In Photos: Photographer's Favourite Images - 20 from 2012
We asked our photographers to send through their favourite music images, that they had taken in 2012. So here's twenty of them, in no particular order.»
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Latitude 2012: The Editor's Reviewgasm
There's this wuhwuh-woah (M83), a woooo-OOoooo-ooooo-ooooh! (Yeasayer...or FUCKYEAH!-sayer as they will henceforth be known), and an ODB-inspired crowd going urrr urrrRRRrre uuhrrrrrrrr (Chilly Gonzales), swirling around inside my head. That's not to mention the whirl of actual words from Sharon Van Etten's 'Leonard' which are still swaying in and out of my consciousness. That's the soundtrack, and twirling around in the cinema tent in my mind is all these arms aloft making heartshapes (through Metronomy's set) and triangles (during Alt-J) and a sea of young pale hands, tapping morse-code patterns while pointing as pixels, trying to pop the beats, as plumes of sound zoom over head (at pretty much at every show with synths). »
"I kind of knew that we weren’t about to f*ck up" - DiS meets Metronomy
Fresh from Metronomy taking the number 10 spot in the DiS Albums Of The Year, we called-up a buoyant Joseph to break the big news to him and to unearth more about one of the most celebrated albums of last year... »
Stack chats with Loud and Quiet about being a free music magazine
Ah, that weird week between Christmas and New Year's Eve. It's a week when DiS likes to kick back and read, and we thought it'd be a good chance for you (and us too) to catch up on some of the best bits of writing from this year. But it's the holidays, and we're feeling mega-lazy, so we've let Steve from Stack Magazines - a brilliant magazine subscription service that sends you a different magazine each month - takeover the site. This week, you can read the fruits of chats with the editors of some of his favourite music magazines, each sharing some insights from the year that was and their favourite thing they read in 2011. Here Steve chats with Stuart Stubbs, editor of Loud and Quiet...»
Artist Lists: Antlers, Cut Copy, Destroyer, Aidan Moffat + more share their Five Favourite LPs of '11
We've shown you our albums/singles/etc of the year, so we thought it only fair to share the favourite five albums of some of our favourite musicians of 2011... we've also embedded a few tracks so you can get a taste of some of these records.»
Singles of the Year 2011!
Singles for wallowing, singles for solace, divvy singles - just for larks - and singles that have the frisk quite bad. It's Drowned in Sound's Top Singles of 2011! »
This Week's Singles: 17/10/11 Lana Del Rey, Connan Mockasin, Django Django, Aidan Moffat
This week: blog-raged 'Hollywood sadcore' (shutupshutupshutup), Aidan Moffat doing Bananarama, Django Django not putting a foot wrong and Connan Mockasin forging his own, peculiar path. And some other things. »
This Week's Singles: 08/08/11 Hyde & Beast, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Rapture, Still Corners
So many releases make this a log-jam week - so in an uncharacteristic display of 'not wanting to be unfair to music' I have included links to ALL the videos. »
Melt! 2011, Germany - The DiS Review
It's easy to forget you’re en route to a music festival when you take the 140km coach ride south of Berlin, winding through acres of sunflower fields and wind farms before reaching the monumental steel city of Ferropolis. It's my second time here, and a»
Les Eurockeenes 2011: The DiS Review
DiS went to Les Eurockeenes, a festival in Malsaucy, near Belfort and the French/Swiss border. It was ruddy brilliant and in this review slash travelogue, Wendy Roby endeavours to communicate just how so.»
Moving Pictures - Videos of the Year: 2nd Quarter 2011
Our quarterly round-up of music videos from a man who really-really loves music vids!»
This Week's Singles: 04/07/11 Low, Metronomy, Bright Eyes, Hype Williams
By the time you read this I will be in Fronce, speaking Fronch. Sexy.»
Glastonbury 2011: A DiS Diary By Rory Gibb
DiS' Rory Gibb pilgrimaged to Pilton, and here's his diary.... "There are so many stages, bars, themed areas and tiny oddities to discover across the course of five days that it’s no longer necessary to worry about being at a certain place for a certain band at a certain time. That’s something the BBC’s TV coverage only ever touches upon, and even commentary from news outlets like the Guardian often downplays its importance, beyond spouting vague pronouncements about the ‘Glasto spirit’."»
Glastonbury: DiS' 10 Must-See Acts
In lieu of trying to provide a blanket overview of such a huge line-up, here we offer DiS’ top ten picks for the weekend, bringing together some of the biggest and smallest acts worth your time and addled attention...»
Glastonbury 2011: DiS' 65-Songs to Get You In The Mood (Spotify)
The gates of Glastonbury open in a mere 5 days, and DiS is excited that we've thrown together a big ol' Spotify playlist of sixty-five tracks from acts on this year's bill. And you can listen to it on Spotify by clicking here.»
"Jand" Mixtape: Olugbenga from Metronomy's Africa Afternoon Mix
A mix for DiS' African afternoon by OLUGBENGA, best known as one of the chaps from Metronomy...»
Spotifriday #87 - This week on DiS as a playlist ft. EMA, Bon Iver, Metronomy
This week's Spoti-Good-Friday playlist featuring EMA, They Might Be Giants, Metronomy, 2562, Magnetic Man, Bon Iver and a few more for good measure.»
Spotifriday #86 - This week on DiS as a playlist ft. Deerhunter, Kate Nash, PJ Harvey
This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring works from the likes of PJ Harvey, Roll The Dice, Vivian Girls, Connan Mockasin, Deerhunter...and then some! »
This Week's Singles 4/4/11: FOE, Justice, Factory Floor, Errors, Cut Copy, Katy Perry...
Wendy's away writing a book, so here’s DiS founder, Sean Adams' round-up of the week’s releases, vaguely filed in order of preference. You can just bash the play buttons if you don’t want to read his wafflings... »
Spotifriday #34 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
Welcome to Friday. A marginally more beefy Spotify playlist for you this week, mainly on a whim. Enjoy it while it lasts. Plenty of highlights this week, though, including a lovely piece from the armchair dancefloor column, and a rare chance to hear Roy Harper.»
OLUGBENGA from Metronomy on World Music
I've had 'world music' on the brain recently. Travelling around playing Metronomy shows in different countries, I've noticed a common phenomenon in pretty much every hotel room I've stayed in - that of a supposedly regional MTV channel playing occasional »
In Photos: Iceland Airwaves '09
A selection of our photos from 2009's Iceland Airwaves festival.»
Iceland Airwaves: The DiS review
Madness. This is what you’re in for here at Iceland Airwaves, which has become a yearly pilgrimage for many music enthusiasts, press and industry. Once you’ve been, the chances are that sooner or later you’ll be coming back. Late-night mash-ups, hip crowd, a cryptic language and most importantly an overdose of pretty damn good local and international bands. My recollections are scarce and a crushing hangover is imminent… »
This Week's Singles: 21/09/2009
After the rampant filth and manic superlatives of last week’s reviews, this time round there is a fair amount of boot-cooling going on. Good job really, as I am not sure my nerves can stand all the giddy.»
To space... and beyond! (well, the Isle of Wight) - a Bestival preview mixtape
September is upon us and that means festival season is as good as over. Thank goodness then, for Rob Da Bank and his space-themed Bestival, a one last hurrah and glorious standout in a dizzying summer calendar. There's even the threat of sun this year. B»
In Photos: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 3
Reading and Leeds Festival photo galleries: In Photos: Leeds 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 Festival In Photos: Radiohead Leeds Fest»
In Photos: Leeds Festival 2009 - Day 2
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: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 2 Leeds Festival In Photos: Radiohead Leeds Fe»
Glastonbury Diary 2009: Thursday
The morning commences with a light spot of rain, a mild grumble that the Guardian’s Guide includes no details of today’s bill (we’re continually a bit vague on what the exact legal status of this is – info about Thursday is remarkably hard to come by, to the extent we wonder if there’s something weird with the license), and a last connection to the internet on phone before monstrous veil of static descends (conspiracy theory #1 – festival sponsors Orange were SABOTAGING O2), which reveals the horrible news that Steven Wells has died. The first of several weird shocks this weekend, though sadly one of the more overlooked ones.»
In Photos: Glastonbury 2009 - Day 1
A selection of Glastonbury photos from Day 1 of Thursday 25th June 2009 featuring mud, Maximo Park, Metronomy, Ebony Bones and Kap Bambino. »
Tour Diary: Metronomy (Part #2)
The second installment of Metronomy's world tour diary sees them take in the sights and sounds of Australia and America.»
Tour Diary: Metronomy
London-based electro-poppers Metronomy are currently on a world tour - here's what they got up to in Japan and New Zealand.»
Mixtape #31: Metronomy
Metronomy's Joseph Mount put more thought into our mixtape challenge than most, picking videos for each selection and even writing his own little intro para. We like it when bands do that!»
A Month in Records: September 2008
In many respects, September is a manic time of year - students and all that - but not, it seems, in terms of records. The standout release this month was by far and away TV On The Radio's Dear Science - the only album to score above 8, in fact»
Benicassim 2008: the DiS review
DiS is in Spain, again, to catch My Bloody Valentine, The Raconteurs, Justice and more at the annual Benicassim festival»
Singles Round-up (07/07/08)
We love them so much we might just adopt them so they can play for us every day... it's no surprise that Let's Wrestle claim our Single of the Week»
Truck 2007: the DiS review
It’s the Truck that nearly never was: the tenth in a series, an anniversary to be proud of, but one so nearly ruined irreparably by the summer’s inclement weather (to say the least). Rescheduled, the Oxfordshire two-dayer battled on, staged over September 22-23, and DiS was there to catch the action...»
G! Festival: the DiS review
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...»
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