In Depth
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Column
Singles Are Dead! Long Live Tracks...?
Think about it for a second – if a track gets stuck up on YouTube, is that automatically a single? Probably not, right? Ok, how about if it’s put up for sale on iTunes at the same time? That’s a cautious 'yes', that’s a single, but then that swiftly turns into a 'ah,... »
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Column
This Week's Singles 28.01.13: Prince, Paramore, The Knife, Pulp, Disclosure, AlunaGeorge
Wendy Roby is sickly, so you have to deal with me, your grumblin’ editor, for this week’s rundown of the latest digital downloads and sparkly seven inch singles. »
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Column
Drowned in Leeds #14
I’ll begin with the sad news that Leeds entered 2013 without one of its most historic venues in The Well... »
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DiSection
DiSsection: Adam Green & Binki Shaprio album track by track
Adam Green first came to prominence as one-half of the Moldy Peaches, before embarking on a solo career. Binki Shapiro was one-third of Little Joy, the Brazilian-accented Los Angeles trio formed with Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes) and Rodrigo Amarante that won many f... »
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In Depth
“Good things change a little to adjust to the times” - Conor Oberst on the return of Desaparecidos
Twelve years ago Omaha natives Conor Oberst, Denver Dalley, Landon Hedges, Ian McElroy and Matt Baum decamped to a studio in nearby Lincoln, Nebraska to record a punk-rock record under the name Desaparecidos. The band broke up not long afterwards, only to rele... »
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Artist-generated
Planet Gear: James Yuill & an ode to MIDI
'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, James Yuill talks us through his love affair with MIDI... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 21.01.13: Kwes, Eskmo, Golden Teacher, Tim Burgess
Single of the Week! Golden Teacher - 'Dante And Pilgrim' (Optimo Music ) Golden Teacher aren't messing about, which is why the entire vocal performance of 'Dante And Pilgrim' is snarled in jerky French - or saccadé française if you want to be a po »
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In Depth
Drowned in Scotland: January 2013
This month, a look at some early-2013 releases, already-announced festivals, and introducing Great Cop. »
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DiSection
DiSsection: Wave Machines Pollen track by track & album stream
It’s been 3 years since the release of their debut album Wave If You’re Really There. The follow up, Pollen, was created in the eaves of St Brides Church in Liverpool. Here, Tim Bruzon and Lexxx (co-Producer) talk us through Pollen, track b... »
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Interview
"'Inhaler' almost didn't make it onto the album": DiS meets Yannis from Foals
Next month sees the release of Foals third album, Holy Fire. With a heavy promotional schedule ahead of them before their mammoth worldwide tour commences in Australia next week, DiS caught up with frontman Yannis Philippakis. Here's what he h... »
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Interview
"Facebook 'likes' don't sell records": DiS meets Holy Esque
Later this evening Holy Esque will play as though their lives depend on it to a full house of mostly open-mouthed punters at Sheffield's Queens Social Club. Beforehand, DiS caught up with the quiet and unassuming four-piece post-soundcheck. »
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Column
Close Knits: Beyond the noise pop pale #1
Here's the first of a new monthly column celebrating the sunny delights of DIY fuzz-pop, noise-pop, post-punk and straight down the line, knitwear endorsed indie-pop. We'll be taking the bittersweet, the shambling, the fey, the angular, the adrenalin fuelled, the rou... »
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Interview
"I don’t believe in mumbo jumbo" - DiS meets Richard Hawley
2012 was going to be a make or break year for Richard Hawley as he released his most divisive album to date, Standing At The Sky’s Edge. We spoke to Richard just back from a dog walk in his hometown of Sheffield, in good spirits and full of expletive... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 14.01.13: Teleman, Everything Everything, Factory Floor, Villagers
Single of the Week! Teleman - 'Christina’ (Moshi Moshi) The Guardian have called 'Christina' erotic - a fusty choice of words that puts me in mind of naughty etchings designed to provoke the nethers of those too squeamish for actual, haitch-dee p »
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Interview
"We’ve been alienating millions of people the whole time" - DiS meets Dutch Uncles
Marple’s Dutch Uncles have a quality to them that’s rarer than you'd think – for a guitar band at least. Like Wild Beasts, Menomena, and only a few others doing the rounds at the moment, you can take one of their songs and listen to it ten, fifty, a ... »
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Column
Drowned In Manchester #13
As another year rises over the skyline of Manchester’s oddly juxtaposed city centre, it’s a new dawn and a new day for Drowned in Manchester also. »
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In Depth
The Meaning of Ritual: A Songwriting Masterclass with Conor from Villagers
A songwriting masterclass with Conor from Villagers... »
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Festival Preview
DIS does Eurosonic: Nooderslag Tips + Finnish playlist
There’s a Finnish focus to this years Eurosonic Noorderslag event, which kicks off today in a far flung corner of the Netherlands. The festival, which is a bit like SXSW if you substitute the Texas sunshine for Holland in January, acts as a superb annual showc... »
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Interview
Science Fiction & Sylver Tongue: DiS meets Charlotte Hatherley
Charlotte Hatherley likes her science fiction. “Look at Blade Runner,” she says, sat in a deserted Islington bar. “I mean, what’s the story in Blade Runner? It’s so fucking simple. 1984? it’s just a love story really. That’s the thing with the great scie »
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Interview
"Nothing makes me happier than experimenting with music & writing songs" - DiS meets Melody's Ec
One of last year's brightest discoveries arrived in the shape of Melody's Echo Chamber, the self-titled long player from the solo project of Parisian chanteuse Melody Prochet. Currently holed up in Paris working on songs for the follow-up, DiS caught up with t... »
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Festival Review
ATP The National: the DiS review
Eli Lee passes judgement on the National's ATP. »
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In Depth
Lost 12 of 2012: Anna von Hausswolff Ceremony
Over the past few years, DiS has used the annual year-end 'listing season' to highlight a few of our writers' favourite records that, for one reason or another, slipped through the cracks and failed to garner the attention they deserved. In these incre »
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In Depth
Singles of the Year: 2012!
The best singles from 2012, plus a Spotify playlist! »
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Interview
"It’s the album I’ve always wanted to make" - DiS meets Andy Burrows
It’s fair to say that Andy Burrows never expected to be promoting a solo album. The self confessed “kid from Winchester whose never travelled and never lived anywhere else” was content to sit behind the drum kit, whether it be for a teenage garage bands, or mega sel... »