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DiSsection: Future Of The Left Travels With Myself And Another track-by-track

In Depth by Rob Webb

ndy Falkous talks us through their new album Travels With Myself And Another (9/10 Review here), which is out now. »

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DiSection: Grizzly Bear Veckatimest track-by-track

In Depth by Sean Adams

As we near the end of Grizzly Bear week we asked the band to take part in our regular DiSection feature. The idea is a little like a director's commentary you get on a DVD, where we ask a band to dissect their new album, track by track. »

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DiSsection: Metric Fantasies track-by-track

In Depth by Sean Adams

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. »

Maximo Park 2009

DiSsection: Maximo Park Quicken The Heart track-by-track

In Depth by Sean Adams

Here's Paul Smith to talk you through Maximo Park's forthcoming album Quicken The Heart. He reveals quite a few clues to what you can expect when its released on May 11th via Warp Records.»

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DiSection: Dananananaykroyd's Hey Everyone! track-by-track

In Depth by Rob Webb

Dananananaykroyd's Calum Gunn and David Roy talk us through their debut album Hey Everyone!»

Art Brut vs Satan

DiSsection: Art Brut VS Satan track-by-track commentary

In Depth by Sean Adams

"Britain seems to be populated and run by T4 presenters and the cast of skins. Until we have The Mountain Goats, The Indelicates, Darren Hayman, Future Of The Left and Jeffery Lewis on prime time television and A listed on Radio 1, I think we should declare a state of national emergency"»

How To Get To Heaven From Scotland

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In Depth by Rob Webb

Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs have a new record out. It's called How To Get From Heaven From Scotland, it's about lurve: "The perfect Valentine's Day gift for a loved one," concludes its author.»

first love album cover

DiSection: Emmy The Great First Love track-by-track

In Depth by Emma-Lee Moss

Emmy the Great Week starts here!
The idea of a DiSection is simple: We ask an artist/band we like to walk us through their album, track-by-track, not unlike those director's commentaries you get on the bonus bit of a DVD. Here, Emmy The Great talks us through her debut album First Love, which is released today.»

Andrew Bird Noble Beast

DiSection: Andrew Bird Noble Beast track-by-track

In Depth by Rob Webb

Andrew Bird released one of DiS' albums of 2007 in the shape of the wonderful Armchair Apocrypha. He's back with a new one, Noble Beast - his first for Bella Union - and we asked him to take us through the collection, track-by-track style.»

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DiSection: Sky Larkin The Golden Spike track-by-track

In Depth by Rob Webb

They've been threatening to do it for a long while now, but Leeds-based alternative poppers Sky Larkin finally deliver their debut album next month. And what a hook-laden indie-rock corker it is too! Singer/guitarist Katie Harkin talks DiS through the record.»

Cut Copy In Ghost Colours

DiSection: Cut Copy In Ghost Colours track-by-track commentary

In Depth by Sean Adams

With easily one of the albums of 2008, antipodeans Cut Copy managed to repeatedly make any time - early morning, noon or night - feel like a party. Whilst some might say this was little more than a modern flip of the New Order indie-dance blueprint, the savvy among us were too busy pulling shapes to care. Here, Cutter Dan Whitford walks us through the record... »

Eugene McGuinness S/T

DiSection: Eugene McGuinness' debut album track-by-track

In Depth by John Roberts

Eugene McGuinness, DiS' Troubadour Of '08, talks us through his self-titled debut album»

Idlewild Hope Is Important

DiSection: Idlewild Hope Is Important track-by-track

In Depth by Rob Webb

Idlewild are one of those bands that many of us grew up with, and as 2008 draws to a close the Scottish rockers are giving fans a chance to relive their youth by perfoming all the albums in full. DiS caught up with singer Roddy Woomble for a track-by-track retrospective on their first, 1998's Hope Is Important»

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DiSection: Shearwater Rook track-by-track commentary

In Depth by Luke Slater

Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg gives us his rundown of his band's latest album Rook, which features in Rough Trade's top 50 albums of the year. »

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DiSection: Kaiser Chiefs 'Off With Their Heads' track-by-track

In Depth by Kaiser Chiefs

Welcome to Kaiser Chiefs week! The Leeds-leeds-LEEDS boys, our old friends (well, like, yuhknow, we released their debut single 'Oh My God' way back when), have hijacked DiS this week. They kick things off with a track-by-track 'directors commentary' style rundown of Off With Their Heads by KC's bassist, Simon Rix... »

the long blondes 2008 promo

DiSection: Long Blondes - Singles track-by-track

In Depth by Rob Webb

What comes after 'Couples'? Singles, of course. Sheffield post-pop types The Long Blondes are to release a compilation featuring tracks from their early 7"s later this month, so we thought we'd catch up with LBs bassist Reenie Hollis to find out the story behind the song(s)»

friendly fires lp

DiSection: Friendly Fires debut album track-by-track

In Depth by Sean Adams

After years of rag-tag imitators, two bands are proving that home-brewed British pop is firmly back. In part one of this bands-eye-view of their debut albums we heard from Late of the Pier. For part two, we hand you over to Friendly Fires whose self-titled debut is already a contender for album of the year»

Late of the Pier press shot sept 2008

DiSection: Late of the Pier debut album track-by-track

In Depth by Sean Adams

Home-brewed British pop is great again! (Part One)
DiS caught up with the art-pop kids with lazers, Late of the Pier, to garner some insight into their debut album Fantasy Black Channel»