In Depth
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Live Review
The violent death of rock music by Ben Myers
A friend reckons the Fat Whites are "definitely a bunch of cun-s" and he hasn’t felt this threatened at a gig in a long time. Who wouldn’t want to see a band described this way? »
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Albums of the Year
Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of the Year 2015
Listageddon, cometh: 100 records our team and readers loved in 2015. »
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Artist-generated
Idlewild USA Tour Diary
2015 has been a revelatory time for Idlewild... »
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Live Review
Live Review: April Towers & Eyre Llew - All hail the new sound of Nottingham
April Towers and Eyre Llew. Remember the names, because you'll be seeing a lot more of them in 2016. »
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Playlist
Year in Music — 2015’s Landmark Tracks (Playlist)
Our favourite tracks of the year plus the music that's been embossed on 2015's sleeve. »
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Live Review
Live Review: Idlewild @ The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (13/12/15)
The Idlewild story is far from reaching its conclusion just yet. »
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Interview
"I can't watch a film unless it's got Nazis in it": Fat White Family's Lias Saoudi speaks to DiS
Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family talks changing personnel, difficult second albums and The Moonlandingz... »
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Festival Review
A Voyage of Discovery: DiS Does Le Guess Who?
Now in its ninth year, Derek Robertson finds Le Guess Who? just keeps getting better. »
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Live Review
Is It Bad That You’re Good For Me? dEUS Live
Scaled back and stripped down, dEUS are no less enchanting or seductive. »
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Drowned-Up
10 Shows That Shook 2015
Having watched in the region of 1500 bands this year, here are Dom Gourlay's ten favourite live shows. »
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Albums of the Year
Our 50 Favourite UK Albums of 2015
In place of our annual alt-Mercury Neptune prize, here are our favourite UK (and Irish) Albums of 2015. »
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Interview
Indian Rock: Dishoom's Slip-Disc
DiS meets restaurateur Shamil Thakrar and curator of Bombay rock from the sixties, via London, and back again. »
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Festival Review
ATP 2.0 Nightmare Before Christmas: The DiS Review
While this ATP wasn't quite up there with the likes of those curated by My Bloody Valentine or Matt Groening from days gone by, it's near flawless musical policy is to be admired »
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Column
Pressing Issues — Vinyl's Crisis: People Love It Too Much
Why are record labels having to wait up to four months for their vinyl orders to come back from pressing plants? »
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Live Review
Britpop's forgotten gems — Jake Shillingford and My Life Story
Nothing short of life affirming... »
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Festival Review
From Cervezas to Muse to Pyramids: A-Z Guide to Corona Capital
Ashcroft, Aztecs and Albion rides again. »
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Planet Gear
Planet Gear: The Anchoress and Mansun's Paul Draper
Legendary pre-amps and endless recording. The making of The Anchoress' Confessions of a Romance Novelist... »
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Live Review
The Maccabees: From Latchmere to the brink of Arenas
The Maccabees' ever ascending rise is a genuine cause for celebration and one that shouldn't be taken lightly »
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Column
Sometimes It’s Hard To Be A Woman
Thanks for Bechdel testing our real lives, Jimmy Iovine! »
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Interview
"Musically, I’ve been drifting back home": DiS meets ex-Death Cab's Chris Walla
"I’ve been drifting back home, towards what I was doing twenty years ago when I first met Ben and when, ultimately we started Death Cab." »
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Live Review
Folk harp song! — Joanna Newsom live at BARTS, Barcelona
Newsom is a warm, self-deprecating presence in a show that reaches dazzling heights »
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Live Review
Upwards Into Electric Hypnosis — Julia Holter live in Brighton
Nothing breaks character: Mike Diver spends an evening at the Komedia in Brighton. »
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Festival Preview
5 Must Watch Acts at... Corona Capital (Mexico City)
DiS is going to Mexico City this weekend, and if you are too, who shouldn't you miss? »
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Interview
DiS Meets Le Guess Who's Bob van Heur
We speak to the co-founder of one of Europe's best, most acclaimed festival. »