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Purple rock princess returns, with a new album, uk tour and to cap it all, helps DiS celebrate three years... Who is Carina Round we hear you ask? Were you not paying attention? Honestly... she's defineable as a Brummy singer songwriter, and you could lump her in with Simone, Buckley, Polly Harvey, »
Drowned in Print? Drowned in Virus' more-like... You never think it will happen to you, that the slack-jawed hackers will kill your fun. You don't expect those kinda things on the news to mess you about, but it has happened to us. Our designer's computer will not compute, our Darkness feature writer»
So, Go! Go! Back to your bright lights, you made promises you couldn't keep. Go! Blair! Go! Anti-war songs after a war? Let that whack you left-side the head for a moment, for this is the return of The Cooper Temple Clause. With a new album that DiS can safely say will nail them to the tapestry of rock in»
It's that time again for the next Beggars Group Download and this week's is a bit of a stunner...
For just two of your hard-earned/stolen/borrowed English pounds you can get the new Peaches single 'Shake Yer Dix' (hear a sample of it »
In the City, the big ol' music biz shindig, have announced their line-up for the annual A&R scrum to snap up the nations finest new bands for one week, in Manchester, in various venues, with loads of bands playing at the same time. And if that didn't make much sense, nor will this big list of new bands, wh»
Having scarred many a soul on the Carling Stage at Reading/Leeds, those pretty boys from York, named after a Boards of Canada track, with bigass riffs and a penchant for Bright Eyes, return to London to play a Drowned in Sound show... Tuesday September 2nd, down at our spiritual home, the Camden Underworld»
Drowned in Sound moves to a new abode... Infact, not just an 'abode' but a rock dome, with a jacuzzi and everything, situated in London's everso slightly skanky eastend. Hopefully none of the Libertines will rob us. As of Saturday you can send us your cds and other goodies to: Dro»
Why can’t all demos be this good? In a land before space and time, there wasn’t a sound. Then along came about a million different gods, who were more like molecules really, and they had a big war. Time passed and people decided to make noises for one another. Simple really. Which brings us neatly along to The»
This really forces you to wonder, just why exactly do we need repetition? Fair enough if you need structure in your life. I’m all for people being happy to live a groundhog day, but me, I’m not so sure we really need pop to go so round-round. Because pop should be about moving forwards and backwards. Pop is about a mil»
Ooooh, yeah, the Rapture are gonna getcha... So, The Rapture, one of the coolest bands in the world right now, mangling disco with retro rock sleaze chic, have a new album called 'Echoes' out on September 8th. Therefore, we have goodies a-go-go. The promo single for the album is called »
Everyone thinks running webzines is like fighting a war with your rivals. But that's crap. Everyone is trying to achieve the same thing for the music they love and we salute that. We'd like to tell you about our friends at RockFeedback.com who, like»
Wanna try before you buy? Those pesky scamps at Virgin Records have given us a track called 'Generation' as part of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club webwheel for 'Take Them On, On Your Own'. Anyhoo, click »
Bolton punk.03'ers announce release details... It only seems like a short while since Kinesis were a fresh-faced unsigned band, running their own fanzine and releasing records themselves. A band - with a positive mentality, a fistful of riffs and a great attitude - which we were very excited about. »
Woohoo! We're very pleased to announce a magazine distribution deal with the CHAIN WITH NO NAME! As you'll know by now, the Drowned in Sound magazine features a digest of all the best bits from the website, plus lots of exclusive extra's. As anyone who's ever launched a magazine knows, distribution »
The third Muse album has been leaked, months before its release. Music messageboards around the world yesterday lit up with folks talking about the new Muse album which was leaked by some lucky bugger who's managed to get hold of a copy of 'Absolution', months before its September release. Th»
Drowned in Sound have joined the Beggars Group Download Network thingyameebob, which basically is an online singles club and kicks off in style... Right, for two english quids, you get the new Pretty Girls Make Graves single 'This Is Our Emergency' (hear a sample stream of it »
Big-haired digi-mods have given us goodies to show you... In the run-up to the release of their eagerly awaited second rekkid, 'Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose' (we've heard bits of and it sounds special, tho there is a world war tone, like a big ol' dark cloud hanging over the recor»
One of the hottest new bands (or at least so said a demo review by the DiS editor a few months ago) - as seen playing a Drowned in Sound/Club Fandango show at the Dublin Castle and in the new bands tent at Glastonbury - announce debut sin»
Deftones frontman, responsible for bad facial hair in colleges around the world, forced to cancel shows... Ok, don't laugh, but due to what reports are calling a "a severe groin injury" to Chino Moreno, the 'tones have had to cancel two Summer Sanitarium shows this week in the USA. Apparently Chino »
Rock gods in waiting, return with their finished debut album under one arm and a pair of tickets for a DiS reader and a friend under the other... Yes sirreee, Manchester's Janes Addiction-via-Tool-doingsomelushspacerock-n-rollers Oceansize have completed their debut album and named it 'Effloresce»
You heard.. Drowned in Sound're off to Bath, and this is the start of another of our regular Drowned in Sound associated nights... We've teamed up with the kickass folks at PURR (purr.org.uk), who're quite often named by many'a band, punters and f»
I'm a bit sick of the hatemail I've been getting, so much so I'd just like to outline a few things about the way we work and also offer some advice to bands out there before sending in your records... 1. We get sent over 300 demos each month, 12 months a year. That makes 3,600 demos a year, from all»
Muse unveil new album to the industry and competition winners at the Planetarium... oooh woooooh yeah yeh yeah ye-ye-ah... Last night, beneath the stars, Drowned in Sound heard the third studio album from the most important band since Nirvana, at an exclusive album playback of '(Sing for) Absolu»
As per our tour network wanted advert, we've started teaming up with and starting some of the best nights in the UK. This week, things start moving as we put DiS Recordings first singlers The Koreans out on the road...
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DiS and Tremolo Promotions, present...
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Muse return with their third album in September and you can hear it before anyone else next week... We've got 5 pairs of tickets for you and a friend to go to the special 'Absolution' playback at a very special, secret London location, next Tuesday (29th July 2003). And all you need to do to be ther»
Read all about it... the revolution is nigh! Believe it or not, we do listen to you folks out there, especially when you ask us to do things which sound like a fun challenge. Lots of people have asked why we don't do a printed magazine, with all our best bits, so we've only gone and put one together. »
77-punkers want a holiday in the warzone... John Lydon's been spitting about how much he'd love to play a show, with the now reformed Sex Pistols, in Baghdad early next year. The aim is to show the Iraqis the "downside" of democracy. "I am definite about it. The red tape is lining up thick »
Muse defy the idea that singles have to be in thin little cases... The UK's most exciting and influential rock band in decades, have fully embraced the year of the download! They've managed to keep the ability to pay their team of producers, designers, management and the like, whilst giving fans what they»
A few weeks back, we started a poll to pick the support band to play at our Label Launch Party, and after several thousand votes we've found a winner... Congratulations to Oxford art-popkids DiveDive who had over 300 votes more than anyone else. They will now open our party, on Monday July 21st at t»
Warhols DO Bowie stadium tour.. Oh. My. Word. What a tour this is going to be. The living grandad of a generation that fell to earth, the only icon to survive the 70s, 80s, 90s and still come out the end of it churning out records every couple of years, David Bowie has chosen the very fine Dandy »
