Qui

In Depth

Songs in the Qui of David Yow

"There were some weird rumours going around; I had read that I was a murderer, I had read that I was a junkie and I had read that I was dead." After eight years away from the music scene, Qui's David Yow awakes from a drunken stupor to fill DiS's Dave Kerr in on the much less ridiculous truth and to talk about his continued denial of pop stardom...»

Supersonic 2007: the DiS review

In Depth by Mike Diver

Birmingham is wet. Really wet. I was splashed by a bus an hour or two ago and my jeans are still soaked; my girlfriend’s umbrella is offering no shelter whatsoever. And, to add insult to injury (for ‘injury’ read ‘dampness’), I’ve been stood in the wrong queue for something like 20 minutes. Welcome to Supersonic 2007...»

Supersonic 2007: the DiS preview

In Depth by Mike Diver

This weekend is a busy one on the festival calendar: in addition to the DiS-sponsored Dour (Belgium) and Summercase (Spain), there’s also Latitude in Suffolk. Expect to see plenty of DiS writers there if you’re scuttling along. This writer, though, will be in Birmingham for the always-excellent Supersonic Festival, now in its fifth year and this summer supported by DiS...»