Slottsfjell 2015: the DiS review
You could certainly do worse than Slottsfjell»
Articles
JoeDiddly has written the following articles:
Moonface - With Siinai: My Best Human Face
My Best Human Face should have given a lot more»
Susanna - Triangle
Triangle is truly massive and mesmerising»
Liima - ii
Worth sticking with, for both them and us»
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Pond Scum
May be only one for the collectors»
Anna von Hausswolff - The Miraculous
It may well be a complete revelation»
Deradoorian - The Expanding Flower Planet
The end result is more miss than hit»
Peter Broderick - Colours of the Night
Colours of the Night goes a long way to proving that Peter Broderick is at his best when brooding»
Nils Bech - One Year
There had been more than a few hints at what Bech is capable of before, but One Year is where he pulls it all togethe»
Jenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes of Voices
The atmosphere created around the words is beyond a mere accompaniment.»
Future Islands - Singles
Future Islands are nothing short of remarkable.»
by:Larm 2014 - the DiS review
Having a festival which highlights Nordic music makes more sense now than ever. Or rather, its effectiveness and awareness levels to those music fans and industry-types outside of Oslo, Norway and, to a lesser extent, the Nordic region must be surely greater now than ever?»
Sumie - Sumie
As self-titled debut albums go, Sumie is a perfect introduction to the woman as an artist.»
Øya 2013: The DiS review
The Øya festival returns to the Middelalderpark in Oslo for the final year before its move further into the city. We look at the move as well as some of the finest sets that 2013's edition had to offer. »
DiS does by:Larm 2013
We travel to Oslo for 2013's by:Larm and see some exceptional things along the way.»
Lost 12 of 2012: Anna von Hausswolff Ceremony
Over the past few years, DiS has used the annual year-end 'listing season' to highlight a few of our writers' favourite records that, for one reason or another, slipped through the cracks and failed to garner the attention they deserved. In these incre»
Efterklang on the making of Piramida
Efterklang on the making of Piramida...»
Efterklang - Piramida
What is it that could make Piramida Efterklang’s strongest offering yet? The reasons are numerous.»
Barry Andrewsin Disko - Kuka Siellä?
Everything in this fundamentally simple record is done totally without fuss and fanfare. That in itself is not enough to be celebrated, but the end result certainly is.»
Nordic Sounds Q1 2012 ft. Hanne Hukkelberg, Miike Snow, The New Spring
As we are now well into April and past what some mentally unhealthy people may term "Q1", it seems like a pretty good time to take stock of what's been happening in the Nordic countries over the past few months, aside from it being dark and cold. Once more we are not disappointed with the musical wares on offer or, at least, we left the disappointing bits out as it wouldn't befit the tone of this piece. »
Palace Brothers, Palace Music - Palace Re-issues
Long before Bonnie 'Prince' Billy was a 'thing', Will Oldham released records under the names Palace Music, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs and just Palace. Anyone looking to delve further back in time to Oldham's career could do a lot worse than starting with these five re-issues. »
Listen: Stream Shearwater's Animal Joy in full
A week today (February 27) DiS favourites Shearwater released their new record, Animal Joy, through Sub Pop. Now you can listen to it in full, via the SoundCloud player below. Is it as good as the last one? Or even the one before that? You decide. »
Watch: Pulled Apart By Horses 'Wolf Hand' LIVE
We all know Pulled Apart By Horses are one of the most devastating live acts on the planet, so we won't bother mentioning it any more. It should really go without saying. Well we've got a video of them performing live, at their album playback last year. The track is from the album - obviously! - and is 'Wolf Hand' and was performed at the Buffalo Bar in London. Here it is.»
Erased Tapes celebrate fifth anniversary, give away compilation
Some free stuff from one of our favourite labels.»
Listen & Watch: The Shins b-side 'September'
In March The Shins finally return with a new record, Port of Morrow. It's been a long time coming, but you can find out more information about it here. We can't wait. Nor can we wait for their London show on March 22 and 23, afraid we're going to have to though. What concerns us today is a new song. It's the b-side to new single 'Simple Song' and is called 'September' (via Pitchfork).»
Killing Joke to release new record, hear 'Rapture' now
On April 2 2012 Killing Joke will release a new album, their second since the line-up of Jaz, Youth, Geordie and Paul Ferguson re-united, back in 2008. It's called MMXIIand students of classics may note that is "2012" in Roman numerals. »
Girls announce May and June European shows
One of the most un-Googleable bands in the history of bands, Girls, have just announced a very small number of shows in Europe for later in the year. At the moment there's only one date in the UK, but it's at a significantly large venue. I remember seeing them in a small one, how ahead of the curve...»
Efterklang working on a new album, lose a member
The last thing we heard from Danes Efterklang was around the full DVD release of their wonderful music documentary-film-project with Vincent Moon, An Island. The news today is two-fold. The first is that they are now down a member, after Thomas Husmer left the band after a decade.»
BBC 6Music announces tenth anniversary celebration shows
It was not all that long ago that people were fighting to save BBC 6Music from closure. That, of course, turned out rather well and the station is going, with 2012 marking its tenth anniversary. Naturally, when you have a birthday party of anniversary you'll want to celebrate and some of those plans have been unveiled. »