French Fancy: DiS Does Les Rencontres Trans Musicales 2018
A quick stroll around Hall 5 at Trans Musicales gives you an idea of the festival’s history»
Articles
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American Football - American Football 3
American Football are still racked with insecurity, but now they have the wisdom to express it more incisively than ever»
The 1975 - A Brief Enquiry Into Online Relationships
The band truly soar when they break new ground»
Lyndsey Buckingham - Solo Anthology: The Best Of Lindsey Buckingham
None of this is his best work, yet it's still frequently superb»
Madeline Kenney - Perfect Shapes
She’s destined for alt-pop greatness.»
All Of This Is Yours: DiS Meets S. Carey
The simple life does just fine for the Wisconsin singer-songwriter»
Foxing - Nearer My God
An album that burns with near-maniacal ambition.»
The National - Boxer Live in Brussels
Just because everybody loves Boxer doesn’t mean that it was the National LP that deserved the live release treatment»
John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album
Both Directions at Once isn’t just a treat for the hardcore»
Parklife 2018: the DiS review
Now in its ninth year, Manchester’s Parklife Festival returned to Heaton Park with arguably its most ambitious lineup yet»
Live review: The Rolling Stones, Old Trafford, 05/06/18
No filter, no gimmicks, just rock and roll»
Snail Mail - Lush
Jordan’s quite happily given herself no hiding place, and nor does she need one»
Beach House - 7
Beach House remain such assured masters of their own domain that it'd be akin to turkeys voting for Christmas to hope for a wholesale reinvention»
Evolution and Equilibrium: DiS Meets Wye Oak
The U.S. duo’s fifth LP is a searing blend of musical ambition and social commentary. Singer Jenn Wasner talks through its sound and substance»
Night Flowers - Wild Notion
It might have put a smile on Larkin’s face, however briefly»
Various - Isle Of Dogs (Original Soundtrack)
Captures both the light and dark of the piece in assured, if not unforgettable, fashion»
Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs
The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs is a symphony in freedom»
Oil City Immortality: DiS Meets Wilko Johnson
The guitarist opens up about his cancer, his recovery, and the new lease of life he's been given»
Jon Brion - Lady Bird
There are few soundtrackers who understand how efficiently a less-is-more approach can lend emotional heft to a picture like Brion does»
First Aid Kit - Ruins
First Aid Kit’s lack of edge is beginning to look less like prudent risk aversion and more like self-inflicted damage»
The Rolling Stones - On Air
On Air is worth your time and, for that matter, your money»
The Pains Of Being Far Apart: DiS Meets Kip Berman
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart’s frontman talks family, music, and his new tightrope act between the two»
Taylor Swift - Reputation
What’s refreshing about Reputation is that Taylor Swift's no longer holding the mask so tightly to her face»
American Processional: DiS Meets Billy Corgan
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman on his new solo record and the very real prospect of a classic lineup reunion»
Wild Beasts - Punk Drunk & Trembling
They’ve been Wild Beasts, and we’ve been thoroughly entertained»
Miley Cyrus - Younger Now
A thumpingly disappointing and consistently milquetoast set of songs»
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
The sound of two good mates having a bloody good time»
A Little Older, A Little Wiser: DiS Meets Mac DeMarco
Indie rock’s biggest character tackles aging, apathy, and the face of WWE»
Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold
In the end, it’s the lack of direction that’s fatal for Concrete and Gold»
The Cribs - 24-7 Rock Star Shit
Takes the lo-fi aesthetic of their first two LPs and drags it kicking and screaming into 2017»