Fiver - Eventually something cool will happen Review by Matthew Willson "Quirky" is the word that came to mind on first hearing this album - right from the first song, "Horse pill vector", odd song ...

Formed in 2003, Receiving End Of Sirens have released one EP, one album Between the Heart and the Synapse ( 2005 )and toured with bands such as: The Deftones, Thrice, Panic! at the Disco, Acceptance, ...

1996 – 1999 With hindsight, the early records made under the name Songs: Ohia were Jason Molina’s attempts to find a voice, literally and figuratively. The debut, Songs: Ohia (1996), introduced a ...

Today’s the day that Scotland decides whether to become an independent country or stay part of the UK. It’s been a momentous campaign that’s seen impassioned arguments from both the Yes and No ...

Anyone for another end of year list? We have shared our songs of the year, UK & Irish albums of the year and Dom's gigs of the year. Now it is time for our annual albums list. In a year where music ...

It's album of the year timeLet Them Eat Chaos In the conclusion to his review of this critically-celebrated opus, Nick Roseblade said: “ Let Them Eat Chaos yet again showcases not only Tempest’s ...

The glory of it all, of course, was that none of this needed to happen. “The hacienda must be built” was the mantra, a Situationist quote from Ivan Chtcheglov refashioned by Tony Wilson to lend the ...

Clare Wadd & Matt Haynes DiS: How did the idea of the documentary come about, and who was the driving force behind it? Clare Wadd: The documentary was entirely Lucy Dawkins' idea – she approached us ...

That same year Kenji Ozawa of Flipper’s Guitar would release his popular and critically adored second album Life which blended Shibuya-kei and ska music, while his fellow bandmate Keigo would release ...

DiS: You're the only two original members in the current line-up. Did you consider reforming the first incarnation of the band, particularly for the Raise shows? Adam Franklin: No. Steve (George) has ...

Like so many aspects of popular culture, radio has been labelled as ‘dead’ by many commentators, usually old hacks struggling with the changing dynamics between audience and media, trying to denounce ...

DiS: One of the big debates that seems to rear its head among the folk community on a regular basis revolves around whether artists should play electrically or acoustically. Do you think it's really ...