In Depth
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Playlist
Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing
DiS founder launches Unhappy Hour newsletter + playlist series + radio show »
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Festival Preview
Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alternative must sees
Glastonbury is back! Please enjoy a playlist + some off the wall things to do »
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Interview
A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash
On its 20th Anniversary, the cult Belgian art rockers talk nostalgia, growing old with your fans, and backing dancers »
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Festival Review
Way Out East: DiS Does Sharpe Festival 2019
For its second edition, this showcase event has improved in subtle but meaningful ways »
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Festival Review
25 years of SPOT Festival: DiS Picks Its Best 11
We made our annual pilgrimage to Denmark's top showcase festival and discovered some fantastic bands »
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Festival Review
Twelve Hours Of Drone Is Just The Beginning: DiS Does Big Ears
A staggering concert lineup rounded out by panel discussions, film events, and art exhibits »
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Live Review
IDLES Smash It In Sheffield
What happens when a cult band grows to become a true phenomenon? »
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Interview
The Shape Of Punk To Come?: DiS Meets Crows
We caught up with vocalist James Cox during their recent tour with Idles »
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Interview
"There aren't many real musicians left in the business": DiS Meets Kristin Hersh
Iconic songwriter and musician Kristin Hersh bares her soul »
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Interview
"I always get excited by the idea of adventure": DiS Meets Ludovico Einaudi
The Italian composer walks us through his ambitious new album cycle and the Piedmont countryside »
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Interview
Primordial Gods: DiS Meets Faith Eliott
"It's a consolation to know that the world has a really volatile track record" »
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Interview
From A Place Of Knowing: DiS Meets Jessica Pratt
“I think many people totally disregard their dreams. And I think they miss out on a lot by doing so.” »
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Column
The Fangasm: 13 by Blur
13 stands up today not only as a dense, fraught bout of musical self-examination but as a classic in its own right »
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Interview
"My aim was to produce electronic music that doesn’t sound electronic": DiS Meets Christian Löffler
We sat down with the German electronic producer before his first ever UK concert hall gig »
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Tour Diary
You Tell Me Instore Tour Diary
Peter Brewis and Sarah Hayes talk us through their recent, whirlwind record shop tour »
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Column
Orange Crush: The New Dutch Underground
Meet the Dutch bands blazing a trail and garnering international acclaim »
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Interview
Freaky Dancing: The Fanzine That Documented The Haçienda's Heyday
We spoke to the authors behind the legendary Acid House fanzine, now published as an anthology by The Quietus »
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Column
Some Velvet Mixtape: 2019 In Reverb, Delay, Distortion & Drone #1
2019's first Some Velvet Mixtape from the world of shoegaze, noise, dreampop, and psychedelia »
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Interview
DiScover: IYEARA
Meet IYEARA, the new kings of darkwave »
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Live Review
Two’s Company: Asta Bria & John Metcalfe @ The Playground Theatre
Both artists shine, but in very differing ways »
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Interview
“Music as a personal outlet really isn’t all that interesting”: DiS Meets Lewsberg
We look deep into the abyss with Rotterdam’s resident fatalists »
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Column
TBC: Sign Of The (Stage) Times
Why are bands and venues so reluctant to publish stage time information? »
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Interview
"This is the most immediate album we've ever made": DiS Meets The Twilight Sad
DiS caught up with The Twilight Sad prior to their recent in-store at Nottingham's Rough Trade. »
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Festival Review
The Future's Bright: DiS Does MENT 2019
There are thrills plenty at this Ljubljana showcase festival »