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As we revealed a few weeks ago, everyones favourite electronic-rock-disco-punk Canadians Metric have a new album coming in June (and UK dates too), and now they reveal the first track from it...»
Next weekend, the London borough of Camden will hold its annual and somewhat legendary crawl, and we have a pair of tickets to give away so you can join us there.»
It's Friday! Here are five hand-picked things for you to listen to...»
The soundtrack to that brilliant movie Drive is to be released on vinyl in the UK, and we have some copies to give away.»
Everyone's favourite misery-suppin' piano-tappin' soul-indiein' writer and singer of songs Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power is coming back, FINALLY, with a new album.»
On the 7th of May, post-anti-folkster Emmy the Great releases a brand new single entitled 'God of Loneliness'. This is not just any ol' single, it has a series of remixes and a series of online comic strips. And a short film. And stuff.»
Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes shares a mixtape of some of his favourite tunes, ahead of the bands European tour. And if you've not picked up their new album Paralytic Stalks yet you can listen to it in full right here... »
DiS was flicking through YouTube one Sunday, as you do, and found this classic documentary from 1989 about Brian Eno. Imaginary Landscapes is a fascinating and somewhat inspiring watch, as well as a fantastic introduction to his ambient music.»
Hopefully you know the drill of this now. It's friday, we've made you little digest/mixtape of 5 must hear/see things to listen to/watch this afternoon or over the weekend. Feel free to comment sharing things you think fellow DiSsers might like or tell us what you think of these picks.»
Kill For Love is the perfect soundtrack for our ‘modern’ lives... This is a modern masterpiece, it’s as simple as that.»
Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds team up to release an album for Record Store Day, and we're very proud to premiere this new album via Erased Tapes,»
You may remember that a band named The Antlers released an album named Burst Apart in 2011, and that DiS really rather liked it. So much so we named it our album of the year. You may also be aware that they're headlining The Shepherd's Bush Empire in London next week (Thurs 26th). We have a spare pair to give away, so that you and a friend can come see them play. Plus the band have kindly signed a copy of Burst Apart to throw in for extra measure. There is a downside however, and that is that you will have to attend the gig with our editor, and he may try and sneak you into the after-party so you can get a photo taken with the band to post on your Facebook (no promises - especially if you sneak off the loo and never come back). »
Canadian synth-rock-heroes Metric are coming back to the UK to play some shows to promote their fifth, full-length studio album Synthetica.»
It's Friday. Here are five hand-picked streams to flick through today or at some point over the weekend...»
Rumoured to originally have been titled, Scottish Music Will Never Die, But You Will, the SAY Award is set to underscore how much terrific comes out of Scotland.»
May sees the launch of [JD Roots]](http://www.jdroots.co.uk), which recognises and celebrates the importance of home in the creative process. JD are putting on a unique series of shows featuring some of the biggest names in music returning to their hometowns to play intimate gigs. Entry to the shows is extremely limited but Jack Daniel’s and Drowned In Sound have combined to offer three lucky readers and their chosen plus one the chance to see the show of their choice and get there and back for free, plus a place to crash if you need it. »
Latitude 2012 festival line-up grows..»
A sort of greatest hits selection of DiS' Spotify playlists. We've compiled these to show off their new play button feature, but mainly to give you one page to bookmark (and share) for hours upon hours of listening..»
This is My Jam feeds neatly into all of your social media holes and has taken a certain corner of the music sphere by storm since its launch back in December 2011. The initial reaction from the DiS community was mixed but it seems quite a lot of you have come to love it as much as I have, and from what TIMJ co-founder Matthew Ogle (formerly of Last.fm) reveals below, it seems Hollywood A-listers and high-profile British Politicians are fans of it too.»
DiS has made a Record Store Day 2012 playlist featuring things we're excited about purchasing on RSD12.»
Over the coming days, as we head into the long Easter Weekend (otherwise known as hot cross bun-mas, or tea-cake-mas if you're a truly dedicate atheist), DiS' editor is going to try to reduce down the best of the year so far. Tomorrow we'll share our most read editorial, as well as our album picks, and on Friday we'll share the videos of the year so far, but before any of that, how about a quick 'humble-brag' with our year-to-date stats (saves us replying to people asking for them) and a Spotify playlist? And yes, you can have a hot cross bun with that! »
Bear in Heaven's Jon Philpot sits in the director's chair to talk us through their new record...»
Mr. Lynch describes the setting for the video as, “an intense psychotic backyard craziness, fueled by beer”.»
DiS' editor picks five songs (well, one is an entire album) to fling you giddy and grinning into the weekend and beyond....»
Fans of Elliott Smith, Perfume Genius, Josh T. Pearson and/or Damien Rice, you will want to be clicking play on this...»
Enter Poliça, slinking in from stage left. Six months ago their name barely registered on Google (unless you were looking for an Italian policeman) but The Blog Machine and ageing respect-mah-authority Rock Writers have been knocked for six by tracks from Give You The Ghost - some even going as far as naming them The Band of SXSW™. Driving all of this <3-ing is ‘Lay Your Cards Out’, an oblique pop ditty that starts off pirouetting in space, and as it begins to hurtle out the spaceship doors - whilst seeming motionless - the whole song soars and skitters along the crest of a double-drumming wave. »
It's time to reveal two more names for the Drowned in Sound stage at Summer Sundae Festival... »
The latest additions to the three nights of DiS curated music, which take place from 10th-12th May in Brighton. We've already announced some of the acts playing our bills: Errors, When Saints Go Machine, New Look, Eight And a Half, The Soft plus the DiS vs Erased Tapes Records night with Nils Frahm, A Winged Victory for the Sullen and The British Expeditionary Force. And now we've got two more names for our stages to reveal, and then a 140+ more acts for the festival itself to reveal... »
The Shins have a new album Port of Morrow came out last week and the band want to take you on a journey 'there'.»
The makers of one of DiS' favourite albums of 2011, re-invent a classic... »
