In Depth
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Mixtape
Mixtape # 39 - Casiokids
Casiokids, being Norwegian, love Norwegian music. To champion music from the country they call Norge, have compiled a mixtape of their very favourite acts from their homeland. »
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Mixtape
Mixtape # 38 - Metric
We recently had Metric Week on DiS because we love them so much. They're also due to play our Great Escape stage tonight, so ahead of that show Emily, Jimmy and Josh have compiled a mixtape each. »
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DiSection
DiSsection: Chairlift Does You Inspire You track-by-track
Caroline Polachek walks you through Chairlift's album Does You Inspire You which was recently re-released by Columbia with additional tracks and tweaks. »
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Mixtape
Mixtape # 37 - Au Revoir Simone
It's been a while since we last ran an artist's mix-tape, so here's a pretty neat one to return with. Williamsburg indie-pop femmes Au Revoir Simone have chosen their songs carefully under the theme of 'shout outs to friends'. »
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Staff-generated
Great Escape '09: DiS' Suggested Schedule
Oh Brighton, with your annual clusterf*ck of bands 'n' booze, you really are spoiling us. »
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Artist-generated
Johnny Foreigner Tour Diary '09 - Part 1 & 2
JoFo tour diary is back! By overwhelming popular demand Johnny Foreigner are back on-the-road blogging for DiS. »
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In Depth
Sheffield Music City: DiS talks Tramlines with Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders
DiS attended the press launch for Sheffield's Tramlines festival and grabbed ten minutes with Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders, who not only told us about his hopes for the festival but also delivered a progress report on his band's eagerly awai... »
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Artist-generated
Alessi's Ark picks her favourite Mike Mogis albums
DiS asked Alessi Laurent-Marke aka Alessi's Ark to pick some of her favourite records from the bulging back-catalogue of prolific producer Mike Mogis. Why Mr Mogis? Because he's the Omaha-based fella who produced her debut album Notes from the Tr... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 11/05/2009
Wendy Roby ploughs her way through the stack of singles that are out this week, including Sky Larkin, Mike Bones, Magic Arm and Datarock. »
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In Depth
DiS meets Marble Valley
Although best known for being one of the drummers in seminal lo-fi outfit Pavement, Steve West has never been one to rest on his laurels as far as veering off and doing other things are concerned. His "other project", Marble Valley, ... »
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In Depth
The Golden Hour Tour Diary, Part One
A total of sixteen performers have set out to Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London and Cambridge to bring these cities something that’s not just a gig, not just a reading, not just a dramatic performance. It’s the Golden Hour, and it’s what it needs to be – often encompa... »
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Mixtape
ATP May '09: a DiS double mixtape preview
DiS has compiled a couple of Spotify mixtapes by way of preview/giving you a taste of some bands you may not have heard of/confirming the prejudices of people not going. »
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In Depth
Fade to black: DiS meets The Horrors
With our journalistic curiosity piqued, DiS recently picked up a phone and rang The Horrors' Tom Cowan (aka: Tomethy Furse) in order to shed some light onto what lies behind those dark exteriors. »
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In Depth
A Month in Records: April 2009
Here's what the musical gods offered us in April 2009... »
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In Depth
"The best thing we did for our career was splitting up." DiS meets The Vaselines
Possibly...in fact actually best known for Nirvana covers of three of their songs, Scottish indie-poppers The Vaselines are just one of those cult bands. Theirs was a candle which was barely alight before being blown. DiS caught up ... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 04/05/09
Though the ‘Silly Season’ is a term traditionally applied to news stories of the summer months in the proper presses, this week the seven inch single appears to be having one all of its own. For at least three of this week’s releases are seriously, worryingly foolish... »
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In Depth
Metric week: Emily's guide to Buenos Aires
Metric have lived and spent a lot of time in some of the hippest cities in the world, in fact, they're one of the most city-shifting, transient bands we've ever met. Each day this week they're going to share their favourite things about each city they've lived in or ... »
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In Depth
Adventures at the edge of the world: DiS goes to Aldrei Fór Ég Suður
For the last five Mugison’s been running the free Aldrei Fór Ég Suður festival (literally ‘I never went south’) with help from various locals, most notably his father, Papa Muggi, harbour master to Ísafjörður and also, oddly, a professional karaoke s... »
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Interview
"I love to put layers on layers." DiS meets The Field
DiS talk to Swedend's The Field ahead of the release of Yesterday and Today, his highly anticipated follow-up to 2007's From Here We Go Sublime. »
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In Depth
Morrissey: Southpaw Grammar and Maladjusted (Expanded Editions)
Southpaw Grammar, from 1995, and 1997’s Maladjusted are back from the bargain bins and available to 'sound and look the way Morrissey wanted'. Rapture. »
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In Depth
Metric week: Jimmy's guide to Toronto
Metric have lived and spent a lot of time in some of the hippest cities in the world, in fact, they're one of the most city-shifting, transient bands we've ever met. Each day this week they're going to share their favourite things about each city the... »
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Artist-generated
Video: Pulled Apart By Horses tour diary #1
DiS brings you the first in a series of exclusive video blogs from the Northern Alliance Tour featuring Rolo Tomassi, Grammatics and Pulled Apart By Horses. »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 004
From an 11-year-old tech-house classic to mutoid electro, E-generation dad dancing and keep-fit for disco-loving smackheads, help yourelf to a large go on April's best electronic gear. »
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DiSection
DiSsection: Metric Fantasies track-by-track
To kick off our special Metric takeover week, Emily Haines, songwriter, singer, renown synth-basher and superhero, walks and talks us through their forthcoming album Fantasies. »