On The DiS Stereo: June 2012
Some playlists and a selection of hand-picked videos and streams that our editor has been loving this month...»
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The Antlers confirm new Undersea EP
Yesterday, Antlers, put up this cryptic YouTube on their website with something about something called Undersea. It turns out those big teases have a new EP with four songs on it coming out on July 30th via the Transgressive Records label.»
Graceland Giveaway: Win the 25th Anniversary Edition of Paul Simon's classic album + Hard Rock Calling ticket
To celebrate the release (it came out yesterday!), we have been given a pair of tickets to Hard Rock Calling on 15th July to see Paul Simon perform Graceland live. Blimey! One winner gets those tickets, plus them and the four runners up will win copies of the 25th anniversary edition CD/DVD! »
Paul McCartney discusses his inspirations, guitars and RAM with Mansun's Paul Draper (Part 2)
Last week, we published the first part of DiS' exclusive interview with Paul McCartney, conducted by Mansun's Paul Draper. Before we get into the second part of this conversation - which touches on everything from Sir Paul's motivations, meeting John Lennon and playing drums on 'Back in the USSR' - Paul Draper shares a few words about his experience...»
Album Stream: Metric Synthetica
Metric's fifth studio album Synthetica has been slipped up online (it is legit, shared by the bands official SoundCloud) for you to stream ahead of its release on June 12th... »
Tom Barman's track-by-track guide to dEUS' new album Following Sea
dEUS! New album! Released today! Streaming! Here! Now!»
Weekend Listening: M83, POLIÇA, Grimes, Errors vs Maxïmo Park, Music Documentaries + lots more
DiS' editor compiles a selection of music using new-fangled streams and videos including his interview with Metric and an exclusive mixtape by Airbird (aka Joel Ford, one half of Ford & Lopatin) for your long-long weekend... plus a special YouTube playlist of music documentaries! »
Paul McCartney discusses songwriting and RAM with Mansun's Paul Draper
Sir Paul McCartney sits down with DiS, and musician Paul Draper of DiS heroes Mansun, to discuss songwriting and Sir Paul's album with Linda McCartney RAM (1971). »
Weekend Listening: Let's Buy Happiness, Walls, Emmy the Great + more
DiS' editor compiles a mixture of tracks (including a special premiere!), some mixes (one of which was made especially for you DiS readers) and a selection of things that have cropped up in his social feeds and inbox this week... »
Paul & Linda McCartney - RAM Photo Gallery
We are having a special RAM week on DiS this week, to celebrate the re-issue of Paul & Linda McCartney's classic album. Above you'll see some special photos taken during the recording of RAM, which feature in the deluxe edition of the re-issue.»
Watch: Metric discuss Synthetica, synth symphonies, song-writing, and authenticity with DiS
Metric's Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw discuss their fifth studio album Synthetica with Drowned in Sound editor Sean Adams. This conversation includes chat about the writing of the album, Jimmy's seven "synth symphonies", a photograph which inspired the album, rock'n'roll's existential crisis, whether 'protest music is dead', but the bulk of the conversation swarms around the idea of authenticity in an age of Instagram and Urban Outfitters.»
Watch: EXITMUSIC 'The Night' (DiS Premiere)
Ahead of their free show in London for DiS tonight (details below), Exitmusic have given us their new video to premiere.»
Tour Diary: Frightened Rabbit's Guide to The Highlands
In this year of people visiting the UK for various sporting reasons, DiS-favourites Frightened Rabbit share their tourist tips for things to do in the highlands via the medium of diary recounting the best places they discovered on their recent tour... »
101 Minutes of Bliss #1: A DiS YouTube Playlist
Here's our first YouTube playlist of songs and videos we've been loving recently, plus a few things that would feature on a DiS Greatest Hits playlist...»
On The DiS Stereo: May 2012
Seeing as my Five-4-Friday hasn't happened the past two weeks (blame Live at Leeds, Camden Crawl and Great Escape ), so this week I thought I'd collect together a heap of things I've been listening to and loving, that have either hit my inbox or been spaffed about on my social network feeds. This mixture of videos and SoundClouds and stuff and things, all probably vaguely suffering from drizzle-misery, with a slice of a heart-ache cake on the side... »
DiScover: Halls
Halls has been a name whispered on a need-to-know-basis over on the DiS boards since the release of his Fragile EP (which you'll find streaming in full at the end of this piece). He is a South London based producer name Sam Howard, but that doesn't even begin to describe the way he elegantly conjoins the sparseness of electronica/post-dubstep with the soaring heart-ache of the saddest of troubadours. If you can imagine Burial remixing Shearwater or James Blake producing the next Martin Grech/Thom Yorke record, then throw a hint of Nils Frahm's haunting pianos into the mix, you might find yourself in a place not too far from the grandeur of this young talent»
Hear Sigur Ros' new album right here at 7pm tonight
You know what's happening right? At 7pm in each country around the world you'll be able to hear the new Sigur Ros album Valtari for one-hour-only. DiS is one of the official UK partners, so bookmark this page or leave it open in a tab, and some back and listen to the record later (or now, if it is 7pm UK Time when you load up this page).»
Invite: DiS is throwing a party with Exitmusic, Halls and Dems
We are throwing one of our little events for you (well, as long as you live near-ish to London) next Wednesday, the 23rd of May. It's sort of a 'party' but in the spirit of DiS, it won't necessarily be the cheeriest, most Guetta-esque shebang. Alas, there will be no foam or glitter guns. And although we'll be DJing, you don't need to worry if 'throwing shapes' isn't your thing.»
Album Stream: Exitmusic's new LP Passage (Secretly Canadian)
Some epic and woozy-rock for your weekend, plus a track-by-track guide to it by the band. . DiS is proud to bring you the new album from Exitmusic. Fans of School of Seven Bells soaring shoegaze and elegant little songs which shimmer and get a bit epic, you're in for a treat. Stream the album in full, right here, right now ahead of its May 21st release on the ever-brilliant Secretly Canadian label. »
Mixtape: Eight And a Half's forward-thinking-future-beat instrumental hip hop
As an integral part of Broken Social Scene, and now as one of third Eight And A Half - who play their first UK shows this week - Justin Peroff is clearly a man who knows his way around a beat. We asked him to make us a mixtape to get us in the mood for their show on the DiS stage at The Great Escape this week, and this is what came back... »
DiS' 5 Must-See Acts at The Great Escape 2012 + Spotify playlist
Ah, The Great Escape festival. 300+ acts/bands playing over three days and nights on Britain's beautiful south coast in the city of Brighton. To say that we are excited is a given, but we might just be as daunted and overwhelmed by the sprawling line-up. While we know we will miss far more of the event than we'll actually manage to see, here are 10 names you should stick on your schedule, double underline and draw little stars around, according to me (the editor of this website).»
Latitude Festival 2012 adds Los Campesinos, Clock Opera, Polica, Gemma Arterton, Tom Watson MP...
This year's Latitude festival line-up just keeps getting bigger and better. Firstly, DiS is very proud and excited to announce that we'll be one of the official partners of this year's event. We will be revealing a little more about what we have planned nearer the time. Mostly it will involve some exclusive news and insight, as well as back stage chats and sessions filmed in high quality. »
Planet Gear: Eight And A Half's Culture Vulture
Eight And a Half are three Canadian gents making sumptuous synth rock. Notably their line-up is two parts ex-Stills and one ex-Broken Social Scene. They're heading to the UK next week to play some shows, including the DiS stage at the Great Escape (Thursday at the Komedia), so we thought we'd find out a little more about what they've been using to make their gorgeous music... »
Exclusive EMA mixtape + WIN tickets, t-shirts and vinyl!
A competition and a mixtape... »
"I’m my own biggest critic" - DiS meets FOE
Ahead of her performance headlining the DiS stage at Camden Crawl, we finally caught up with FOE to have a chat about Radiohead, Reuben, sordid sex in suburbia, making a video for twenty pounds, being a new artist on a major label in 2012 and what happens when your label suddenly no longer exists just as your debut album comes out....»
Mixtape: Hey Sholay's proggy-party jukebox
Rather than DiS' editor doing our usual five-for-friday, we've roped in Liam, the frontman from Hey Sholay! who play the DiS stage at Camden Crawl on Sunday to share five songs he loves, which may or may not get you in the mood for their show... »
A Quick Tour of Camden Market With FOE
To get into the mood for her headline set at Camden Crawl, DiS took FOE aka Hannah Clarke, on a trip to Camden's world famous market, to sample the delights on sale should you wander off piste from the music.»
Five Must-See Bands at Camden Crawl 2012 + Spotify playlist
This weekend, the annual Camden Crawl festival takes place in Camden Town, North London. There are over 250 acts playing the festival, which is pretty darn overwhelming, so we've handpicked five you should do your best to catch... oh, and don't forget DiS will be hosting The Black Cap on Sunday night, with our editor (and possibly some special guests) DJing into the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday.»
Win! A Pair of Tickets to The Great Escape Festival
The Great Escape returns next weekend to Brighton, and we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky winner. »
Album Stream: Shy Pursuit by The Spinto Band
A few summers ago, DiS was boppin' and a rockin' to The Spinto Band and then they went away, and now they've come back! We have their new album for you to stream, in full, by clicking here:»