In Depth
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 19.11.12: Pure Bathing Culture, Vessels, Tame Impala, Dobie
Single of the Week! Pure Bathing Culture - 'Ivory Coast' from ‘Pure Bathing Culture’ EP (Memphis Industries) Sometimes it only takes one perfect line, and one perfect melody to which that line is sung, to make you fall for a song. I feel like thi »
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Interview
"Record Labels are run by deviants. Moral vacuums in mid-priced suits" - DiS meets Martin Rossiter
This month Martin Rossiter. formerly of Gene, returns with a new album, The Defenestration of St Martin, a beautiful record of melodramatic, witty torch songs performed almost entirely as naked voice and piano, self released and funded through crowd-sourcing ... »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 038: Pinch/Tectonic, Karenn, DVA, Joy O, Ruff Sqwad, Wen...
Armchair Dancefloor catches up with dubstep lynch-pin and Tectonic label head Rob Ellis (aka Pinch). Plus a chance to win tickets to catch Pinch, Loefah, Peverelist, Boddika and loads more this NYE in Bristol, and the usual round-up of upcoming electronic releases. »
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Staff-generated
50 Musicians To Follow On Instagram
DiS has spent some time exploring Instagram in search of musicians to follow (you can follow me as @seaninsound here and @DrownedinPhotos if you so wish. We also just si... »
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Artist-generated
"Drunken drifters and a river that feasted on suicides" - Buck 65 on Anais Nin
Following on from last week's foray into the Fifty Shades phenomenon, DiS gets all 'literary' again as Buck 65 writes an ex... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 12.11.12: Omega Male, Animal Collective, Roses Gabor, Dutch Uncles
Single of the Week! Omega Male - 'Testosterone' (Full Time Hobby) Lecherously low slung, 'Testosterone' includes the sound of sirens going off - as if a particularly manly cove had passed through a sexy airport detector, and broken it by sheer »
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Interview
"It's easy for people to compare us to whichever indie band's just released a record" - DiS meets Do
Whisper it quietly but Nottingham five-piece Dog Is Dead might just be the hardest working band in the music industry right now. »
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Interview
"A part of me would love to reclaim Vivaldi from muzak land" - DiS meets Max Richter
Max Richter casts a distinctive shadow on the contemporary classical landscape. Despite spending his formative years sheathed in the a world of musical academia, studying both at the Royal Academy of Music and with the likes of Luciano Berio in Flore... »
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Interview
"I always believe I can do better" - DiS meets Samantha Urbani of Friends
DiS caught up with Friends charismatic vocalist and all round spokesperson Samantha Urbani prior to the first of their two sets at September's Jersey Live festival... »
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Festival Review
Supersonic 2012: the DiS review
DiS does Birmingham's numero uno avant-garde music festival; things get a bit stream of consciousness. »
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Festival Preview
Festival Preview: 981 Heritage in Spain NOW! @ The Soho Gallery, London, November 21-24, 2012
Normally the reserve of corporate events or thin-rimmed spectacles and champagne, for four nights the Soho Gallery will host a culture clash between a UK and Spanish electronic artist. Each artist will set out their stand and give the audience examples of »
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Column
Drowned in Leeds #13
The 13th installment of our local scene guide to all that's best and brightest in and around Leeds. »
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Interview
"There’s no glockenspiel or accordion – just your meat & two veg"- DiS meets Gene Simmons from K
There’s not much left to say about KISS that hasn’t already been screamed, picketed or printed by generations of militant fans, close-minded religious fanatics or gore-hungry press over the course of about four decades. But that’s not to say there’s ... »
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Interview
"I find it quite hurtful at times reading stuff about us" - DiS meets The Vaccines
Love them or loathe them, it's pretty hard to ignore The Vaccines these days. With a relentless tour schedule that isn't set to finish until May of next year, DiS managed to catch up with frontman, guitarist and all-round gent Justin Young and bass p... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 05.11.12: Sam Lee, Dirty Projectors, Stay+, Egyptian Hip Hop
Single of the Week! Sam Lee - ‘The Ballad Of George Collins’ (The Nest Collective) Even the most glancing knowledge of murder ballads should leave you in no doubt: if you spot a 'fair maid' with 'red ruby lips' you should immediately scarper; tal »
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Artist-generated
Manics Monday: Why Generation Terrorists was the most important debut of the 1990s
Today, the Manic Street Preachers release the 20th anniversary edition of their debut long player 'Generation Terrorists'. To mark the occasion, DiS has christened today "Manics Monday"... »
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Interview
DiS meets And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
With the corpse of last years’ astounding Tao Of The Dead barely cold, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are already back with their latest album, Lost Songs. Before the album’s release we skyped one-half of the band’s core nucleus,... »
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Interview
"I think festivals are the death of art" - DiS meets Jason Pierce from Spiritualized
Jason Pierce’s has never been shy about his drug use. But rather than it being something that happened alongside the music, it was, for many years at least, an intrinsic part of his artistic output. »
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Column
Many shades of beige: Abuses of music and the Fifty Shades phenomenon
Sam Kinchin-Smith explores the importance of music to E.L. James' erotic blockbuster trilogy. Why is so much of the 50 Shades books’ blatantly misogynist (and materialist) project played out to, and through, music? And what does this say about the place and status of... »
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Column
Drowned In Sheffield #11
It’s always nice to get an award, isn’t it? It’s particularly nice for the Leadmill, which has been awarded at the Live Music Business Awards for the second year running, winning... »
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Column
Drowned In Film #1: The 56th BFI London Film Festival
The past couple of weeks I've been mostly holed up in cinemas, watching a load of films ahead of their UK releases. The good, the bad and the ugly. All so you don't have to. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 29.10.12: Mac DeMarco, Two Fingers, Colorama, Bat For Lashes
Single of the Week! Mac DeMarco - 'Ode To Viceroy' (Captured Tracks) You, lazy, are not allowed to invoke the Beach Boys when appraising any songs with honeyed, three or four-part close harmonies. The Dogs of Criticism also decry comparisons to »
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Column
Champion Sound #9
With this edition of Champion Sound we’ve mixed it up a little, taking a look at Ice T’s recently released hip hop doc The Art of Rap, while also rounding up some of our favourite videos of the past two months. »
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DiSection
Paul Banks' track by track guide to his new album Banks
Now that you've hopefully had time to pick up a copy of the album and sink your ears into it, we turn your attention over to Mr Banks, who has written this guide to the album.... »