Drowned in Bristol #12
The twelfth installment of our local scene report from Bristol...»
In Depth
Planet Gear: Jamie Cullum on his Fender Rhodes collection
'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, Jamie Cullum talk us through some of treasures he's collected over the years, as well as the making of his new album Momentum, which was produced by Jim Abbiss (Artic Monkeys, Adele) and Dan The Automator (Kasabian, DJ Shadow) and features collaborations with Roots Mauva and Laura Mvula.»
DiS Does Singles 13.05.13: Swim Deep, These New Puritans, The National
Hello there. Glad to have you onboard the good ship DiS Does Singles. You join us for a splendid week of tracks, songs, ditties and whatever else you care to call a joyous snippet of recorded sound. Featured in this here column are yet another Brummie band. Not Peace, Jaws or Temples but this time Swim Deep. There's also new stuff to listen to from These New Puritans, The National, Editors, Mariah Carey, The Love Language and Oliver Wilde. Go on, treat yourself. It's a Monday.»
Interview: Frank Turner on The Olympics, The Backlash, Thatcher and Black Flag
"As I’ve got older. it’s interesting to me that punk rock is as significant to me on a personal level as it was when I was 16. It does mean slightly different things to me now, when I was 16 I thought punk was going to change the world and if only everyone would listen to Minor Threat there’d be eternal international peace or whatever, but to me these days it’s about a tribe, it’s about community, it’s also about the ability to create a space in which you can organise the world in a way that makes sense to you. " - Frank Turner»
Drowned in Nottingham #14
In the second Nottingham scene round-up of 2013 we focus on some of the hottest new sounds filtering through the city as well as the regular release, festival and live updates.»
I'll Be Your Mirror Yeah Yeah Yeahs: the DiS review
Yeah Yeah Yeahs were great, but I'll Be Your Mirror never felt like a ‘real’ festival.»
DiS Does Singles 6.05.13: Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (XL)
You know how most singles columns are about cheerful things like space age electro-pop and how terrible the new Nicki Minaj track is? This one’s not like that, although the new Nicki Minaj track is terrible. This column is about Vampire Weekend’s ‘Ya Hey’ and my personal recollections from the days when I used to love Jesus. »
The Critic Sleeps Alone Tonight... Fighting Over The Postal Service's Give Up
A DiS party line?! These are the voices of two fervently passive-aggresive fanatics, shouting into the abyss to their hearts’ content, examining Sub Pop’s 10th anniversary reissue of The Postal Service’s landmark debut, Give Up.»
Emo? Twee? In unnecessary defence of Neutral Milk Hotel…
It wasn’t always like this. Over the past fifteen years I’ve watched Aeroplane grow from obscure gem to cult favourite to whatever the hell it is now, mostly organically, mostly via ‘word of mouth’ (albeit considerably enabled by occasional rereleases, the UK iteration of which was at least necessary seeing as their UK label Blue Rose went out of business not too long after putting Aeroplane out). While the album enjoyed some recognition in the US upon release, the UK press – save for Phil McMullen at stalwart ‘zine Ptolemaic Terrascope – mostly slept on In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. I know I tried to get the group attention in the Melody Maker, who I wrote for at the time, but was told that after some office wag had described the album as sounding like the work of "that panpipe band off The Fast Show" nobody could take it seriously anymore. »
armchair dancefloor 39: Mount Kimbie interview, Bobby Browser, Powell, Move D, Leon Vynehall...
DiS meets John Lydon - Part 1: The Man
DiS Does Singles 20.05.13: Paramore, Laura Marling, The Replacements
DiS joins the Music Alliance Pact + May 2013's global MAP compilation
Drowned in Bristol #12
DiS Does Singles 13.05.13: Swim Deep, These New Puritans, The National
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