In Depth
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Drowned in Chicago #1
In the first of a series of local scene reports, our scribe in Chicago talks us through what festival delights the city has to offer and chats to Panda Riot. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 08/11/10
This week histrionics, drama, two token bits of dance music, something or other about jazz mags and DOILIES. »
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Artist-generated
Leeds Day: 10 Years in... Leeds - Whiskas' Mixtape
No Leeds day would be complete without a mixtape or two, and who better to share the highlights of the past 10 years than Whiskas. He's the man who in has been at the heart of the Leeds scene for most of the past 10 years, promoting gigs, playing guitar in Forward Ru... »
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Artist-generated
Leeds Day: Eating your way around Leeds
As part of our special Leeds day, ahead of Constellation festival for which DiS is a partner, we asked the musicians of Leeds to give us a guide to their city. In this piece Leeds lynchpin Whiskas formerly of ¡Forward Russia! and now performing as
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Drowned in Leeds #4
The fourth installment in our ongoing series of local scene reports from our scribe in Leeds. »
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In Depth
Spotifriday #68 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring the works of Liars, !!!, NLF3, Ramadanman, Raime, Danny Saul, Andrew Bird and more! »
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In Depth
Artwork Day: Polyvinyl Records on artwork
Matt Lunsford, the co-president of Polyvinyl Records (home of Of Montreal) wrote us words on the label's views on artwork... »
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In Depth
Liars, Wild Beasts, of Montreal, Sky Larkin, Blood Red Shoes, & more pick their favourite artwor
As part of artwork day we got some of DiS' favourites to contribute some words on their favourite record sleeves. Keeps 'em out of trouble, doesn't it? They were only too happy to help, their selections are below, and run the gamut from psychedelia to soul to perform... »
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In Depth
When Artwork Goes Wrong: The 10 Worst Album Covers of the 00's
The 10 worst album covers of the 00's... »
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Label focus
Artwork Day: Constellation Records on the past, present and future
As part of artwork day, we got the co-founder of Constellation Records, Ian Ilavsky, to write us a few words on his (and the label's) outlook on artwork - past, present and future. Constellation Records is one place you can guarantee will always have high »
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In Depth
Artwork Day: Top Ten Record Covers of the '00s
Welcome to DiS is Ten's 'Artwork Day'. How are you? Well, I hope. As the title suggests, there'll be some features on artwork: there'll be a good artwork top 10, and a bad artwork top 10. And then a couple of record label people are having their say, co »
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In Depth
10 Years Of Nordic...A Digest
As with our other themed and celebratory weeks having digests of their content, we thought it'd be best to do the same thing for our 10 Years of Nordic Series. There was a large chunk of content, so her... »
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Artist-generated
Ólafur Arnalds' Young Composer's Guide To Reykjavík Dining
Ólafur Arnalds, the prodigious Icelandic neo-classical composer, turns food critic as he gives us a guide to dining out in Reykjavík. »
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Interview
DiS meets Let's Wrestle
Over the last few years, I’ve gradually become a broken record when it comes to declaring the brilliance of Let’s Wrestle and the genius of their music. So if you didn’t get their debut last year, you’re probably a fucking idiot. But that’s ok because it’ »
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Festival Review
Supersonic 2010: The DiS Review
This year DiS's Mark Ward and Andrzej Lukowski went down to Birmingham's Supersonic festival, where they bore witness to Swans and some other bands. Here is their story. »
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Interview
Made In Dagenham: DiS meets Devlin
Devlin is a grime artist from Dagenham whose been one of the biggest hitters in the underground scene since dropping his first mix tape Tales From The Crypt in 2006 while only 17. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 1/11/10
This week's singles is about men who make tidy sportwear LOOK GOOD. Also: Batchelor's Super Noodles, wilderness periods, Jolt cola, soundscapes, bad short films, circularity. »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 024 incl Danny Saul mix
This month's look at the best electronic and open-tuned electric guitar releases. Plus an exclusive, femur-shatteringly good mix from Mancunian experimentalist Danny Saul. »
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Artist-generated
Spookify: The Phantom Band's Hallowe'en Spotify Playlist
...moooha-aha-hargh! The witching hour cometh, the undead are rising up and all you can do is stick a few floor boards to your window and hope those zombies don't know how to use a crowbar. Whilst you baton down the hatches, our Hallwe'en weekend overlords Th... »
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Artist-generated
10-step Guide to Making a Mix(tape) by worriedaboutsatan
As you may have noticed, we're running a special promotion with BlackBerry Torch and Mixcloud, to win stuff if you share a mix(tape) you've made and people like it. Or simply if you share a mix tagged D... »
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Takeover
The Phantom Band meet Goblin and Zombie Zombie
As part of their Halloween takeover, The Phantom Band talk to two equally scary sounding bands: Goblin and Zombie Zombie... »
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Takeover
The Phantom Band vs. Fantomas: Mike Patton on Halloween & Horror Movies
As part of their Halloween takeover, The Phantom Band quiz Mike Patton about Fantomas, horror movies and what scares him... »
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Takeover
A Real Life Phantom (Band) Experience
Andy Wake from The Phantom Band tells us about his Real Life Phantom Experience. »
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Festival Review
CMJ: The DiS Review
Coverage by Amanda Farah and Nick Neyland. The 30th anniversary of the annual CMJ Music Marathon brought plenty of surprises. Daft Punk and Phoenix jammed on a Close Encounters of the Third Kind riff at Madison Square Garden, Pitchfork set up its rival »