In Depth
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DiScussion
DiScussion: which five British records would YOU give to Barack Obama?
Yes yes, many of us may have spent the day kind of sort of protesting against everything Barack Obama stands for, but, -giggle- just writing his name down makes us at DiS Towers blush like schoolchildren. And we’re not the only ones: Radio 4 yesterday ask »
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In Depth
A Month in Records: March 2009
Best album of the month, you ask? Hard to choose between a stack of 8s, with ambient beauty from Fever Ray and jittery pop from Micachu all making knees tremble. However, sole 9 went to the delectable Marissa Nadler, a score you may dimly recall as being bestowed som... »
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DiSection
DiSection: Dananananaykroyd's Hey Everyone! track-by-track
Dananananaykroyd's Calum Gunn and David Roy talk us through their debut album Hey Everyone! »
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Artist-generated
Dananananaykroyd's SXSW Photo Diary
Dananananaykroyd sent us this photo diary of their time at SXSW. »
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DiScussion
DiScussion: EMI reissue Radiohead's first three LPs - bothered?
To an awful lot of people, Radiohead are a pretty big deal. So it's with a degree of scepticism and trepidation, perhaps, that we should greet the news of their former label EMI reissuing the band's first three albums this week »
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DiSection
DiSsection: Art Brut VS Satan track-by-track commentary
"Britain seems to be populated and run by T4 presenters and the cast of skins. Until we have The Mountain Goats, The Indelicates, Darren Hayman, Future Of The Left and Jeffery Lewis on prime time television and A listed on Radio 1, I think we should declare a sta... »
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Column
Armchair Dancefloor 003
All the best new electronic music that's fit to put in your ears, exploding skateboarders, and why the best things in life are sometimes occasionally free. »
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In Depth
Freshly Inked to One Little Indian: Kill It Kid
The idea of this feature is pretty simple: a label we trust signs a band, we quite like them but don't know much about them, so quiz the label to find out more. This Freshly Inked... is about Kill It Kid who've just signed to the home of
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DiScover
In Photos: Grammatics @ Sheffield Leadmill
DiS' Graham Shackleton got some snaps of Grammatics performing at The Leadmill in Sheffield last weekend. »
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DiScover
DiScover: Blue Roses, Icy Demons, Floating Points
DiS brings you our fortnightly new music fix, and three fresh musical DiScoveries. »
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In Depth
Entering the Kingdom Of Rust: DiS meets Doves
Dom Gourlay speaks to Mancunian trio Doves about their forthcoming fourth album, Kingdom Of Rust. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles by The Lipster: 16/03/09
Having been given permission to go off-topic from the big bad bossman (thank you, Sean, you know not what you do), this week’s reviews are united by a disgusting tendency to veer into anecdotal asides like a rep theatre diarist soaked in gin. Normal service resumed n... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles by The Lipster: 09/03/09
Wendy describes this week's single of the week as "really quite delightfully daft" - can you guess what it is? »
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Month In Records
A Month in Records: February 2009
The post-Christmas slump has well and truly subsided, or so it seems. February was a wonderful month for records, particularly in comparison to December and January's relatively meagre pickings. »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 002
All the latest electronic music that's worth hunting down, plus why it's time for fresh air and acid techno. »
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Label focus
Label Focus #2: Fierce Panda
To celebrate Fierce Panda day on DiS we'd like to take you back to 2007.... On the eve of their 13th birthday, DiS caught up for a chat with Simon Williams, to discuss and celebrate Fierce Panda's long and happy existence... »
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DiScover
DiScover: Copy Haho, Mt. St. Helens... and Papercuts
Another fortnight, another trio of fresh DiScoveries for you - all of them very different kettles of musical fish. »
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DiScover
Slowcore Week: ReDiScover - Red House Painters
There is one certainty in life: that Mark Kozelek will continue to release some of the most beautiful, most intimate, most necessary, music known to man, year after year. »
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DiScover
Slowcore Week: ReDiScover - Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500 are widely considered to be one of the definitive bands of the late-1980s/early-1990s American underground. In the first of our slowcore articles, we consider them as an influence on many of the bands to emerge slightly later. »
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DiScover
In Photos: Urgent Talk EP Launch @ DiScover Sheffield
The first DiScover Sheffield of 2009 saw local adventure-poppers Urgent Talk launch their & and && EPs in some style. »
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DiSection
DiSection: Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs How To Get To Heaven From Scotland track-by-track
Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs have a new record out. It's called How To Get From Heaven From Scotland, it's about lurve: "The perfect Valentine's Day gift for a loved one," concludes its author. »
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DiSection
DiSection: Emmy The Great First Love track-by-track
Emmy the Great Week starts here!
The idea of a DiSection is simple: We ask an artist/band we like to walk us through their album, track-by-track, not unlike those director's commentaries you get on the bonus bit of a DVD. Here,... » -
DiScover
DiScover: The Deer Tracks, Still Flyin' and Urgent Talk
Welcome to our first fortnightly DiScover column, where from now on we'll be introducing you to the new sounds that have been filling our contributors' ears and eyes with joy on a regular basis. »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 001
The first in a regular series from one half of DJ duo British Males, reporting on the best of electronic music for the head, for the feet, and for all points in between. »