DiS meets Angel Olsen: "If nobody likes this record, I think it has been really fulfilling"
A lot has been made of Angel Olsen’s change in sound...»
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RussWarf has written the following articles:
Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Party Jail
At its best, Party Jail shows us how interesting truly successful punk minimalism could be.»
9Bach - Tincian
An ambiguous mood piece from fragments of traditional Welsh music and contemporary tension.»
Tune-Yards - Nikki Nack
The most colourfully painted textures of Tune-Yards’ career.»
Brody Dalle - Diploid Love
It’s an admirable attempt at maturity, but Diploid Love drains the energy from Brody Dalle's music, along with its heart.»
Ramona Lisa - Arcadia
This project is evidently a labour of love for Caroline Polachek, allowing her to capture moods and ideas in the immediacy of the moment.»
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks - Enter the Slasher House
Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks finds Dave Portner sounding more like himself than ever.»
DiS meets Courtney Barnett: "I like writing about normal, boring things"
Just two EPs into her career, Courtney has already become an unmistakable storyteller...»
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
A record every bit as spirited as Half Way Home, and possibly even more affecting.»
Keel Her - Keel Her
Keel Her struggles to salvage a bona fide record from admirably restless blogging.»
Tennis - Small Sound
Small Sound preserves the core of Tennis’s charm, and it's savvy of the duo to (hopefully) consign their elements of feet-finding to a stop-gap EP.»
Hospitality - Trouble
A combination of understatement and subtly is at the heart of Hospitality’s success on Trouble.»
Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
Damien Jurado’s greatest strengths are found when he's at his most stripped back on Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son.»
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
The thrill of raw honesty invigorates these songs.»
"Music is kind of vain and juvenile" - DiS meets Spencer Krug of Moonface
"With these songs I can play them on stage and think 'I'm a decent person'...”»
The Gentle Good - Y Bardd Anfarwol
Y Bardd Anfarwol is a lovely record which stands as a thrilling travel document, while fully transcending any accusations of gap-yah gimmickry.»
DiS Meets Unknown Mortal Orchestra
It’s quite surprising to learn that Ruban Neilson – driving force of Unknown Mortal Orchestra – only recently played acoustic guitar for the first time.»
"Loop after loop after loop after loop..." - DiS meets Julianna Barwick
A chat with the maker of one of the most musically and emotionally generous albums of the year.»
Nils Frahm - Spaces
We always knew of Nils Frahm’s technical prowess, and we’ve already heard his luxurious command of melody. That’s still as strong as it ever has been. But with Spaces he goes one further.»
Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum
Her arrangements to turn soft lullabies into spiky, dissonant things.»
"It’s a moment in time. For better or worse...": DiS meets of Montreal
At this point in of Montreal’s career, their only remaining constants are their ever-changing nature, and Kevin Barnes himself. With the breakthrough Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? taking them out of the realm of twee indie pop into eccentric elect»
Poliça - Shulamith
Shulamith dents the assured sense of identity which made Give You the Ghost so utterly enrapturing.»
Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others
A record as emotionally and musically rewarding as anything Cass McCombs has ever released.»
Glasser - Interiors
In taking strides towards fuller arrangements and bona fide song writing, Interiors finds itself lost and adrift.»
Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady
The Electric Lady cements Janelle Monáe as a genuinely formidable talent»
Gang Colours - Invisible in Your City
It's admirable to hear a follow up LP trying to push itself out of comfort zones but Invisible In Your City finds Gang Colours falling short of his peers.»
Label Focus: Recordiau Lliwgar
Russell Warfield meets the founder and some of the artists from Welsh-language label Recordiau Lliwgar.»
An absolutely staggering show of transcendental music: Bjork's Biophilia
With Björk in the centre of the hall, surrounded 360° by the audience, Alexandra Palace has never sounded so good. »
Summer Camp - Summer Camp
Almost always, a move towards sincerity and maturity is to be applauded in a band, but with Summer Camp, it’s a move away from proven strengths.»
No Age - An Object
On An Object, No Age push their weakest attributes firmly into the spotlight»