In Depth
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Spotifriday #22 - This Week on DiS as a Spotify Playlist
As you've hopefully come to expect, DiS ends each week with a little audio interpretation of what was on the site this week. Some say it's a little like a website cover mount, whilst others have been heard asking whether we have shares in Spotify or somethin... »
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Festival Review
Swn 2009: The DiS Review
I lived in Cardiff for five years and I love the place. Swn, to me, encapsulates the best of what it has to offer: an independent spirit, a sense of immense self-belief, and a determination to get things done. »
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Interview
DiS meets Gary Numan
Synth-pop’s man in black talks to us about the NIN collaboration, music so frightening it can give you a heart attack and why The Pleasure Principle is like Wall-E . . . »
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Festival Review
CMJ Days 4 & 5: The DiS review
Read our coverage of Day 4 and 5 of CMJ festival. »
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In Depth
CMJ Days 1, 2 & 3: The DiS review
Our eyes are held open by matches and our ears have taken a hell of a pounding, but DiS has survived the annual five-day multi-venue reign of terror that is the CMJ Music Marathon 2009. This 29th incarnation of the festival was marked by the usual hype and rumors, an... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 26/10/2009
You shall be glad to hear there is no unnecessary preamblage from me today. We are just going to dive in like greedy sorts. »
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Artist-generated
Guy Garvey's track-by-track guide to Asleep in the Back (Deluxe Edition)
“We’re still incredibly proud of this record” says Elbow frontman Guy Garvey, having dissected the reissue of Asleep In The Back for Drowned In Sound. It’s easy to see why. Whilst 2008’s Mercury-bagging The Seldom Seen Kid may have sent the... »
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In Depth
Iceland Airwaves: The DiS review
Madness. This is what you’re in for here at Iceland Airwaves, which has become a yearly pilgrimage for many music enthusiasts, press and industry. Once you’ve been, the chances are that sooner or later you’ll be coming back. Late-night mash-ups, hip ... »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #21 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content-related Spotify playlist, featuring Wavves, Jamie T, Copy Haho, Biffy Clyro, Atlas Sound, Sufjan Stevens, Rolo Tomassi, Eels and many more. »
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Interview
Talkin' 'bout Revolutions- DiS meets Biffy Clyro
A couple of weeks ago, DiS's Brad Barrett added to the anticipation/trepidation ahead of Biffy Clyro's impending fifth album Only Revolutions with a »
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Interview
DiS meets The Big Pink
Having been hotly tipped by many critics since the beginning of the year, The Big Pink have enjoyed something of an ostentatious baptism in the music world so far. With a handful of mouth-watering singles to their name already, last month saw the rel... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 19/10/2009
Some wise old stick once warned how power corrupts. And though my own influence over (dread term) "The Industry" is flimsy as a cornershop carrier bag, I had a tiny taste of power this week. »
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In Depth
Q&A with The Ice Cream Man
We finally got hold of Ice Cream Man, and here's what he had to say for himself. »
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Artist-generated
Fanfarlo Tour Diary Part III
Hello and welcome to the final part of Fanfarlo's tour diary for DiS. They've been off on a jolly tour of the UK this past month or so, much of it with the almost-equally-glorious First Aid Kit, who also did a little bit of writing a... »
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In Depth
Fuzz Boxes, Day Jobs and Spotify: DiS meets Mudhoney
DiS chats to Seattle stalwarts Mudhoney's Mark Arm and Steve Turner »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 12/10/2009
As a neat way to top and tail the Summer, this week I am back at the coastal caravan with my unfaithful old internot. This means three things; one, that I cannot check facts and therefore have to take the press releases at face value (which I am sure the mus... »
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Artist-generated
Fanfarlo and First Aid Kit Tour Blog Part II
Swedish indie-pop-folk duo First Aid Kit are on tour with the partially Swedish Fanfarlo and, as we were running the latter's tour diary, we thought it'd be a good idea to do the former's too. They make their first appearance in Part... »
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In Depth
Under the 'hood: Tinchy Stryder talks on computer games, backing Lily Allen and digging Green Day
Much like current media darling Dizzee Rascal’s recent stratospheric rise to A-list fame from the grime ghetto, fellow London rapper Tinchy Stryder has lit up the charts this year with two number one singles. We chat to the man himself. »
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Column
Column: Drowned In Scary Monsters #5 - The DIY Uprising
DiS' regular column from Big Scary Monsters Records' Kev Douch. »
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Interview
"When people say 'lo-fi' they mean you’re not trying" - No Age are back
DiS caught up with No Age guitarist Randy Randall to talk about the band's new material, touring with Deerhunter, Hüsker Dü, Wavves Vs Black Lips, No Age’s favourite British bands and the incident literally nobody is calling ‘Obama t-shirt gate’. »
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First Listen
Biffy Clyro's Only Revolutions: First Listen
Fresh from the Warners official watermarked stream comes our first listen to the fifth record from Scot titans Biffy Clyro, due next month. »
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Month In Records
A Month In Records: September 2009
The month that was September 2009 in records. Featuring Part Chimp, Paramore, Vitalic, Antipop Consortium and more. »
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Interview
This film is on: inside the ATP movie
In May 2006 DiS was hanging around the entrance to Pontins, Camber Sands, getting itchy with excitement at the prospect of seeing J Mascis flick his white mane around at the Dinosaur Jr/Sleater-Kinney/The Shins-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties, when we felt »
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Artist-generated
Fanfarlo Tour Diary Part I
Multi-national indie-poppers Fanfarlo are on tour. And, guess what? Yes, they're doing a tour diary for us, complete with pictures! Here they chronicle Part I of this particular adventure. »