Sónar 2017: The DiS Preview + Mixtape
Barcelona's Sónar festival has long walked a trendy tightrope between big-name dance and electronica and an altogether artier festival experience. 2017 looks set to be no exception»
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Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
For apple pie Americana laced with star-gazing self awareness, Lewis is truly peerless.»
"I'm spearheading the vanguard of the New Bassoon Movement" – DiS meets Lostprophets
Formed in 1997 in Pontypridd, Wales, Lostprophets hit their stride in 2001 with the boundary-blurring Fakesoundofprogress. Riding the nu-metal wave that characterised the era, the record's blend of heavy guitars and turntable established the band as a home-grown contemporary of Incubus and Linkin Park. »
The Datsuns - Death Rattle Boogie
The Datsuns are 2D, they're hopelessly chained to the past and all their stuff sort of sounds the same. But they're still completely awesome. »
Nine Black Alps - Sirens
The album as a whole is still so in thrall to past masters that at times it almost feels like a museum exhibit»
Ufomammut - ORO: Opus Alter
If Primum was the wild eyed stranger who coaxed you into the alley for a toke of his funny-looking cigarette, Alter is the point at which you realise you're smoking a neutron star.»
"Being apolitical is a political statement in itself": DiS meets Hadouken!
Self-confessed musical magpies Hadouken! first caught mainstream attentions back in 2007, their frenetic dance rock and day-glo aesthetic seeing them crowbarred into the much-feted 'new rave' scene. Now signed to Ministry of Sound and in the process of finishing record number three, it seems a touch unfair to continue attaching that (already jaded) tag to Hadouken!, though their sound continues to genre-blend in a way that's as reminiscent of Daft Punk or Beastie Boys as many of their contemporaries. Frontman and lead yelper James Smith cuts a relaxed figure when I meet him, betraying just a hint of the wired, bristling mind present on the band's records. We chewed the cud about record number three, the rise of dubstep and the politics behind Hadouken!'s dance punk party. »