End of the Road 2015: the DiS review
A celebration and milestone wholly deserved by the event: many happy returns»
Articles
jmclark37 has written the following articles:
Fidlar - Too
Although on the straight and narrow, the band have lost none of their attitude.»
Total Babes - Heydays
Independently minded and genuinely solid throughout»
The Tamborines - Sea of Murmur
Sometimes albums can just be albums because they sound good and evoke a certain feeling.»
Toro Y Moi - What For?
Journalists and publicists will need to re-think their categorisations here, because Toro Y Moi has thwarted them once again.»
Cheatahs - Sunne
If it is anything to go by, Cheatahs needn’t worry about The Difficult Second Album.»
Tigercats - Mysteries
Tigercats are a long way from earning their stripes.»
Wray - Wray
It’s strange to think of the difference between monotony and repetitiveness in music, but it is very apparent on Wray.»
The Wolfhounds - Middle Aged Freaks
A band who are happy to be making a record and don’t necessarily mind who hears it.»
McBusted - McBusted
By no means written with the intention of wooing the music press.»
The Coathangers - Suck My Shirt
On Suck My Shirt The Coathangers have shown themselves to be songwriters of real ability.»
Ultimate Painting - Ultimate Painting
While by no means groundbreaking, is a notable success.»
Foxygen - …And Star Power
On their latest record, Foxygen aren’t quite as ridiculous as before, but they’re still very ridiculous.»
The Drums - Encyclopedia
The Drums have had some personnel changes and are possibly re-finding their feet here, but Encyclopedia sees them badly tangled.»
Tramlines 2014, Sheffield - The DiS Review
Everything from Sheffield's Cathedrals to woodlands were utilised, bringing about a curious mix of boutique and mainstream ethos and aesthetic.»
Cambodian Space Project - Whisky Cambodia
There are many records that will be released this year that are better than Whiskey Cambodia, but there will be none that will be even remotely similar to it.»
Young British Artists - Change By Any Other Name
Young British Artists build themselves a fortress of texture and feedback that they are only partially able to break free from.»
White Lung - Deep Fantasy
It is not often that you hear such frankness in tandem with such brevity, and it is this that makes Deep Fantasy such a spectacular record.»
Towns - Get By
Get By is the joyous, infectious sound of a band arriving; we’ll have to wait and see in which subsequent direction they go.»
Haunted Hearts - Initiation
Despite the inconsistency of the tracks displayed here, Initiation is a neat collaboration; there is no point where anything feels jarring or out of place.»
Omi Palone - Omi Palone
A band who manage to sound both tight and loose at the same time, encompassing an almost disdainful nonchalance in the process.»
Thought Forms/Esben and the Witch - Split LP
A testament to the coherent DIY ethic and inter-band camaraderie that is flourishing in the UK at the moment.»
Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
A major commission, and one that Mica Levi has pulled off with serious flair.»
Tense Men - Where Dull Care is Forgotten
A worrying masterclass in anti-music.»
Blood Red Shoes - Blood Red Shoes
Blood Red Shoes haven't reinvented the musical wheel, but their strength as a unit, and as musicians, cannot be doubted.»
Skaters - Manhattan
This record is the most irritating one you will have heard in a while.»
Live report: Foals at Oxford Academy 2, 01/02/14
Then, Foals were that band off Skins advert. Now they are one of the finest bands that the UK has to offer»
Martin Creed - Mind Trap
The work here is all the product of an inventive mind: some tracks are better than others and some others are completely shit.»
Mode Moderne - Occult Delight
Mode Moderne are both welcome and necessary.»
Wooden Shjips - Back to Land
Wooden Shjips have relentlessly plied the case for psychedelic rock- employing an ardency and determination unwelcome in the more whimsical aspects of the genre and its history.»