In Depth
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 07/02/11
A warning: this week the number of wicked new sounds is in inverse proportion to the number of mangled analogies used to describe them. All this means is that there is quite a lot to get giddy about. »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #77 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
Spotifriday ahoy! »
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Takeover
Deerhoof's Guide to Combatting Evil & win a copy of the new album
To mark the release of their new album Deerhoof vs. Evil, the band came up with their very own guide to combatting evil... »
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Takeover
Esben & the Witch on their favourite structures
Esben & the Witch tell us about their favourite man-made and natural structures... »
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Takeover
Esben & the Witch's Favourite Film Scores
Esben & the Witch talked us through their favourite film scores... »
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Artist-generated
Rachel from Esben & the Witch: The Importance of Words
Rachel from Esben & the Witch talks about her relationship with words and her favourite lyricists. »
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Artist-generated
Esben & the Witch: The Violet Cries Artwork
Thomas from Esben & the Witch talks us through the artwork for Violet Cries »
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Artist-generated
Daniel from Esben & the Witch: "Why I Love Scott Walker"
Daniel from Esben & the Witch shares his love for all things Scott Walker... »
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Artist-generated
Deerhoof's Forces for Evil/Good
Ahead of the release of their new Album Deerhoof vs. Evil, Satomi from the band shared with us her top 5 forces for evil and good. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 31/01/11
This week's selection really is a bit marvellous, from the giddily incorrigible Physical Forms to the sheer flipping beauty of La Sera. Thanks very much music, you are quite good. »
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Artist-generated
Deerhoof vs. Evil Track by Track
As part of our special Deerhoof takeover day, Satomi Matsuzaki and Greg Saunier have done us their track by track director's commentary-like guide to their new album Deerhoof vs. Evil... »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #76 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's Spotifriday playlist! »
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Interview
DiS meets Tim Kasher
DiS called Tim Kasher from Cursive as he took a break from rehearsals in his hometown of Omaha to quiz him on his debut solo album. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 24/01/11
This week we are talking about Byker Grove, bricks made of Thinky Stick diseases and how all the younglings are hot for not-caring. I think. »
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Label focus
Surviving the underground: DiS meets Vinita Joshi of Rocket Girl Records
With all this talk of the UK music industry said to be in decline, one wonders what opportunities are available for bands and labels to break through in the foreseeable future. However, one independent label that has continued to thrive against such adversity is Lond... »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #75 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content-themed Spotify playlist featuring tracks from Saul Williams, Iron & Wine, Jessie J, Sebadoh, Archers of Loaf and ton more. »
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Interview
The Celestial Café : DiS meets Stuart Murdoch
If ever there was a popstar who you would bet on writing a novel, it would be the literary-minded man behind Belle And Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch. »
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Interview
"England's dancing days are done": DiS meets PJ Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey’s illustrious career makes the kind of Herculean reading that causes our over-anxious generation of success-hungry twentysomethings to quake in its distressed leather army boots. At 41, she has achieved the kinds of heights that most musicians dream... »
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In Depth
armchair dancefloor 026 feat. Endless House mix
With armchair dancefloor 026 we’re ringing in January with a bang, taking a trip through some of the finest releases from the last few weeks of 2010 and looking forward to some new gems from the likes of Demdike Stare, Sandwell District and Emptyset. Our »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 17/01/11
This week: Belle & Sebastian, Chapel Club, Joan As Police Woman, Jonny and the electro berks that are the HILARIOUS Chromeo. »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #74 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
After a break of about a month we are back with the first Spotifriday of the year. It has a distinctly British vs. American flavour, rather arbitrarily including Darren Hayman, White Lies, Pearl Jam, Warpaint, Mogwai and some more bands you should re... »
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Interview
DiS meets Avey Tare from Animal Collective
Avey Tare’s first solo project away from Animal Collective always looked a difficult prospect. Written just after the death of his grandmother, his sister’s hospitalisation with cancer, and the breakup of his marriage, it was always going to be a par... »
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Interview
DiS meets Monotonix
If Monotonix were to ever give up this whole music making malarkey, their tombstone would simply be inscribed with "once seen, never forgotten". »
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In Depth
Drowned in Scotland - January 2011
Our tartan-tinged hack looks forward to a new year on the Scottish music scene, including the resurrection of rock, the dawning of new local heroes and Stuart Murdoch's first novel... »