TinPanAl has written the following articles:
Anthony Gonzales, aka M83, talks about fourth album and misty-eyed evocation of Brat-Pack naivety Saturdays=Youth, nostalgia at 27 and his quest to rediscover the spirit of discovery firing the great records of the '80s»
As solid an idea in execution as it is in concept, here is a record unafraid to reach beyond its obvious limitations and produce a swashbuckling end result that might even broaden a few horizons for fans and players alike»
Nervy and not quite there yet, Portishead nonetheless deliver a set of some force and inspiration, striking a poised balance between old and new that sees the hunted become the hunter»
A week’s a long time in the UK single charts. Songs can go up, songs can go down, songs can sometimes stay the same. It’s stirring stuff, and you need a guiding hand to lead you through it»
There are enough sturdy ideas in Walk It Off to ensure Tapes ‘N Tapes stay afloat for a third bout, but with the twilit otherness of The Loon largely evaporated they'll need a rethink to set the blogosphere reeling once more»
Does It Offend You, Yeah's debut isn’t so much offensive as it is vapid and dull, the kind of crass party music that tries to pass laziness off as fun by dint of its being consciously shallow»
Diamond Hoo Ha sounds completely comfortable in its own skin, and that’s a problem: while sparing us the indignity of trying to fit in skinny-fit jeans, it makes Supergrass sound like session bores»
Deep breath required for the charts this week; frankly they’ve seen more action than Prince’s bedroom ceiling mirror and we’re going to give you the long and sticky of it.»
Five albums in and The Black Keys find themselves at a tipping point, instinctively sounding out new textures while losing some of the ragged crunch that made them their name in the first place»
Axl Rose has responded to offers by soft-drink svengalis Dr Pepper to dole out free drinks to the entire US populace if he promises to pull his finger out and get Guns 'N' Roses' über-delayed Chinese Democracy album released by the end of 2008.»
While dissenting voices have always sought to debunk The Cure's gloomily melodic stylings as fundamentally lightweight, it’s hard to think of a more satisfying career arc in the pop firmament»
DiS's favourite affable pessimist Malcolm Middleton talks about his latest record, why he's put that Christmas ordeal behind him, and mounts a valiant defence of his "pathetic" back catalogue»
Be Your Own PET are back, back, back with a second, heady dose of barely-pubesced raucousness and, a mere two spins down the line, DiS is seriously reconsidering the prospect of having children, like, ever.»
High street music chain Zavvi is to stop stocking singles, reports EUK.»
Like witnessing Fantasia conducted in an outsize branch of Curry’s, Black Dice's strange alchemy seems to lie in winding up row upon row of maimed Duracell bunny beats and watching them collide stupidly»
No Kids' pastoral fragments are like a trip to the seaside on a blustery day; your parents are grinning through fixed teeth but their hair’s all plastered to their foreheads and there’s grains of sand in your crisp packet.»
Stripped to just a man and his machinery, as a live spectacle Silver Apples has the look of an old king wandering round the scene of an ancient victory, inviting us to share in his reminisces»
DiS speaks to The Kills' Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart about their 'forward-looking' third album, Midnight Boom, falling out with Spank Rock member Armani XXXchange, and hot new scouse band The View»
Opening our DiS gig at the Water Rats, London, this Friday, John & Jehn are a pair of non-Parisians whose take on stripped-back blues-gaze and modern British swearing is rather ace. If London is a "sh*t place to live", why'd they come? Answers»
Nominally an art rock band although in truth having less to do with art than they do solid, unremarkable craft, Correcto is like a collaboration between a Wispa and an Aero – pleasant, and completely pointless»
As returns from the wilderness go it’s up there with Jesus and Noel Edmonds – yep, it’s The Futureheads’ back-to-basics anthem-in-waiting 'The Beginning Of The Twist' an exocet up the arse of the charts at 30.»
Proving there’s nothing like firing your dad for raising spirits and getting the creative juices flowing, there’s suddenly a spring in the step of Eel Pie Island's Mystery Jets their contemporaries can’t get near. 'Young Love' is our Single of the Week»
Grumpy old man of iconoclastic rock Lou Reed will be taking his classic 1973 album Berlin to the European masses this summer»
DiS talks to Bad Seeds members Nick Cave and Jim Sclavunos about clogged arteries, ashen plains of negativity and why you should never let Thom Yorke take your inside leg measurements. And the new album, of course»
These New Puritans, Lovvers and Maps are among the first acts to be announced for this year’s Truck festival.»
The flaws remain, but Superabundance forges its quiet victory to remind us why there’ll always be a space on the proverbial pencil case to scribble bands like The Young Knives’ good name»
When Leona Lewis does key changes, she is faintly discernible in alternate universes and cats have been known to go completely mad and shave off their own body hair. 'Better In Time', in at number 38 this week, has no key change and is therefore worthless.»
The Teenagers exist somewhere in the gap between bacchanalian ad-man fantasy and the blotchy reality of being a teen in the post-Skins era. But whose side are they really on? With debut album Reality Check on the horizon, DiS finds out»
There’s no two ways about it: Nick Cave is so hot right now. Ahead of DiS's interview with the man next week, and the release of new Bad Seeds LP Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!, here we pick five of his best albums to date. And yes, we're still loving the ‘tache»
Alison Goldfrapp’s sensual cooing remains enticing, but coupled with bland tunes Seventh Tree is as memorable as turning a hairdryer on a wind chime at the lowest setting imaginable. Unmemorable, then»
