James Chapman is a man on a mission. Better known by his creative alter ego Maps, he could have chosen the ready made path towards generic predictability after the success of 2007’s debut long player We Can Create, Mercury nomination and all. Instead, he’s replaced his entire band, turned his back on the guitar completely and embraced a more synthesised direction with new record Turning The Mind.»
This week's content in the form of a Spotify playlist, featuring Q-Tip, Maps, Ramona Falls, Nosaj Thing and Pavement.»
This week, we have another tie, because I have gone equally silly in the head over both Maps and Fuck Buttons. Really – honestly - the rest of this week’s releases can go hang. It is sort of like being at a party with loads of ace faces but the only ones what exist for me are Maps & Fuck Buttons. So I am going to keep them all to myself in the kitchen and shan't let any of the other records have any punch. »
There's a new Maps album called Turning the Mind out on September 28, it's a big step up on debut We Can Create, read onwards to find out what Mr Chapman has to say about it._ »
This year's Offset took place, as always, in Hainault Forest and it would have been rude to turn down the opportunity to see the likes of Let's Wrestle, Damo Suzuki, The Horrors, Future of the Left, Pulled Apart By Horses, Wild Beasts, The xx and about a hundred or so others.»
This year's Dot To Dot festival line-up was arguably the best one yet in its five year history, so DiS went along mob-handed to both the Bristol and Nottingham legs on the second bank holiday weekend of May.»
This weekend sees the Dot To Dot Festival hit Bristol (Saturday 23rd) and Nottingham (Sunday 24th). DiS is rather excited as this year's line-up is arguably the best one yet, so with a little help from MySpace and YouTube, we've compiled a mega mixtape of the best of this year's artists.»
Oh Brighton, with your annual clusterf*ck of bands 'n' booze, you really are spoiling us.»
DiS has compiled a Spotify playlist of fifty hazy, ethereal, swooping, swirling, static-drenched albums from the pioneers of Shoegaze and the makers of Shoegaze 2.0»
Four-and-a-half years ago, Nathaniel Cramp started a clubnight amidst a London scene still hanging off the remnants of The Libertines grotrock coat tails that was to raise more than a few eyebrows. Sonic Cathedral: The Night That Celebrates Itself was responsible for giving UK audiences their first opportunity to see the likes of The Radio Dept. and School Of Seven Bells, whilst simultaneously providing a platform for shoegaze luminaries such as Mark Gardener and Neil Halstead to relaunch their solo careers in more familiar surroundings.»
Nathaniel Cramp has been running the increasingly successful Sonic Cathedral club night since 2004, before launching the record label two years later. Here, he discusses the merits of so-called "nu-gaze", and what the whole shoegaze revival means to him.»
Truck Festival celebrates its eleventh birthday this weekend and DiS will be there, rocking about the place to the sound of our must-see acts»
Dot To Dot has happened. Been, gone, ain’t coming back for 12 or so flips of your tits ‘n’ ass Max Power calendar. Missed it? Too bad. We didn’t, and here is what we’re calling Some Words To Prove It. Or: Dot To Dot: the DiS Review...»
With Paris Hilton languishing in a prison cell somewhere in California, what better time to reflect on a month in wonderful albums? Like, whateverrrr…
This Sunday, May 27, Nottingham plays host to the biggest Dot To Dot Festival yet - this year it's even got a sister festival, in Bristol. DiS's Dom Gourlay casts a critical ear over the Nottingham bill to pick a few choice acts from the slew of excellent bands performing across a variety of city centre venues... your legs are gonna be wrecked by the end of this Dot To Dot, that we promise...»
James Chapman decided that the key to making noises that could be distilled into songs wasn’t something that could be achieved overnight. In essence, Maps wasn’t born overnight either. He is Maps and Maps is he, and it’s this lone vision that has mutated into the debut album We Can Create...»
DiS's preview of this weekend's The Great Escape is go: here, Sean Adams and Gareth Dobson present ten tracks from artists playing the Brighton-staged, multi-venue event. Neat...»
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Turning the Mind
To The Sky (M83 Mix)/We Own The Sky (Maps Mix)
You Don't Know Her Name
We Can Create
It Will find You
Don't Fear
