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Drowned in Sound is back!
As a podcast and record label »
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Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Year: 2020
The records that were stuck on repeat on our ghost-ship. »
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Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter
Don't call it a comeback... actually, do! »
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Playlist
Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing
DiS founder launches Unhappy Hour newsletter + playlist series + radio show »
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Festival Preview
Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alternative must sees
Glastonbury is back! Please enjoy a playlist + some off the wall things to do »
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Interview
A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash
On its 20th Anniversary, the cult Belgian art rockers talk nostalgia, growing old with your fans, and backing dancers »
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Festival Review
Way Out East: DiS Does Sharpe Festival 2019
For its second edition, this showcase event has improved in subtle but meaningful ways »
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Festival Review
25 years of SPOT Festival: DiS Picks Its Best 11
We made our annual pilgrimage to Denmark's top showcase festival and discovered some fantastic bands »
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Festival Review
Twelve Hours Of Drone Is Just The Beginning: DiS Does Big Ears
A staggering concert lineup rounded out by panel discussions, film events, and art exhibits »
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Live Review
IDLES Smash It In Sheffield
What happens when a cult band grows to become a true phenomenon? »
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Festival Preview
More bands announced for DiS partnered Fuzz Club Eindhoven
Having already announced their first wave of acts last month, the DiS partnered Fuzz Club Eindhoven have added another five bands to an already stellar line-up. »
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Interview
The Shape Of Punk To Come?: DiS Meets Crows
We caught up with vocalist James Cox during their recent tour with Idles »
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review
Avey Tare - Cows on Hourglass Pond
Sonically ornate, scintillating, and poetically metaphysical »
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review
Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet
A piece of masterful craftsmanship tucked snugly into the singer-songwriter tradition »
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White Denim - Side Effects
Side Effects resets what we should expect from White Denim »
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review
American Football - American Football (LP3)
American Football are still racked with insecurity, but now they have the wisdom to express it more incisively than ever »
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Interview
"There aren't many real musicians left in the business": DiS Meets Kristin Hersh
Iconic songwriter and musician Kristin Hersh bares her soul »
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Interview
"I always get excited by the idea of adventure": DiS Meets Ludovico Einaudi
The Italian composer walks us through his ambitious new album cycle and the Piedmont countryside »
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review
Roy Ayers - Silver Vibrations (reissue)
It stands as the truest chronicle »
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review
Fennesz - Agora
The strongest, and most cohesive, album that Fennesz has released in over a decade »
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review
Apparat - LP5
Far more than an electronic or dance album, it’s a record of melody and texture »
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Interview
Primordial Gods: DiS Meets Faith Eliott
"It's a consolation to know that the world has a really volatile track record" »
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review
Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind - CollectiV
A masterclass in supremely executed rock and roll. »
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These New Puritans - Inside the Rose
This is, at least in a relative sense, These New Puritans’ pop album »