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Savages and Bo Ningen - Words to the Blind
Two bands playing, not in opposition, but in perfect, complementing disharmony.»
Queen - Forever
All in all, much less than the sum of its parts»
Thurston Moore - The Best Day
A bunch of exceptionally talented musicians breezing through some deceptively complex rock shapes and making it sound easy.»
Leave 'Mr Tembo' alone: Damon Albarn's Mercury-nominated solo album is superb
Marc Burrows delves deeper into Damon's first (or 5th) solo album.»
Kele - Trick
Okereke seems concerned with emotional connection first and foremost, making this a plaintive and engaging experience throughout.»
Johnny Marr - Playland
What’s clear is how badly Marr needs a foil, a counterpart, a collaborator, because on his own his ideas only seem to stretch so far, and so, sadly, does our good will.»
Martin Carr - The Breaks
While nothing here is earth shattering, especially original or remotely cool (as the kids of today would understand it) the whole thing is, start, to finish, immensely satisfying.»
Perfume Genius - Too Bright
These are not the musings of a happy man, yet in Too Bright he has found the perfect vehicle for those feelings»
DiS meets Jenny Lewis: "I wish we could push the ‘Beck Button’ on more of my songs"
“Are we taking a shower together?” asks Jenny Lewis. We’re in a bathroom, just the two of us, the only place apparently suitable to do an interview...»
Seven things to see at Truck 2014
Truc has gone from strength to strength, becoming a perennial favourite on the mid-sized festival circuit, specialising in buzzsaw pop bands, proper indiepop and a usual smattering of Britpop faves.»
DiS meets the Manic Street Preachers
The politics of disenchantment and the glory of artistic revolution? That’s been the Manic Street Preachers all along...»
Morrissey - World Peace is None of Your Business
Nothing more, and nothing less than a decent Morrissey album, and for some that is all the recommendation needed.»
King Buzzo - This Machine Kills Artists
What we’re left with is an 8/10 EP stretched way past the point of interest.»
Live Report: Sharon Van Etten
DiS' Marc Burrows catches Sharon Van Etten and Lyla Foy at Koko on 5/6/14.»
Jack White - Lazaretto
Jack White delivers with every note.»
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - What Have We Become
One of our best writers and the soul and centre of why he's always mattered so much.»
Bis - data Panik etcetera
It’s the best record Bis have made.»
Embrace - Embrace
This is... good?»
Mark Morriss on life after The Bluetones
There’s a lot more to Mark Morriss than "the bloke who sang Slight Return."»
DiS meets Slow Club: "Retro isn’t bad, but it’s too easy."
Slow Club are a bit like Power Rangers, but with soul and R'n'B instead of giant robot dinosaurs.»
Amazing Snakeheads - Amphetamine Ballads
A modern classic? Just maybe.»
"That song drove me to life" - DiS meets Rufus Wainwright
With the release of Rufus Wainwright's first proper Best Of (“not a Greatest Hits” he’s quick to point out), this seems as good a time as any to trace his journey.»
Lyla Foy - Mirrors the Sky
There’s no denying the talent at play here.»
Champs - Down Like Gold
Were one draw to a line between the early hits of Keane and the colder work of Hurts, Champs would be floating in the middle.»
Death Vessel - Island Intervals
A very small record of considerable charm. Warmly recommended.»
Temples - Sun Structures
Temples are trying so hard to be something else that we lose track of who they actually are.»
Katy B - Little Red
Katy B writes some bloody awful lyrics.»
Angel Haze - Dirty Gold
Angel Haze's eagerness to sit between Drake and Minaj at the top table has to fight for space with her absolute need to empty the contents of her head.»
Pixies - EP2
What constitutes feeling their way back for the Pixies would be mightily impressive for a lesser band.»