In Depth
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Festival Preview
Who to see at Live at Leeds 2015
A few potential highlights from the festival’s ridiculously massive and frankly overwhelming line-up. »
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Interview
Villagers discusses homophobia, death, and Darling Arithmetic
"I felt almost like the other albums were closeted somehow and that surprised me. The bubble suddenly burst." »
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Column
Brand New: A Cult Band for Squabbling Brothers
How the alt-rock quartet brought Rob Leedham and his brother together. »
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Playlist
DiS Monthly: April 2015
Our favourite tunes of the month featuring St Vincent, Young Fathers, Braids, Jamie xx, Desaparecidos, Blur, Daphne & Celeste, The National and more. »
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Interview
DiS meets Sleater Kinney: "We felt like it wasn’t necessarily the end of the story"
Carrie Brownstein on the hiatus, No Cities To Love, 20 years of Riot Grrrl and why we should never, ever trust a lyric website….ever. »
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DiScussion
She's in Fashion: "Festival" Is Not A Look
“Festival fashion” features only perpetuate the myth that women are incapable of enjoying music for music’s sake. »
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Interview
Woman's Hours' five favourite records
From Animal Collective to Leonard Cohen, the Kendal band talk us through their favourite LPs »
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Interview
His Name is Jonas: DiS meets Mew's Frontman
Jonas Bjerre discusses their metal-tinged melancholy pop and what's changed in the last six years. »
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Interview
"It sucks that some people still think we rip off other bands": DiS meets A Place To Bury Strangers
DiS caught up with frontman Oliver Ackermann prior to their Easter Bank Holiday Monday show at Nottingham's Bodega... »
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Interview
"Our tastes are more left field than our output": DiS meets The Vaccines
DiS caught up with The Vaccines singer/guitarist Justin Young and bass player Arni Arnason prior to their sold out show at Nottingham's Rock City. »
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Column
Samantha Urbani, Bully, Florence + The Machine - DiS Does Singles 13.04.15
Plus new music from St.Vincent, Silicon and Metz »
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Artist-generated
How A Place Can Inform the Feel and the Attitude of Music
A guest post by Calexico. »
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Interview
DiScover: Wolf Alice
"We've never been bothered about falling in with specific trends or genres" »
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Festival Review
8 Things We Learnt at Tallinn Music Week
Held annually in the Estonian capital, TMW is definitely one of the more exciting "city festivals" held anywhere on earth. »
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Interview
LA-LDN Story: Laura Marling
Gemma Hampson hears how a lost album and lost friends led Laura Marling back to London from LA. »
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Interview
Eastern Delights: DiS Meets Pinkshinyultrablast
Derek Robertson chats to the Russian quintet who have forged their own path of “researched spaces between ambient, heavy guitar and pop music”. »
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Column
Black Metal Column - The Reptile Shrine: Spring Edition 2015
The most potent offerings of metal's obsidian subterranea. »
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Live Review
Ride: The return of the OX4
Incredible from start to finish in every conceivable way. »
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Interview
DiS meets Death Cab's Ben Gibbard: "You can never go back to what you were"
Seth Cohen’s Death Cab is Ben Gibbard singing your life with his words. But Seth Cohen’s Death Cab is gone. »
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Column
The Maccabees, Tame Impala, The National - DiS Does Singles 07.04.15
Plus new music from Beyoncé, Desaparecidos and Carly Rae Jepsen »
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Playlist
Our Favourite Tracks of Q1 2015
Team DiS serve up two hours of tunes featuring Godspeed, Braids, Chromatics, Kendrick, Charli, Cribs, Blur, Diet Cig and more. »
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Live Review
People Change: Future Islands are just getting started
There’s nothing forced or fashionable about it; it’s exceptional well-crafted pop, full of joyous melodies and rich soul grooves. »
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Interview
Waxahatchee on The Walking Dead, Ivy Tripp and Avril Lavigne
"I want people to have the songs and have them mean what they mean to them." - Katie Crutchfield »
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Interview
DiS meets The Cribs: "It's never truly pop."
With Ric Ocasek of The Cars behind the desk, they’ve delivered a record bursting at the seams with soaring melodies. »