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Reviews: * Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
Reviews: * Gonga - Transmigration
Features: * Sub Pop 20: the DiS review
Features: * Discography reassessed: Bright Eyes in perspective
Reviews: * One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion EP
Reviews: * The Tupolev Ghost - The Alpha EP
Reviews: * Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
Features: * Lovebox 2008: the DiS review
Reviews: * CSS - Donkey
Reviews: * Quiet Village - Silent Movie
Reviews: * Pentangle at Cardiff St Davids' Hall, Tue 01 Jul
Reviews: * She & Him - Volume One
Features: * Latitude 2008: DiS's festival picks
Features: * Benicassim 2008: the DiS review
Reviews: * The National at Belfast Mandela Hall at Belfast University, Tue 08 Jul

Interests: <LI type="disc">Graffiti - Banksy, D-Face, Eine, I Like Drawing <LI type="disc">Art - Stanley Donwood, Magritte, Edward Munch, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger. Visiting free galleries. <LI type="disc">Photography; Polaroiding, Anna Best <LI type="disc">Playing music; Guitar, Bass, Kazoo, Harmonica, Didgeridoo, a bit of Keyboard, Air Drums <LI type="disc">Real "vintage" fashion (i.e. nabbing stuff from grandparents' wardrobes); particularly neckscarves. <LI type="disc">Flicking through vinyls in charity shops and pretending to know what I'm looking for <LI type="disc">Free newspapers/ magazines; The Stool Pigeon, Vice, FACT <LI type="disc">Comedy; Eddie Izzard, Bill Hicks, Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey <LI type="disc">Webcomics; Questionable Content, Dinosaur Comics, Toothpaste for Dinner, A Softer World <LI type="disc">Raping online music stores for their free mp3's <LI type="disc">Languages; Speaking German, French and Russian. Etymology, dialects, accents, grammar (mmm nerdage.) <LI type="disc">Naming things; mostly thinking of nice names to call my future cats that will be my substitutes for children... because animals can't change their names :) e.g. Morag, Ludwig, Herbert, Jolene. Any suggestions? <LI type="disc">Cult Religions; Scientology <A HREF="http://www.subgenius.com">(Church of The Subgenius)</A>, Flying Spaghetti Monsterism <LI type="disc">Guerrilla crafts; signs, bookmarks, stickers, posters <A HREF="http://www.toothdemon.net">(toothdemon.net)</A> <LI type="disc">The beauty of coincidence <LI type="disc">Anachronisms

Music taste: -A- A Perfect Circle. Acoustic Ladyland. Adam and the Ants. Adult. AFI. Air. Akira the Don. Animal Collective. Antony and the Johnsons. Architecture in Helsinki. Arctic Monkeys. Art Brut. Arcade Fire. -B- Battle. Be Your Own Pet. Beck. BRMC. Bloc Party. Blonde Redhead. Blondie. Blur. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Boy Kill Boy. Broadcast. Broken Social Scene. Bullet Union. -C- Cat Power. Charlie Parker. Cheap Trick. Chineapple. Clann Zu. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Clor. Coachwhips. Coco Rosie. Comanechi. Controller Controller. Cut Copy. The Cribs. -D- D-Mob (acieeed!). David Bowie. DFA 1979. Deerhoof. The Delays. Depeche Mode ('cos I'm like soo art rawk). Devendra Banhart. Devo. Dire Straits. Devotchka. Divine Comedy. Dizzee Rascal. Do Me Bad Things. Doves. The Dresden Dolls. Duran Duran. The Distillers. The Duke Spirit. -E- Echo and the Bunnymen. Editors. The Eels. Elastica. Elbow. 'Leccy Six. Elle Milano. Ellen Allien. Erase Errata. Explosions in the Sky. -F- Faith No More. Faithless. Film School. Forward Russia!. Four Tet. Franz Ferdinand. Fugazi. The Flaming Lips. -G- Gang of Four. Garbage. Giant Drag. Gogol Bordello. Goldfrapp. GoodBooks. Good Shoes. Gorillaz. Guano Apes. Guillemots. The Go! Team. -H- Hang on the Box. Har Mar Superstar. Harvey Danger. Help She Can't Swim. Herbie Hancock. Hiding With Girls. Hijinx. Hole. Hot Hot Heat. Human League. -I- I Monster. Incubus. InMe. Interpol. Iron and Wine. -J- Jack Off Jill. Jane's Addiction. Jeff Buckley. Jimi Hendrix. Joni Mitchell. Joy Division. The Jesus and Mary Chain. -K- Kaiser Chiefs. Kaito. Kasabian. Kill Kenada. Kinesis. The Kinks. Kraftwerk. Kubichek. The Kills. -L- The Lancaster Bombers. Le Tigre. Leftfield. The Legendary Pink Dots. The Libertines. Lou Reed. Louis XIV. Lupen Crook. The Long Blondes. -M- Manic Cough. Marilyn Manson. Massive Attack. Maximo Park. McLusky. MIA. Minutemen. Mogwai. Morningwood. Morrissey. Mr Airplane Man. Mugison. Muse. Mystery Jets. The Mars Volta. -N- Nada Surf. Nancy Sinatra. Neat People. Neil's Children. Negative for Francis. Neutral Milk Hotel. New Black. Nigga Bullshit. Nina Simone. Nine Inch Nails. Nitin Sawhney. The Noisettes. -O- O Fracas. Oasis. One Inch Punch. -P- Patrick Wolf. Pavement. People in Planes. Philanthropy. Pink Floyd. Pixies. PJ Harvey. Placebo. Polysics. Portishead. Primus. Pulp. -Q- Queen Adreena. Queens of the Stone Age. Quit Your Dayjob. -R- Radiohead. Regina Spektor. REM. Republica. Revere. Rilo Kiley. Roxy Music. Rufus Wainwright. The Rakes. The Raveonettes. -S- Scarling. Scissor Sisters. Septembre. Shitdisco. Sigur Ros. Smashing Pumpkins. Sonic Youth. Soundgarden. Squarepusher. Star Scream. Suede. Sultans of Ping. Sunshine Underground. The Smiths. The Strokes. -T- T-Rex. Tears in X-Ray Eyes. Television. Test Icicles. Thistle. Tom Waits. Tool. TV On the Radio. Twisted Charm. -U- Underworld. Union of Knives. -V- Vast. Velvet Underground. Vex Red. VHS Or Beta. Vincent Black Lightning 52. Vincent Vincent and the Villains. Violent Femmes. Vitalic. Viva Voce. VNV. The Von Bondies. -W- We Are Scientists. We Start Fires. White Rose Movement. Wolfmother. -Y- Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Youth Group. Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies.