In Depth
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Festival Review
V Festival 2009: The DiS Review
V Festival - or the Virgin Media Festival to give it its correct title - may be the least favoured of its kind as far as music connoisseurs are concerned. A quick flick through the line-up doesn't exactly set pulses racing, as bland non-entities like The Scri... »
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Festival Preview
DiS' 20 Must-See Acts at Reading & Leeds 2009
So, in no particular order, here are the twenty acts DiS' editor is most looking forward to seeing this weekend. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 24/08/2009
A tirade concerning a wonked-up, pretentious concept called Unity of Vision? On a Tuesday? Oh, go on then. »
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Festival Preview
Details of Reading & Leeds coverage on the BBC + Zane's must-see tips
As one of the official partners of Reading & Leeds Festival, the BBC will be recording and broadcasting various bits of the festival live. Here are all the details of what they will be broadcasting live and which shows they're hosting live from the site. There wi... »
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Festival Preview
Drowned in Reading Festival: A Greatest Hits Mixtape
'Ding! 'Ding! As part of DiS' Reading Festival preview, we've made a mixtape of the festival's greatest hits but first, a little prologue from DiS' editor.... »
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Festival Preview
From the Archive: A Girly Guide to The Reading Festival
Aaahhhh, Reading. That glorious weekend where, for a few sunny [perhaps] days you can forget your worldly woes, throw hygiene to the wind and rock out for the weekend, oblivious to the fact that by Sunday you probably smell like the underside of a pig's trotter. Shy... »
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Staff-generated
Drowned in Sunday: Papers? Pianos? Lover's Spit?
Sunday has various songs written about it and dedicated to it but almost all of them are downbeat dreamy affairs. Strangely Sunday has nowhere near as many songs written about it as Saturday but maybe that's because those who've already written songs about Sunday hav... »
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Staff-generated
Drowned in Saturday: Alright for Fighting? Dancing? At the movies?
Putting together this playlist we were taken aback by how many songs feature Saturday in the title and strangely, how many of them are pretty great. In fact, there are so many song... »
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DiScussion
Ninety songs of The Noughties - DiS Editor's Picks (P2K Alternative)
DiS is still mulling over the decade that was and pondering who the most important acts were, what the best gig was and which labels/events/moments really truly mattered. To soundtrack my thought process, I've compiled this playlist of my favourite songs of the decad... »
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Festival Review
Summer Sundae Weekender: The DiS review
Last weekend (14-16 August), DiS made its now traditional annual visit to Leicester's Summer Sundae Weekender, curated the Rising Stage on the Friday and even had founder Sean Adams and former editor Mike Diver spin a few tunes along the way »
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Staff-generated
Drowned in Friday: Party? Drink? I'm in Love? TFI?
Yeah, THANK GOD/DOG/F*CK IT'S FRIDAY! It certainly was the easiest day to pick random tracks for which feature the name of the day in the title. In fact just searching for 'Friday Night' brings up a whole array of interpretations of "party night". Hopefully »
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Staff-generated
Drowned in Thursday: Child? Forever? Eno?
DiS likes to think of Thursday as the day before festivals start or the night most of the best gigs take place in London. Thursday of course has a popular emo band named after it and is yet another day that Bowie has put in a song title. Of course, 'Thursday Afternoo... »
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Staff-generated
Drowned in Wednesday: Ash? Child? Silly DiSser related nonsense?
What can we say about Wednesday? Not a lot. It's the middle of the week yet it's more like the week has half started, rather half over. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 17/08/2009
This week I am upset. With myself, with stoopid Dinosaur Pile Up and their stoopid song with its stoopid riffs that I am stoopidly keen on. »
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DiScussion
Drowned in Monday: Blue? Manic? Metal? - A Spotify Playlist
This Spotify playlist starts with the obvious "Monday Morning Anthems", moves into blissful half-awake territory, has a mid-morning doze before the guttural screams of WAKE UP! to ... »
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Festival Review
The Garden Festival 2009 - The DiS Review
With Garden Festival, held in the grounds of a hotel in the Croatian holiday village of Petrcane, it’s the location that is everything. »
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Artist-generated
The múm guide to a rainy day in Reykjavík
I don't know about you, but my mental picture of Reykjavik does involve much rain. In fitting with that belief, Örvar, Gunni & Silla offer their guide to a rainy day in Reykjavík in 10 Polaroids. This guide might not be very practical, but then ag »
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Interview
DiS meets Sian Alice Group
DiS recently caught up with the three mainstays of Sian Alice Group - Ahern, Crook and Clervaux - and discovered that the sudden spate of attention thrust their way has come as something of a shock to all concerned... »
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Artist 'n' Artist
Artist 'n' Artist: Örvar from múm meets Sócrates.
Artist 'n' Artist: Örvar from múm meets Sócrates. Thinking about the idea of interviewing another musician made me shudder. I generally get very bored of interviews with my colleagues and I always feel sorry for people who are forced to read interviews »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #40 - múm "11 songs to drown in a lake to"
As part of their takeover, DiS asked múm to pick a theme and make a mixtape for DiS. Here's what Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason has created for you. »
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Column
Armchair Dancefloor 010
Chris Power's roundup of the best in techno, dubstep, house, IDM, Balkan skronkcore (not really) and Nintendo DS-constructed rave anthems (really). Plus, win yourself a triple-vinyl pack of Voodeux's The Paranormal. AD010 is all heart. »
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Interview
Finer Details: Liam Frost on his duet with Martha Wainwright
DiS was really curious how the duet between Liam Frost and Martha Wainwright came about, what with her being on our label and all. So in his own words, Liam explains how it happened... »
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DiSection
DiSection: Múm Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know Track By Track
Hopefully you know the deal with these track-by-track's by now - essentially it's the band walking us through their album in a director's commentary kinda style. As part of our special Múm week on DiS, we asked them to talk us through their forthcoming album Sing... »
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First Listen
First Listen: Arctic Monkeys Humbug
Ahead of its release, DiS got a first listen to the forthcoming Arctic Monkeys' album Humbug, co-produced by Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and James Ford. »