In Photos: Green Man 2009
Our rundown of snaps from 2009's Green Man Festival featuring Andrew Bird, Emmy The Great, Gang Gang Dance, Wilco, Jarvis Cocker and more.»
Our rundown of snaps from 2009's Green Man Festival featuring Andrew Bird, Emmy The Great, Gang Gang Dance, Wilco, Jarvis Cocker and more.»
Green Man 2009 finally saw the sun shine gloriously upon its little corner of the Brecon Beacons, heralding an extraordinary assemblage of talent and perhaps its finest year yet. DiS had a ball...»
This weekend sees DiS hotfoot it to Wales for 2009's Green Man Festival and boy, we can't wait. Here's a Spotify Playlist celebrating some of the festival's finest, as well as a few words on some acts you might do well to take a punt upon and the festival itself...»
This Spotify playlist starts with the obvious "Monday Morning Anthems", moves into blissful half-awake territory, has a mid-morning doze before the guttural screams of WAKE UP! to catch anyone who might have drifted off at their desk. The second hour is an eclectic hodge-podge of requests and Monday-ishness. »
It's been a dramatic year for the Artists Problematically Known as Alt Country - Bonnie Billy's self-proclaimed "big" record, new albums from Wilco, Bill (Smog) Callahan, Magnolia Electric Co, Handsome Family, and even a follow-up to Nick Cave's classic novel "And the Ass Saw the Angel". Following on from our reappraisals of Shoegaze and Slowcore, DiS takes a look at Alt Country. »
Don’t want to read everything? Fair enough. In short, Primavera Sound ‘07 featured sun, sea, and almost no sand at all. There was some grass, and concrete, and a number of stages. Bands and DJs performed on them, and DiS danced. Yes, yes we did. And we didn’t get sunburned...»