In Depth
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Column
armchair dancefloor 41: Machinedrum interview, Joe, Livity Sound, Slackk, Torus, Jam City, Fis...
Here's this month's electronic column featuring an interview with Machinedrum and a playlist of Si's favourite new tracks. »
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Interview
Celebrating 120 years of the Musicians Union: DiS meets the General Secretary of the MU
DiS speaks to John Smith about the history, development and future outlook for the MU. »
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Live Review
Live Report: The Arcade Fire at The Roundhouse, London (11/11/13)
An explosive ticker-tape finale provides an exclamation-mark ending to what briefly threatened to be a row of dots. »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 12.11.13: Sampha, Broken Bells, Bombay Bicycle Club
This week's DiS Does Singles features Sampha, Broken Bells, Bombay Bicycle Club, These New Puritans, Rosie Lowe and many more purveyors of song. »
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Interview
Wildly Misrepresented: Johnny Borrell
JoBo opens up to DiS about the media, the myth, major labels, Zazou, and the joys of riding a motorcycle indoors »
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Interview
No Barricades: William DuVall on hardcore, grunge and Alice In Chains
He wasn’t a grunge megastar, or a tortured genius - his story goes back further than Alice, further than Nirvana and further than Soundgarden. »
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Column
Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds #17 - David Tagg, Painted Cave, Olan Mill, Slow Walkers
Good ambient and drone music should succeed, first and foremost, in setting a mood; an atmosphere in which the listener is at once both distinctly part of and apart from the sounds they hear. The releases in this edition of Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds all do ... »
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Interview
"Loop is not a permanent reunion": DiS meets Robert Hampson of Loop
Almost twenty-three years after calling it a day, Loop have reformed. With rehearsals in full swing, DiS managed to drag founder member Robert Hampson away from the studio for half an hour to talk about all things past, present and future in the worl... »
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Interview
Sonic Baptism: DiS meets The Icarus Line
"We are a loud rock ‘n’ throb group that has embraced chaos and named it." - Joe Cardamone »
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Live Review
The Wedding Present: “Northampton on a Thursday night: we’re living the dream.” (Live Report)
The best Thursday night in Northampton DiS' Dan Lucas can remember. »
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Artist-generated
Planet Gear: Katie from Sky Larkin on her guitar pedals
Katie from Sky Larkin talks us through her armoury of guitar pedals and how they were used in the recording of the new album... »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 4.11.13: Local Natives, Warpaint, Empress Of
This week's DiS Does Singles features new songs from Local Natives, Warpaint, Empress Of, Disclosure, Public Service Broadcasting and more. »
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Interview
"You see what a horrible misanthrope I am?" - DiS meets Michael Gira of Swans
"It just doesn’t sound right if the guitars don’t ring and you don’t feel it in your body." »
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Interview
DiS Meets Mew to chat forthcoming LP, Apps and Ja Ja Ja Festival
Mew play at Ja Ja Ja Festival which takes from the 8-9th November at the Roundhouse in London, so we caught up with Bo for a chat about apps, their next record and stuff. »
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Festival Review
Pop Montreal 2013: the DiS review
I enjoyed last year’s Pop Montreal so much I didn't want to leave. So I didn't. »
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Interview
Letting the wall fall down: In conversation with Okkervil River's Will Sheff
DiS called Okkervil River bandleader Will Sheff in his hometown of Meriden, New Hampshire. »
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Column
Drowned in Nottingham #15
In the third Nottingham scene round-up of 2013, we focus on twelve artists that are currently creating a stir around the city, and who are expected to blossom into 2014 and beyond. »
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Interview
"It’s a moment in time. For better or worse...": DiS meets of Montreal
At this point in of Montreal’s career, their only remaining constants are their ever-changing nature, and Kevin Barnes himself. With the breakthrough Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? taking them out of the realm of twee indie pop into eccentric elect »
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Festival Review
Treasure Island Music Festival 2013 - The DiS Review
The Treasure Island Music Festival is a very tightly run ship. Across the small windy grounds on a disused naval island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay two stages alternate acts without one second of overlap. The toilets are plentiful and meti... »
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In Depth
Lou Reed: An Eu-lulu-ogy
He was among the most cantankerous, single-minded “popular” musicians who ever walked the Earth says J.R. Moores. »
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Column
DiS Does Singles: Mercury Prize 2013 special
We take a listen to the Mercury Prize nominees' pre-ceremony singles; so Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Laura Mvula and Disclosure all feature. »
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Interview
DiS meets M O N E Y
2013's been one of the finest years for debut LPs; Manchester's MONEY have made Dom Gourlay's favourite. »
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In Depth
Ben Frost: a quadruple review and retrospective
On August 27, Ben Frost released not one but FOUR scores for films and contemporary dance pieces... »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 21.10.13: Woman's Hour, Lorde, Lxury
This week's DiS Does Singles features Woman's Hour, Lorde, Lxury, Lady Gaga, MØ and many more brand spanking new songs for your entertainment. »