In Depth
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In Depth
A Month in Records: April 2009
Here's what the musical gods offered us in April 2009... »
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In Depth
"The best thing we did for our career was splitting up." DiS meets The Vaselines
Possibly...in fact actually best known for Nirvana covers of three of their songs, Scottish indie-poppers The Vaselines are just one of those cult bands. Theirs was a candle which was barely alight before being blown. DiS caught up ... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 04/05/09
Though the ‘Silly Season’ is a term traditionally applied to news stories of the summer months in the proper presses, this week the seven inch single appears to be having one all of its own. For at least three of this week’s releases are seriously, worryingly foolish... »
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In Depth
Metric week: Emily's guide to Buenos Aires
Metric have lived and spent a lot of time in some of the hippest cities in the world, in fact, they're one of the most city-shifting, transient bands we've ever met. Each day this week they're going to share their favourite things about each city they've lived in or ... »
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Adventures at the edge of the world: DiS goes to Aldrei Fór Ég Suður
For the last five Mugison’s been running the free Aldrei Fór Ég Suður festival (literally ‘I never went south’) with help from various locals, most notably his father, Papa Muggi, harbour master to Ísafjörður and also, oddly, a professional karaoke s... »
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Interview
"I love to put layers on layers." DiS meets The Field
DiS talk to Swedend's The Field ahead of the release of Yesterday and Today, his highly anticipated follow-up to 2007's From Here We Go Sublime. »
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In Depth
Morrissey: Southpaw Grammar and Maladjusted (Expanded Editions)
Southpaw Grammar, from 1995, and 1997’s Maladjusted are back from the bargain bins and available to 'sound and look the way Morrissey wanted'. Rapture. »
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In Depth
Metric week: Jimmy's guide to Toronto
Metric have lived and spent a lot of time in some of the hippest cities in the world, in fact, they're one of the most city-shifting, transient bands we've ever met. Each day this week they're going to share their favourite things about each city the... »
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Artist-generated
Video: Pulled Apart By Horses tour diary #1
DiS brings you the first in a series of exclusive video blogs from the Northern Alliance Tour featuring Rolo Tomassi, Grammatics and Pulled Apart By Horses. »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 004
From an 11-year-old tech-house classic to mutoid electro, E-generation dad dancing and keep-fit for disco-loving smackheads, help yourelf to a large go on April's best electronic gear. »
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DiSection
DiSsection: Metric Fantasies track-by-track
To kick off our special Metric takeover week, Emily Haines, songwriter, singer, renown synth-basher and superhero, walks and talks us through their forthcoming album Fantasies. »
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In Depth
Shoegaze Week: Swervedriver's Adam Franklin dissects the notion of "Shoegaze"...
As the founder member and main songwriter behind one of Creation Records finest discoveries, Swervedriver, Adam Franklin has a long and distinguished career both as a live performer and recording artist. Spurred on by a lukewarm review of his own ban... »
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Mixtape
Shoegaze Week: Mixtape #36 - The Ultimate Shoegaze Mixtape...?
Ok, so what with this being Shoegaze Week here on DiS, we thought what better way than to round the whole thing off than by compiling the ultimate Mixtape for the genre. »
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Shoegaze Week: The Third Wave Collective's Andy Oliver reassesses the Shoegaze phenomenon
Andy Oliver is the editor of Psychedelica magazine and has recently formed his own label, The Third Wave Collective. Here he adds a darker perspective to the whole "what is/isn't shoegaze" debate and draws parallels with conflicts in society... »
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DiScussion
Shoegaze Week: Drowned in Shoegaze - 50 Essential Albums
DiS has compiled a Spotify playlist of fifty hazy, ethereal, swooping, swirling, static-drenched albums from the pioneers of Shoegaze and the makers of Shoegaze 2.0 »
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Label focus
Shoegaze Week: Label Focus # 27: Northern Star Records
Completing our trilogy of record labels exclusively operating in the shoegaze field and its many related sub-genres is the excellent Northern Star. »
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In Depth
Shoegaze Week: DiS talks to Simon Scott about his time in Slowdive
Simon Scott has spent over twenty years making music with numerous outfits. It would be fair to say, however, that he is perhaps best known for being one-fifth of iconic shoegaze outfit Slowdive... »
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Label focus
Shoegaze Week: Label Focus # 26: AC30
Robin Allport and Duncan Jones are the guys behind Club AC30, yet another successful club night that morphed into one of the most vital, and groundbreaking independent record labels of the past decade. »
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Shoegaze Week: Club AC30's Robin Allport - five albums everyone should own.
Robin Allport is one of the co-founders of Club AC30, the London-based club night and label that has been specialising in all things shoegaze related for five years today as it happens. As well as opening the birthday cards and unwrapping th... »
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Shoegaze Week: DiS meets Neil Halstead
Neil Halstead really doesn't need any introduction. As one of the main songwriters in Slowdive he can can already claim credit for fronting one of the most inspirational UK combos of the past twenty years. »
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Shoegaze Week: DiS meets Ulrich Schnauss
Ulrich Schnauss is a name that is just as familiar to techno boffins as it would be to those who perhaps favour the more noise-saturated elements of shoegaze-inspired guitars. »
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In Depth
Shoegaze Week: Some Velvet Mourning #3
Scott Causer, owner of the shoegaze/psychedelia label Northern Star pens this month's Some Velvet Mourning column and offers DiS readers an exclusive free download in the process. Can't be bad... »
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This Week's Singles: 20/04/09
I am not quite the excitable teenager of last week, having had to contend with repeated exposure to the bottom of Patrick Wolf and the fact that I am, essentially, well ancient. Still, it’s not all sex, sex, sex. At least until we get to Seba... »
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DiScover
DiScover: Air France, Deradoorian and Telekinesis
DiS brings you our fortnightly new music fix, and three fresh musical DiScoveries. »