Another band added for DiSmas! Get your tickets here
So, we've already delivered Christmas a few weeks early for Jeremy Warmsley fans and now it's time to 'drop da bomb' for a few more people.»
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Cold War Kids download and free in-store today!
V2's latest hot stuff Cold War Kids are in London town today, playing a few bits and getting a bit crazy. Probably. Is that what bands do these days? Great. Yeah.»
It's DiiiiiiiSmas! Party to end all annouced - buy tickets!
Ahaahaha. Christmas. A time for giving, receiving, the giving of reception and the reception of a gift. This year at DiS we're in a particularly generous mood, not only giving you, our beautiful readers, a line-up of monstrously delightful proportions, but we're also donating all the profits that come into our hands to Shelter - a worthy cause, you'll surely agree.»
Los Campesinos! sign to Wichita
Oh! The marriage of a wonderful label to a joyous band, let's call this news story the reception and you're all invited with free drinks and a wonderful party atmosphere.»
Drowned in Sound scoops award for podcast
Drowned in Sound was last night handed a 'Best Music Podcast' award by the folks of Record of the Day at their third annual Record of the Day Awards for Music Journalism and PR.»
Fields - If You Fail We All Fail
Slowly establishing themselves as one of the bands to watch in 2007, this is but a smidgen of what you can expect from multi-national troupe Fields in the months to come. Take this as your starter; the main course will blow you away...»
DiS thanks you: highest ever readership figures
Last week for the first time we hit more than 150,000 unique readers in a week, setting a new record for our readership and confirming our position as Europe's most popular independent music website.»
MySpace in MEGA TROUBLE
Universal Music, the group which owns, alongside others, Polydor, Fiction, Island and Def Jam is suing social networking site, Myspace.»
DiS Radio: Cursive Interview
Colin Roberts flies to Amsterdam to meet one of Saddle Creek's most interesting and continously innovative bands, Cursive. Enjoy a selection of the band's best tracks, alongside a full and in-depth discussion of their most recent album, their future and more besides.»
DiS Radio: DiScover Three
A delicious mix of bleeding edge new tracks and a couple of relatively unknown favourites from recent times. The Chap, Jonquil and Dananananakroyd hit the new music buttons with delicious aplomb, whilst the dubstep drama of Skream is showcased perfectly at the end.»
UK Music Hall of Fame inducts more
London's Alexandra Palace was the venue last night for the 2006 UK Music Hall of Fame, the annual ceremony that annually inducts the world's most important and influential musicians into a virtual 'hall of fame' on an annual basis.»
Ryan Adams unveils eight new albums
God, aka Ryan Adams has 'released' eight new albums to his official website.»
Exclusive: Brett Anderson Interview
Drowned in Sound bags a world exclusive interview with former Suede frontman and now solo artist in his own right, Brett Anderson. He chats about making his debut album, the people he worked with and trying his hand at different things in music. Brett tells DiS editor Colin Roberts all of this, as well as playing a few songs that have influenced him along the way.»
DiS Radio: DiScover Two
This special live preview showcases the best new artists playing Drowned in Sound's clubs and gigs in the month of September. Bands on this short one-off show include Cutting Pink with Knives, I Was a Cub Scout and Optimist Club.»
DiS Radio: DiScover One
DiScover is the Drowned in Sound podcast new music show, featuring tracks from upcoming DiScover bands playing our shows and featuring on the site. This show includes tracks from Youthmovies, Jeremy Warmsley, Foals and new DiS Singles Club signee, Adam Gnade.»
DiS in Montréal: M for Magnificent
For a city so revered and adored by anyone who has visited, touching down at Montréal's Trudeau International Airport is somewhat unassuming. Little did I know, of course, that the surroundings and seemingly freshly built (or certainly well-maintained) modern surroundings of the transatlantic terminal would give way to a city that encompasses the grand, exuberant statements of North American capitalism, alongside the cultural influence and history of western Europe...»
A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Kid Harpoon at London The Luminaire, Sun 12 Nov
Despite the last-minute cancellation of oh-so-hot-right-now blog superstar Beirut due to ill health and personal circumstances, London has turned out en masse for co-headliners A Hawk And A Hacksaw - and I'll bet they're glad they did...»
Beirut in London tonight: Semi-cancelled
Following the cancellation of Lisa Germano at the venue last night, tonight's Beirut show at London's Luminaire has had a significant alteration made to the bill.»
Foals sign to Transgressive Records
The rhymthically-led five-piece effortlessly mix Don Caballero guitar meddling and Kompakt Records-esque intricate drum styles, making them as listenable as they are danceable...»
DiS presents: Blood Brothers UK tour 2007
We've been quite literally dying to tell you this for weeks now, but we're finally in a position to let y'all know the details for January's Drowned in Sound tour, headlined by Blood Brothers...»
The Long Blondes - Someone to Drive You Home
Someone to Drive You Home is a guitar-pop album, no doubt. It's twelve tracks of gloriously written pop music, played with guitars. It quite literally is as simple as that, and in pop, simple = good. Consequently, The Long Blondes = good...»
Academy Music Group buys Oxford Zodiac
The group which owns venues such as the Brixton Academy and Shepherd's Bush Empire in London as well as Academy venues around the UK now is responsible for eleven live music buildings in the UK.»
Win! (Butler) Jools Holland DVDs featuring Arcade Fire and more
Now, I'm back and sexier than ever - so sexy in fact that those amazing dudes at Rough Trade have asked me to offer you, our loyal and delicious readers the chance to win one of three Later with... Jools Holland DVDs, featuring the afore-mentioned Arcade Fire, playing 'Rebellion (Lies)' from their delicious debut, Funeral.»
EXCLUSIVE: Klaxons album release date & podcast
This time last week (almost exactly, in fact), I was sat around a table with Klaxons, discussing many things relating to their future, 'new-rave' and Jupiter. Yes, the planet.»
WIN! Tonight! King Creosote et al
I've a pair of tickets sitting on my desk for tonight's Shepherd's Bush Empire show, brought to you by the wonderfully sexy Eat Your Own Ears.»
DiS Preview: M for Montreal
The reason? Why, great new music of course! The event goes by the name of M for Montreal and features the cream of Quebec's up-and-coming musical talent. DiS will be there to do a little DiScovery and report back on our findings, as well as bringing a few over for our events at The Great Escape, Hove Festival in Norway, London shows and a SECRET FESTIVAL OMG that we're booking and cooking.»
OXJAM: Good shit at The Good Ship
Kilburn, North London has two great venues. Many of you already know of our ongoing sexual love affair with The Luminaire (check out our sixth birthday Emmy-o-rama on the 30th!), but but three doors down the High Road is The Good Ship, who have been putting on up-and-coming talent for a good while now.»
Guillemots: gigs postponed + DiS tour diary
Guillemots have had to postpone tonight's show at Rock City due to illness, but it's not all bad news!»
Win! Levi's Ones to Watch tickets!
Hey! The annual Levi's Ones to Watch tour is just around the corner and we're giving you a rather swell opportunity to win a pair of tickets for each of the dates. Tickets that will enable you to access the gig that you win for, by nature of the entry information being printed on some form of paper-based fun...»
DiS is 6: Barfly tomorrow - tickets available on door
Advance tickets are now sold out, but there are still a few available for early birds on the door tomorrow night, at a jolly tasty £6.50. So why not pop along at 7.30pm and come and join in the biggest party in the HISTORY OF EUROPE.»