REM's Glorious Decline - DiS pays tribute
In the wake of the news that REM have called it quits, DiS reviews editor Andrzej Lukowski shares his thoughts on the band he fell in love with at the age of 15 and charts their glorious decline...»
Articles
lukowski has written the following articles:
Simple Minds - X5
Success ruined Simple Minds, with an abruptness almost unparalleled in popular music. It’s best to remember them this way.»
Of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks
Despite its heart of darkness, Paralytic Stalks is a deceptively gentle, rambling record that gains integrity but loses focus vis the listener's strong suspicion that it was recorded more for the benefit of Nina Barnes than for us.»
R.E.M. - Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011
This is very good, but it’s not definitive - but perhaps R.E.M. just aren't that sort of band.»
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
Kate Bush is more than fallible; but at peak she is incomparable. »
Nirvana - Nevermind (20th Anniversary Remastered Edition)
Nevermind is the joint twenty-first selling album of all time. It is not an underground punk record. But if you look at the other best sellers it is conspicuously the most dangerous thing on that list.»
Kasabian - Velociraptor!
It feels like either overweening confidence or desire to snare rudderless Oasis fans has led to Kasabian attempting the sort of conventional melodic guitar pop record that they’ve always so successfully avoided making.»
Throwing Muses - Anthology
If Anthology is a showcase for Throwing Muses’ obtuseness as much as their brilliance, then that feels appropriate.»
Field Day 2011: a Spotify mixtape preview + Stage Times
It's 2011... it's Field Day... it's Field Day 2011! »
I'll Be Your Mirror London: the DiS review
So ATP had a new festival and Mike Diver and Andrzej Lukowski were there to document it. Here are their words.»
R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant: Deluxe Edition
Unlike many a transitional record, Lifes Rich Pageant is a genuine hoot, an unexpected blast of sunshine between the darkness of Fables… and the fires of Document.»
Suede - Head Music (reissue)
Head Music was not a great album. But it really could have been so much more, and this generous remaster demonstrates how.»
Suede - Coming Up (reissue)
This reissue showcases a band that could have made any sort of record they wanted. They chose to make Coming Up: let's not going to hold it against them.»
Primavera 2011: the DiS review
Hey y'all - a week and a half ago, James Skinner, Andrzej Lukowski and snapper Burak Cingi went to the eleventh edition of a festival called Primavera; they have just about recovered enough to tell you their story, in words and also pictures.»
Kate Bush - Director's Cut
Much as there are a couple of jaw-dropping total reconstructions it mostly amounts to intelligent tinkering.»
Of Montreal - thecontrollersphere
In both its strengths and weaknesses, thecontrollorsphere is suggestive of a band in need of some renewal.»
Panda Bear - Tomboy
A rich and strange journey through the possibilities and permutations of that voice. »
Kate Bush is back: everybody look busy
It's Kate Bush again, everyone.»
Destroyer announces European tour and plentiful other larks
Destroyer tours, issues Kaputt in UK and issues whales and sexy ladies-tastic video for its title track.»
The Strokes - Angles
Just because the hosts are grumpy, it doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t enjoy the party.»
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?
It is not a disaster, but in many ways a disaster might have been more of a laugh. »
R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
Even as part timers, nobody should be surprised that R.E.M. can still make excellent music»
Stream Kurt Vile's new album here, now, please
Thanks to the magic of a piece of embedding code, we have turned your computer into a device that plays Kurt Vile's new Matador album Smoke Ring For My Halo.»
Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
There are the makings of a decent band here if the people involved cared enough. But they probably don’t, and despite a couple of green shoots, this is a dreary affair. »
Frankie & the Heartstrings - Hunger
It’s kind of a cockish thing to say, but in a fortnight where it’s all been about PJ Harvey and Radiohead, it feels a little deflatory to be turning one’s attention to Frankie & The Heartstrings.»
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Calm down, calm down: it's still not a real review. »
Apparently there's a new Radiohead album or something
Those lovable Radiohead boys are back back back!»
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
England’s dancing days might be over, but things could be worse.»
Sore Eros - Know Touching
Does the world need more wallpaperish psyche folk? It doesn’t not need it.»
Anika plays London's 'The Lexington' on Wednesday; will surely be good
This Wednesday The Quietus is curating a bostin'-looking evening at The Lexington.»