To celebrate the release of their new album, Kaleide, Katie from Sky Larkin kindly agreed to talk us through a track by track. As an extra special treat, the band have also provided us with an exclusive DiS digital version of the album which includes two »
Single of the Week! Klashnekoff - ‘Klash Anthem’ (Abstract Urban) My favourite line in ‘Klash Anthem’ – a doomy, irresistible and utterly classy hip hop jam with more atmoss than a hundred Powell'n'Pressburgers - is ‘Vex at the way that »
Playing to an audience of just 250 people comprised of various incumbents of the media, music industry and competition winners, it's something of a step back in time for a band whose days of trawling the toilet circuit were over two decades past.»
This week's Spotify playlist, formed from the various bits of content on our site in the last week or so. This one features some Norwegian goodness/badness, Perfume Genius, Darren Hayman, Skream, Tweak Bird, Eels and a few other luminaries. Click here to »
We get some people in the know to tell us about which Norwegian bands and artists they're looking forward to seeing at this year's Øya festival, which takes place in Oslo from August 10-15. There's a bloody lot and a bloody good lot, so this perhaps wasn't the easiest, still, they all managed to narrow it down to five (apart from one!). Read on to investigate and keep your eyes out for our Øya 2010 mixtape.»
Mark Oliver Everett is walking through Hyde Park to meet me. The man called ‘E’ is currently in the most prolific form of his life, about to release his third Eels album in just under two years. Then he’ll set off on a world tour that will take in J»
This week I have reinstated the Singles Bike Ride system of appreciating music and then writing about it. I don’t know why I abandoned it. What a fool. »
Last weekend (23-25 July) saw the fourth Indietracks Festival. Held at the Midland Railway site in Butterley, Derbyshire, its steadily growing reputation as one of the UK's most chilled out and amiable festivals saw a record number of punters make the journey up the A38 and back. »
As you're probably aware, there's a new Sky Larkin album on the way, middle of next month. You've probably heard it already what with the whole leaking and streaming fiasco, so I don't need to tell you how good it is. Things kick off with 'Still Windmills' both on the album and as the first single and it embodies both what we know, expect and love from the Leeds trio. It's a poster girl for 'how to do 3-minute guitar pop', to be sure.»
Another edition in our weekly round-up of things what appeared on the website in the form of a Spotify playlist»
In a nutshell, The Suburbs' two most important achievement are to a) be good and b) not be a rehash of its predecessors.»
By James Lawrenson and Daniel B. Yates The Creators Project is “a partnership between Intel and VICE that brings together innovators across disciplines and explores the different ways they use digital technologies to further their artistic pursuits»
I may have gone a bit Not Right this week. Sorry, everyone. »
The 54th edition of This Week On DiS as a playlist, featuring Animal Collective, John Cooper Clarke, The White Stripes, These New Puritans, Yeasayer, Boredoms, Deerhunter and a few more for good measure!»
Drowned in Sound's alternative to the Mercury Music prize returns... »
DiS's Wendy Roby and Andrzej Lukowski went to Latitude this year. AND HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.»
For anyone interested in pop songs, or the general craft of songwriting, the release of a new The-Dream album is big news.»
Our first local scene report from our DiSser in Barcelona...»
armchair dancefloor is a monthly look at the best electronic releases. This month: praise for the witchy doings of Demdike Stare, Macc & dgoHn's whipsmart drum & bass assault, Max Richter, Peverelist's latest conundrum, and gridskipping in Aix. »
‘Who in the hell is Tom Jones?’ spat Charles Bukowski. It’s a good question. The Tom Jones he wrote about in Hollywood is a slick Vegas showman, “his shirt is open and the black hairs on his chest show. The hairs are sweating.” The Tom Jones I m»
To a hushed audience in a studio room in Covent Garden Lauren Laverne announced this years's Mercury Music Prize nominees. The expected names - The XX, Dizzee Rascal, Corinne Bailey Rae - were all there, as well as a few mild surprises - Villagers anyone?»
Although a fine performance, it is the wealth of quality material that really stuns.»
Do you see how, even when I am bumbling about at Latitude, still I Bring The Singles? SEE HOW DEDICATED I AM! You people are all part-time, or something. Let's have a fight about it. »
It's nearly 3 months since we returned from New York and already the month we spent there hustling up our festival seems like a dreamtime. America has a way of doing that to you.»
Truck's organiser walks us through the 20 steps he considers essential to running a successful festival. His festival is pretty damn good, so he knows what he's talking about, really.»
The latest instalment in our weekly Spotifriday playlists. This one features none other than Standard Fare, Tom Jones, Women, R.E.M., HEALTH, The Wave Pictures, Broken Social Scene and more. Click here to listen to this week's playlist.»
We caught up with Mew ahead of their appearance at Truck Festival 2010. »
France's premiere music festival La Route Du Rock is back for 2010 with a stellar twentieth-anniversary lineup. The Flaming Lips, Massive Attack, Foals, Liars, Caribou, Dum Dum Girls, Owen Pallett and many more play three idyllic stages in French coastal town St Malo.»
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