GarethD has written the following articles:
Here we are now, entertain us. Or don’t: whatever, we’re yours to mould in the palm of your collective hand, Radiohead; so giddy are we after the first time through of In Rainbows that our scrambled senses can only offer fractured initial thoughts. More to follow, no doubt; more from you, post here. Or, simply discuss Radiohead's genuine-event new album here...»
Q Awards: people win, no-one dies...»
Stars have produced the most well-rounded and broadly horizoned record of their career...»
You know that old myth whereby the spider bites the neck of someone, and a couple of months later, hundreds of spiders burst out of the pulsating lump...»
Like all solo artists, but perhaps more than most, it’s always very tempting to treat each release by Bruce Springsteen as the latest page in his autobiography...»
According to the website...»
DiS's Gareth Dobson speaks to Swedish singer-songwriter José González on the eve of the release of his second album, In Our Nature. Subjects: Sony TVs, creative influences, one-man shows and, naturally, the course of bio chemistry into the 21st century. Oh, and hip-hop beef. Who'd have thunked it...»
Pulling you away into his own sensitive, contemplative world, Sleeping States recreate the sense of dreams and happy dislocation better than most. Hugely recommended...»
New José González does contain cover. This fact: largely irrelevant as other songs are ace...»
Hot Chip give away new song from forthcoming LP.»
Rocking up the crest of their seventh birthday, DiS scribbler Gareth Dobson hacks away at the defences of Castle Wichita to reveal a set of rather contented innards, complete with tales of DFA1979 loss, guitar solos that never finished and why no-one got The Cribs for the first four years...»
Foo Fighters return. Trousers have gotten tighter. Nads have gotten bigger. Go figure...»
Ever since 'Love Is All Around' by Wet Wet Wet topped the charts on the back of its appearance in top British rom-com Four Weddings and a Funeral, DiS has always had a special relationship with films and their incumbent soundtracks. Here, resident hack Gareth Dobson drew the short straw and was charged with musing on those special moments where celluloid and acetate can create something wonderful...»
The problem with releasing a single as clever, ubiquitous and ultimately sell-by-date-centric as ‘Thou Shalt Always Kill’, is that prejudice will inevitably be formed for following records...»
Holy Roar are one of a few small domestic labels likely to outgrow their roots before long, with an admirably diverse and critically acclaimed back catalogue already theirs to call their own. DiS's Gareth Dobson plays the Q&A game with co-founders Alex and Ellen ahead of this weekend's Holy Roar vs DiS gig at London's Notting Hill Arts Club...»
Already nominated for a Polaris Prize – the Canadian equivalent of the Mercury - much has been said about the debut album by Montreal psychedelic popsters Miracle Fortress...»
It’s that classic, age-old problem: your fame and fortune is derived from the situation and circumstances you come out of; suddenly, in the case of Richard Archer – chief architect and frontman of Hard-Fi – there’s no worries about phone credit, the last tenner in the bank or any other troubles that affect the average man toeing the weekly financial line...»
After more than a decade of reinventing the wheel, it’s safe to assume the creative responsibility of being a Super Furry Animal is exhausting. Their new album, however, shows no sign of fatigue...»
Like all good teenagers, it seems that Operator Please were placed on this earth and our airwaves simply to infuriate the crap out of us.»
Having seen them some 27 times, Gareth Dobson writes the article of a (his!) lifetime: why Super Furry Animals are the most consistently brilliant band of a generation. DiScuss? Hop on the super pop...»
It’s odd how, with a live reputation for being masters of the quasi-unlistenable avant-garde, Animal Collective can equally endear and soothe with occasionally recorded tracks of child-like simplicity...»
The Universal Music Group, which is the biggest market-share holder in UK music, has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the V2 Music Group from it’s current owners Morgan Stanley.»
One of DiS’s favourite bands from this year’s boozefest that is the South by Southwest conference, O’Death recently hit the UK for a storming set of dates with new label mates Menomena. We caught up with the country-punkin’ bluegrass hell-raisers to exchange some views on Brooklyn, Pixies and playing with bands that sound nothing like you…»
Music and drugs. They go together seamlessly, flawlessly and as happily as two intricately linked things. Gareth Dobson takes a fistful of mushrooms from Camden Market and mulls over whether rock n roll is seriously a lot better for all the crap that's been imbibed.»
Seemingly minutes after the last was released, Dance To The Radio (Leeds based indie label, blah blah blah) is to release its fourth compilation of local and non-local talent.»
Rough Trade, the long-running indie that is currently home to The Strokes, Belle & Sebastian and the Super Furry Animals, has joined the Beggars family of labels. »
Lodestar, the Cambridgeshire festival that was set to take place from 31st August to 2nd September, appears to have been cancelled.»
In a world that is currently besieged by mirthless comments about the death of the record store, and constant reports of plummeting physical-format sales, the opening of the new Rough Trade record store in East London this week comprises a beacon of hope. Gareth Dobson meets the store's head-honcho Stephen Godfroy to discuss the fight back in the war against bad music retailing...»
Nothing to do this evening? North London bound? Well then, those loveable indie quirks, GoodBooks, are to play an instore at Puregroove Records at 6pm.»
