"I was thinking of Carole King" - DiS meets Tennis
"...if I'm trying [to sound like] Carol King and people hear Madonna. I must be putting my own colour on it."»
Articles
RussWarf has written the following articles:
Kamasi Washington - The Epic
Washington is reaching for the epic on every scale.»
Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart - Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart
More of a compelling curiosity piece than explosively satisfying»
Twin Shadow - Eclipse
Falls down on actually engaging the listener.»
Buena Vista Social Club - Lost and Found
It’s a true pleasure to have them back.»
The joy of the Green Man's day of Welsh music: Hwyl 2015
Days like today help us to see the value of preserving diversity in our culture, when celebrated in the spirit of inclusivity.»
Simon Joyner - Grass Branch & Bone
As rewarding to explore as anything he’s done.»
Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom
Aureate Gloom stretches spontaneity to the point of feeling rushed»
THEESatisfaction - EarthEE
It collapses in execution.»
Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions
A gorgeous record which gains a great deal from its sharpened focus.»
Crushed Beaks - Scatter
It’s an album which could do with more detail.»
H Hawkline - In the Pink of Condition
More than just another fruitful collaboration with Cate Le Bon – it’s the strongest statement of H Hawkline’s individual voice to date.»
Jessica Pratt - On Your Own Love Again
Every jarring strum of guitar, every throwaway flick of melody, has its exact place»
Jo Bartlett - 9 x 7
Ultimately Bartlett gets the balance between playing it safe and taking fruitful risks a little wrong.»
Girlpool - Girlpool
They’re exactly the sort of act 2014 needs.»
Ólöf Arnalds - Palme
Even on such a short album, Arnalds still manages to make the thing feel about twice its length, and lose the listener about halfway through»
GoGo Penguin - V2.0
GoGo Penguin are this year’s Mercury’s New Jazz Act.»
Sam Amidon - Lily-O
It demands your attention, without exactly bending over backwards to command it.»
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In the End
A far cry from being either a fun retreat into 20 years ago.»
DiS meets Christopher Owens: "All the ones in yellow are reggae"
Without hearing a note of A New Testament, the photo of Christopher Owens putting on a cowboy hat gives you a good clue about what to expect...»
The best weekend for live music of my life: Green Man 2014 - The DiS Review
2014’s Green Man was a true stand out in a history of highs, striking complete bullseyes in atmosphere, curation and execution.»
Cold Specks - Neuroplasticity
Her voice is as mesmeric and worldly as ever, but it’s tantalising to wonder what would have happened if she would have given herself completely to chaos.»
An idyllic weekend: DiS does Wilderness Festival
Yoga, massive trapeze, cricket, elaborate banquet halls, and organic srpay tans, and healing fields of tarot cards. And music.»
Visions Festival 2014 - The DiS Review
Visions Festival has pretty much cracked this day-long, multi-venue format. And it’s only in its second year. Long may it continue.»
Adult Jazz - Gist Is
Not an immediate album, but it is an absorbing one, rewarding close and repeated listens.»
Julie Byrne - Rooms with Walls and Windows
A beautiful and beguiling record, full of space, absence, and mixed emotions.»
DiS meets Hospitality: "Maybe we all feel like outsiders in a way"
Hospitality have made a huge leap in maturity with their second record, crafting one of the finest albums of the year so far...»
"This album is about the future": DiS meets How To Dress Well
Confidence probably isn’t one of the first things you would associate with Tom Krell...»
Field Day 2014: The DiS Review
Field Day is the pantomime villain of the festival circuit. But in spite of the criticisms cascading across internet forums whenever it gets mentioned, it has expanded its success year on year, pulling in droves of people who presumably simultaneously both enjoy it and moan about it.»
Alice Boman - EP II
Boman may be wrong to play down the space for interpretation in her songs, but she is right to have faith in the music's ability to speak for itself.»