CMJ Days 4 & 5: The DiS review
Read our coverage of Day 4 and 5 of CMJ festival.»
Read our coverage of Day 4 and 5 of CMJ festival.»
To paraphrase Billy Piper, Latitude is pretty much honey to the b for the middle class legions of the DiS writing team, and thus it was in considerable numbers that we fell upon this year's edition of the idyllic Suffolk festival. Here are our reviewers' highlights.»
There’s little point in pretending that we don’t want to have The Latitude festival’s children, so here’s a rundown of why it’s so awesome and what we're looking forward to the most, in no particular order. Apart from the bit about the sheep.»
From the archive... The rain fell all day, but spirits at Field Day 2008, held in London's Victoria Park, couldn't completely be dampened. Here are our highlights»
In the second part of our in depth interview with Kevin Barnes, Brainlove & Alcxxk talk Barack Obama, lampshade vs CD vs vinyl, 70s funk, dancing buddhas, and what comes next for Of Montreal.»
DiS caught Of Montreal in Manchester last night, and if there's a more fun live band currently doing the circuit then we're certainly yet to witness them.»
John Brainlove and Chris Alcock caught up with Kevin Barnes on the eve of Of Montreal's sold-out Heaven gig with Franz Ferdinand. In part one of the interview they seek some advice from the hyper-sexual, cross-dressing indie-glam icon on the problems being DiScussed recently on the boards...»
Surprisingly, horses and unsavoury sexual accessories are off the menu as (People's Voice Prize nominated) Of Montreal’s pervert-in-chief shares five things he loves with DiS.»
The cream really did rise to the top last month. These five records stood head and shoulders above the rest of the stuff reviewed by DiS.»
Of Montreal have got to be one of the best - and most flamboyant - live bands on the planet, haven't they? DiS thinks so, which is why we dispatched a snapper to their Koko gig last night with some urgency»
From excellent mixtapes from some of our favourites to in-depth analysis of what makes a band tick, we've broadened our journalistic horizons somewhat since the relaunch. Catch up with this handy digest»
If there’s one thing DiS loves this time of year it’s festivals, and the Summer Sundae Weekender is among our favourites. Highlights, here»
Cast your minds back, readership: at the start of November we invited you to vote for your favourite albums of 2007 from a shortlist of 50, selected by the DiS editorial team. Now we’re pleased to present the result of the thousands of votes received: the DiS readers’ top 25 albums of 2007»
With Christmas now peeking over the horizon, DiS invites its readers to vote for your top ten of 2007, from our editorially selected shortlist of 50. Choose five of your favourites here. Voting, it will close this Friday, December 7, with the results running December 14»
Reykjavik is odd. It sits on top of the world in many respects: geography for one thing, as well as fashion, art and music. On the other hand, this town is bonkers. DiS's Rob Webb, Shain Shapiro and Gary Wolstenholme brave the cold, and booze prices, for the annual Airwaves festival»
A celebration of pop in all its vague and polymorphous glory.»
January was cold. But for a few days it wasn’t, and we all feared London would flood when the rising sea level overpowered the wonder of modern technology that is the Thames Barrier. Then it got colder, still, and we remembered that The Netherlands will drown way before us. But all this talk of evolving into a race of webbed-limbed freaks is totally off the subject at hand, which is January’s finest long-play releases...»