In Depth
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DiSection
An Oral History of Oneida’s Each One Teach One
Each band member talks individually about the experience of bringing this singular work into the world. »
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New York Week: A Guide to Brooklyn's DIY Scene
Many of the DIY spaces in Brooklyn have a dubious legal standing. Some spaces are actually people’s homes, loft spaces and larger apartments that have the furniture shoved out of the way for bands to play. Some are commercial spaces the landlords rent knowing they ... »
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In Depth
In Photos: Robyn @ Shepherds Bush Empire, London
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10 Years in New York: A Mixtape
Amanda Farah shares her past 10 years in New York, as part of DiS' 10th Anniversary look back at 10 years in various cities and genres. This mixtape featuring suggestions from various nYc bands, also kicks off this week's BlackBerry Torch suggested Mixcloud theme... »
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New York Week: A Guide to Brooklyn Venues
A guide to Brooklyn venues by Nick Neyland and Amanda Farah. Coco 66 66 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222 Website This new-ish former wood shop turned venue was put firmly on the map earlier this year when M.I.A. joined Sleigh Bells on its stag »
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A Reflection on the New York Music Scene (2000-2009)
The first thing that struck me when I moved to Brooklyn in 2002 was how many anglophiles there were everywhere. I’d been to New York a few times prior to actually making the city my home, and on those trips I’d often connected with blowhard music fans who »
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Festival Review
In The City: The DiS review - Part 2 by Dom Gourlay
Following Part 1 from Wendy Roby on Friday, here's Dom Gourlay's take on the happenings in Manchester... Manchester, so much to answer for. As the elder statesman of the UK's independent music scene, it's perhaps only fitting that the annual A&R man' »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 25/10/10
It's the HARMONIES, MAN. »
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Label focus
Ninja Tune - Part 2: The Future
After taking a look at the last twenty years of London’s hugely influential Ninja Tune imprint, chatting to founding duo Coldcut about the way the label’s mode of opera... »
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Ninja Tune - Part 1: The Past
London’s Ninja Tune imprint has recently celebrated its twentieth birthday, and has done so with a ludicrously packed boxset they’ve dubbed a ‘futurespective’: instead of focusing on what’s come before, they’ve elected to draw together a veritable wh... »
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In Depth
In The City: The DiS Review - Part 1 by Wendy Roby
Wendy Roby went to In The City and saw a buncha bands. John Allison drew Sky Larkin. Everything was good. Almost. »
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Festival Review
Iceland Airwaves: The DiS Review
Reykjavík is a beautiful city. That’s the first thing that springs to mind when we arrive within its limits during the pitch black early hours, virtually nonexistent street light during the drive from the airport sending a striking vista of stars rolling out across t... »
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Spotifriday #66 - This Week on DiS ft. Elliott Smith, Darkstar, Trent Reznor, James Blake...
Where did this week go? And how on earth have we managed to get to number 66 in our Spotify series of weekly playlists wot act like a hyperlink-laden cover mount of what we've covered on the site this week? Time, it really doth fly. Anyway, Luke has taken this whole ... »
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Interview
DiS meets Squarepusher
It seems a rare occurrence for Tom Jenkinson – aka Squarepusher – to come out of his self-proclaimed hermetic state for interviews. After all, save for the occasional takeover day and TV spot, he’s been a notorious busy-body for the span of his 17 year ca »
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In Depth
Order And Chaos: Norway In Noise And Metal
The Quietus' John Doran takes us through all things noisy and Norwegian in the past decade. »
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Interview
DiS meets Dosh
Martin Dosh is a multi-instrumentalist, renowned for his spooling reels that drop in and out, building complex soundscapes that never stray far from beauty. I reviewed his latest record, Tommy, for DiS earlier this year. In short, it got 9/10. More? His m »
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Festival Preview
Supersonic and Swn preview: DiS meets Swans
With the best will in the world, there are few weekends where Cardiff and Birmingham find themselves tussling for the title of most musically happenin' place in the UK... but that all changes over the next few days as Capsule's Supersonic festival goes head to head w... »
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In Depth
Nordic Talking Pt III. ft. Oh No Ono, Ólafur Arnalds + Amiina
Rather than just us choosing our favourite Nordic records of the last ten years and compiling them into some boring and dry list, we thought we'd ask the natives to do the talking (or writing, but that doesn't fit so nicely into a pun...). It's going along with the t... »
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Interview
Glasgow Day: DiS meets The Phantom Band
Over the past two years, The Phantom Band have been one of the leading lights on the Glasgow scene. The sextet’s debut LP, Checkmate Savage, was much lauded when it launched in 2009 and their subsequent live showings have proved the Phantoms to be a band »
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In Depth
Skweee: A Synthesizer Odyssey
As far as developments of musical genres (or subgenres...) go, The Nordic-originating skweee is a interesting as it is recent. We thought it'd be worth a deeper look at such an intriguingly-named type of music although, as it turns out, the music and its genesis is f... »
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Takeover
A Decade of Glasgow bands
To reflect on the last 10 years of music in Glasgow, we thought we’d put together a round-up of the best bands to come out of the city during those 120 months. So, as a fool proof way of sorting out the cream from the crap, we asked the people who’ve play »
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Glasgow Day: Chemikal Underground
Ask anyone involved in the Scottish music scene what the foremost label in the country has been over the last decade and they’ll all give you the same answer: Chemikal Underground. Spawned by members of seminal Glasgow outfit The Delgados, Chemikal was »
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Takeover
Drunk and dirty: What makes Glasgow the country’s most exciting music scene?
On the face of it, Glasgow isn’t a natural cultural epicentre. Renowned for its hard drinking locals, the city’s roots are entrenched in the staunch Labour supporting shipyards of the Clyde and the part-football, part-religious tensions of the Old Firm. »
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From Small Town to Big Time: Two Door Cinema Club's Guide to "making it"
Kev Baird from Two Door Cinema Club gives us his advice on being a band from a small town and how to "make it" in the music world. "First of all, lets cut the bullshit. It would be lovely but let’s face it, success doesn’t exclusively correlate with ha »