Roskilde 2013: The DiS Review
Roskilde is one of the friendliest and most vibrant atmospheres DiS has ever been in.»
Articles
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"It's really not that hard to write a good song": DiS meets Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs
Heavenly Recordings' reputation for sniffing out hot new talent goes back decades. Among the label's earliest releases were Saint Etienne's 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' and 'Motown Junk' by Manic Street Preachers. Since then, they've been responsible for pivotal releases from people like Doves, Ed Harcourt, Cherry Ghost and The Vines. Their current roster reads like a who's who of London's burgeoning psych scene. Toy, Temples and the band we're here to see this evening Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs heading an impressive list of talent. »
Glastonbury 2013: The DiS Review
Drowned In Sound's Dom Gourlay and Mark Muldoon packed their suncream and wellies and headed down the M5 to Worthy Farm, home to arguably the most spectacular music event on the planet.»
"As a four-piece we'd ceased to be able to create something we felt was good enough": DiS meets Editors
Editors frontman Tom Smith gives one of his most candid interviews to date, discussing the departure of his former bandmate Chris Urbanowicz in great detail, explaining their decision to change producers halfway through recording and enthusing about the change of dynamic both new members have brought to the band. »
Preview: Glastonbury 2013 - 12 Must See Acts + Playlist
Having intently studied this year's line-up, here's twelve artists Drowned In Sound are most looking forward to seeing. Plus a Spotify and RDIO playlist.»
Download 2013: The DiS Review
Download, you have been an immensely fun weekend. See you next year! »
Live report The Stone Roses - Finsbury Park, London: 8th June 2013
Despite last summer's hugely successful Heaton Park shows, there's a sense that the four Stone Roses - Ian Brown, John Squire, Gary "Mani" Mounfield and Alan "Reni" Wren - still have unfinished business.»
Download 2013: A preview
Here are Drowned In Sound's ten "must see" acts at Download 2013. »
"We make pop music for people who don't like people": DiS meets Eddie Argos of Art Brut
Ten years ago, Eddie Argos formed a band, Art Brut. DiS caught up with him at the band's recent 10th birthday party at London's Scala. »
Neils Children - Dimly Lit
Ten years is an awful long time but in musical terms, it could almost incorporate several lifetimes.»
"I'm not just trying to ape New Order for the rest of my life": DiS meets Wild Nothing
DiS caught up with Wild Nothing's Jack Tatum after his band's recent set at Primavera Sound. »
First listen: Pins return with new drummer and single
Drowned In Sound have been following the progress of Manchester four-piece Pins for a while now.»
The Pastels - Slow Summits
First things first: The Pastels have never made a bad record. »
Splashh - Comfort
A saccharine coated bundle of youthful exuberance wrapped in delicious halos of intoxicating reverb, ear-shredding fuzz and occasionally, pensive melancholia.»
Various - Psychedelica 5
Psychedelica 5 contains something for anyone with any interest in psychedelic, shoegaze, noise or even just guitar music in general»
Dirty Beaches - Drifters/Love Is The Devil
Alex Zhang Hungtai aka Dirty Beaches has somehow managed to go the extra mile here...»
The Vaccines, Toy, Temples at Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Sun 05 May
Despite being only two albums into their relatively short career, The Vaccines have fast become a global sensation...»
Drowned in Nottingham #14
In the second Nottingham scene round-up of 2013 we focus on some of the hottest new sounds filtering through the city as well as the regular release, festival and live updates.»
Still Corners - Strange Pleasures
Although never one dimensional, it would have been so much easier for Still Corners to continue along the same tried and trusted path as with Creatures Of An Hour.»
Public Enemy at Rock City, Nottingham, Tue 23 Apr
Public Enemy and St George's Day. Two cultures collide in the city of Nottingham. The good, the bad and the downright ugly... »
"Kids aren't as political now" - DiS meets Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream
In one of Bobby Gillespie's most candid interviews in years, we spend the next hour or so discussing the new record, Primal Scream's legacy, former band members, the lack of dissent within the arts and how fatherhood has changed him. However, first on the agenda is a topic currently on the tip of the nation's tongues; Margaret Thatcher's funeral. »
Crystal Shipsss - Crystal Shipsss
Crystal Shipsss resembles something of a stop-gap between albums one and two while the band continues to search for an identity of its own.»
Gourlay Files: 3 gigs in 3 days... British Sea Power, The House Of Love & Evans The Death
DiS spent three days last week attending three shows in venues of varying sizes and locations, watching bands with very little in common.»
Depth And Current - Transient
A concise lesson in controlled aggression...»
Killing Joke - The Singles Collection 1979-2012
Thirty-four years and 15 albums after releasing their first EP, Killing Joke are still a force to be reckoned with...»
DiS meets Temples
Temples are one of the hottest new bands around at the minute. Endorsed by the likes of Brett Anderson who recently invited them on tour with Suede and cited by both Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher as the best new band in Britain, it's been a memorable twelve months for a band that barely existed this time last year. »
"The only plan was no plan": Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on Specter At The Feast
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have been longtime favourites among the DiS community and its writing team ever since the site started in 2001, the same year BRMC released their self-titled debut.»
Some Velvet Mixtape: 2013 in Drones, Reverb and Feedback - Part One
With Spring fast approaching, here's the first Some Velvet Mixtape of 2013 featuring thirty-eight of the finest tracks to grace our stereos this year.»
Suede, Temples at Rock City, Nottingham, Thu 28 Mar
It's taken Suede a long time to reach Nottingham's Rock City. Twenty-one years in fact from the release of their first record...»
The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow
Austin four-piece The Black Angels have been at the forefront of the neo-psychedelia movement for the best part of a decade.»