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This Week's Singles 11.02.13: Darwin Deez, Tempest Storm, Charli XCX, The Cribs
Single of the Week! Darwin Deez - ‘Free (The Editorial Me)’ (Lucky Number) Ludicrously-curly tunesmith Darwin Deez has a knack, and it is almost aggravating to hear him manipulating us again, with his bloody melodies and his wretched happines»
DiS meets Johnny Marr & Nile Rodgers - "The greatest artistic motivator in music is jealousy"
DiS' David Edwards and Simon Catlin talk guitars, music and collaborating with two icons of late twentieth-century guitar playing: Johnny Marr and Nile Rodgers.... we kick off an interview with such lines as “When I was playing with Bowie” and “When we were recording ‘There is a Light that Never Goes Out’” mentioned almost as casual asides. »
This Week's Singles: 09/07/12 Big Black Delta, Deco Child, Meursault, The 2 Bears
What has happened this week is that I have been in a very good, excitable and giggly mood, so unless a single has been gurning at me with a face full of powdery wrongness at the same time as raising my arms aloft, I haven’t been interested: it could jog»
"I don’t understand why people would do it any other way" - DiS meets Ryan Jarman from The Cribs
Eschewing Germanic fairgrounds, North American swimming pools, and the grip of Warner Bros Records, Ryan Jarman from The Cribs explains how he and his brothers found themselves reconnected… In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull [cue 20th Century Fox title sequence. “Dlllllllllllaaaa-duh-dah. Dun-dun…”]»
The Cribs: Six Steve Albini Produced Albums
As part of their week-long takeover of the site, The Cribs talk us through their six favourite albums produced by Steve Albini.»
The Cribs' 80s mixtape
We asked the twins from The Cribs to make a mixtape for us and set the theme: The Year You Were Born. The year was 1980 and it was a time of great upheaval, as the tectonic plates of DIY punk culture began to grind against the upper echelons of the mainstream. It was a time of great music, and bad hair. Not that any of these things are reasons why we set this mixtape theme for The Cribs, but they ran with it all the same... »
The Cribs - Seven Bands You Need to Hear Now
As part of their week-long takeover of the site to celebrate the release of new album In the Belly of the Brazen Bull, The Cribs have compiled us a little list of seven bands you need to hear now.»
This Week's Singles: 16/04/12 Tashaki Miyaki, Spiritualized, Kelpe, Herman Dune, Laid Back
Single of the Week! Tashaki Miyaki - ‘Tashaki Miyaki Sings The Everly Brothers’ (For Us) You could argue that a deathly pale, k-hole-occupying, curtains-drawn approach to a cover version is no different or less calculated than wanging your la»
Leeds Day: 10 Years in... Leeds - Whiskas' Mixtape
No Leeds day would be complete without a mixtape or two, and who better to share the highlights of the past 10 years than Whiskas. He's the man who in has been at the heart of the Leeds scene for most of the past 10 years, promoting gigs, playing guitar in Forward Russia, setting up the Dance to the Radio label and so much more»
Leeds Day: 10 Years in... Leeds - Whiskas' Mixtape
No Leeds day would be complete without a mixtape or two, and who better to share the highlights of the past 10 years than Whiskas. He's the man who in has been at the heart of the Leeds scene for most of the past 10 years, promoting gigs, playing guitar in Forward Russia, setting up the Dance to the Radio label and so much more»
Great Escape 2010 - The DiS Review
Rather than try to "review" all 300+ bands who played The Great Escape in Brighton last weekend, we decided to focus on the best bits. »
This Week's Singles: 31/08/2009
I didn’t realise quite how angry I was until I started writing up this week’s singles. But it appears I am really quite furious if shouty caps are anything to go by. For which, of course, massive apollies- I have calmed down now. »
Spotifriday #8 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist
The eighth weekly edition of Spotifriday for your listening pleasure sees big hitters like Blur and Pixies up against the relative minnows of Tiny Masters Of Today and erm...new boys Copy Haho. Get stuck in to a musical feast via the medium of Spotify.»
Primavera Sound 2008: DiS diary, day two
Day two, and the rain that was forecast for 24 hours earlier arrives... for about five minutes. Sitting outside, beer in hand, DiS barely notices the precipitation»
The votes are in: DiS readers' top 25 of 2007
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»
DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!
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»
Huw Stephens on SWN Festival: "I can't believe it's actually happening"
The Huw Stephens curated SWN Festival takes place this weekend in Cardiff. The Radio 1 DJ drops into the DiSopolis to explain the thinking behind the Welsh music blow-out»
Label Focus #10: Wichita Recordings
Rocking up the crest of their seventh birthday, DiS scribbler Gareth Dobson hacks away at the defences of Castle Wichita to reveal a set of rather contented innards, complete with tales of DFA1979 loss, guitar solos that never finished and why no-one got The Cribs for the first four years...»
Glastonbury '07: three DiSsers, some booze and hella mud...
It serves them right to suffer. While some of us sat scratching our arses from the comfort of our living rooms, occasionally pushing the red button to keep Jo Whiley at bay, some idiots actually went to Glastonbury. But we're not bitter. No. It would have been nice to have an invite, but that's all history now. Here, DiS’s Ben Patashnik, Joshua Cole and Georgina Terry attempt to fashion coherent narratives from their weekends of mud-soaked madness…»
The Weekly DiScussion: our albums of the year, so far
Six months into 2007 (almost...) and there’s already a not-so-proverbial shit-tonne of albums in contention for the coveted Album of the Year ‘gong’ at DiS – again, the winner will be selected by you, the readers, from a shortlist compiled by us. Yup.»
Dot To Dot: the DiS Reviews
Dot To Dot has happened. Been, gone, ain’t coming back for 12 or so flips of your tits ‘n’ ass Max Power calendar. Missed it? Too bad. We didn’t, and here is what we’re calling Some Words To Prove It. Or: Dot To Dot: the DiS Review...»
A Month In Records: May 2007
With Paris Hilton languishing in a prison cell somewhere in California, what better time to reflect on a month in wonderful albums? Like, whateverrrr…
Dot To Dot Festival: DiS's preview of Nottingham's biggest music marathon of the year
This Sunday, May 27, Nottingham plays host to the biggest Dot To Dot Festival yet - this year it's even got a sister festival, in Bristol. DiS's Dom Gourlay casts a critical ear over the Nottingham bill to pick a few choice acts from the slew of excellent bands performing across a variety of city centre venues... your legs are gonna be wrecked by the end of this Dot To Dot, that we promise...»
DiS Radio: The Cribs special
In a special edition of the DiS podcast – DiScover #6 coming soon! – Ryan Jarman, Gary Jarman and Ross Jarman, better known as The Cribs, showcase some of the records that have inspired the writing of their new album, Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever...»
DiS Radio: DiScover Three
A delicious mix of bleeding edge new tracks and a couple of relatively unknown favourites from recent times. The Chap, Jonquil and Dananananakroyd hit the new music buttons with delicious aplomb, whilst the dubstep drama of Skream is showcased perfectly at the end.»
Iceland Airwaves 2006: The DiS preview
This week, DiS is going to Iceland! No! Not to the frozen food haven for some over-sized breasts a la Kerry Katona (formerly of hit UK girl group Atomic Kitten), but to the frozen LAND haven quite a lot further north than Scotland for the quite fantastic Iceland Airwaves Festival that runs in Reykjavik from Wednesday to Sunday. See? We do leave the M25! We’re going on a plane so that things like grass and trees do not confuse us.»
DiS is 6! Our 66, part 1
Let the DiScussing begin! We’ve been racking brains – prior to pulverising each other’s – at the DiSopolis these past few weeks to come up with our top 66 albums of the past six years; the very best records to see the light of day during DiS’s lifetime (yes, six years). Arguments have been won and lost, a handful of frankly incredible artists have improbably missed the cut through forgetfulness and space constraints, and we’ve all got quite, quite drunk along the way...»
Carling Weekend 2006 - Saturday
Drowned in Sound's coverage of The Carling Weekend 2006 has come to you courtesy of Sean Adams, Sam Corbett, Jordan Dowling, Chris Harris, Ben Jones, Kev Kharas, Christopher Knight, Ben Marwood, Raziq Rauf, Rob Webb and Gary Wolstenholme.»
Carling Weekend 2006 - Saturday
Drowned in Sound's coverage of The Carling Weekend 2006 has come to you courtesy of Sean Adams, Sam Corbett, Jordan Dowling, Chris Harris, Ben Jones, Kev Kharas, Christopher Knight, Ben Marwood, Raziq Rauf, Rob Webb and Gary Wolstenholme.»
From Hell To nYc!
New York City is the booth at which the indie rock touring alliance come to sell their soul; the apex of golden opportunity in a cruel musical world of rejection and support slots.
DiS looks at some of the hottest and most spine chilling nYc bands and future exports.»
UPDATED: Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds - Preview
So, you've looked out of the window this afternoon and seen the doom and gloom pouring from the sky and decided that the office isn't actually that bad after all... Well, how about we remind the lucky ticketholders what's to come this weekend by giving you a selection of hot new bands to check out and some old faves for the Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds festivals.»
SxSw: Adventures on Sixth Street
From folkish to foppish to fukkin-fuk-death-rokka-rawk!
They call themselves the live music capital of the world and frankly - despite claims that like in London and New York you’re never more than 10metres away from a rat, here’s it’s shotguns - we ain’t gonna argue.»
The Cribs: DiS summer BBQ - Aug 1st
More rock action for you London kiddies. DiS goes south of the river again with bands and food. Oh yes! The Cribs, The Rakes, The Boyfriends, Drat, Nun Of The Above and The Cobra will be playing pretty music, and Clor will be spinning some tracks inbetween.»
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