In Depth
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DiSection
DiSection: Andrew Bird Noble Beast track-by-track
Andrew Bird released one of DiS' albums of 2007 in the shape of the wonderful Armchair Apocrypha. He's back with a new one, Noble Beast - his first for Bella Union - and we asked him to take us through the collection, track... »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #35: Factory Records
Wrapping up our day of Factory Records-related content, here's a mixtape selected by Joy Division/New Order drummer Stephen Morris comprising his favourite tracks from the period. »
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Label focus
New Music Week: Label Focus #2 with Moshi Moshi, Wichita and XL
It was great in 2008, but 2009 looks set to be equally as fine. Rather than let us tell you about all the hot acts who might soon be pleasing your ears, though, DiS decided to get on the old electronic mail and ask our favourite labels what they've got in store for t... »
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Label focus
New Music Week: Label Focus #1 with Bella Union, Big Scary Monsters and Holy Roar
It was great in 2008, but 2009 looks set to be equally as fine. Rather than let us tell you about all the hot acts who might soon be pleasing your ears, though, DiS decided to get on the old electronic mail and ask our favourite labels what they've got in store for t... »
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DiSection
DiSection: Sky Larkin The Golden Spike track-by-track
They've been threatening to do it for a long while now, but Leeds-based alternative poppers Sky Larkin finally deliver their debut album next month. And what a hook-laden indie-rock corker it is too! Singer/guitarist Katie Harkin talks DiS through th... »
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Label focus
Label Focus #23 : Six Inch Records
Long time Radiohead collaborator, Stanley Donwood, has started a label. DiS caught up with him to find out more... »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #36: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
New York foursome The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart recently finished their biggest UK tour to date. Before they returned to the States, DiS caught up with them to find out what songs keep them occupied and inspired... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles by The Lipster: 12/01/09
Traditionally, early January is a time for broken resolutions; all your friends claiming they're off the drink for a month but lasting less than a week but it's also the traditional time for a scarcity of decent singles. Fittingly, we start this weekly column with a ... »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #35: White Lies
We asked the three members of White Lies - guitarist/singer Harry McVeigh, bass player Charles Cave and drummer Jack Brown - to come up with a collective mix tape that gets them through the working day of being in a band. Over to them... »
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DiSection
DiSection: Cut Copy In Ghost Colours track-by-track commentary
With easily one of the albums of 2008, antipodeans Cut Copy managed to repeatedly make any time - early morning, noon or night - feel like a party. Whilst some might say this was little more than a modern flip of the New Order indie-dance blueprint, ... »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #34: Slow Club
It's Christmas, in case you hadn't noticed, so DiS has enlisted the services of Charles Watson, guitarist and singer in popular Sheffield beat combo Slow Club, to compile a mixtape with a festive theme. At least it's only once every twelve months, hey? »
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DiSection
DiSection: Eugene McGuinness' debut album track-by-track
Eugene McGuinness, DiS' Troubadour Of '08, talks us through his self-titled debut album »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #33: Everett True's Christmas Mix
Christmas songs are all rubbish, right? Wrong. Everett True has managed to find a whopping 30, and presents his findings as a handy double CD sized extravaganza »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #32: Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Earlier this year married duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums unleashed their rather special debut album Heartcore upon us. Certainly among 2008's most vital and unsung discoveries, we asked the band to compile us a mixtape, and this video-based ... »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #31: Metronomy
Metronomy's Joseph Mount put more thought into our mixtape challenge than most, picking videos for each selection and even writing his own little intro para. We like it when bands do that! »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #30: Katy Perry
She stormed the charts this year with her love it/hate it single 'I Kissed A Girl'. Now bi-curious pop princess Katy Perry talks DiS through her ten favourite tracks. »
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DiSection
DiSection: Idlewild Hope Is Important track-by-track
Idlewild are one of those bands that many of us grew up with, and as 2008 draws to a close the Scottish rockers are giving fans a chance to relive their youth by perfoming all the albums in full. DiS caught up with singer Roddy Woomble for a track-by... »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #29: Isis
The Nightmare Before Christmas countdown... Isis' guitarist Aaron Turner (who also heads his own Hydra Head Records imprint) picks a bunch of tracks that are currently doing the business for him. As you'd probably expect, there's ... »
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Mixtape
Mixtape #28: Soulsavers
The Nightmare Before Christmas countdown... Rich Machin of Soulsavers talks us through his mixtape selections. The band (along with Mark Lanegan, with whom they recorded 2007's It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land) play... »
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DiSection
DiSection: Shearwater Rook track-by-track commentary
Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg gives us his rundown of his band's latest album Rook, which features in Rough Trade's top 50 albums of the year. »
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DiScover
In Photos: Dananananaykroyd/Pulled Apart By Horses @ DiScover Sheffield
It was a while ago that DiS declared Dananananaykroyd to be the "best live band in the UK right now", and on Monday night's evidence that's a mantle they've kept with aplomb ever since »
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Label focus
Label Focus #22: Accidental Records
We turn our attention this time to Accidental Records, the eclectic indie (as in independent) label founded by Matthew Herbert »
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Label focus
Label Focus #21: Noble Records
On November 14th, Tokyo, Japan's Noble Records heads to our shores for two dates at Cafe Oto in London. To celebrate we catch up with owner/head-honcho Junji to discuss his rather wonderful little record/"synthetic art" label.
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Mixtape
Mixtape #27: Emmy the Great
Pro-Emo and Anti-folkster Emmy The Great made a mixtape for DiS readers back in November. We thought we'd re-feature it as part of our special Emmy the Great guest-edits DiS week! »