eurydice has written the following articles:
Rain Dogs, released in 1985, is an object of fascination for many Tom Waits fans. On the 13th July 2011, the Barbican Centre will host a special concert with a host of guest artists reinterpreting tracks from the album. Here, the artists involved talk about their relationship with Rain Dogs and how they first encountered the great Tom Waits...»
Our series of Tom Waits pieces continues with one of DiS' favourite songwriters on his favourite songwriter, Mr. Tom Waits...»
David Coulter, the multi-instrumentalist who worked with Tom Waits on The Black Rider, is the musical director for the live project, Rain Dogs Revisited. With a host of guest artists reinterpreting tracks from Tom Waits' legendary album, Coulter will bejoined by a host of guests on 13th July at the Barbican, including St Vincent, The Tiger Lillies, Seb Rochford, Arthur H, and Camille O'Sullivan. »
Dave Stewart's guide to the perfect martini...»
Three Trapped Tigers talk us through their debut album, Route One or Die.»
Hugo (aka Chad Valley) talks us through the city of dreaming spires and paint shops...»
To celebrate the release of their debut album, Copy Haho have put together a guide to their hometown, Stonehaven.»
A mix for DiS' African afternoon by OLUGBENGA, best known as one of the chaps from Metronomy...»
Stephen Bass recalls how his interest in African Music began»
The weather outside is terrible in London/England today, so we thought perhaps you might like to whisk away with a short series of pieces about music from Africa from a few aficionados. First up, Eddy Frankel, formerly of Cutting Pink With Knives who's now in Fair Ohs and is the founder of Dream Beach Records...»
I've never believed in suffering for ones art, self harm on stage or shooting up huge quantities of opiates after a concert. In November 2010 I unwittingly partook in all these things...»
One of our favourite labels, Mute, celebrate their legacy this weekend at the Roundhouse with a series of live events as par of the Short Circuit festival.»
As part of our special Aidan Moffat takeover day, Aidan talks about his new album with Bill Wells and the perils of ageing...»
On the 7th and 8th of May, the Barbican celebrates the legendary composer Steve Reich with six unique concerts under the title 'Reverberations: The influence of Steve Reich'. Ahead of the event, we got some of the artists performing to talk about Reich's influence on their work:»
On the May 7th and 8th, the Barbican celebrates the legendary composer Steve Reich with six unique concerts under the title 'Reverberations: The Influence of Steve Reich'. Ahead of the event, Jóhann Jóhannsson guides us through his favourite film scores.»
On the May 7th and 8th, the Barbican celebrates the legendary composer Steve Reich with six unique concerts under the title 'Reverberations: The Influence of Steve Reich'. Ahead of the event, we got some of the artists performing to talk about their work:»
Alan Sparhawk talks us through the tracks behind Low's new album, C'mon.»
On the day of the release of their 9th album, C'mon, DiS has a heap of special content, including this, a special session rendition of 'Try to Sleep' especially for DiS.»
"On our first night in Austin we went out to a late night diner. After a 20 hour journey with 3 different flights, a triple decker club sandwich really hit the spot. Usually I am not able to finish such large quantities of food but I allowed myself »
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins talk us through their album, Diamond Mine. Described by King Creosote as a "soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a Scottish coastal village", the record weaves in slices of Fife life - bike wheels, spring tides, tea cups and café chatter, featuring lyrics and vocals from King Creosote sung over musical backdrops arranged and recorded by Jon Hopkins.»
As 'Wake Week' kicks off at the soon to be defunct venue The Luminaire, we talked to Andrew Hung from Fuck Buttons about the venue's importance.»
Vessels walk 'n' talk us through their fantastic new album Helioscope... »
DiS in conjunction with Jack Daniel's is offering the chance for one lucky winner and a friend to get a behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsals for the London installment of the JD Set plus tickets to the gig itself, where Tim Wheeler and a host of friends will pay tribute to the Boston indie Godheads the Pixies. Taking songs from across the band's five albums, Tim will be joined by Emmy The Great, And So I Watch You From Afar, Ma Mentor and The Crookes. We'll even shout you a cab ride to the gig.»
Barry Burns from Mogwai shares his 5 myths about being in a band. »
The day started well enough. I arrived at the show in the town hall in Paisley to help with the set up of the stage. I was amazed at the room, it's a lovely big hall with great ceilings, very grand and ornate. It's great to know that places with a bad reputation like Paisley have these brilliant venues and public buildings. Anyway, after line-checking all the instruments, we waited on the rest of the boys so we could sound check...»
To mark the release of their new album Deerhoof vs. Evil, the band came up with their very own guide to combatting evil...»
Esben & the Witch tell us about their favourite man-made and natural structures...»
Esben & the Witch talked us through their favourite film scores...»
Rachel from Esben & the Witch talks about her relationship with words and her favourite lyricists.»
Thomas from Esben & the Witch talks us through the artwork for Violet Cries»
