In Depth
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Festival Review
Great Exhibitions: Rencontres Trans Musicales and the French festival tradition
The two famous French festivals of the arts I went to in 2015, Le Festival d’Avignon and Rencontres Trans Musicales, represent different ends of the same rather enviable spectrum. The tonal differences are significant but both ultimately exhibit dimension »
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Interview
DiS meets Battles
"There’s a ying and a yang within Battles, there’s got to be a constant that allows you to change, but not too much..." »
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Column
Suspect Package: How music clubs and subscriptions are changing music
Nick Roseblade explores some of the best musical subscription and discovery services... »
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Interview
The Diarrhoea of Modern 'Culture' – DiS meets Steve Mason
Steve Mason on his ever shifting style, and some fond reflections on The Beta Band. »
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Column
Drowned in Leeds: Spring 2016
Emily Pilbeam rounds up the best gigs and new releases coming up in Leeds in the next few months... »
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Live Review
Live Review: Throw Down Bones, Desert Mountain Tribe & Sunset Nebula @ Gullivers, Manchester
As psych rock and its various offshoots continue to blossom, it's good to know some of those flowers are blooming in their own, inimitable way. »
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Interview
Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater on working with David Bowie and new album 'The Astonishing'
Jordan Rudess on working with David Bowie, and if he really did compose music for a Toys R Us advert… »
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Interview
"If we hadn't have come up with 'S.F. Sorrow' we'd have broken up": DiS meets The Pretty Things
As one of the most groundbreaking British bands from the 1960s, The Pretty Things legacy is firmly intact. DiS caught up with singer Phil May and guitarist Dick Taylor before soundcheck at Derby's intimate Flowerpot venue. »
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Column
Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds #28
Ben Bland takes a look at the best recent ambient sounds... »
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Festivals
How To Organise A Music Festival #1: Best Kept Secret
DiS goes behind the scenes to find out what it's like to plan, organise, book and promote a festival. »
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Column
Black Metal Column - The Reptile Shrine Winter Edition 2015: Year End
2015's most potent offerings from metal's obsidian subterranea. »
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Interview
A Striated Caracara Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence: a conversation with Jonathan Meiburg
Interview: Jonathan Meiburg, formerly of Okkervil River, now of Shearwater, at the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. »
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Interview
“I’m a perfectionist, but I’m flexible, too” - DiS meets Jenny Lee Lindberg
“The more you play, the more confidence you begin to have in your own musicianship.” »
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Interview
“We’ve got some ground to make up”: DiS meets Silversun Pickups
“The last record was a learning process. There were definitely some growing pains.” At the turn of the decade, Silversun Pickups found themselves at a crossroads, just two albums into what was still a fledgling career. Their 2007 debut, Carnavas, plays l »
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Festival Review
20 things we learned at Eurosonic Noorderslag
Last week, DiS spent four days at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen. Here's 20 things we learned from this year's festival. »
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Column
All the nightmares came that day, my David Bowie tattoo's here to stay
Why Jude Clarke sat in the chair at the tattoo parlour, brandishing the Aladdin Sane lightning bolt... »
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DiSection
Album Stream: Confessions of a Romance Novelist by The Anchoress
Includes a track by track guide by the artist managed by our editor. »
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Festival Preview
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2016: The DiS Preview + 50 song playlist
12 artists we're hoping to catch. »
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Interview
DiS Meets Hey Colossus
2015 saw the band release two killer albums (their eighth and ninth) in a single year... »
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Interview
"There's a lot more to Opeth than death metal": DiS Meets Mikael Åkerfeldt
Formed in Stockholm in 1990, Opeth have become one of the most influential and distinctive groups of the last twenty-five years. DiS caught up with Åkerfeldt to discuss the band’s rich history... »
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Live Review
Review: Damon Albarn's wonder.land, National Theatre
Equal parts brilliance and disappointment »
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Column
Star Wars or Stormzy for Christmas No.1...?
DiS Christmas Singles: Who will 'sleigh' Beiber this year? Kate Solomon investigates. »
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Playlist
The Top 9 Christmas Songs (According to Fierce Panda)
Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, The Walkmen: Simon Williams of the legendary indie label shares his favourite festive (indie) bangers. »
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Gourmet Delights
Take It Away: Music To Eat Takeaway To (Sponsored Post)
Gastrophysics: DiS reveals the perfect soundtrack for your takeaway. »