In Depth
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Interview
Interview: Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, Very Far
Will Sheff was in London recently to play an acoustic show ahead of Okkervil River’s forthcoming LP I Am Very Far. Confusingly, DiS called him from Barcelona. »
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Interview
"Math Soul"? DiS meets Dutch Uncles
One flamboyant resident of the capital of Northern England once sang: “Manchester, so much to answer for.” Well, as you’ll see, it’s actually Germany that’s to blame for the fact that one of the city’s finest acts have been slightly obscured from view. Until now, tha... »
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Interview
"If we really didn't give a shit, we'd be called Wavves": DiS meets Times New Viking
Nursing appalling hangovers in an east London bar, Times New Viking collectively pause and look stumped when asked why people should listen to Dancer Equired, their new album, due out next week. »
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Festival Review
DiS in the Desert: Coachella Festival 2011 Reviewed
DiS's Mark Muldoon happened to be in the area whilst the 12th Coachella festival was kicking off. So he swung by. This is what happened to him. »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 030: Terre Thaemlitz, Rick Wilhite, 2562, Maria Minerva...
Thanks largely to the first hints of summer bathing the country over the last couple of weeks, house music has suddenly become a whole lot more appealing again, its slower pace and analogue warmth heralding the arrival of lazily sun-blushed days. Well, th »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 18/04/11
You would think that after Record Store Day’s bonus release date there would be no singles left in the music cupboard. You would be wrong, because rather like footer, music NEVER ENDS. Dog love it for not. »
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Column
Drowned In Manchester # 6
As this is being written, it is warm outside, there are minimal clouds in the sky and there are genuinely people wearing shorts, smiling whilst doing things as mundane as walking a dog. It’d be fair to say that Manchester is very much embracing the first »
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Interview
"I don’t want to be just writing 'I love you'": DiS meets Fyfe Dangerfield from Guillemots
It would be fair to say that Walk The River, Guillemots’ third album, is not an altogether happy affair. In fact, the album’s tales of having to rethink everything about who you are after being uprooted in cataclysmic fashion is likely to give a major ... »
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In Depth
Record Store Day: Let's Get Physical
Because there is nothing quite like getting all expansive and daft about something you love, Wendy Roby has had a bit of a rant about the physical world, and why it is 'quite good'. »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #86 - This week on DiS as a playlist ft. Deerhunter, Kate Nash, PJ Harvey
This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring works from the likes of PJ Harvey, Roll The Dice, Vivian Girls, Connan Mockasin, Deerhunter...and then some! »
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Interview
"One thing inspires the next thing" - DiS meets Panda Bear
Panda Bear aka Animal Collective's Noah Lennox’s new album, Tomboy, is out this month, having been preceded by several singles on Kompakt (along with an excellent Actress remix of ‘Surfer’s Hymn’, which re-interprets the song for a dancefloor without sacrifi... »
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Interview
"Don't let people in the industry push you into corners just because you're a girl": DiS meets Kate
Kate Nash has done more than most in the last year to help female musicians. After the great success of her debut album, Nash wanted to give something back to the industry that had nurtured her. The result was a trust fund for new music, and the resulting record labe... »
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In Depth
Tallinn Music Week 2011 - The DiS review
DiS looks back at the thrills and chills of Tallinn Music Week 2011. TO BE SUBBED AND IMAGES CLEARED FOR COPYRIGHT. »
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Interview
A Comfortable Outsider: DiS meets A Hawk and A Hacksaw
Ever since I first saw Jeremy Barnes perform as A Hawk and A Hacksaw in Nottingham's Bunker's Hill Inn I have kept a close eye on this group of his... »
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DiSection
Low C'mon Track by Track
Alan Sparhawk talks us through the tracks behind Low's new album, C'mon. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 11/04/11
this week's column is written in free verse. oh no it isn't. oh yes it is. »
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Interview
"I really don’t believe in the myth of insanity...": DiS meets Alan Sparhawk from Low
Ahead of the release of Low’s long-awaited new album, C’mon, (released today)DiS were invited into Alan Sparhawk’s hotel room in West London for a chat about how it all took shape. With guitar in hand, Alan was tempted to sing his responses, Ziggy Marley-st... »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #85 - This week on DiS as a playlist ft. Emeralds, Factory Floor, Destroyer + more
This week's content-themed Spotify playlist, featuring tracks from Owen Pallett, Factory Floor, Emeralds, Beat Connection, Destroyer and a handful more wonderful, wonderful artists. »
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Column
Drowned in Bristol #4
There’s a temptation to approach a local column as if you’re writing some sort of musical prospectus - a sort of ‘come to our city ‘cus our city has the best music scene’ manifesto. And, to be fair, Bristol is pretty great but, as with any city of a decen »
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Interview
"We need people knowing where more carrots come from": DiS meets Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke
As influential artists go, Killing Joke sit in the upper echelons as a band whose music undoubtedly shaped the heavier end of the alternative spectrum these past thirty years. »
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Mixtape
Mixtape: Factory Floor's Favourite Non-Traditional "Love Songs"
In this week's singles column, I suggested the track was perhaps an ode to Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love' and on asking someone clos... »
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Interview
DiS meets Matthew Dear
The past few weeks he's been touring round Europe with his band as special guests of Interpol, and it was at their penultimate UK show in Leeds where DiS caught up with the elegant performer known as Matthew Dear post-soundcheck. »
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Interview
“We all still act like we're about ten": DiS meets The Human League
When asked how The Human League have managed to keep going for so long, singer Susan Ann Sulley says: "I don't know that we know how to do anything else." Recruited along with best friend Joanne Catherall when they were 17 and 18 year old schoo... »
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Column
This Week's Singles 4/4/11: FOE, Justice, Factory Floor, Errors, Cut Copy, Katy Perry...
Wendy's away writing a book, so here’s DiS founder, Sean Adams' round-up of the week’s releases, vaguely filed in order of preference. You can just bash the play buttons if you don’t want to read his wafflings... »