass player, way back when:»
Manchester International Festival: the DiS review
The biennial Manchester International Festival is one of the sceptered isle's more outstanding cultural happenings, and like the team of non-parochial cultural types we are, DiS has spent the last few weeks infiltrating the cream of the festival's musical»
The Weekly DiScussion: what are the essential musical page-turners?
As much as writing about music might be like dancing about architecture, there are few feelings in this life greater than unearthing a truly essential book about music from all the myriad dross publishers have seen fit to inflict on the public, from the cash-in bios detailing Doherty’s latest philanderings to the endless coffee-table prattle of best-ofs, worst-ofs and must-haves. DiS's Alex Denney dusts off his library card...»


