In Depth
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Column
Drowned in Leeds: March/April 2014
Daniel O'Dell rounds up the best sounds coming out of Leeds at the moment, plus forthcoming gig and festival highlights... »
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In Depth
"The people of Louisville are crazy": DiS meets Slint (Part One)
As you’ll know if you read any Lou Reed obituary back in October, Brian Eno once said: “The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band”. The members of Slint were barely teenagers when this claim was made in 1982,... »
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Artist-generated
DiSsection: Johnny Foreigner You Can Do Better album track by track
Johnny Foreigner talk us through their fourth album, You Can Do Better... »
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Festival Review
BBC 6 Music Festival 2014: The Drowned in Sound Review
Manchester is increasingly proving itself more than capable of taking on major events outside of the Capital and despite a few grumbles typical of new events and considering the limitations of the venue, the inaugural 6 Music Festival was for the most part, a profoun... »
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Interview
DiS meets Joan As Policewoman
“The new record was a very natural progression for me. I didn't decide to do something different, but I did do it differently...” »
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Artist-generated
Steven Ansell from Blood Red Shoes: Is music becoming a passive experience?
"It's all right there ready for me, pre-packed. It's a f-ing microwave meal..." »
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Interview
"It feels badass to play a song for just two minutes" - DiS Meets Tokyo Police Club
We chat to David Monks about the Canadian quartet's third album, high school insecurities and Star Wars... »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 3.03.14: The Horrors, Coldplay, Haim
Plus, new stuff from Cloud Nothings and The Pains of Being Pure At Heart »
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Column
Planet Gear: Inside Elbow's Studio
Keyboardist and producer Craig Potter on Elbow's studio filled with woozy organs, amps and other gear. »
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Playlist
25 Songs To Prepare You For The Great Escape 2014
Think Woman's Hour is just a radio show? Want to know your Courtney Barnett from your Phantogram? We've made this playlist just for you. »
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Interview
Bryce Dessner of The National on his classical career: "I'm the same musician"
Side projects have a notoriously chequered history. But then Bryce Dessner is not your average rock star... »
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Live Review
Live Report: St. Vincent, Manchester Cathedral 21/02/14
A sustained example of what an idiot I'd been to not dive into her resolutely and unashamedly batshit world until now... »
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Festival Preview
BBC 6 Music Festival 2014 - The DiS Preview
BBC 6 Music are bringing the first ever 6 Music Festival to Manchester next weekend, and Drowned in Sound are popping along to check it out... »
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Live Review
Live Report: Prince at Manchester Academy 1 - Saturday 22nd February 2014
Broad smiles, deliberately hamming up his guitar moves, conducting the crowd with the microphone or the neck of his guitar, this is a man uniquely in touch with his own music and his own heritage: lapping up the live experience and the acclaim, and giving back the co... »
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Interview
"My favourite thing in music is to just make crazy sounds": DiS meets Xiu Xiu
Sitting comfortably in his new LA home, Jamie Stewart sounds less circumspect than you might expect... »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 23.04.14: Thumpers, Katy Perry, Jungle
We explain why 'Galore' should be in your earholes, like right now. »
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Interview
DiS meets St. Vincent: "I think economy is a sign of development"
Annie Clark talks to Derek Robertson about stripping it back... »
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Column
BRIT Awards 2014: It was a lot harder to hate the BRITs this year
We reminisce on an evening that saw Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie and Daft Punk all pick up prizes »
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Interview
Howling Bells: Fourth Album is a "Moody Barrel of Songs" + New Track Premiere
DiS Exclusive - the first track from Howling Bells' 4th album. Juanita reveals all about the new record. »
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Interview
John Grant on Timberlake, Bruno Mars and his BRITs 2014 nomination
DiS caught up with John to to talk about his BRIT nomination for International Male Solo Artist... »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 17.02.14: Woman's Hour, Wild Beasts, Chvrches
We chat with Woman's Hour's Fiona Burgess about ‘Her Ghost’. »
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Interview
"Lyrically the new album is very much about me": DiS meets Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings
DiS caught up with Cloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi to talk about his new record 'Here And Nowhere Else', the US hardcore punk scene and relocating to Paris. »
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Artist-generated
If stories were songs: James Vella's Devourings
To mark the release of his book Devourings, we asked James Vella to pick his five favourite books and imagine what their musical accompaniment might be... »
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Interview
"We had to be sure we wanted it again": DiS meets Wild Beasts
DiS caught up with Wild Beasts bass player, vocalist and songwriter Tom Fleming during rehearsals in London... »