In Depth
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Interview
"'Reign' is a very dark, dense, gloomy record… I needed to get past it" - DiS meets Sleigh Bells
Over the course of a highly-charged 20 minute transatlantic call, Derek from Sleigh Bells talks about how working on Bitter Rivals is his most 50/50 split yet with Alexis, and how taking-up boxing can make you feel exactly like Rocky Balboa... »
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Interview
DiS meets The Blue Angel Lounge
With album number three expected to be ready for the early part of 2014, it promises to be an exciting few months ahead for The Blue Angel Lounge. »
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Column
SAVAGE PIXELS #24: Stories with Souls, Soccer, and Street Fighter II
Savage Pixels looks at whether a sports title can be just as engaging of story as a game released with exclusively its plotline in mind, taking in Beyond: Two Souls, Pro Evolution Soccer, Puppeteer and Street Fighter II »
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Interview
"I predict sex with goats - that's where we’re headed" - DiS meets Kate Nash
Kate Nash is the ideal role model amid the vapid celebrity titillation that’s increasingly dominant in the world today, and it’s clear she takes this seriously. »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 14.10.13: Los Campesinos!, David Bowie, Janelle Monáe + Great British Lyricists pla
This week's DiS Does Singles features Los Campesinos!, David Bowie,Janelle Monáe, Camera Obscura, Poliça and more. »
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Interview
"I’m sick and tired of cowards" - DiS meets Refused’s Dennis Lyxzén
You would have needed to have been living under the most soundproof of rocks to have managed to avoid Refused’s reunion tour last year. After years of speculation - including a memorable jumping of the gun by Zane Lowe back in 2010 when the Swedish p... »
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Interview
"I'm never going to be a Gaga or a Bieber": DiS meets Julia Holter
With Loud City Song, her third studio album proper, Julia Holter has created another brilliant record, but this time it seems more people are sitting up to take notice. »
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DiSection
Polica's track-by-track guide to their new album Shulamith
Channy talks us through their second album Shulamith, track by track. »
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Column
DiS Does Pop #14: Miley Cyrus' foolproof plan for pop superstardom
Miley Cyrus is the biggest popstar in the world right now. She is the all-singing, all-twerking manifestation of internet culture’s attention deficit disorder and, at the time of writing, is set to score the UK Number 1 single and album come Sunday afternoon. How did... »
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Festival Review
Incubate Festival 2013 - The DiS Review
So here we are again. This time last year, DiS hit Incubate, the Netherlands' best left-leaning festival – with, err, the aid of a good few beers in between bands – to bring you this review. Feel free to bone up a little on why we already love Incubate so »
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Interview
"We’re really great at moaning about stuff" - DiS Meets Drenge
It’s a long way from Castleton to Amsterdam. 577 miles to be exact. But it’s not just the physical distance that suggests Drenge have achieved so much in a short space of time. »
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In Depth
Why They Deserve Your Idolization - The Clash In Conversation with 6Music
On 6th September 2013, the band made something of a reunion for a small audience of fans at BBC’s Maida Vale studios for an intimate chat with 6Music’s Cerys Matthews (LISTEN ONLINE HERE). All three surviving mem... »
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Column
DiS Does Singles: Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of 2013 So Far
This week we listened to the Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of 2013 So Far. It was a dark time for us. »
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Festival Review
Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia: The DiS Review
Held over two days (Friday 27th & Saturday 28th September) and spread across three stages in Liverpool's Camp & Furnace building, this year's festival - still only in its second year - saw over fifty bands and twenty DJs entertain what can only be described a... »
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Interview
"I wanted to say goodbye to my parents" - DiS meets RM Hubbert
Initially, at least, RM Hubbert buried himself in creating and exploring his craft out of a need for escape. However, looking back now, three years on from his debut solo LP First & Last, he says that the music he was making at that time... »
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Column
Champion Sound #15: Celebrating 15 years of Outkast's Aquemini
As OutKast’s Aquemini turns 15 this week, Champion Sound explores the legacy of the duo’s boundary-breaking rap classic. »
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Interview
"You can be as critical as you want, but I don’t really care" - DiS meets Peace
“I’m going to do that …maybe not,” Peace’s singer Harrison says unamused as we try to lighten the interview by persuading him to do a Robert Plant from his favourite band Led Zeppelin and swap his skinny jeans for a blood-stopping-crotch-savaging tig... »
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Interview
"We're not like a traditional band": DiS meets Jagwar Ma
Australian outfit Jagwar Ma have released one of 2013's most enterprising debuts with the excellent Howlin'. Formed in 2011 initially as a studio project, the core duo of Jono Ma (guitars, synths, samples) and Gabriel Winterfield (vocals, guit... »
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Column
More Than Words #2: The Art and Music Feature
Welcome to the latest artwork feature, dedicated to the art of art, and the art of music. Jon Falcone looks at upcoming releases from the next two months that marry an excellence of sound with a love of a tactile product. Be they strange, beautiful or interesting, ea... »
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In Depth
"Career? I'll let you know when it starts" – DiS meets Wire
Shamelessly taking influence from their art school backgrounds, Wire saw the punk movement from a sideways perspective. The Sex Pistols might have been set up to destroy rock ‘n’ roll, but even they had guitar solos; Wire crammed 21 tracks into 35 minutes on their de... »
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DiSection
DiSsection: Johnny Flynn Country Mile track by track
Johnny Flynn's new album Country Mile sees Johnny and long-time collaborator/best friend Adam Beach (The Sussex Wit) take the helm on production duties. Here Johnny talks us through the album, track by track... »
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Column
Music & Comedy: Why do people look down on humour in music?
Under the radar comedy and music are still very much going hand in hand. When did we start to look down on humour in music? Is it the fault of horror-show novelty records like Chubby Brown doing ‘Living Next Door To Alice’ or Spittin’ Image’s ‘The Chicken Song’? Bec... »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 30.09.13: Sky Ferreira, Arcade Fire, Sleigh Bells
This week's singles column belongs to Sky Ferreira, Arcade Fire, Sleigh Bells, Cults and Pusha T. »
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Interview
Belle and Sebastian: Frozen in the Moment
Our good friends in America who run the fantastic Under the Radar magazine caught up with Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch for a chat about this summer's release of The Third Eye Centre. »