Three eras. Three Suedes. Ten years apart. Three different bands. “There’s definitely an ‘every ten years something happens’ isn’t there?”, says Brett Anderson, Suede's singer - still handsome, snake hipped and tiny bit waspish, but very definitely not the bum-slapping brat that kicked off British indie-rock’s golden era.»
Last weekend (13th & 14th October), DiS made the long journey to Mexico City via New York for the third annual Corona Capital music festival since its conception in 2010. Featuring a mixture of internationally acclaimed acts such as Suede, New Order, Franz Ferdinand and Florence & The Machine alongside a selection of up-and-coming Mexican artists, this year's line-up bordered on the stellar side compared to many of its European counterparts. Here's what we had to say about our trans-Atlantic trek to North America...»
Having seen nearly one thousand bands throughout 2011, whittling this list down to just ten performances proved a nigh-on impossible task. However, after much deliberation and soul searching discussions with friends and acquaintances, here in no particular order (bar the first one, natch) are what I consider to be the finest ten performances these tired and weary eyes and ears have witnessed this year. »
DiS went to Latitude and this is what ruddy well happened (on Sunday).»
This week's Spotifriday playlist.»
This week's content themed Spotify playlist featuring St. Vincent, Death Cab For Cutie, The Antlers, Lady Gaga, Patrick Wolf and a few more, for good measure. Click here to listen to it, will you! 1. St. Vincent - 'The Party' We nearly had a party our»
It's f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-fuh-Friday! Here's our Spotify playlist running down the week that was, well, it was somewhat won by re-issues and threads about pop-punk. Who says we need to be cutting edge all-day everyday? Not Napster co-founder Sean Parker, that's for sure. In fact, I'm a bit a neophobe, and sick of the constant churnover of new bands. But if you want to hear me bang on like the boringest guy in the pub, just follow me on twitter @seaninsound. »
With only one sleep to go before the big day, DiS asked blogger and record shop lover Gareth James to share his views regarding Record Store Day, and to help explain why you might want to camp over night to grab that rare 12"...»
This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring the works of Liars, !!!, NLF3, Ramadanman, Raime, Danny Saul, Andrew Bird and more!»
Normal service resumed this week, and what a bunch of albums, singles and news stories we've had to hand-pick this playlist from. No fewer than TWO 9/10 albums, a couple of 8s and a Suede re-union. That's not mentioning the two Singles of the Week, by Yeasayer and These New Puritans. Brill.»
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