In Depth by Sean Adams
DiS rips the UK a new ear hole with some seriously beautiful rock'n'roll-related action, featuring violins and post-velvet underground joy from SEACHANGE (currently being raved about by both Lamacq and Zane) hit the road DIS tour and new-kid-on-the-block Redjetson (bright and sprawling) hop along for the ride.
The Koreans (our babies) get out and about amid recording their debut LP, to coincide with their second single on Drowned in Sound Recordings on December 1st.
DiS also starts a 'core night featuring the finest noizemongers, headlined by The Murder of.... Plus Xmas party news...»
In Depth by Sean Adams
Wanna be our friend? Wanna see who our friends are? Wanna work out how many degrees of separation you are from Har Mar? (If it's more than 2 degrees you should get out more!)»
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Bush vs Indie Kids. Postal service asked to cease or desist by US Postal Service...»
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Shock! Shock! Shock! Icelandic sleep-walkers Sigur Rós win at pop awards...»
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One of DiS's favourite bands, Crackout, have announced they are going to release several tracks off their new album well in advance of its release, and you can find out how to hear them right here!»
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Critically acclaimed (even by DiS and Zane Lowe) M83 hit the UK and release a single...»
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Fans cram into the Fonada Theatre in LA to witness the likes of Beck, Tim Burgess and Beth Orton pay tribute to Elliott Smith.»
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Gimme a D, gimme an 'arkness... Carling sponsor the return of the pop sensation of 2003 and it's FREE to get in...»
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Mazza throws a wobbler after a barrier is knocked over...»
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New Column Alert! A brief monthly rundown of the best bits from the month before, curated by the dis editor. Highlights include new bands to check out, demo of the month, October's news headlines, and more...»
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What will become of Elliott's final album?»
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Matador (home of Interpol, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Pavement, etc...) are up for DiS Label of the Year 2003, and two of their finest exponents hit the road and land very near you soon. One dis-supported, one a band we love...»
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Rock allumini like 'tallica and the lips hit Oz in January for the Big Day Out touring festival.»
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The Saddle Creek stable comes up with the goods again. This time the vocals are perfectly in key and Elton John is crying in the distance. The indier-than-thou record of the year? Seek and caress.
P.S. They're in the UK, touring this week.»
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Another great record from Matador. This is 40 minutes of bliss in an otherwise underwhelming (rock) world.
"Uh-uh-uh Oh, Uh-uh-uh Oh, Uh-uh-uh Oh, Tonight I want to make it real. Close my eyes and feel it ride up my spine, radiate my limbs into air. Make it electric. I’ve got to know I’m still alive."»
In Depth by Sean Adams
Interaction now!
We've changed our users area to allow you to remain logged in, put pictures on your profile and more..
Use our user area to interact with music fans from all over the world, maybe find some new friends to goto gigs with. It's totally free and includes a weblog (diary), ability to post on our boards, rate bands...»
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Natalie Imbruglia's grungy hubbies band to split?»
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Josh went out into the Desert again and you can hear it all, here, for nowt... try before you buy and all that.»
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Are we experiencing a renaissance? Are british guitar bands finally back on top? Is this the start of a fight back against America? Whatever. Here's 7 british guitar records '03 which you should seek out from Muse, Coopers, Funeral for a Friend, Biffy Clyro, Sikth, Oceansize and the pop band of 2003...»
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In our ongoing attempt to pass commentary on the death of the music industry, herein lies the reasons why the singles chart rule changes this week will help to further kill the vibrancy of the music scene and continue to devalue music. If you have an oposing opinion or whole heartedly agree, use the boards. Discourse makes the world go 'round.»
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DiS is THREE! And to celebrate, we've got this 'ere new fangled website with bigger pictures, better sub-pages and many more things you'll discover over the course of time. What do you think?»
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Get yo tickets...
Yep, that's right, we now have a Drowned in Sound ticketshop in association with the folks at Ticketweb/Ticketmaster.
We'll be integrating the store into the new site (launches Wednesday 1st October!), so that you can buy tickets via our listings but for the meantime, you can get t»
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So, this week Drowned in Sound is three years old... and it's a damn fine excuse to party, whilst introducing you, dear reader, to a whole host of new bands. Including the truly wonderful talent that is Carina Round (pictured) at the Spitz.
Warning: This Article includes FREE downloads!»
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So, this week Drowned in Sound is three years old...
To celebrate we're going whole hog to introduce you to as many new bands we love in one week as possible. Sadly we've only managed to muster most of this action up in London but coaches are cheap and if you get really stuck and really wanna come down fro»
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From the people who brought us Bright Eyes, comes a lush new lp filled with stories and silken female vocals and another one which is cute as a kitten, whilst questioning science...
First up, Rilo Kiley return in October in promotion of their new record 'The Execution of All Things' which is»
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Maverick label boss of Creation and Poptones, responsible in recent times for the likes of Super Furry Animals, The Hives, Primal Scream and Oasis, takes over radio1 for one night tonight, but it may become regular...
Suffix and prefix him as you will, but this evening, Alan McGee, will take his Dea»
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The German Cure are coming...
Us folks at DrownedinSound.com have started to get used to this tour 'promoting' malarkey. We find bands we like, we slap our logo on their adverts as a sign that you should go! And this one really shouldn't be missed.
Dates remaining in Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, and another one in London!»
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The album's on the way, a tour is due, get the online single to get yourself ready...
Funeral for a Friend have a download single out this week called ‘Bullet Theory’ and have appointed us as one of their online outlets. So, for £1 using your credit card or £1.50 using SMS, you can get the vi»
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Zooooom... there went the past three years of your life. All you have to show for it is a pile of receipts, a mountain of demos and an inbox you dream of one day clearing out. It must be time to party, surely?
Three years in music is a long time. Three years gets you from 100 readers, to 35,000 readers, fr»
