This Week's Singles: 21/11/11 The Revival Hour, EMA, Dan Haywood's New Hawks, Breton
This week's Single of the Week is top ten, pointless end-of-year list material. It is AMAZING.»
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This Week's Singles: 14/11/11 Factory Floor, Summer Camp, Hyde & Beast, Beth Jeans Houghton
Single of the Week! Factory Floor - ‘Two Different Ways’ (DFA) The Machine spat out some interesting words for ‘Two Different Ways’, and for once it was not all overtawk and overpromise; for once I was reading a thing about a song and finding mys»
This Week's Singles: 7/11/11 First Aid Kit, Africa Hitech, Timber Timbre, Danananayckroyd
Single of the Week! Africa Hitech - 'Do You Really Wanna Fight' (Warp) Africa Hitech are good for many reasons, the primary one being that their entire song is an inducement to stand down, pick up your gauntlet and stop being a fighty div. It has »
This Week's Singles: 31/10/11 Friends, Mozart Parties, 5kinandbone5, Mazzy Star
It is Halloween: boo, spooky things. But there is only one novelty single: yay, progress.»
This Week's Singles: 17/10/11 Lana Del Rey, Connan Mockasin, Django Django, Aidan Moffat
This week: blog-raged 'Hollywood sadcore' (shutupshutupshutup), Aidan Moffat doing Bananarama, Django Django not putting a foot wrong and Connan Mockasin forging his own, peculiar path. And some other things. »
This Week's Singles: 10/10/11 Colin Stetson, Girls, Deerhoof, Real Estate, Spank Rock
Single of the Week! Colin Stetson - ‘Those Who Didn’t Run’ (Ltd 10” on Constellation) I was always told the saxophone was the hardest instrument, which may be true. But I think it is more likely that this was said to we young, eager musicians becau»
This Week's Singles: 03/10/11 Magic Bus, Vex Ruffin, Vetiver, Darren Hayman, Dum Dum Girls
Single of the Week! Magic Bus - ‘Magic Bus’ (Static Caravan, snippet here) I have only heard the first half of 'Magic Bus' because Static Caravan are traditionalists, they want you all to leave your bloody houses and stand at the counter of your n»
This Week's Singles: 26/09/11 Nautiluss & Lord Skywave, Liminanas, Toro Y Moi, Roots Manuva
Single of the Week! Nautiluss x Lord Skywave - ‘Ultraviolet’ / ‘Bleu Monday’ (Hemlock Recordings) Naturally, when a person is faced with two dudes sassy enough to call themselves Nautiluss and Lord Skywave, one has certain - rather fixed and h»
This Week's Singles: 19/09/11 The Antlers, Jens Lekman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
In case you were wondering and even if you were not, music's current most popular tropes are: 'Tom Petty', 'Jonathan Richman', 'Angelo Badalamenti', 'Bristol circa 1993' and 'Sounding As Bored As Possible'. No, no, no, no. You are welcome. »
This Week's Singles: 12/09/11 Summer Camp, Laura Marling, Dent May
Single of the Week! Summer Camp - ‘Better Off Without You’ (Apricot Recording Co / Moshi Moshi) On ‘Better Off Without You’ (and if you can forgive the unfortunate expression) Summer Camp pull off having it both ways. Raging smartarses, they manag»
This Week's Singles: 05/09/11 Dels, Liz Green, Bon Iver, Ghostpoet
This morning’s crisp sunshine can only mean one thing; it is Autumn, which is the season in which everyone in music releases a single at the same time, in a vain attempt to get their hands on your money before Father Christmas comes around to suck it all up with his elephantine, capillary-busted hooter. »
This Week's Singles: 29/08/11 Raffertie, Katy B, The Vaccines
Having played The Proclaimers marvellous second album with concomitant and obvious accordance to Musical Law (Thou Shalt Play Side One, Track Six, Ten Times, Before Thou Playest Any Of The Other Songs), it is hard to enjoy this week’s selection without the following – thoroughly unhelpful - question light-bulbing in my woman-mind. ‘Yes, but is it Sunshine On Leith?’»
This Week's Singles: 22/08/11 Fruit Bats, AlunaGeorge, Jonti, Noel Gallagher
Reviewing music is, of course, inherently ridiculous and often it feels as if one is being expected to stand beneath a tightrope walker and silently will them to fall (with your arms folded). Even so, I cannot help being still more disappointed that we li»
This Week's Singles: 15/08/11 Battles, Darren Hayman, Toro Y Moi, Danger Mouse
Single of the Week! Battles feat. Gary Numan - ‘My Machines’ (Warp) ‘Welcome to the sound of now,’ sings Gary, even if he does say ‘toe’ for ‘to’ and ‘mashaynes’ for ‘machines’ on the chorus in the singular way only he knows how. And it is S»
This Week's Singles: 08/08/11 Hyde & Beast, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Rapture, Still Corners
So many releases make this a log-jam week - so in an uncharacteristic display of 'not wanting to be unfair to music' I have included links to ALL the videos. »
This Week's Singles: 01/08/11 Toddla T, Roots Manuva, Joan As Policewoman, Bibio
This week's selection includes Joan As Policewoman, Toddla T, Roots Manuva, Bibio, Apparat and My Tiger My Timing. And a funk workout with some overblown flute on it. »
This Week's Singles: 25/07/11 Ane Brun, Lucas Santtana, Inc., Paul White
There are so many strange and wonderful things released today. As our American cousins might say, I am 'pumped'. »
Latitude 2011: The DiS Review, Day Three
DiS went to Latitude and this is what ruddy well happened (on Sunday).»
Latitude 2011: The DiS Review, Day Two
DiS went to Latitude and this is what ruddy well happened (on Saturday).»
Latitude 2011: The DiS Review, Day One
DiS went to Latitude and this is what ruddy well happened (on Friday).»
This Week's Singles: 18/07/11 Wilco, PJ Harvey, Joanna Newsom, Belle & Sebastian
Single of the Week! Wilco - ‘I Might’ (DBPM / ANTI) I am not a Wilco superfan, but I count ‘Hell Is Chrome’ amongst one of my favourite favourites, it has exploding piano that sounds like a heavily medicated Ben Folds, and even its super wanky guit»
Les Eurockeenes 2011: The DiS Review
DiS went to Les Eurockeenes, a festival in Malsaucy, near Belfort and the French/Swiss border. It was ruddy brilliant and in this review slash travelogue, Wendy Roby endeavours to communicate just how so.»
Latitude 2011: 10 Things To Get Giddy About
Latitude, set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside, starts on Thursday. We are going. Are you? Here are some things DiS is excited about, that you might get excited about. »
This Week's Singles: 11/07/11 The War On Drugs, Deerhoof, The Leisure Society, Grinderman, Woom
Single of the Week! The War On Drugs - ‘Baby Missiles’ (Secretly Canadian) Don’t think I want to know what you think. Or what your friend said, or what you read in your jeffing magazines. I’m not interested in whether you think that ‘Baby Mis»
This Week's Singles: 04/07/11 Low, Metronomy, Bright Eyes, Hype Williams
By the time you read this I will be in Fronce, speaking Fronch. Sexy.»
This Week's Singles: 27/06/11 Theophilus London, Patrick Wolf, Kreayshawn, Art Museums
Some mornings you wake up and realise Beyonce Knowles’ 'Run The World' will not result in the immediate dismantling of the Patriarchy. Thankfully I have managed to restrain myself from writing 500 words on this subject for a pointless blog and have writte»
This Week's Singles: 20/06/11 Timber Timbre, The Chain, Skrillex, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
This week we cover music that sounds like the inside of a grandfather clock, more idiotic uses of the word 'retro' and music so excessive and enlivening it blocks out THE HWOLE OF TEH WRODL.»
This Week's Singles: 13/06/11 Papercuts, Florrie, Other Lives, Disclosure
Either I had a really nice weekend or this is my favourite week for singles so far this year. »
This Week's Singles: 06/06/11 Beirut, Katy B, Cults, The Vaccines
'Parping melodically', a 'pointed plea for realism', Lidl, war/treggings, kidnapping for kicks, squats, middle-class guilt, pretending to be crap at pool, and some songs. »
This Week's Singles: 30/05/11 Mo Kolours, Wiley, Death Cab For Cutie, Seasick Steve, Donae'o
This week's selection includes some polyphonic vocalisms by way of Mauritius, music for Friends montages and another bit of free verse Because I Felt Like It and Because I Say So.»