In Depth
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Artist 'n' Artist
Paul McCartney discusses songwriting and RAM with Mansun's Paul Draper
Sir Paul McCartney sits down with DiS, and musician Paul Draper of DiS heroes Mansun, to discuss songwriting and Sir Paul's album with Linda McCartney RAM (1971). »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 28/05/12: Luke Abbott, Jherek Bischoff, The Shins, Euros Childs, Poppy & The
Single of the Week! Luke Abbott - ‘Modern Driveway’ (NoTown) Luke Abbott’s bleary-eyed efforts are that special thing; slow-builders that earn the right to their ambling pace. It seems to me his work is an exercise in patience rather than self-de »
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Column
Drowned In Nottingham #9: Festivals special
With festival season about to enter its busiest period, this second scene report of the year from Nottingham and the East Midlands focuses specifically on the numerous events already scheduled to take place in that part of the world over the course of the summer months. »
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Column
DiS Does Eurovision: A blagger's guide to the 2012 Song Contest
Bonjour. Guten tag. Ante gamisou. Welcome to the second edition of DiS Does International Pop and what a column we have in store for you. With the 56th Eurovision Song Contest about to reach its climax in Baku, Azerbijan this weekend, we’ve pulled out all the stops t... »
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Takeover
Paul & Linda McCartney - 'Heart of The Country' video
Following the successful recent reissues of McCartney, McCartney II, and this year's Grammy winner for Best Historical Album Band On The Run, RAM is the latest album from Paul’s iconic back catalogue to get the deluxe Paul McCartney Archiv... »
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Takeover
Paul & Linda McCartney - 'RAMMING' documentary
Watch a preview of the "RAMMING" documentary taken from the forthcoming deluxe re-issue of Paul & Linda McCartney's RAM »
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Interview
"You couldn't really call it a solo album"- Orlando Weeks from The Maccabees on Young Colossus
Young Colossus is the new project from Maccabees frontman, Orlando Weeks. It's a concept album made up of six tracks, each one relating to a different section of the accompanying graphic novel, illustrated by artist Rob Hunter. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 21/05/12 Here We Go Magic, Hooded Fang, Dan Sartain, Alt-J
Single of the Week! Here We Go Magic - ‘How Do I Know’ (Secretly Canadian) ‘How Do I Know’ is infectiously plotted, it has the sort of urgent tempo, quietly chugging bassline and itchy keyboard lines that put you in mind of blinking strobes. And »
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Mixtape
I'll Be Your Mirror artists pick their favourite B-Sides ft. Warren Ellis, Bill Wells & Aidan Mo
I'll Be Your Mirror acts as a sister event to the ATP Festivals and is named after the b-side to The Velvet Underground's original All Tomorrow's Parties 7" single. We asked some of the artists performing to tell us their favourite b-sides and 7" sin... »
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Interview
DiScover: Halls
Halls has been a name whispered on a need-to-know-basis over on the DiS boards since the release of his Fragile EP (which you'll find streaming in full at the end of this piece). He is a South London based producer name Sam Howard, but that ... »
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Interview
"We love being in a band" - DiS meets School Of Seven Bells
Two years ago, Claudia Deheza (vocalist/keyboardist) abruptly left SVIIB in the middle of a US tour due to 'personal reasons' leaving her sister Alejandra Deheza along with Benjamin Curtis to continue alone. This could and should have broken most bands, but it proved... »
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Festival Review
The Great Escape 2012 - DiS' Festival Highlights
In this review of the festival, we've not tried to cover everything (there were well over 300 acts, after all). Instead, what you'll find below is DiS' editor's picks of the weekend (that's me writing this intro, hello!), but first, DiS' David Edwards who trekked dow... »
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Column
The Classical #4 – This Tcharming Man: An Introduction to Tchaikovsky
An introduction to the key works by one of the greatest composers who ever lived, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. »
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Interview
"So I jumped and landed on my head on some concrete" - DiS meets The Hives Pt.II
The concluding half of our in depth interview with The Hives sees us cover frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist's hospitalisation from concussion last year, bad Hives songs and Barely Legal. »
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In Depth
"I mean, just who is this Calvin Harris guy?" - DiS meets Hauschka
Ahead of his headline performance at London’s Barbican Hall on Friday (18 May), DiS caught up with the German prepared piano experimentalist to discover his new collaboration with a choir of 70-year-old African women and delve into his long-haired, baggy-jeaned rap-r... »
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Festival Review
SPOT Festival 2012: The DiS Review
Now in its 18th year, SPOT has long been recognised as a landmark event for many emerging Scandinavian artists, having previously hosted fledgling performances from the likes of Sigur Ros, Mew, and this year's headliners The Raveonettes. »
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Interview
"We're punk rock aristocrats" - DiS meets The Hives Pt.I
The Hives are a rock and roll band. This much the Swedish five piece were very clear about when they sat down with DiS a fortnight ago in an opulent London hotel. What follows is both a revealing and hilarious insight into one of the few remaining loud and proud guit... »
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Interview
"I don’t understand why people would do it any other way" - DiS meets Ryan Jarman from The Cribs
Eschewing Germanic fairgrounds, North American swimming pools, and the grip of Warner Bros Records, Ryan Jarman from The Cribs explains how he and his brothers found themselves reconnected… In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull [cue 20th Century F... »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 035: Butterz, The Bug, Kuedo, Howse, Fantastic Mr Fox, Shed, Py...
Welcome to another edition of armchair dancefloor. Below you'll find 'The Playlist' for a selection of new and forthcoming releases that have caught our eye this month, but first, we speak to one of our favourite, young UK record labels... »
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Drowned-Up
Drowned in Brighton #9
The ninth installment of our local scene report from Brighton... »
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Artist-generated
Planet Gear: Eight And A Half's Culture Vulture
Eight And a Half are three Canadian gents making sumptuous synth rock. Notably their line-up is two parts ex-Stills and one ex-Broken Social Scene. They're heading to the UK next week to play some shows, including the DiS stage at the Great Escape (T... »
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Takeover
The Cribs' 80s mixtape
We asked the twins from The Cribs to make a mixtape for us and set the theme: The Year You Were Born. The year was 1980 and it was a time of great upheaval, as the tectonic plates of DIY punk culture began to grind against the upper echelons of the mainstream. It was... »
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Interview
"We're just continuously exploring" - DiS meets A Place To Bury Strangers
Currently in the middle of their European tour, DiS caught up with A Place To Bury Strangers prior to their recent show at Hamburg's Hafenklang, and found them in a resiliently triumphant mood. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 07/05/12 The Magnetic Fields, Bang On!, Magic Bullets, DZ Deathrays
Single of the Week! The Magnetic Fields - ‘Quick’ (Domino) No one captures the ecstasy of romantic torment quite like The Magnetic Fields. And though there is no better song to sing after a right royal dumping than ‘I Don’t Want To Get Over You,’ »