The Friday Fangasm: The Bends by Radiohead
Quite probably the finest, most personal piece Dan ever wrote»
Articles
DanLucas86 has written the following articles:
Oasis @ Knebworth: 20 Years On
Era-defining or cultural black hole? Dan Lucas & Derek Robertson DiScuss»
"It was all over, I never want to do this without Jon": DiS Meets Feeder
"Whether people love or hate Feeder I don’t think we can be criticised for not having a few tunes on each album"»
Brian Eno - Panic Of Looking Review
A record with all the spirit of Microsoft Excel»
Live review: Kylie, BST In Hyde Park, 21/06/15
By the end, doubt had given way to giddiness»
Beady Eye - BE Review
In the game of rock-paper-scissors, rock blunts scissors, scissors cut paper and paper smothers rock.»
"Mr Burns is richer than Trump, but a lot less vain": DiS Meets Harry Shearer & Judith Owen
DiS has lunch with the acting & comedy legend and the acclaimed Welsh singer-songwriter»
Woods - City Sun Eater In The River Of Light Review
Woods succeed by not ensconcing their songs in a generic, lazy wall of sound»
Stereophonics - Keep The Village Alive Review
A mixture of straightforward piano, straightforward rhythms, and straightforward electric & acoustic guitars»
The Duckworth Lewis Method - Sticky Wickets Review
Takes the things that makes the loner, the geek, the loser, the tragic feel all warm and fuzzy, and then makes that sound like ELO»
"Everybody’s had one person die; I call those people amateurs" – DiS Meets Eels
A classic Dan Lucas interview from the archive»
The National - A Lot Of Sorrow Review
After six hours and eight minutes of listening to that, I can conclude that ‘Sorrow’ is a good song»
Arcade Fire - Reflektor Review
It’s hard to figure out why Reflektor has turned out such a disappointing mess»
Cast - Troubled Times Review
There is absolutely no one in Britain who is eagerly anticipating the new record from Cast»
Pet Shop Boys - Electric Review
Oh yeah, they do a Bruce Springsteen cover»
Stealing Sheep - Not Real Review
Too much of Not Real is nondescript and dull»
Neil Young - Peace Trail
We all need a metaphorical slap in the face once in a while»
"Mr Burns is richer than Trump, but a lot less vain": DiS Meets Harry Shearer & Judith Owen
DiS has lunch with the acting & comedy legend and the acclaimed Welsh singer-songwriter»
Various - Run Lola Run
This is 50% of something. It is Marge’ solo spin-off»
“It’s contentious” – DiS meets Dan Layus
The American artist talks about a culture of fear in Trump's America»
Esben and The Witch - Older Terrors
Fuck your mollycoddling nice music»
The Pretenders - Alone
I wanted a Pretenders album, not The Black Keys feat. Chrissie Hynde»
"It was all over, I never want to do this without Jon": DiS Meets Feeder
"Whether people love or hate Feeder I don’t think we can be criticised for not having a few tunes on each album"»
Bruce Springsteen - Chapter and Verse
A collection of songs hand-picked by The Boss, which ostensibly traces his musical history from its earliest days»
Led Zeppelin - The Complete BBC Sessions
These songs sound awesome»
Wilco - Schmilco
Sky Blue Sky: you’re no longer the worst Wilco album»
The Divine Comedy - Foreverland
It’s good to have them back»
An Evening With The Divine Comedy
Ahead of their 11th studio album, DiS got to hear the new material in an intimate, stripped-back setting.»
Nels Cline - Lovers
Actually quite lovely and soothing»
Neil Young - Earth
Something of a missed opportunity»