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Basically, if you're a fan of Whiley and her show, you'll probably enjoy this collection. Me? I can safely say I'll never listen to it again. Happy f*cking birthday, Radio 1»
Wintercase? Never was an event so aptly named. Though Madrid in mid-October is positively tropical in comparison with the icy UK climes DiS left behind earlier this week, there certainly isn't anything sunny about either of tonight's performers...»
If, like me, you've been longing for a homegrown act that doesn't make you want to box your own ears until they bleed with their derivative lad-rock (The Twang? The Enemy? Really...), you'll almost certainly welcome Grammatics...»
Isn't it nice (and all too rare) to DiScover something that little bit different and good? The life of a music writer is far from an arduous one compared to, say, your average bin man's, but sheesh us scribes have to listen to a lot of dross to unearth those diamonds...»
Pollock might have grown disillusioned with life in a band but she sounds firmly at home as a solo artist...»
Does the world need another Kula Shaker album? Not one that sounds like this, that's for sure. It'll make a nice coaster though...»
DiS meets Richard Hawley in a cafe hidden in deepest darkest Sheffield to talk about his new record Lady's Bridge, but finds the man is more in the mood for putting the world to rights in his seventeenth interview of the day...»
Civilised isn't an adjective you'd normally expect to read in a description of the atmosphere at British festivals. Sure, the likes of Green Man and Bestival promise a more laid-back vibe but neither can compete with Leicester's Summer Sundae in terms of just how well the event works as a whole...»
Nobody was expecting a bad record, but a few people might be surprised by the exceptional pedigree of Richard Hawley's fifth full-length...»
Monkey Swallows The Universe's second LP The Casket Letters (their first release for Loose Records) finally hit the shelves this week. DiS's Rob Webb caught up with singer Nat Johnson and drummer Rob Dean to let them tell us what on earth it's all about...»
Call me perverse, but I take a certain amount of pleasure from nights like tonight. Nights when the hyped-up, out-of-town touring band gets upstaged by the local support who, against the odds (e.g. little or no sound check, arriving at the venue straight from work) turn in a performance of real quality...»
Singer-songwriters: utter shit, right? Jameses Blunt and Morrison, Paolo effing Nutini... what's that you say? Kate Nash? Kate Gash, more like...»
For every 'Song For The Fields' and 'If You Fail We All Fail', there's a 'You Don't Need This Song (To Fix Your Broken Heart)'; songs that never really get going and leave me feeling cold. That's a shame, because at their best Fields have the ability to set my heart on fire...»
If you know nothing about this band, probably best wait for the upcoming compilation's release: their live show's relatively enjoyable, but on record they're so much more than an entertaining sideshow...»
Arcade Fire aren't a band who seem worried about living up to any expectations we might have, and perhaps that's just why they consistently manage to surpass them...»
Don't ever say we don't give you anything, because this coming Wednesday (14th), well, we are.»
If you think Scottish music begins and ends with The View and The Fratellis, you might want to look elsewhere but for the rest of us, this is a compelling record documenting those thousand-odd of shades of grey that exist between the blacks and whites of life...»
Truly a one-off talent, and in a venue so perfectly suited to her music - it's a shame that gigs like this are all too few...»
To My Boy break away from their regimented, robot shtick and it would seem their malaise is contagious. If you don't care, we won't either. A smile costs nothing, after all, and tonight I leave feeling more than a little short changed...»
Jarvis Cocker. In Sheffield. For two nights only. This, folks, is a big deal for the people of South Yorkshire - or so you would have thought...»
They're not particularly Arctic, nor are they monkeys (quiet at the back there) but they are playing another 'secret' gig at Morecambe Dome this Saturday, 17th February...»
It's been a while, but I leave tonight feeling genuinely excited about Sheffield music once again...»
Sometimes, you just know a record's going to provoke mass derision from the, uh, masses. And so it is with Yes Boss' debut...»
As strange as it seems now, there was a time when I never thought I'd get on with The Decemberists...»
A tentative step forward rather than the leap we've been promised, then, but still a mighty fine comeback single...»
The Decemberists, right, they live in the same place as The Shins. Both bands release their new records on January 29th, both are ace - the message is clear: good music comes from Portland, Oregon...»
Like us, the folks at the University of Sheffield love their music. So much so, in fact, that they've handed over their intimate Raynor Lounge venue to us, DrownedInSound.com, for one special evening in March»
Is there anybody else out there making classic, English pop that pushes boundaries as far as these guys? If there is, I'd love to hear from them...»
It pains me to say it, but this has more in common with the likes of Placebo or Suede than it does the sonic terrorism of old...»
