Upwards Into Electric Hypnosis — Julia Holter live in Brighton
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Baroness - Purple
There’s no doubting that Purple is a certifiable triumph»
At the Drive-In, Brixton Academy, August 28 2012
Jim Ward of At the Drive-In may never scream these songs again. But on a Tuesday night in south London, almost 20 years after he co-founded this band, for just over an imperfect but welcomed hour, this station was so operational.»
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
A compelling, cohesive sixth album from the Atlanta rapper that benefits greatly from the contributions of production powerhouse El-P.»
Death Grips - The Money Store
Death Grips' second album, and first for Epic, upsets expectations by transcending them entirely, comprising the kind of must-listen, genres-dashing experience that comes along so rarely. »
No Surprises? 15 Classic Albums of 15 Years Ago
15 classic albums from the year of our Lord, 1997 - yeah, it was a good one. Included: Missy Elliott, Elliott Smith, Spiritualized, Wu-Tang Clan, Mansun, The Chemical Brothers, Portishead, Company Flow and some band called Radiohead.»
An Album of the Year 2000 - 11yrson: At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
11 years on, a parallel presents itself – and Relationship Of Command becomes, instantly, its generation’s own Nevermind. »
An Album of the Year 2000 - 11yrson: OutKast Stankonia
Stankonia, even 11 years on, sounds like the most impressively bonkers, audacious, ambitious and expertly produced hip hop LP in the genre’s history...»
In Conversation with Mercury Prize nominee Ghostpoet
Obaro Ejimiwe is Ghostpoet, UK rap’s freshest and finest voice in 2011. The man’s debut album, Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam, was released in February via Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label, and immediately set about attracting plaudits from left, right and centre. And rightly so, too – a striking collection, comparisons with Roots Manuva’s breakthrough with his Brand New Second Hand LP of 1999 are well deserved, this newcomer’s potential positively tangible...»
"A lot of people have grown up with us" - DiS meets Deftones
Ahead of their sold-out headline show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire, DiS meets Deftones’ Frank Delgado (electronics) and Sergio Vega (bass). »
Pulp at Wireless Festival - The DiS Review
Britpop's very best band entertain the masses at Wireless Festival - nobody goes home disappointed.»
Flying Lotus at ICA, London, Wed 18 Aug
These are forms anew, freeform and fabulous; like jazz, but to categorise this scintillating squall as such is to limit it by definition. Jazz is the loosest term, but its sides are stretched beyond recognition. It is, through no frame of reference, shapeless, intangible. »
High LOL-tage: Mike Diver's classic rock adventure
The other day our former overlord Mike Diver phoned up DiS HQ to belligerently demand we implement what he described as 'the final phase' of his vision for the site: "classic rock coverage and lots of it, yeah?". We could not say no.»
Wild Beasts, The XX at London, Roundhouse 12/7/2010
The division between audience and headliner tonight is a physical one, true – band high on stage, gaggle grouped below. But there’s also a detachment that’s rather less tangible, albeit just as apparent; a schism of circumstance that confirms, for better or worse, that The xx have truly flown the indie nest and arrived at a place where their delicate songs have been co-opted by the comparative masses. »
Deftones, London ULU, May 12th 2010
Twenty-four hours ago I couldn’t have told you the last time I was caught in a mosh, as I couldn’t remember. Million Dead’s see-ya-later show at the Underworld, maybe. Today, I can: last night, ULU, Deftones. Me, friends never before met and never to be s»
Radiohead: Phil Selway discusses In Rainbows
Radiohead are among the biggest bands in the world, period. Ahead of dates home and abroad, drummer Phil Selway talks about In Rainbows' industry impact and why the band always need a new learning curve»
In Photos special: The Camden Crawl 2008
From the archive... DiS did the Camden Crawl 2008 the weekend just gone, chasing NW1’s cracked pavements in pursuit of hawt young t’ings. And the Fratellis. Here's an In Photos gallery of many Crawl acts, including those on the DiS stage»
Snowed in? DiS presents its playlist for a day of the white stuff
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Originally posted Feb 9th 2007... So there’s me, in bed, still in that delightful state of being neither fully awake nor out cold, and the girlfriend’s leaping about and the curtains are open and it’s all “snow snow snow” and the radio newsreader’s telling me not to travel unless I really have to and I’m desperate to drift off again but before I know it the duvet’s off and I’m marched to the kitchen window to gaze at a garden smothered with six inches of the stuff...»
ATP's Nightmare grows: new additions to December festival
With some commentators already calling it the best ATP of the past couple of years, this December's Nightmare Before Christmas has gone from great to greater with the addition of new acts»
The Week That Was: live dates forthcoming
Sunderland-based concept-poppers The Week That Was take their fantastically received self-titled album on the road later this year»
Foals: on the past, the present, and the surf-rock future
Foals' 2008 has been a hectic one, and the end isn't quite in sight yet. As they prepare to tour the UK again, DiS catches up with the Oxford outfit»
Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse
Raleigh, North Carolina trio Bowerbirds’ debut LP is the sort of slow-release indie-folk almost-masterpiece that seems anything but the first few times through»
Producer Jerry Finn dies at 38
American record producer Jerry Finn, who worked on releases by Blink-182, Green Day, Pennywise, Morrissey, Alkaline Trio and many more, died earlier this month at the age of 38»
Rolo Tomassi: hysterical youths, bloodthirsty babes
As their debut LP nears release, DiS finds out what's gone into Sheffield prog-core teens Rolo Tomassi's melting pot for the much-anticipated Hysterics»
DiScover: Secondsmile
Playing our free-entry DiScover Club on August 30 in London, Dorset's Secondsmile are rapidly making their name as a must-see live act»
Squarepusher: new album details here
Squarepusher's new album, Just A Souvenir, will be released via Warp on October 27»
Bloc Party's third: Intimacy out this week
Bloc Party will make their third album available to the public on August 21. That's this week, on Thursday, for the more calendar-challenged amongst you»
Death Cab For Cutie announce November dates
Much-loved - sometimes a little too much, and you know who you are - indie-popsters Death Cab For Cutie are heading back to Blighty in November for a series of dates»
Watch: new video from Bowerbirds
Hymns For A Dark Horse, the superb debut album from North Carolina trio Bowerbirds, earns an expanded re-release via Dead Oceans on Monday»
WIN! Tickets to the End Of The Road Festival
The End Of The Road Festival acts as something of a marker each year, indicating that the festival season in the UK is as good as up, and you've one weekend left to party in a field. And now you can do that partying for nowt»