The ethos behind Norway’s by:Larm (that’s “bee-larm”) is admirable. Essentially a roving festival / conference designed to promote Scandinavian acts and assist improving links within the industry, it also highlights the fruitful nature of the local scene»
If you got down early at the recent Editors dates you'll be aware of the swathing, histrionic beauty of Danish five-piece The Kissaway Trail. DiS checks up on how the quintet's year has been»
Send one DiS writer to the first-ever Connect festival? We think not. Here, three intrepid festival-goers – Jordan Dowling, Dom Gourlay and Dave Kerr – bring us their experiences of three days that can only be summarised as: a muddy festival in Inveraray, Scotland. With some ace bands, as it happened…»
Bella Union is a label synonymous with quality, and the bill they compile to celebrate their tenth anniversary – split over two nights at London’s Royal Festival Hall – is brilliantly representative of the variety abundant on its roster...»
As Bella Union - one of the most reliable labels out there - turns 10 years old, we ask: what labels, if any, can you trust? Who is consistently releasing quality material? And who's treading a fine line between heartfelt adoration and absolute indifference...»
The Camden Crawl is this week, on Thursday April 19 and Friday April 20 to be exact. Lots of bands, both large of profile and large of hype, will descend upon north London’s dirtiest streets to play rock music for you, the people with tickets. Tickets ripe for exchanging for wristbands. Wristbands you’ll use to get into lots of different clubs and pubs and bars. Clubs and pubs and bars which are playing host to bands. Et cetera...»
Here we are, then: day five of our South By Southwest preview, and part four of our picks for your attention. Another four from the sea of many hundreds playing Austin, each pulling cards from sleeves and jumping through hoops for a few column inches in the British press. Seems a bit much for some sucker at Magazine X to give a month-long f*ck about you, doesn’t it? But far be it for us to highlight the fickleness of this whole process, ‘cause these bands are the business...»
Wow, just when we thought we had too much South By Southwest preview stuff up already, we’ve only gone and recorded a brand-new podcast for you. Smells of barbecue sauce, too...»
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