In Depth
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Mixtape
Some Velvet Mixtape: 2013 in Drones, Reverb and Feedback - Part One
With Spring fast approaching, here's the first Some Velvet Mixtape of 2013 featuring thirty-eight of the finest tracks to grace our stereos this year. »
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Artist-generated
Planet Gear: The Leisure Society on Making Alone Aboard The Ark
'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, The Leisure Society talk us through the making of their new album, Alone Aboard The Ark. »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 1.04.13: Empress Of, Mount Kimbie, Haim, Jaws
It's that time of week again when we distil the greatest hits of everyone-with-a-record-out-this-week into a column of singular brilliance. Included in this smorgasbord of tunage are a resolutely ridiculous emo-pop outfit, a trio of sisters from LA and singer-songwri... »
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Label focus
Label Profile: Labrador Records
One of the most consistent independent labels in recent years has been Labrador. Now entering its fifteenth year of existence, Drowned In Sound caught up with Acid House Kings' Johan Angergård, now essentially responsible for running the label. We al... »
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Column
Planet Gear: Javelin on the Hammond Innovex Condor GSM Guitar Synthesizer
NY/LA genre-hopping duo Javelin return with their third album, Hi Beams, on 15th April 2013, via Luaka Bop - the record label started by David Byrne. Tom Van Buskirk from the band talks about one of the essential ingredients that went into ... »
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Interview
DiS meets Edwyn Collins
Meeting Edwyn Collins (and his jovial, chatty partner, Grace Maxwell) at his studio in Kilburn is a humbling experience. Sure, part of it’s the incredible recovery; Edwyn has returned from the brink – in hospital, he told Grace that he felt he’d experienced death – t... »
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Column
Drowned in Leeds: Spring 2013
Dan O'Dell rounds up the best of the Leeds music scene this Spring 2013... »
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Column
DiS Does Singles 25.03.13: Peace, Vampire Weekend, Department M, Savages
This week's DiS Does Singles stars Peace's 'Follow Baby', Vampire Weekend's 'Diane Young' and an Azelia Banks song that's so dreadful it has to be heard to be believed. »
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Interview
DiS meets Chaos Chaos
“You know what... when I woke up after we changed our name to Chaos Chaos...? I... just... felt... different... I’m only kidding”. That’s Chloe Saavedra. She’s 18, drums in Chaos Chaos, the band she’s in with her sister (Asy). Chloe’s been drumming i... »
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Column
Drowned in Bristol #11
It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to the much-loved Si Truss, who has been taking care of all your Bristol needs for the past few columns. He has entrusted me with the DiS Bristol baton and I can only hope I’ll be able to fill his boots. So, here goes... »
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Column
Jason Molina: Farewell Transmission
I keep wondering if I’m broken. It’s not that I don’t react; it’s just that it never seems to be quite the way we’re supposed to. In popular culture, someone gets bad news and they throw up. They sink to the ground. Their face crumples. Cue the strings »
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Column
Drowned In Manchester #14
Everything you need to know about the best new music and live events in Manchester... »
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Interview
After Girls: DiS meets Christopher Owens
Emerging just six months after the shock dissolution of Girls, Lysandre is in many ways a curious album for Christopher Owens to release under his own name for the first time. Following the expansive, rapturous ‘Father, Son,... »
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In Depth
DiS Does Singles 18.03.13: Rustie, Wampire, Ciara, Krystal Klear, MKS
We talk about how Rustie needs a mug of Horlicks, Dan Michaelson needs a hug and Sean Paul needs to away. Forever. »
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Interview
"I’m not looking for a test score": DiS meets Villagers
DiS met with chief Villager Conor O’Brien before the second of their two sell-out London shows in a converted tube carriage perched atop the venue in the East End »
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In Depth
"All songs are about The Sex" - DiS waves farewell to Singles columnist Wendy Roby
Wendy Roby is departing from the Drowned in Sound singles column. We asked her to answer a few questions after four years in charge. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles:11.03.13 (and some words of advice)
Wendy's last column for DiS, in which she attempts to impart some old-lady wisdom about the music industry. »
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Interview
Album by Album: Kelly Jones on the Stereophonics' back catalogue
There’s a new Stereophonics album out - a really good one. Time was when that sentence would be barely conceivable. »
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Interview
Interview: "We channelled Prince's energy!" - Paramore discuss their 4th album
Paramore discuss their self-titled forth album with DiS' editor. "...there’s all sorts of synths and guitars, a gospel choir, we did a string section, yeah we put guitars through weird synths and we’d tweak ‘em. I don’t think there was anything that groundbreaking bu... »
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In Depth
Prince's Purple Rain, Sex and Misogyny: A Contemporary Perspective
Ben Philpott considers the legacy of Prince's Purple Rain. Could it be that through misogyny and neglect, Prince used the film to offer an unabashed subversion of 1980’s sexism at its worst, or did Prince wish to channel his own biographical experiences with artistic... »
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Artist-generated
Planet Gear: Behind the scenes at Ólafur Arnalds' studio
Welcome to my humble abode! This is where I have made all of my music for the last two years or so. It is a relatively small room situated inside a fairly large old fish factory turned studio complex. It's an inspiring place with a great view of the ocean »
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DiSection
DiSsection: Fiction - The Big Other album track-by-track
This week, London based quintet Fiction release their debut album The Big Other, produced by Ash Workman and James Ford. We got the band to talk us through the ten tracks of 80s inflected, spidery guitar lines and poly-rhythm madness... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 5.03.13: Tame Impala, Cloud Boat, Sticky, Riva Starr
Single of the Week! Sticky feat. Lamahra Starr - ‘Cutting Shapes’ (Big Dada) People say to me*: 'How do you decide which single is empirically best each week? I mean, they are all so different, it must be so hard.' And I say to you, my internet f »
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Interview
"If a handful of people is a scene then yes I'm part of that" - DiS meets The Sea and Cake
At the tail end of last year The Sea and Cake released their ninth album proper, Runner. Jon Falcone chats to Sam Prekop about four year old drummers, the Chicago scene, and keeping it simple... »