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Live report Temples & Telegram @ Nottingham Bodega, 16th October 2013
It's clear Temples have already established themselves as the people's new favourite band...»
Black Hearted Brother - Stars Are Our Home
Comprising Neil Halstead (Slowdive, Mojave 3), Mark Van Hoen (Seefeel, Locust) and Nick Holton (Holton's Opulent Oog, Coley Park), Black Hearted Brother represents a collaboration of sorts...»
DiS meets The Blue Angel Lounge
With album number three expected to be ready for the early part of 2014, it promises to be an exciting few months ahead for The Blue Angel Lounge.»
Blouse - Imperium
With the psych rock/dream pop/call it what you will revival in full swing, separating the good from the bad and distinctly average is becoming a laborious pastime. Fortunately, Portland trio Blouse fall quite succinctly into the former category.»
Live report Art Brut - Nottingham Rescue Rooms: 30th September 2013
Their status as spokespeople for social outsiders all but confirmed. Here's to the next ten years! »
Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia: The DiS Review
Held over two days (Friday 27th & Saturday 28th September) and spread across three stages in Liverpool's Camp & Furnace building, this year's festival - still only in its second year - saw over fifty bands and twenty DJs entertain what can only be described as one of the most enthusiastic and welcoming crowds DiS has experienced all summer.»
Bad Vibrations reverberate around East London: Featuring Damo Suzuki, The Telescopes and more.
London promoters Bad Vibrations join forces with the excellent Fuzz Club Records this weekend (4th, 5th, 6th October) for the second Reverb Conspiracy Festival...»
"We're not like a traditional band": DiS meets Jagwar Ma
Australian outfit Jagwar Ma have released one of 2013's most enterprising debuts with the excellent Howlin'. Formed in 2011 initially as a studio project, the core duo of Jono Ma (guitars, synths, samples) and Gabriel Winterfield (vocals, guitars) have been one of the festival circuit's highlights throughout the course of this summer. DiS caught up with Jono Ma after their recent set at Bestival...»
4AD week - Facing The Other Way: The Story Of 4AD - Book Review
To mark the release of Martin Aston's book, Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD, DiS celebrates one of our favourite labels with a series of pieces exploring the label's history. Here, Dom Gourlay reviews the book itself.»
Exit Calm - The Future Isn't What It Used To Be
The Future Isn't What It Used To Be mixes brutal precision with gleaming elegance, a concoction that ably describes Exit Calm at their most potent. »
Live report Swim Deep - Nottingham Rescue Rooms: 21st September 2013
What a difference a year makes. Turn the clock back twelve months and all talk was about the so-called dearth of guitar bands, particularly here in the UK...»
Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia: A preview
With festival season just about over for one summer, this coming weekend sees the return of the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia.»
Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the Film
Ultimately, why would anyone choose to listen to Rewind The Film over The Holy Bible..?»
Some Velvet Mixtape: 2013 in Drones, Reverb and Feedback - Part Two
Summer may have been and gone, but don't despair. Here's the second Some Velvet Mixtape of 2013 featuring forty-one of the finest tracks to grace our stereos this year.»
"There's every chance our next record could be out next year": DiS meets Girls Names
Belfast quartet Girls Names have recorded one of 2013's finest albums in the shape of The New Life. DiS caught up with the four-piece prior to their mid-afternoon slot at Green Man Festival two weeks ago. »
"I'm always searching for something which sounds like blurred vision": DiS meets Josh Hayward of The Horrors
Since the release of second album Primary Colours in 2009, The Horrors have established themselves as one of the UK's most adventurous bands. DiS caught up with guitarist Josh Hayward prior to their set at Green Man Festival last weekend. »
Belle and Sebastian - The Third Eye Centre
The Third Eye Centre succinctly packs ten years' worth of eccentricities and oddments into a pleasant, if slightly oversized compendium.»
"Hookworms is a hobby and it will always stay a hobby": DiS meets Hookworms
DiS caught up with frontman, synth wizard and producer extraordinaire MJ prior to Hookworms show at last month's Beacons Festival. »
DiS meets The Ballet
New York trio The Ballet aren't exactly new in the most pedantic sense of the word. Having formed in 2005, they released first album Mattachine! some twelve months later. However, it was 2009's follow-up Bear Life! that brought them to the attention of a wider audience on this side of the Atlantic and beyond.»
Green Man 2013: The DiS Review
This year, DiS sent along Dom Gourlay and Jordan Dowling to give their lowdown on the best and the rest of Green Man's musical offerings. It's fair to say neither came back disappointed... »
"We still get people yelling for us to play Wooden Shjips songs": DiS meets Moon Duo
Having formed in 2009, Moon Duo were initially seen by many as a side project to co-founder Ripley Johnson's other, and perhaps then-more established outfit Wooden Shjips. However, along with co-conspirator Sanae Yamada, they've gone on to produce a highly acclaimed body of work, elevating them to the upper echelons of the new psychedelia movement. »
DiS-Obituary #1: The Chapman Family
Some of you may not be aware but last month, Stockton's finest artrock noise band The Chapman Family called it a day.»
Live report The Horrors - Y Not Festival: 2nd August 2013
An unmitigated triumph then, and one which looks certain to be repeated on many bigger stages this time next year. »
Eat Lights Become Lights - Modular Living
From the analogue synthesized introduction of the title track - which could best be described as Kraftwerk being chased around Dusseldorf by a group of extraterrestrial beings - to the Eno-esque sonic flotation tank of closer 'Habitat '67', Modular Living represents a visionary and varied sonic palette befitting of its influences. »
Indietracks 2013: The DiS Review
A truly magnificent weekend that just gets better every year.»
Six By Seven - Love And Peace And Sympathy
Welcome back Six By Seven, very much alive and kicking with the rage of a thousand suns. »
Live report Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - The 100 Club, London: 23rd July 2013
Having toured the festival circuit for the majority of the summer,it's something of an honourable gesture that Black Rebel Motorcycle Club opted to play in their adopted second home of London, signifying the end of a near six-month long sojourn around the world.»
Latitude 2013: The DiS Review
Although not quite a complete sell-out, the scorching sunshine that accompanied most of the festival's four days coupled with arguably the most mouthwatering line-up of the UK's major outdoor events helped make the eighth edition of Latitude possibly the most enjoyable one yet. »
Optimus Alive 2013: The DiS Review
Even though Optimus Alive is still relatively infant compared to its more established peers, its ascendance up the league table of European festivals is surely imminent.»