Kicking off a week dedicated "solo" artists, is James Skinner's look at the most traditional of "solo" musician, that easily defined beast that is the singer-songwriter... He says: It’s a term that will send many music fans scarpering; one that a lot of singer-songwriters are seemingly tired of hearing themselves. But whenever people ask me that dastardliest of questions it is generally what I tell them.»
DiS now does a monthly playlist for the Spotify blog and we thought we'd share this month's playlist right here.»
Emily Haines wrote us a few words on her friend Mark Linkous...»
As much as we'd have loved to fill every other track on this week's Spotify playlist, we couldn't. It wouldn't be fair on the other artists who have made vital contributions to our content over the past week. Sure, you've got the likes of Liars and St. Vincent up top, but you've also got bands like Chrome Hoof putting in the hard yards in the middle of the park. No, I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.»
In keeping with the spirit of the ATP Versus The Fans festival, here we present the experiences of three DiS writers as well as three fans. Here’s hoping they don’t put the ‘professionals’ out of a job...»
2006: twelve whole months of DiS running about the country, up stairs and down basements, into hotel rooms and outside into pub gardens, chasing bands. It's what we do, so that you don't have to.»
Here's the last little tidbit tangent to DiS's favourite 66 albums of the past six years, Our 66. Here, we present to you a selection of personal top sixes (of the last six years) from an assortment of musicians and label folk, starring Alan McGee, Sparklehorse, Howling Bells, Kaiser Chiefs and more...»
So here we are, fellow travellers through the last six years of DiS’s favourite sounds: part two of Our 66. Believe you me, this section – which collects together the albums we’ve placed at numbers 44 to 21 – was no easier to assemble than the preceding chapter (click here if you’re yet to look over our selections from 66 to 45). In fact, we’ve suffered more headaches over the last few weeks, because of this undertaking alone, than at any other time in our lives. Perhaps, anyway: we do enjoy the odd pint...»
"I don’t mind doing, like, one or two interviews, but when it’s like five… my head starts to melt."»
De-Frag MCR #5 - Manchester’s DiS guide from =RaZ= I told you it’d get regular and here it is again already. It’s been a quietish time in Manchester after October’s rock extravagances but treat some of this week’s with a callous disregard and you will be sure to hold your head in your hands and weep. »
He’s got to be taking the piss. I’m not quite sure where, but somewhere along the line I’m certain that Mark Linkous, the enigmatic frontman of alt-country pioneers Sparklehorse, is taking the piss. In the past, I’d always assumed it was in his life-not-worth-living persona, something which the title t»
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