Richard Hawley

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Mixtape #10: White Denim

About to release their debut LP, DiS collars Austin's garage-rock sensations White Denim for our latest mixtape... expect prog»

The Weekly DiScussion: Brits at the bookies, and our favourites

In Depth by Mike Diver

A week, just over, on and we’ve had time enough to let those Brit Award nominations sink in. Now we're wondering: who's actually going to win, and do we want them to? Here, the DiS office picks its ideal winners, and compares them to the favourites at the bookies. Snap? Rarely»

Artist Mixtape #3: The Maccabees

In Depth by Kev Kharas

Continuing with this, the third episode in our Artist Mixtape series, it's the turn of The Maccabees' Felix White to bare all in audio form, the likes of the National, Richard Hawley and the Rumble Strips making the cut»

A Month In Records: August 2007

In Depth by Mike Diver

August is meant to be hot, sunny. Y’know, summer. Didn’t quite happen, did it? In fact, this summer is the wettest on record, so I read in this morning’s paper. But the inclement weather hasn’t damped the spirits of the DiS review team any – we’ve had plenty of smashing records to keep our stay-inside selves occupied with over the last four-and-some weeks...»

"Awards ceremonies are full of c*nts" - Richard Hawley's guide to surviving the music business

In Depth by Rob Webb

DiS meets Richard Hawley in a cafe hidden in deepest darkest Sheffield to talk about his new record Lady's Bridge, but finds the man is more in the mood for putting the world to rights in his seventeenth interview of the day...»

The Nationwide Music Prize is tomorrow! DiS gets Isobel Campbell's thoughts on her chances...

In Depth by Mike Diver

Tomorrow brings with it not only cloudier skies and cooler weather than we’ve been used to these past few weeks, but also the announcement of the winner of this year’s Nationwide Mercury Prize. You know: voted for by a panel of industry specialists (although we’ve not been invited to provide an opinion – what’s that about?), comes with a fat cheque and a skip-load of recognition, and was won by an American last year. Or, rather, an Englishman that’d not lived in England for many a year. Oooh, taste the controversy...»