DiS meets The Rakes
Currently on tour DiS caught up with The Rakes post-soundcheck before their recent sold out show at The Royal in Derby.»
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British Sea Power at The Rockhouse, Derby, Sun 15 Feb
Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing British Sea Power in the flesh before should be quite familiar with the fact that every show is more of an event rather than your average run-of-the-mill gig.»
Huw Stephens Introducing Tour at The Bodega Social Club, Nottingham, Sat 24 Jan
Tonight's bill is also one of the most eclectic to have graced this city for some time, and even at this early stage of the year, one that is unlikely to be surpassed in terms of quality over the ensuing eleven months.»
Damon & Naomi - More Sad Hits
They say time is a great healer, and in the case of one time two-thirds of Galaxie 500 Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang, it was more a case of indulging in a spot of reflective therapy culminating in More Sad Hits, their first recording as a duo.»
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event
Across its ten tracks, The Airborne Toxic Event possesses a raw intensity that defines the band's sound...»
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Dom Gourlay says: it's easy to be critical where a band like White Lies are concerned, and even after several listens of an album that is as polished and as near to perfection for a first step on the ladder as To Lose My Life is, some of the clumsy lyrical couplets that punctuate the record won't do them any favours in the eyes of their most cynical detractors.»
New Music Week: DiS meets Fanfarlo
DiS recently caught up with Fanfarlo singer, guitarist and main songwriter Simon Balthazar to find out about the band's debut album Reservoir.»
Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night
Although initially released towards the back end of last year on excellent US indie Slumberland, Alight Of Night found itself lost in the annual Christmas rush. Fortunately, London imprint Angular saw the potential of both band and record were too good an opportunity to turn down and so here it is, four months after its initial release, re-packaged and almost certainly destined for many end-of-year "Best Of's", even at this early stage of 2009.»
Various - Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure
Anyone expecting an album's worth of re-interpretations that match the calibre of Dinosaur Jr's 1989 take on 'Just Like The Heaven' - arguably one of THE definitive cover versions of any song ever - will be majorly disappointed here.»
Mixtape #36: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
New York foursome The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart recently finished their biggest UK tour to date. Before they returned to the States, DiS caught up with them to find out what songs keep them occupied and inspired...»
Mixtape #35: White Lies
We asked the three members of White Lies - guitarist/singer Harry McVeigh, bass player Charles Cave and drummer Jack Brown - to come up with a collective mix tape that gets them through the working day of being in a band. Over to them...»
The Raveonettes - Beauty Dies EP
'Beauty Dies' is the second of three EPs to be released in the latter part of this year that herald a glorious twelve months for a band many had dismissed as a spent force. »
Guest Column: Dom Gourlay's Some Velvet Mourning
Once upon a time, "shoegaze" was a dirty word; a derogatory term invented by journos of the day to describe a cluster of bands with one common aim that transcended the normal verse-chorus-verse ethic courtesy of vocals so low in the mix they were barely audible»
White Lies loves...
West London trio White Lies, one of 2009's hottest tips, told us about their five favourite things that inspire and to a point, keep them sane, while on tour...»
Violens - Violens EP
God knows what chemicals they're putting in the Catskills springs at present but we could sure as hell do with some sending our way over this side of the Atlantic...»
DiS meets Vivian Girls
Brooklyn trio Vivian Girls have released one of the most incisively raw albums we've heard this year. Rough Trade seem to think so too, as they included it in their Top 50 records of 2008...»
volcano! @ Nottingham Bodega Social Club, 13/11/08
While 2005’s Beautiful Seizure may have received several critical platitudes at the time, to these ears it represented one of the most unlistenable, pretentious pieces of guff imaginable. Fast-forward three years, however, and it's clear that volcano! have added “tune” to their list of undoubted musical talents»
Asobi Seksu, Mint Ive at Nottingham Bodega Social Club, Mon 17 Nov
Desperate to shrug off the "shoegaze" tag they may be, but for Asobi Seksu there's no doubt that without such recognition from the incumbents of the scene that celebrates itself their music may have gone unheard outside of their native Brooklyn.»
Amazing Baby at Nottingham Bodega Social Club, Thu 06 Nov
New York's underground music scene is pretty much like any provincial bus service you care to mention; you wait for what seems like an eternity (or in the case of NYC, approximately five years) for one to come along only for a handful to arrive at the same time...»
Robin Guthrie - 3:19
Ever since releasing the still uniquely dazzling Garlands to an unsuspecting, yet soon-to-be awestruck assortment of post-punk new romantics back in 1982, one-time Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie's future has ostensibly mapped itself out for a career writing soundtracks for films.»
DiS likes The Airborne Toxic Event, what do you think?
Its not every day that we get a rush of excitement so insatiably captivating that we feel the need to have to tell our friends (i.e. you) all about it right away
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Sonic Cathedral at London Old Blue Last, Tue 28 Oct
School Of Seven Bells seem to have attracted a fair bit of attention by way of one of their members' employment in a previous outfit...»
Hjaltalin - Sleepdrunk Seasons
Hjaltalin seem to have the world at their exceptionally talented feet, although being Icelandic means that comparisons with Sigur Ros are inevitable.»
Saint Etienne - London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne
London Conversations compiles thirty-five of Saint Etienne's best known songs, making it the nearest thing to an anthology you're likely to find.»
Nottingham's Hockley Hustle 2008: DiS stage details
The full line-up for this year's Hockley Hustle charity event in Nottingham, the third and biggest yet, can now be unveiled, including the Drowned In Sound stage at the city's Bunkers Hill venue»
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Credit should be given where it's due, and the fact that Glasvegas appear to have stumbled upon much of their sound by accident makes their achievements all the more startling.»
iLiKETRAiNS: Lose member but tour in December
Following a brief hiatus, Leeds post-rocksters iLiKETRAiNS return to the road, minus one member.»
Pulled Across The UK: Leeds rockers release debut single, hit the road
Ace Leeds rockers Pulled Apart By Horses release their debut single next month on the Big Scary Monsters label»
The Music: "We will not be away as long this time"
It's been a long time in the wilderness for Leeds four-piece The Music but if the reception they've received on their recent UK tour is anything to go by, you'd never know they'd been away.»
Various - Erased Tapes Collection I
Erased Tapes Collection 1, released to commemorate the label's first birthday, collects together eleven songs from its back catalogue»