Spotifriday #19: This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content on DiS in the form of a Spotify playlist. Featuring Hefner, The Mountain Goats, Vampire Weekend, Pavement, Idlewild and about 13 more.»
In Depth
This Week's Singles: 05/10/2009
After being unable to pick a favourite last week, this week I have five. Which are variously Yeti Lane, First Aid Kit, Drums of Death, Toro Y Moi and my new favourite favourites, Everything Everything. You will have to excuse the superlatives, but I honestly cannot help myself.»
Offset 2009: The DiS review
This year's Offset took place, as always, in Hainault Forest and it would have been rude to turn down the opportunity to see the likes of Let's Wrestle, Damo Suzuki, The Horrors, Future of the Left, Pulled Apart By Horses, Wild Beasts, The xx and about a hundred or so others.»
Spotifriday #14 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week on DiS as a Spotify playlist featuring Michael Jackson, Efterklang, Richmond Fontaine, Daniel Johnston, Paramore and Cougar.»
A Month In Records: August 2009
We take a look at the very best of releases during the month of August. And boy, were there a lot of them!»
Summer Sundae Weekender: The DiS review
Last weekend (14-16 August), DiS made its now traditional annual visit to Leicester's Summer Sundae Weekender, curated the Rising Stage on the Friday and even had founder Sean Adams and former editor Mike Diver spin a few tunes along the way»
"We're trying to re-imagine pop music...without the money" : DiS meets Wild Beasts
With their second album hitting shelves today, DiS thought it about time we caught up with Wild Beasts.»
Spotifriday #11 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist + Mercury albums
DiS likes to end the week with Spotifriday. It's a weekly Spotify playlist which linkedly runs down the best bits from this week on DiS. This is the 11th time we've done it and you simply download the free Spotify software and then click here to listen whilst reading the below stuff or doing whatever you please. »
Latitude: The DiS Review
To paraphrase Billy Piper, Latitude is pretty much honey to the b for the middle class legions of the DiS writing team, and thus it was in considerable numbers that we fell upon this year's edition of the idyllic Suffolk festival. Here are our reviewers' highlights.»
This Week's Singles: 20/07/2009
This week I have been clearing out my parents’ house, involving days of shoebox rifling and the finding of various teen-pash accoutrements - not least a gigantic wall poster of Jan Michael Vincent. All this looking back is neatly relevant though, as some bright spark is attempting to squeeze pennies out of those still not in possession of The Stone Roses back catalogue. AND we have a brand new band who wish to resurrect Baggy. Dust off your Kickers, everyone. »
First Listen: Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Hearing Wild Beasts for the first time is an odd and sometimes challenging experience for most. The oddity that oozes forth is abundant, yet theirs is a style and form which doesn't stray anywhere close to purposely 'wacky'.»
In Photos special: The Camden Crawl 2008
From the archive... DiS did the Camden Crawl 2008 the weekend just gone, chasing NW1’s cracked pavements in pursuit of hawt young t’ings. And the Fratellis. Here's an In Photos gallery of many Crawl acts, including those on the DiS stage»
The Great Escape 2008: the DiS review
From the archive... Amazing scenes on the south coast as DiS descends upon the annual beachside fest that is The Great Escape, catching the cream of its crop»
Field Day 2008: DiS's highlights
From the archive... The rain fell all day, but spirits at Field Day 2008, held in London's Victoria Park, couldn't completely be dampened. Here are our highlights»
In Photos: Wild Beasts @ DiScover Sheffield
DiScover Sheffield played host to Wild Beasts, Napoleon IIIrd and Cats:For:Peru on Wednesday, and without doubt it was one of our most enjoyable evenings yet.»
London Airwaves: The Review
Thank God for the Nords. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Iceland’s Airwaves festival (five days of music amongst the boiling geysers and cascading waterfalls of Reykjavík) they decided to stage one night of music, with over 20 acts across seven hip East London venues»
Vote for DiS and for your alternative Mercury prize winner
Here's a double-whammy of democracy for you. This is your last chance to take part in the voting for the Pluto Prize (DiS' alternative to the Mercury music prize) and we're also asking you to vote for us in the BT DMA's»
Foals: on the past, the present, and the surf-rock future
Foals' 2008 has been a hectic one, and the end isn't quite in sight yet. As they prepare to tour the UK again, DiS catches up with the Oxford outfit»
Green Man 2008: Q&A with festival founder
Held on August 15-17, the Green Man Festival features one of the best bills of any of the summertime weekenders. Founder Jo Bartlett speaks to DiS»
DiS's Pluto Prize: get voting now!
Voting for the first-ever Pluto Prize, celebrating the British acts whose albums missed the Mercury Prize cut, is open now. So get voting»
The Weekly DiScussion: who should make the Mercury shortlist?
The shortlist for 2008's Mercury Prize is announced next week. DiS asks: just who does deserve to win this year's award after Klaxons' success in 2007»
A Month In Records: June 2008
An impressive crop this month, as Flying Lotus and Wild Beasts tussle for supremacy on the DiS stereo, both just about distracting us from the kicking»
Singles Round-up (30/06/08)
Our greatest rapper returns with a song about attracting girls with ice cream and silly wigs... Roots Manuva's 'Buff Nuff' is our Single of the Week»
Hove Festival 2008: DiS diary, day three
Day three of DiS's Norwegian fest of choice finds White Denim and Foals getting the party started but Beck failing to finish it with a flourish»
2008 to date: our favourites on their favourites
Six of DiS's featured twelve responsible for our Essential Dozen albums of 2008 to date give us their favourite acts and records of the year so far»
An Essential Dozen: 2008's best albums, so far
Part three of three finds us diving deep to dredge for treasures from 2008 to date that your average chain store employee probably hasn't heard of»
The Weekly DiScussion: 2008's greatest albums, so far
2008 is shaping up to be a great year for album releases, and as we reach halfway DiS is taking a look its shoulder, and asking for your suggestions»
Roaming Free: pop profanities Wild Beasts on their surreal balancing act
Outsiders splitting opinions, Wild Beasts are obtuse pop profanities that should be celebrated as they release their astounding debut LP»
The Great Escape 2008: the DiS preview
It’s Thursday! It's time for The Great Escape! Here we present our top ten must-see acts at the seaside festival, including DiS's own awesome line-up»
Camden Crawl 2008: the DiS preview
The annual Camden Crawl kicks off its two-day stranglehold on NW1 tomorrow, rocking out through ‘til the early hours of Sunday morning. DiS will be there, hosting a venue - details TBA - but for now here are our line-up picks»
The Weekly DiScussion: five new British obsessions?
Despite January's hype, one of DiS's most popular artists of the month was Radiohead. They enjoy not only an incredible influence over many up-and-coming acts, but also retain a formidable fanbase. DiS asks: who could follow in their footsteps from the current clutch of indie-rockers? DiScuss away»
DiS in London: three shows this week
DiS is pleased to present no fewer than three gigs for your consideration this week, starting with TONIGHT'S Winter Warmer show headlined by The Mae Shi (pictured), rolling on to Thursday's Wild Beasts-topped bill, and ending with Johnny Foreigner at our once-monthly DiScover Club. Good times, for sure»
It's great in 2008, yeah: DiS's Early Doors picks
One thing that DiS has proven itself very good at over the past couple of years is predicting what bands are going to matter a year ahead of schedule. With this in mind we’ve divided our 'Bands For 2008' into three articles, Early Doors representing the newest kids on our check-'em-out block»
DiScover: Wild Beasts
Sick to the back teeth of rock’s eternally recurring leitmotifs? Looking for a way out that doesn’t involve pretending to dig freeform jazz? If your answer to both the above is “yes, but not as bored as I am with your rambling intro”, chances are you’ll need the heads-up on Domino’s latest signings, Wild Beasts...»
Roaming Wild: pop profanities Wild Beasts on their surreal balancing act
“I did an Irish Car Bomb once,” starts up pencil-‘tached balladeering lead Hayden Thorpe. “You have to down the Guinness before the Baileys curdles.” Comparing Jägerbomb experiences isn’t quite what you’d expect walking in to meet t»
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