Fast Times At Steve Albini’s: DiS Meets The Cribs
After indulging their pop sensibilities, Wakefield’s finest return to tried-and-true punk»
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thats-incentive has written the following articles:
Randy Newman - Dark Matter
When he gets it right you’re reminded of what a singular talent Randy Newman is»
Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
Lust for Life represents the thawing of the ice queen we thought we knew, and the strange death of her American dream»
The Resistance Will Be Recorded: DiS Meets Danger Mouse & Sam Cohen
“I’m sure the political climate seeped into it somehow, but the concept was dark enough to begin with.”»
Lorde - Melodrama
She is able to take all the inelegancies of youth and turn them into something exquisite»
Parklife Festival 2017: the DiS review
Parklife felt like a triumph in the face of adversity»
Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie - Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie
Falls somewhere between curio and convincing»
Parklife Festival 2017: The DiS Preview
One of the jewels in Manchester’s musical crown»
Family Values: DiS Meets Manuela
Ever heard that old saying about how being in a band is a lot like being in a marriage?»
Chastity Belt - I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
On this form, they’re the brightest and best of the current indie rock crop»
Paramore - After Laughter
After Laughter isn’t a reinvention. It’s the sound of Paramore casting off the weight of other people’s expectations»
Dams Of The Upper West Side: DiS Meets Vampire Weekend’s Chris Tomson
We chat to the Vampire Weekend drummer about his new solo project»
Blondie - Pollinator
There’s plenty left in the tank from Harry and Stein»
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression: Live At The Royal Albert Hall
We still don’t know if this is where the curtain comes down for Iggy Pop, but if it is, he went out in a white-hot rage»
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (expanded)
For many other bands, Tango in the Night would’ve been their masterpiece»
Fictions And Firebrands: The Rejuvenation Of Elbow
“We’re putting the setlist together today, so it’s just the usual - bribery, blackmail, & bitter recriminations”»
Peter Silberman - Impermanence
An enthralling, minimalist mood piece on which the barely-there nature of the instrumentation belies deep nuance and forethought»
Planet Gear: Elbow
The Elbow boys tell us how they get their sound»
Pete Turner’s Little Fictions: Bedtime Reading & Twilight Tunes
Something for your eyes and ears from the Elbow bassist»
A Tour With Town’s Poet Laureate: 24 Hours In Manchester With Guy Garvey
The Elbow frontman takes us round his hometown»
Ryan Adams - Prisoner
Prisoner isn’t a heartbreak record - it’s potentially the heartbreak record, for my generation at least»
The Sound And The Fury: DiS Meets Japandroids
“When you remove the rules, you open up a whole new world”»
Joan of Arc - He's Got the Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands
Sees Kinsella crank up the warped lyrical perspective to record levels»
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
The most exciting prospect hip hop currently has»
Liverpool Music Week 2016: The DiS Review
A festival where the focus is on the future, not the past»
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
It’s difficult to pinpoint when was the last time that the Stones made a record that felt this free of conflict, this far from being compromised by a clash of ideologies»
Honeyblood - Babes Never Die
Honeyblood have carried off a record on which they seem to have so completely trusted their instincts»
Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow
The same band, with the same failings, that have pitched their tent in exactly the same spot as last time around»
Liverpool Music Week 2016: The DiS Preview
We look at must-see acts performing at the 11th edition of the festival»
How to Dress Well - Care
An artist who seems to make it his life’s mission to move with - and reflect - the times»