Drowned in March 2010: a Spotify playlist
DiS now does a monthly playlist for the Spotify blog and we thought we'd share this month's playlist right here.»
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DrownedinSoundcloud: DiS launches new audio 'blog'
Drowned in Sound + Soundcloud x Tumblr = DrownedinSoundcloud»
Futureheads, Los Camp' and more for DiS' stage at Summer Sundae Festival
DiS is very excited to confirm the first names (YES that means there are more names to be announced!) for our huuuuge stage at Summer Sundae. As per the headline, we've got The Futureheads and Los Campesinos! and they will be joined by Frightened Rabbit and Errors. »
Listen: Foals 'This Orient' premiered on Zane Lowe's R1 show
Here's the new Foals track 'This Orient' which was previewed on Zane Lowe's show tonight»
Watch: DiS meets Jónsi from Sigur Ros - Part 1
Here is the video of DiS' founder/editor (me, hello) when I threw myself in at the deepend and asked the very affable and thoughtful Jonsi some questions, including some of the ones many of you submitted on the boards and via our @drownedinsound Twitter.»
Top 5 Videos of the Week: The National, Lady Gaga, Stricken City, Lone Wolf, Phoenix
There have been too many good great videos uploaded to the internetz this week, so we thought we'd throw together the top 5. »
Blood Red Shoes: From DIY to 'Professional'
As one half of the terrific two-some Blood Red Shoes, vocalist and drummer Steve Ansell has been on one hell of an adventure. He's played (and continues to play) in various seven-inch-spewing DIY bands - most notably the DiS-adored Cat on Form. The second BRS album Fire Like This (Recommended: 9/10 Review) has just hit record stores, so we thought it about time with picked Steve's brain to discover what he's learnt over the past few years, shifting from the do-everything-yourself punk scene to the corporate-sponsored festival arenas. »
Spotifriday #35 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist
This pretty much is what it says up ^there^ in the headline: every week we take the week's content on DiS and compile some of the best bits as a Spotify playlist. Listen and read, it's THAT SIMPLEZ.»
Listen: The Icarus Line return with two new tracks
Few bands have been as lauded by DiS' writers and readers as The Icarus Line but then, few bands are as raw, resolute or run-you-over-'n-piss-on-your-scabby-wounds as LA's only true contemporary rock 'n' rollers (stick that down your No Age pipe and toke on it!).»
Bright Eyes confirms first new material since 2007
Ok, chillax, don't go getting too excited by that headline, it's just a few new tracks on the reissue of One Jug Of Wine, Two Vessels the joint EP by Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova. »
Guest Post: Why there’s no such thing as "the music industry"
'Music industry' veteran Steve Redmond's guest post...»
Spotifriday #33 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist
If you don't know the dealio already, these weekly mixtape-like playlists, they're just a collection of songs with links to content. CLICK HERE to fire up the playlist in Spotify (available for free in most countries here) and listen whilst reading all the below if you haven't done so already... »
Watch: LCD Soundsystem in the studio in LA
James Murphy does SOMETHING, watch...»
Watch: Los Campesinos! December tour video
Hallo! Welcome to Los Campesinos! week on DiS. As you can imagine, the band have plenty of thoughts and insights to share this week but we thought it might to be nice to ween you in gently with this tour video. »
In Photos: 10 Years of Lostprophets + competition
Welcome to the 10 Years of Lostprophets gallery. To celebrate their 10th Anniversary and the release of new album The Betrayed, the band have given us access to their archive of photos, logos and artwork, to give you a visual journey through the past 10 years of their career.
PLUS... 1 fan will win a chance to meet the band on their forthcoming UK tour by telling us:
1) Which image features in the gallery twice?
2) Where is this image from?
3) Which show are you attending on the forthcoming tour?
Email your answers to lpcomp@drownedinsound.com. Good luck!
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Spotifriday #30: This Week on DiS as a Playlist
Welcome to the 30th Spotifriday, compiling the week on DiS as a Spotify playlist. What an eventual week it's been, I'll cut to the chase and explain as I go along.»
101 Nordic: A Northern Lights-lit Playlist
Breezy strings, doom-drenched death-metal, synth-pop, submerged harmonies, summery ukeleles and icy xylophones are - as this playlist attests - just some of the sounds of the Nordic region, compiled as part of Nordic Day to celebrate DiS curating a Nordic night tonight in London info.»
Song of the Day Digest: Beach House, Yeasayer, Lykke Li, TNP, M83...
A digest of the first 10 songs of the day.»
Spotifriday: DiS Editor's Top 40 Songs of 2009
It's Friday and on DiS throughout 2009 that meant we did a Spotify playlist to compliment our editorial (archived here). Yeah, it is not unlike a covermount cassette wot you used to get on Melody Maker (RIP). Simply CLICK THIS LINK and you'll be whisked to the founder and current editor of this websites top 40 songs of the year playlist. They're not in any particular order per se, more-so organised into a listenable flow - yeah, not unlike a proper mixtape, just without all that pause button bashing ballache. »
DiS staffers '09 Mixtapes - Part 3
Whilst our top 5 albums of the year list offers somes glimpse into what our staff have been listening to these past twelve months, the annual mixtapes give a real insight as to what has been pleasing the ears, minds and heart strings of those wot write for DiS.»
Favourite Five from: Paramore, of Montreal, Foals, Sky Larkin and Metric
It's the time of year to list the best records of the year. We've asked some of our favourite acts to tell us which five albums they've had in heavy rotation. »
Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2009 - 50-1
So, that was 2009? Was it a great year for music? A high watermark? Only time will tell but there have been some triumphant, innovative and bold records released and cherished in 2009 and we hope our list of the top 50 of the year reflects this.»
IT'S DiSSMAAASSS!!! - A Very DiS Christmas 88-track Spotify Playlist
We've picked covers by some of our favourites like Sufjan Stevens, The Polyphonic Spree and Katy Perry, plucked a few festive originals by Frightened Rabbit, The Raveonettes and Emmy the Great, plus a few classics, lots of novelties and plenty of Snoop Dogg. »
Favourite Five from: Late of the Pier, Slow Club, Ruby Suns, PABH
In this set of musicians' favourite five albums of 2009 we have folky-popsters Slow Club, dreamy-fuzzy-lovely antipodeans The Ruby Sons and tear-your-face-off types Pulled Apart by Horses. Kicking things off however is a member of DiS' alt.-Mercury-Music-Prize, the Neptune prize winners Late of the Pier whose new single 'Blueberry' is out this week via Erol Alkan's Phantasy label»
Win a Trip to Iceland + DiS presents a Nordic night!
In order to win this special trip for two to Iceland, which includes a stay at a plush 4-star hotel in Reykjavik and an excursion to the famed Blue Lagoon and The Golden Circle, you simply need to tell us your three favourite Nordic bands over at jajajamusic.com.»
DiS staffers '09 Mixtapes - Part 1
Whilst our top 5 albums of the year list offers somes glimpse into what our staff have been listening to these past twelve months, the annual mixtapes give a real insight as to what has been pleasing the ears, minds and heart strings of those wot write for DiS. These 'mixtapes' or, er, DiStapes, are fairly self-explanatory, they have a-postcard-from-'09 intros followed by 9 songs, so intro blurbage ends abruptly... »
Get Behind Me, Santa! Sufjan Stevens for Xmas charts?
DiS would like to bring your attention to the alternative alt-xmas single.»
Quiet is the new loud: 85dB noise limit legislation proposed
EU set to introduce volume restrictions on MP3 players»
Favourite Five: Everything Everything, The Northwestern, Japandroids, Johnny Foreigner
It's the time of year to list the best records of the year. Ahead of DiS' top 50 albums of the year, we've asked some of our favourite acts to tell us which five albums they've had in heavy rotation. Here, The Northwestern, Everything Everything, Japandroids and Johnny Foreigner reveal their favourite five albums of 2009... »
Favourite Five of 2009 from Grammatics' Owen Brinley
Here, driving force of Grammatics, Owen Brinley, shares his favourite five albums of 2009.»