The winner of the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize for Album of the Year will be announced tonight, Tuesday 6 September, at an awards show in London. PJ Harvey is the 6/4 favourite to take home the prize, which would make her the first person to win on t»
Obaro Ejimiwe is Ghostpoet, UK rap’s freshest and finest voice in 2011. The man’s debut album, Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam, was released in February via Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label, and immediately set about attracting plaudits from left, right and centre. And rightly so, too – a striking collection, comparisons with Roots Manuva’s breakthrough with his Brand New Second Hand LP of 1999 are well deserved, this newcomer’s potential positively tangible...»
11 albums we (DiS writers and regulars) have been liking so far this year. Plus a text file that you can download to your Kindle or Smartphone to easily read the reviews of these records, and a few interviews, on-the-go... »
A mix for DiS' African afternoon by OLUGBENGA, best known as one of the chaps from Metronomy...»
Possibly a little early to be wheeling out 'album of the year'-type assertions, but with The English Riviera Joseph Mount has set the bar nice and high.»
In case you missed the mention on the boards this weekend and don't subscribe to our Mixcloud then you might have missed the return of DiS Radio. Some of you may remember the show from a few years back, before various 'official' music industry bodies introduced a royalty rate which prohibited us from continuing doing the podcast, without bankrupting ourselves. »
A pop album which comes off as written from life while also addressing the concerns of its audience.»
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins talk us through their album, Diamond Mine. Described by King Creosote as a "soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a Scottish coastal village", the record weaves in slices of Fife life - bike wheels, spring tides, tea cups and café chatter, featuring lyrics and vocals from King Creosote sung over musical backdrops arranged and recorded by Jon Hopkins. »
A set of songs that transcends the clichés of concept albums, folk, electronica and being Scottish in one fell swoop.»
Whilst Build A Rocket Boys! is still ultimately an album that, above all, celebrates enduring friendships and successfully fought-for dreams, it is the intelligent, eloquent and heartfelt balance of light and shade, as ever with Elbow, that gives the music its strength»
England’s dancing days might be over, but things could be worse.»
For this edition of Subliminal Transmissions, we offer some thoughts on the increasing convergence/irrelevance of genre in a web-driven world, and the rise (and rise) of R'n'B signifiers in UK bass sounds.»
Boldness is not the same thing as greatness, and James Blake is not a great album. »
Polly Jean Harvey’s illustrious career makes the kind of Herculean reading that causes our over-anxious generation of success-hungry twentysomethings to quake in its distressed leather army boots. At 41, she has achieved the kinds of heights that most musicians dream of, but rarely reach. »
A frustratingly competent listen.»
So to close off 2010 it feels appropriate to take a scan backward through some of the year’s most exciting developments. We’ve recorded a mix that gathers together some of our favourite tracks from this year, from the blissful sensory overload of Oneohtrix Point Never and Hype Williams to the darkened soundscapes of Demdike Stare and Raime, alongside a healthy dose of music from the fertile ground explored by dubstep’s progeny. You can stream it from Mixcloud or download immediately below; the tracklist follows at the bottom of this article.»
Let’s take a moment to survey the Brit indie scene of 2010, and rejoice in the knowledge that Everything Everything are at the heart of it.»
A couple of days ago, I had a Skype chat with Everything Everything. They would like Beyonce's thighs. And so would I. »
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