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by Cate Blanche
DiS in conjunction with Jack Daniel's is offering the chance for one lucky winner and a friend to get a behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsals for the London installment of the JD Set plus tickets to the gig itself, where Tim Wheeler and a host of friends will pay tribute to the Boston indie Godheads the Pixies. Taking songs from across the band's five albums, Tim will be joined by Emmy The Great, And So I Watch You From Afar, Ma Mentor and The Crookes. We'll even shout you a cab ride to the gig.»
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Barry Burns from Mogwai shares his 5 myths about being in a band. »
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The day started well enough. I arrived at the show in the town hall in Paisley to help with the set up of the stage. I was amazed at the room, it's a lovely big hall with great ceilings, very grand and ornate. It's great to know that places with a bad reputation like Paisley have these brilliant venues and public buildings. Anyway, after line-checking all the instruments, we waited on the rest of the boys so we could sound check...»
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To mark the release of their new album Deerhoof vs. Evil, the band came up with their very own guide to combatting evil...»
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Esben & the Witch tell us about their favourite man-made and natural structures...»
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Esben & the Witch talked us through their favourite film scores...»
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Rachel from Esben & the Witch talks about her relationship with words and her favourite lyricists.»
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Thomas from Esben & the Witch talks us through the artwork for Violet Cries»
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Daniel from Esben & the Witch shares his love for all things Scott Walker...»
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Ahead of the release of their new Album Deerhoof vs. Evil, Satomi from the band shared with us her top 5 forces for evil and good.»
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As part of our special Deerhoof takeover day, Satomi Matsuzaki and Greg Saunier have done us their track by track director's commentary-like guide to their new album Deerhoof vs. Evil... »
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Having recently completed a European tour together, DiS got OMD and Mirrors to sit down and have a chat bout how electronic music has changed over the last thirty years, filesharing, and the doubters...»
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A spot of genre-guide Spotify playlist mixtape-japery for you (click here). The band Detachments offer us a "where to start with...", chronological introduction to the chilly world of cold wave...»
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As part of their Halloween takeover, The Phantom Band talk to two equally scary sounding bands: Goblin and Zombie Zombie...»
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As part of their Halloween takeover, The Phantom Band quiz Mike Patton about Fantomas, horror movies and what scares him...»
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Andy Wake from The Phantom Band tells us about his Real Life Phantom Experience.»
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To get you in the mood for Halloween, The Phantom Band are taking over to DiS this weekend to bring you some truly spooky content. Today, the band talk us through their guide to Scary Glasgow...»
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Kev Baird from Two Door Cinema Club gives us his advice on being a band from a small town and how to "make it" in the music world.
"First of all, lets cut the bullshit. It would be lovely but let’s face it, success doesn’t exclusively correlate wit»
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No Age have been one of Drowned In Sound's favourite forces of new music over the past ten years. As part of their takeover to celebrate the release of their new album, Everything Inbetween, the LA based duo took us on a tour of their favourite places in »
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When DiS chatted with No Age, it was clear that there's one subject entwined with the spirit of the band that doesn't seem to have much to do with music but has a lot to do with the men behind it. We asked Dean and Randy to share some thoughts on what goes into their bodies and how they deal with this life choice in their line of work...»
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Abi Fry from British Sea Power talks about her passion for knitting, while Hamilton made us a special DiS picture...»
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To celebrate the release of their brand new Zeus EP, British Sea Power are taking over the site for two days. Here, guitarist Noble talks us through the delights of the Branchage Film Festival...
"Perhaps the most innovative and exciting new film festi»
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Phil Sumner from British Sea Power talks us through his favourite... castles.
"I love history and have been fascinated with castles from a young age. More recently outside of British Sea Power I have taken my son Louie to see some of the best castles i»
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"We have performed at a few off piste festivals this year. Here are the highlights:
Fence Collectives 'Away Game' Festival on the Isle of Eigg
The festival is also put together by Sarah Boden who's family live on Eigg as farmers.
The population of Eigg»
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"This September, Marc and Jimi Goodwin (Doves), aka 'The Goodwin & Riley Travel Agency', helped organise a weekend trip to the Isle of Mull for a full on Scottish Wildlife Experience.
Amongst the crew was award winning cartoonist and all round good e»
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Illustrations by Tony Husband. Words by Noble, BSP & Richard Roberts.
The esteemed radio DJ Marc Riley not only loves his music, he has a great love of Cetaceans, Porpoises, Dolphins and wildlife in general.
He spends lots of his free time in their»
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The BSP Shopkeeper is also a film maker and has offered a few film recommendations...
The Shopkeepers Guide to Film, the World of Shadows
Film projects an alternative world, one that invites us to see something different, if only for a while. Also it»
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As part of their DiS takeover to celebrate the release of the brand new Zeus EP, BSP's very own Shopkeeper has written a piece about one of the band's much loved tshirt designs...
This much loved BSP t-shirt pairs the silhouettes of a range moths»
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We asked Birmingham-based Calories to put together a playlist of their top five favourite bands to come out of beautiful Brum...
Napalm Death- Nazi Punks Fuck Off
Napalm Death are one of my favourite ever bands from Birmingham. I've never heard them b»
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by Cate Blanche
We've got our mitts on an exclusive track from Grammatics' final farewell EP.»
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