In Depth
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More Than Words #4: The Art and Music Feature - David Lynch, Death Vessel, Milagres
Jon Falcone looks at upcoming releases that marry an excellence of sound with a love of a tactile product. Consider it a coffee table book for your smartphone »
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I Would Queue 4 U! - A Prince Fan's Patient Wait (In the Not-So Purple Rain)
The handful of touts circulating for extras have already left. As the numbers drop, we move forward, and can now see the Electric Ballroom... »
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DiS Does Singles 10.02.14: The National, Annie, Modern Baseball
From socio-economic theory to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, we've got it all covered. »
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Dookie? A Classic Album? Why Kiran Leonard Hates GreenDay's Seminal LP
Kiran Leonard received an invitation from you to write a couple of paragraphs on Green Day's seminal punk-pop record 'Dookie', which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. »
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Live Review
Live Report: From the third row of Prince and 3rdEyeGirl @ Electric Ballroom, Feb 5th 2013
This week, The Internet is Prince's instrument of choice, and he’s playing it like ‘Alphabet St.’. »
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Interview
"My mum just said to me, ''that is awful'": DiS meets Connan Mockasin
Elliot Mitchell talks to Connan about his new album, Caramel... »
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“I wish I could write songs that are in my range”: DiS meets James Mercer of Broken Bells
In part two of our interview with Broken Bells, Joe Goggins chats to James Mercer.. »
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Live report: Foals at Oxford Academy 2, 01/02/14
Then, Foals were that band off Skins advert. Now they are one of the finest bands that the UK has to offer »
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“I don’t play guitar like a normal person”: DiS meets Band of Horses
A decade since their formation, the band have made a live album... »
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DiS Does Singles 03.02.14: Cloud Nothings, St. Vincent, Bombay Bicycle Club
Dylan Baldi's motley crew are back with a swell of righteous fuzz »
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“We’re laid back, yo” - DiS meets Danger Mouse of Broken Bells (Part 1)
Joe Goggins chats to Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) about making the 2nd Broken Bells album... »
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Girl With The Gun on the alternative Italian scene
Girl With The Gun give us a whirlwind tour of the current Italian alternative music scene... »
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I Left A Band: Life after Art Brut
"Leaving a professional touring band is a peculiar feeling. Like being pushed from a moving car." »
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Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds #18
Ben Bland looks at a host of compilations courtesy of genre specialists All Saints Records... »
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DiS Does Singles 27.01.14: Metronomy, Katy B, Beck
We loved Joe Mount's new song so much that we went and wrote him a letter about it »
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Inside Llewyn Davis: DiS meets T Bone Burnett
Burnett talks about history of American grassroots, the concept of iPhones as Darth Vader’s tracking device and Inside Llewyn Davis. »
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DiS meets Colin Greenwood from Radiohead
An ambassador for Independent Venue Week, he talks to DiS about Radiohead's early days, and what the future holds... »
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DiS Does Singles 20.1.14: Neneh Cherry, Perfect Pussy, Ninetails
This week's DiS Does Singles features new songs from Neneh Cherry, Perfect Pussy, Ninetails and more. »
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Spotify vs DIY: It's Better Than The 0p Acts Receive From Piracy, But...
For smaller bands and artists, the money dried up long ago, argues Gavin Miller from Ghosting Season »
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Drowned In Sheffield #16
It’s been a bit of a blur since you last heard from us. We think we caught fresher’s flu some time in late September and never quite recovered until this weekend, which was spent sitting on the sofa surrounded by empty Lemsip sachets and Seinfeld DVDs. Sniff. »
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Drowned in Bristol #16
All the new label news, forthcoming releases, and pick of the best forthcoming shows from our local scribe in Bristol... »
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DiS Does Singles 13.1.14: Sun Kil Moon, The Men, Wild Beasts
This week's DiS Does Singles features new songs from Sun Kil Moon, The Men, Wild Beasts, Owls and more. »
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More Than Words #3: The Art and Music Feature
For the next installment of Drowned In Sound's digital coffee-table book, Jon Falcone looks at some recent and forthcoming releases with cover art that veers from the beautiful to the macabre, and some that are both... »
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"Few instruments speak like a horn" - DiS Meets St. Vincent
We chatted about her love for Pantera, leaving 4AD, and why horns have such a unique voice »