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Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
I’m All Ears is either a massive leap forwards or a sad lurch towards the middle-ground»
Kanye West - Ye
The seams aren’t just showing, but fraying wildly in every direction»
Brand New - Science Fiction
A record that values thinking over feeling and challenges its listener to do the same»
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
If Kendrick Lamar’s niche is as prophet of the end times, Staples is its diarist»
"I feel revitalised": DiS Meets Spoon
The Austin rockers keep going from strength to strength»
Formation - Look at the Powerful People
Formation are undeniably part of the solution»
“In a world of mouths, I want to be an ear”: DIS Meets Jens Lekman
"There’s no one voting for Trump in my crowd really. So how do I reach those people?"»
Japandroids - Near To the Wild Heart of Life
Japandroids' hearts are still right where they belong: on their sleeves»
Floating Ever Higher: DiS Meets Cloud Nothings
Slower, happier, more confident. We talk to Dylan Baldi about coming full circle and taking your time»
Local Natives - Sunlit Youth
A bridge to bigger and hopefully even better things»
Nite Jewel - Liquid Cool
Up the dosage of killer and we’re onto a winner»
Fear Of Men - Fall Forever
A darkly glistening, deeply attractive and unexpectedly intelligent use of the album as storytelling device»
Boulevards - Groove!
For the moment, Boulevards is more of a cul-de-sac»
DiS meets Battles
"There’s a ying and a yang within Battles, there’s got to be a constant that allows you to change, but not too much..."»
Jamie Woon - Making Time
Maybe with a little more time spent on a few less ideas it could perhaps have been a great album»
Sexwitch - Sexwitch
An intensely satisfying conflict between the loose and taut, of an unconstrained energy captured in the bell jar of a constrained moment in time»
Petite Noir - La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful
La Vie Est Belle / Life is Beautiful is bold, beautiful and brilliantly honed»
Active Child - Mercy
The steps he takes and horizons he's expanded with each release to-date have made it equally clear that certain modes and stylings suit him far better than others»
Lord Huron - Strange Trails
You feel as if the trails weren’t really all that strange.»
Moon Duo - Shadow of the Sun
Defined by an addictive and inclusive sense of purpose.»
Phox - Phox
For those that don’t mind accommodating some puppyish enthusiasm to go with their elsewhere-provided edge, there’s plenty of sugary sweet and surreptitiously diverse treats in Phox’s picnic hamper to enjoy.»
Paus - Clarão
Paus feels all about spontaneity.»
Touche Amore - Is Survived By
The kind of intelligently heavy music which Deathwish, Inc circa 2013 is making its highly reputable calling card.»
Golden Suits - Golden Suits
The cornerstone of these songs is a consummate concise delicacy; a care which ensures even the most embellished track is imbued with clarity.»
Outfit - Performance
In a similar manner to closest contemporaries Django Django, this is a debut packed with resourceful ideas, textural intrigue and compelling rhythms, which ultimately falls short only from a sense of unfulfilled potential»