In Depth
'Bear with us: Ed Droste reveals Yellow House follow-up (DiSclusive!)
Grizzly Bear are a band much admired by DiS readers and staffers alike, so imagine our joy at hearing they wanted to give us an exclusive about their new record
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DiS meets Lauren Laverne
In the run-up to the second series of Orange UnsignedAct, DiS spoke to new judge, Lauren Laverne, and found her delightful as ever. We talked Kenickie, being Punka, the greatness of Mogwai, and what a "baby Aidan Moffat" might be doing on the "X Factor for songwriters"...
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"It's not a concept record, don't worry" - Franz Ferdinand talk Tonight:
Welcome to our 2009 premature preview week. To kick things off we grabbed a quick chat with Franz Ferdinand's Nick McCarthy to quiz him about the recording of the band's third album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, due January 26th on Domino
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DiS likes High Places, What Do You Think?
Influenced as much by Black Dice as they are hip-hop sounds, an oddly friendly type of alien sound inhabits the hazy, psychedelic and percussion-heavy land of High Places...
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Classic Political Records: This Heat Deceit
Rounding off our politically-charged Oh Obama week... we thought it'd make sense to look at a seminal political record. Here Alexander Tudor looks at This Heat's album Deceit from 1981...
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The Dears: "A tragic comedy"
In this second part of our The Dears double feature, they talk in-depth about new album Missiles...
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Powerful Mellow, Unanimous Contrition and a Giant Landslide: America Voted
Welcome to the second part of Daniel Saunders' coverage of the election from the U.S. where he talks us through what happened just after America voted...
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Something old, something new: Young Marble Giants
Colossal Youth is one of those classic ‘lost’ albums that bands love to namedrop – if I had a pound for every time I’ve seen this unassuming, minimalist, spooked, Welsh trio mentioned on a press release the past five years, Everett True would still be several million pounds poorer than Noel Gallagher... »
Indie clubs ruined my life
It recently dawned on me just how much of my life I've wasted in exotic cities drunkenly stumbling around to the same songs I could have listened to in my house
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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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ATP: Release the Bats
Shellac do not dick around with their fancy dress. Todd Trainer is Dracula (he looks the same). Steve Albini is The Mummy and remains completely swathed in bandages throughout. Scariest of all, Bob Weston is wearing a suit. Oh, hold on, he's Frankenstein, and stays in character all night, addressing the audience in grunts and groans only, even during the Q&A. The sound isn't quite so militarily crisp as it should be, but screw it, this is Shellac, man
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Mixtape #26: Wild Beasts
A stellar selection here from DiS favourites (and Pluto Prize nominees) Wild Beasts, who've even written their own little introduction
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Mixtape #25: DiSsers' US election special
A bit of topical fun now, given that it's impossible to get away from the 'E' word at the moment (no, not that one): songs associated with the US elections, suggested by the DiS boards
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Broken Dreams, Empty Cheers and a Powerful Mellow: America Votes
As part of DiS' Oh Obama Week..., Daniel Saunders has shoved some clean socks in a backpack, boarded a plane, some trains and various auto mobiles to document the last lap of the campaign trail. He's been to New York talking to strangers, visited Wallingford to hear McCain and has written the following from Chicago...
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A Month in Records: October 2008
The cream really did rise to the top last month. These five records stood head and shoulders above the rest of the stuff reviewed by DiS.»
Mixtape #24: Tilly And The Wall
Omaha pop troupe Tilly And The Wall (recently on tour with Moshi Moshi labelmates Slow Club) take us through the tracks that are currently rocking their world»
The US Presidential Elections: A Musical Timeline
Welcome to our special OH OBAMA WEEK! Or oh-no DiS does politics week!
We begin on the eve of an election that's fired the imagination of musicians and the young like none before it (probably), DiS looks back at some on the musical, um, highs of the last year and a half's campaigning...»
Hindsight: Swervedriver and shoegaze reassessed
The reissue of three Swervedriver LPs earlier this month caused Mister Tudor to reassess the whole Shoegaze phenomenon...»
Mixtape #23: Okkervil River
Our latest mixtape comes courtesy of Okkervil River's Will Sheff. Much like his songs, it's steeped in musical knowledge, history and depth – from Jay-Z through Lou Reed and Nina Simone, let the man himself walk you through his choices – he's plenty to say... »
Guest Column: No Pain In Pop
A wise man once said "as soon as you admit that you don't know everything, it's a good time to collaborate!" So here we go, the first irregular guest column on DiS from those eagle-eared chaps at popular club and blog No Pain in Pop. It's run by some former DiSsers who on our watch were the first to rave about the likes of No Age, Telepathe, Abe Vigoda, El Guincho, etc. Here's what they're loving at the moment... »
