The Insider: Beyond The Death of The Critic
In the latest edition of The Insider, the art of criticism in the world of Web 2.0 is put under the microscope.»
In the latest edition of The Insider, the art of criticism in the world of Web 2.0 is put under the microscope.»
This tribute comes from Mark Bowen, who once was an A&R man for Rough Trade. He now runs his own independent label Wichita Recordings, which is home to the likes of Bloc Party, The Cribs, Los Campesinos! and many more... »
We asked several of the leading lights of independent music to tell us what Rough Trade means to them. First up we have Simon Raymonde, formerly of the Cocteau Twins who now runs the Bella Union label, home to the likes of Fleet Foxes, Midlake and many more... »
Cassette From My Ex.com's Jason Bitner tells us of the hows and whys behind his great site full of mixtapes, and their stories»
With the nation’s – nay, the world’s – greatest football cup competition nearing its final stages, and with many a DiS-supported team still in the running to lift the FA Cup this May at Wembley, DiS’s Gareth Dobson picks his 4-4-2 of indie-rock. As we all know, football and music is closely entwined. And no, I'm not simply talking about Oasis' pronounced love for Manchester City...»
It’s been less than two years since John Harris’ most excellent ‘The Last Party’ documented a certain period in music, roughly 1993-97, when British bands decided to give a jolly good kick in the teeth of grunge. For a while, it looked like we mig»
“People say to me: ‘don’t have a go at Morrissey, he helped me get through my depression’. No he didn’t! YOU helped HIM get through HIS depression!”
~ Jerry Sadowitz
I sometimes wonder if The Smiths didn’t royally fuck things up for me. At least for a while there, during my typically English, angsty a»
Every day we’re told what a dangerous world we live in. Terrorists are ready to detonate a “dirty” nuclear bomb in a major city, say the papers, and rogue states will soon be peppering these shores with weapons of mass destruction. And let’s not forget North Korea recently restarted its nuclear weapons programme»