DiS meets The Cribs: "It's never truly pop."
With Ric Ocasek of The Cars behind the desk, they’ve delivered a record bursting at the seams with soaring melodies.»
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Eels - Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall is bursting at the seams with superb reinterpretations of some real classics.»
Jamie T - Magnolia Melancholia
I always wonder whether there’s a touch of embellishment to claims from artists that they finished far more songs than they actual»
Seasick Steve - Sonic Soul Surfer
An untidy, tedious affair.»
Nite Fields - Depersonalisation
It’s not that there’s a shortage of good ideas on Depersonalisation; it’s just a fair few of those ideas have been smothered.»
Jonny Greenwood - Inherent Vice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Perhaps if he releases whatever’s next on BitTorrent, it’ll meet with the audience it deserves.»
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
It doesn’t really matter which angle you take with Black Messiah. It’s a masterpiece from all of them.»
Mogwai - Music Industry 3 Fitness Industry 1
Even if it’s not essential Mogwai, it’s still Mogwai - the remixes are superfluous, but the unreleased tracks are worth a look.»
Lee Ranaldo - Acoustic Dust
Really one for Sonic Youth completists.»
Stars - No One Is Lost
With every No One Is Lost that goes by, Stars look a little less likely to pull off another Set Yourself on Fire»
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
All the evidence points to Run the Jewels being the first genuine shot in the arm that hip hop has had in years»
DiS meets First Aid Kit: “We don’t believe in suffering for your art”
The duo talk about their second recording trip to Omaha and the surreal nature of working with some of their heroes...»
Ex Hex - Rips
If there were high hopes for Ex Hex’s first record, then Rips proves them to be well-founded.»
DiS meets Johnny Marr: “Art and entertainment don’t need to be mutually exclusive”
Marr talks to Joe Goggins about decamping to London to make 'Playland', and winding up David Cameron...»
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Deeper and more thoughtfully-considered than any British pop album that lingers in recent memory.»
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (Chasing the Sun edition)
If you can overlook the cynical nature of this release you’re left with three discs that contain a generous selection of some of the finest rock songs that a British band ever produced.»
Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
If anybody’s going to take a good, honest swing at this particular sound, you’d want it to be this guy.»
DiS meets Imogen Heap: “I wanted to live in the moment”
Heap discusses the influence of technology and collaboration on new album 'Sparks', and her plans for the future...»
DiS meets Avi Buffalo: “I have a real all-or-nothing mindset”
Singer, songwriter, and master of understatement, Avi Zahner-Isenberg lifts the lid on his extended downtime...»
The Wytches - Annabel Dream Reader
They play like a punk band, all raw, visceral energy, they sound like a surf rock band - it’s that unmistakeable guitar that runs through much of this debut album - and they write like a psych outfit...»
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Sea When Absent
The year’s finest alt-pop record.»
DiS meets Owl John: “This record saved Frightened Rabbit”
Joe Goggins meets Scott Hutchison of Owl John/Frightened Rabbit...»
The Raveonettes - Pe'ahi
A record that flits between extremes with utter disregard.»
Eric Clapton - The Breeze – An Appreciation of JJ Cale
Purists will lap this up, but ultimately, as lovingly constructed a tribute as this is, there’s an unavoidable sense that Clapton is preaching exclusively to the choir.»
Big Deal - Sakura
Sakura sounds like a collection of B-sides - and forgettable ones at that.»
The Icarus Line - Avowed Slavery
Keen editing is likely what kept these songs from that record in the first place, and yet that's something unfortunately absent from the bloated Avowed Slavery.»
DiS meets The Antlers: “This record wasn’t supposed to be locked in a cage”
Joe Goggins chats to frontman Peter Silberman about the new album’s psychology...»
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Surely the most sonically irresistible pop record of the year.»
DiS meets Minor Alps: "It’s like singing into the mirror"
The new project from Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws, Minor Alps discuss the record’s genesis and the future of their individual careers...»
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
This isn’t quite a thrilling record; its energy and invention, though, points to big things for Parquet Courts»