Primavera Sound 2017: the DiS review
There are few ways to see so much incredible talent in one place than going to Primavera»
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Darren_Loucaides has written the following articles:
A Glimpse Of The Future: DiS Does Primavera Club 2016
Darren Loucaides visits Primavera Sound's little brother in Barcelona for a peek at 2017's Next Big Things»
Johnny Foreigner - Mono No Aware
I have fallen head over heels for JFo's entire ouvre»
Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste
Just how has one woman dabbled in so many different genres?»
Julian Casablancas+The Voidz - Tyranny
Tyranny is one of the most exasperating ‘pop’ records you’ll listen to this decade»
Lily Allen - Sheezus
A sledgehammer approach makes sense, in a way, but only if the satire is sharp and coherent. Too often on Sheezus, it’s not.»
Johnny Foreigner - You Can Do Better
This is easily as good JoFo’s debut.»
DiS meets Edwyn Collins
Meeting Edwyn Collins (and his jovial, chatty partner, Grace Maxwell) at his studio in Kilburn is a humbling experience. Sure, part of it’s the incredible recovery; Edwyn has returned from the brink – in hospital, he told Grace that he felt he’d experienced death – to not only survive, but be producing bands, running a label, and writing some of his best ever music. But being with a true music legend putting out his ninth record should be, and is, humbling enough in itself.»
Tullycraft - Lost in Light Rotation
Lost In Light Rotation is a collection of lively, bouncy indiepop tunes, and not at all adventurous.»
Blur - Parklive
Nothing could have vindicated their decision to be Blur, not Seymour, more than the Hyde Park show»
How to Dress Well - Total Loss
This music – haunting minimalist electro-r&b – should be experienced in the dead of night, lights off, alone in the darkness.»
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
Before Today was a tough act to follow – and so it’s been followed with more of the same. But more is the operative word: Mature Themes is more detailed, more developed, more everything than its predecessor. It’s nauseating and beautiful, troubling and hilarious. Be warned.»
Why? - Sod in the Seed
A career-spanning sound that sticks two fingers up at the notion of linear time by embodying all incarnations of the band at once.»
Exitmusic - Passage
Passage looks beautiful at first glance, but don’t delve too deeply lest the mirage of a grandiose masterpiece dissolve.»
James Yorkston - Moving Up Country (10th Anniversary Edition)
Moving Up Country deserves to be remembered as one of the noughties’ finest records, and with the help of these fascinating extra tracks, this reissue should see that become reality.»