In Depth
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Artist-generated
Joan As Police Woman & Andrew Batt on Sandy Denny
Joan Wasser and Andrew Batt share their thoughts on the lasting legacy of Sandy Denny... »
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Artist-generated
Green Gartside from Scritti Politti on Sandy Denny's lasting legacy
Green Gartside from Scritti Politti talks about the lasting legacy of Sandy Denny... »
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Column
Drowned In Sheffield #9
Welcome to the ninth instalment of Drowned In Sheffield - the unexpectedly bumper-sized summer edition. Hooray! »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 18/06/12 When Saints Go Machine, Yeti Lane, Kindness, Crewdson
Single of the Week! Yeti Lane - ‘Warning Sensations’ (Sonic Cathedral) Dependable, cherishable Yeti Lane have made yet another song that makes you feel sad for it. This one is a doom synth pulser with no small amount of widescreen momentum - and »
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Interview
"Women have forgotten what a struggle it was" - DiS meets Shirley Manson from Garbage
Shirley Manson remains very much a shrinking violet.... She talks to Kevin Perry about reforming Garbage, negotiating the perils of being a woman in the music industry, and mellowing out. »
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Interview
Soundcloud and future thinking - DiS meets Forss
For all the endless discussion about the future of music in the digital age, we’ve so far seen very little in terms of innovation in musical form. Of course there’s no simple answer to that, but it’s surprising to me that more people haven’t deviated from standard re... »
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Festival Review
Download 2012: The DiS Review
As the daddy of all rock festivals, Download's reputation is all but sacrosanct... »
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Interview
“There's no back-up plan. We don’t have rich parents" - DiS meets Blood Red Shoes Pt. II
Blood Red Shoes' Steve Ansell talks in-depth about the place of politics in music, class rivalry, how the music industry is doomed, why You Me At Six fans want him to die of AIDS and getting ripped by Pulled Apart By Horses for stripping naked. »
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Festival Review
Primavera Sound 2012: the DiS Review, Saturday 2nd June
Our final report from Primavera Sound 2012 features words on Sharon Van Etten, Jeff Mangum, Jamie xx, Forest Swords, Josh T. Pearson and a bunch more, as well as closing thoughts from our writers in attendance. »
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Interview
“We’re one of those bands that needs to keep growing” - DiS meets Blood Red Shoes Pt. I
In Part One of our interview with Blood Red Shoes, Laura Mary Carter and Steve Ansell talk about how their overwhelming desire to break-out of their comfort-zone and push the boundaries led to the creation of their third album, In Time To Voices<... »
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Festival Review
Primavera Sound 2012: the DiS Review, Friday 1st June
Reviews and photos from the second day of Primavera Sound 2012's main event at the Parc del Fòrum, featuring thoughts on Dirty Three, M83 and AraabMuzik. »
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Festival Review
Field Day 2012: the DiS Review
It may have moved back by two months, but Field Day wasn't going to fool DiS reviewers Andrzej Lukowski and Mark Ward - they caught up with its sixth edition last weekend and these were their thoughts. »
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Column
Drowned in the North East #2
The second installment in our local scene guide from our scribe in the North East.... »
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Festival Review
Primavera Sound 2012: the DiS Review, Thursday 31st May
The 2012 edition of Primavera Sound went down last week in Barcelona with DiSsers Si Truss, James Skinner and Burak Cingi in attendance. Our reviews and photos for Thursday 31st May include Grimes, Beirut, Refused, John Talabot and more. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 11/06/12 Dutch Uncles, Peaking Lights, Mary Epworth, Jonathan Boulet
Single of the Week! Dutch Uncles feat. Jonathan & Jeremy from Everything Everything - ‘Road To Roy’ (Memphis Industries, free here) Only Dutch Uncles and my beloved Everything Everything could fashion a song in which the phrase ‘group stage’ »
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Interview
"Call the people who can lose you a million pounds, there’s a credibility there" - DiS meets Pete Wa
Pete Waterman is a lot like John Lydon... to interview at least. Just as with the former Sex Pistol, chatting to the hitmaker-in-chief behind Kylie Minogue, Steps, Bananarama and many, many more is a noticeably combative experience. »
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Interview
"It just opened up a faucet or something"- DiS meets Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth
Lee Ranaldo, legendary axeman and noisemaker for Sonic Youth - among countless other collaborators - dropped a new solo album, Between the Times and the Tides earlier in the year. Starting off as a slightly more straight-forward but no less ... »
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In Depth
Drowned in Scotland : June
In the summer summer time, Scottish bands are heading north. »
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Artist 'n' Artist
Paul McCartney discusses his inspirations, guitars and RAM with Mansun's Paul Draper (Part 2)
Last week, we published the first part of DiS' exclusive interview with Paul McCartney, conducted by Mansun's Paul Draper. Before we get int... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 4/06/12 Disclosure, Jessie Ware, Tennis, Hot Chip, Doldrums
Single of the Week! Hot Chip - ‘Night & Day’ (Domino) If Hot Chip are at a stage where they can command Terence Stamp to mouth the words ‘I don't play no gabba' in their video, I am definitely happy; nothing makes me gladder than their contin »
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Interview
"Not that many bands seem to give a shit but we do. We always have" : DiS meets Ian Astbury of The
For the next hour and twenty minutes, DiS finds itself in the company of a resolute Ian Astbury, where the conversation covers his rocky musical journey from those early years in the Southern Death Cult through to the present, his uneasy relationship with the music p... »
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Festival Review
ATP I'll Be Your Mirror 2012: the DiS review
With ATP's London based-festival back for a second year and a much earlier slot in the calendar, the British festival season is GO, sort of. Adam Anonymous and Russell Warfield went to bear witness to the 2012 edition of I'll Be Your... »
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Artist-generated
Benjamin Schoos on the Best New French Sounds Around
Benjamin Schoos has cooked up this wonderful list of the best new sounds that are coming out of France at the moment... »
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Column
The Classical - "Air Conducting" at the Science Museum
Ever wondered what it would be like to conduct a full-scale symphony orchestra? A new exhibition at the Science Museum gives you the opportunity to do exactly that. »