In Depth
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Artist-generated
Yannis from Foals meets Philip Glass
Yannis from Foals sat down for an email chat with legendary composer Philip Glass Yannis: How do you feel about the technological advances in the dissemination of music? Do you see it as having a detrimental effect in people's appreciation and attentio »
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Festival Preview
DiS Glastonbury 2010 preview part 1 (including Spotify FUN)
There’s been a strangely low-key build up to this year’s Glastonbury Festival, even more so considering that it celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 21/06/10
Single of the Week! Health - ‘USA Boys’ (City Slang) Not the sorts to do anything by half, Health begin ‘USA Boys’ with some kaleidoscopic organ that spirals and morphs in a rather ominous way. And as openers go, it’s dazzling. Here is God; here he »
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Interview
DiS meets David Cross from Arrested Development
For fans of Arrested Development - the brilliant, multi-award winning comedy inexplicably cancelled by Fox in its third season - David Cross is the guilelessly loveable Dr. Tobias Funke. Repressed husband, frustrated actor, never-nude, erstwhile Blu... »
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Column
Drowned in Bristol #2
The second installment from our scribe in Bristol in our continuing series of local scene reports... »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 020 incl Jamie Anderson mix
This month's electronic music round-up fetures Robert Hood's soundtrack to The Omega Man, the retro-futurist synth odysseys of Oneohtrix Point Never, divisive keyboard studies from Gas-man Wolfgang Voigt, a long-awaited return from the inventor of glitch, »
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In Depth
DiS meets Sweet Billy Pilgrim
Ahead of their apperance at Hop Farm Festival, we caught up with Sweet Billy Pilgrim main man Tim Elsenburg over a very dodgy phone indeed. Here's what he had to say for himself and his bandmates... »
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Interview
DiS meets Devo
Mark Mothersbaugh is showing me his impression of Sid Vicious. He’s standing next to a coffee table, scanning the room and sliding the lid of a coffee pot towards the edge with his fingertips. It teeters for a moment, then falls. He explains: “When The Se »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 14/06/10
Single Of The Week! Everything Everything - ‘Schoolin’ (Geffen) One of the things I like most about The Shins, is their knack in pitching lyrics on the right side of impenetrability. For it seems to me the best lyrics – the ones that compel you t »
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Interview
DiS meets Mount Kimbie
So where and what exactly is dubstep in 2010? It’s getting ever tougher to pin down. In the last month alone we’ve seen Bristol’s Guido release an album of R’n’B styled pop gems, Ital Tek put together a second record that looks back towards early Autechre »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #48 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
The latest weekly instalment of our Spotify playlists, themed around the content that's been up on the website in the space of a working week. This edition features Uffie, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, The Vaselines, Bonobo, The Strokes, Wild Nothing»
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Interview
DiS meets Everything Everything
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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Interview
DiS meets Washed Out
Virtually unknown this time last year, Ernest Greene has already created his own legacy under the moniker Washed Out. Having pretty much single-handedly invented a new genre ("chillwave") while ultimately showing that merging dance music with rock id... »
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Column
This Week's Singles - 7/6/2010: Uffie, Here We Go Magic, Elbow
Not so rad news everyone: Wendy Roby is away. This leaves me, the site's founder, the unenviable task of filling our most popular columnist's Reebok hi-tops and writing about new releases by the likes of Uffie & Pharell Williams, Here We Go Magic, Elbow, Ash and ... »
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Interview
DiS meets Here We Go Magic
Luke Temple created Here We Go Magic initially as an outlet for his own musical experiments. The Brooklyn based singer/songwriter's first self-titled long player came out to a wealth of critical acclaim last year. Suitably impressed by the record's r... »
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Festival Review
Evolution Weekender, 30th and 31st May 2010
So, the pubeless posse had a riot at this year's Evolution Weekender. And who can blame them? With a line-up that featured Paolo Nutini, Ellie Goulding and Example it's no surprise that every underage hipster from Berwick to Bradford descended on the Newc »
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Festival Review
Primavera Sound 2010: the DiS review (Saturday)
And yea! Primavera's final day was upon DiS writers James Skinner and Andrzej Lukowski and snapper Lucy Johnston. »
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Festival Review
Primavera Sound 2010: the DiS review (Friday)
Onward and forward with day two of Primavera. Words James Skinner and Andrzej Lukowski, photos by Lucy Johnston. »
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Festival Review
Primavera Sound 2010: the DiS review (Thursday)
Hello friends: this year Andrzej Lukowski and James Skinner hopped on a plane (well, one went by train and the other lives there, BUT YOU GET THE IMPRESSION)and headed to the balmy city of Barcelona, where we bore witness to the tenth edition of Primavera Sound. We c... »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #47 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
More content related musical relevance. »
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Festival Review
Dot To Dot 2010: The DiS Review
Now in its sixth year, the Dot To Dot Festival has outstayed many of its rivals purely on the basis of its unerring frequency at discovering many an up-and-coming artist not to mention its location in two largely ignored cities on the festival circui... »
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In Depth
DiS meets Vince Power
Vince Power is described as "the godfather of gigs" on his own VPMG website. You might think that moniker is a tad overstated but really it's not far from the truth, if away from it at all. Having founded the Mean Fiddler in 1982, upon buying a single mus »
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Column
Drowned in Dublin #1
Our first local scene report and gig guide from our DiSser in Dublin... »
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Column
Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds #4
Welcome to to the fourth regular installment from Joe Marshall, focusing on the very best of ambient, drone and other assorted outsider transmissions. Although the past month has thrown up some quite stunning records, it seems only appropriate that thi »