In Depth
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DiS staffers '09 Mixtapes - Part 2
Whilst our top 50 albums of the year list offers somes glimpse into what our staff have been listening to these past twelve months, the annual mixtapes give a real insight as to what has been pleasing the ears, minds and heart strings of those wot write for DiS. »
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DiS staffers '09 Mixtapes - Part 1
Whilst our top 5 albums of the year list offers somes glimpse into what our staff have been listening to these past twelve months, the annual mixtapes give a real insight as to what has been pleasing the ears, minds and heart strings of those wot write for DiS. The... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 14/12/09
I just want you all to know that this week’s column was written in a massive sulk - because though I am back from my holiday in person, my head is still at the coast. Also, I am cold. And coming down with something. God, there’s nothing worse than other people’s not-... »
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Lost 9 of '09 - #2 2562 Unbalance
Every year we ask our staff to submit their records of the year and every year, writers put records in their lists that seem to have been somewhat overlooked both within the realm of DiS and/or across the board. Rather than leave these records as forgotten footnotes,... »
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Lost 9 of '09 - #4: Jeffrey Lewis 'Em Are I
Every year we ask our staff to submit their records of the year and every year, writers put records in their lists that seem to have been somewhat overlooked both within the realm of DiS and/or across the board. Rather than leave these records as forgotten footnotes,... »
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Lost 9 of '09 - #5: Lotus Plaza Floodlight Collective
Bradford Cox may get all the plaudits, and the attention, but The Floodlight Collective showed the dazzling talent of Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt. It's hewn from roughly the same cloth (the first ten seconds of 'Redoakway' sounds just like 'River Card... »
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Lost 9 of '09 - #6 Butcher Boy React Or Die
Every year we ask our staff to submit their records of the year and every year, writers put records in their lists that seem to have been somewhat overlooked both within the realm of DiS and/or across the board. Rather than leave these records as forgotten footnotes,... »
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Month In Records
A Month In Records: November 2009
The best of November's records, featuring Biffy, Royal Bangs, Edan, Tune-Yards, Jesca Hoop, Nirvana and more... »
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Column
The Insider: FxxK SIMON COWELL!
He's no Malcolm McLaren... »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #28 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content in the form of a Spotify playlist, featuring Let's Wrestle, Mudhoney, Sufjan Stevens, Fucked Up, Peverelist, Gold Panda and more. »
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Albums of the Year
Lost 9 of '09 - #9: Pissed Jeans King Of Jeans
Every year we ask our staff to submit their records of the year and every year, writers put records in their lists that seem to have been somewhat overlooked both within the realm of DiS and/or across the board. Rather than leave these records as forgotten footnotes,... »
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Interview
DiS Meets Staff Benda Bilili
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a vast, sprawling city in a vast, sprawling country ten times the size of the UK. The Congolese like to refer to their home as the “richest country on Earth”, a reference to the lush rainforest »
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Festival Review
ATP My Bloody Valentine: Saturday
Girding their loins with steely determination, Andrzej Lukowski and Dom Gourlay set their sites on this year's third UK ATP of four. Not a classic edition, it must be said, but a solid - and very noisy - entertainment nonetheless. Here are terrible things that our re... »
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Festival Review
ATP My Bloody Valentine: Friday
Girding their loins with steely determination, Andrzej Lukowski and Dom Gourlay set their sites on this year's third UK ATP of four. Not a classic edition, it must be said, but a solid - and very noisy - entertainment nonetheless. Here are terrible things that our re... »
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Favourite Five
Favourite Five: Everything Everything, The Northwestern, Japandroids, Johnny Foreigner
It's the time of year to list the best records of the year. Ahead of DiS' top 50 albums of the year, we've asked some of our favourite acts to tell us which five albums they've had in heavy rotation. Here, The Northwestern, Everything Everything, Japandroids<... »
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Festival Review
Reverence 2: The DiS Review
Four years on from the first Reverence festival, Club AC30's three-day event just got slightly bigger and ridiculously better. As well as attracting a line-up that throws together some of the shoegaze genre's most feted artists both past and present, they've also tak... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 07/12/09
Another bottleneck of pre-Christmas indie haste, which means (boo) no preamble but (yay) at least four things worth mentioning in your letter to the fat bloke in red. He doesn't exist, you know. »
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Favourite Five
Favourite Five of 2009 from Grammatics' Owen Brinley
Here, driving force of Grammatics, Owen Brinley, shares his favourite five albums of 2009. »
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Favourite Five
Favourite Five of 2009 from The Maccabees' Felix White
Now comes the turn of Felix White from The Maccabees. The Brighton-based lads (who you may have caught way back in 2006 at DiS' 6 Tips for 2006?!... »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #27 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content themed Spotify playlist, featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Veils, of Montreal, Battles, Animal Collective, Errors and about 12 more... »
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Favourite Five
Favourite Five of 2009 from Marina & the Diamonds
Marina Diamandis' favourite five albums of 2009... »
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Favourite Five
Favourite Five of 2009 from Girls' Christopher Owens
Christopher Owens from Girls tells us his favourite five albums of 2009. »
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Interview
Investigating Witch Cults... DiS meets Broadcast
Long established Birmingham duo Broadcast have been favourites of many a DiSser for some time now, despite their output being much more sporadic over the past few years... »
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Favourite Five
Favourite Five of 2009 from Rolo Tomassi's James
Before we get stuck into TELLING you what THE BEST record of the year is (that's coming next week), we thought we might find out what some of our favourite acts' favourite records of the year were. Over the coming days, in the lead up to the end of the year, we've a... »