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Parquet Courts - Human Performance
They’ve accepted their place at the centre of the hurricane»
Various - Straight Outta Compton OST
While not offering quite the full torrid picture, the Straight Outta Compton OST gives newcomers to NWA more than enough flavour and background»
Dām-Funk - Invite the Light
Invite the Light should be regarded as a triumph, a neo-funk gem which stays true to Dâm Funk’s vision»
Field Day 2015 - And The Winner Is...
Who’ll be going home with the trophies…and who’ll get the Catflap And The Bottletop memorabilia?»
Leftfield - Alternative Light Source
Artificial Light Source isn't strong enough to incite the kind of affection that will sustain another prolonged absence»
6 Acts to Brighten Your Field Day Festival
Six unmissable acts to complement the sunny weather that’s predicted...»
Dawn of Midi - Dysnomia
An improbable triumph that transcends straightforward description»
Bop English - Constant Bop
Constant Bop has an air of effortless accomplishment and fresh brilliance»
Tropics - Rapture
He’s traded atmospherics for dominating vocals,»
Desperate Journalist - Desperate Journalist
Desperate Journalist are trying to tell us something. They are trying to tell us they have arrived.»
Trash Kit - Confidence
A tarnished little gem amongst the late 2014 releases.»
Gala Drop - II
Falls short of making the kind of statement a six-year-wait implies.»
Ought - Once More with Feeling
Ought don’t make music that sounds like Television or Talking Heads, they make music that sounds like the first time you heard Television or Talking Heads.»
East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
The best thing you'll hear in these tempestuous January days, and one that will continue to burn brightly long after the embers of 2014 have burnt out.»
How To Get Ahead In The Music Industry Without Being A Dick
Tom Fenwick finds out about the inaugural event from H.O.W - Helping Other Women - a collective of women who promote diversity and equality in the industry...»
Hayley Bonar - Last War
A compelling collection, one which showcases Bonar operating in an enthralling new gear.»
Aphex Twin - Syro
No one makes music quite like this.»
Ty Segall - Manipulator
Highlights don't so much appear, as line up to beat you into dizzying submission»
Merchandise - After the End
Floridian "punks" go a bit Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen and Depeche Mode - but with a touch of R.E.M thrown in for good measure.»
DiS meets Lizzo: "I just kind of rap with my soul. It’s not premeditated"
Tom Fenwick speaks to Lizzo about her unstoppable rise and (possibly) working with Prince...»
Summer Camp - Beyond Clueless
Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey's soundtrack to the golden age of teen movies (1995-2004).»
Lizzo - Lizzobangers
One of the finest hip-hop records you'll catch in 2014.»
Barbarossa - Elevator
For now just hearing Barbarossa explore the boundaries and possibilities of his newly minted style is no bad thing.»
Alexis Taylor - Await Barbarians
Six years on from his debut, we still don't have a particularly clear picture of Alexis Taylor as a solo artist.»
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
I Never Learn is by no means a failure - the highs are grand when they come - but it has a tendency towards bombast and shallow self indulgence.»
Broken Twin - May
May embraces the darkness and finds slithers of light shattered within.»
Heterotic - Weird Drift
Weird Drift explores the deeper potential of Heterotic's sound with sublime results.»
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
The sound of traditionalist notions reshaping as Hurray for the Riff Raff question what it really means to be a folk troubadour in a modern world.»
Ninetails - Quiet Confidence
Quiet Confidence marks the work of a different group to the one we saw in 2012.»