In Depth
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Interview
"It felt like being a teenager again" - DiS meets Stevie Jackson of Belle & Sebastian
As one of the original members of Belle & Sebastian's transition from being a solo project for Stuart Murdoch to the bonafide group that's existed for the best part of two decades, Stevie Jackson has experienced more ups than dow... »
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Interview
"I hate being in a studio" - DiS meets Jens Lekman
Gothenburg native Jens Lekman has long been a shape shifter in presentation. September will see ‘I Know What Love Isn’t’ released on Secretly Canadian, it’s another journey to through Jens’s heart; a series encounters, rejections and ponderings. »
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In Depth
This Week's (Olympic!) Singles! 23.07.12: Muse, Delphic & Keane
This week’s singles column has been given over to the Olympic theme tunes. It is also a slightly breathless rant about the restorative power of exercise. »
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Interview
"We get compared to a lot of bands we've never even heard of": DiS meets Evans The Death
Naming your band after an undertaker in a Dylan Thomas radio drama probably draws several preconceptions as to what said band may sound like. Which is why it's something of a mystery London-based five-piece Evans The Death - their moniker shared with... »
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Festival Review
Drowned in Barcelona #4: Cruïlla 2012 feat. Iggy & the Stooges, M.I.A., ZA!
In the fourth of our irregular series of dispatches from Barcelona, DiS ventured to the Parc del Fòrum for the 2012 edition of Cruïlla (‘Crossing’) festival earlier this month, where a sparkling line-up saw luminaries such as Iggy & the Stooges and the ... »
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Column
Drowned In Nottingham #10
The summer may have been a complete washout but that still hasn't curtailed the musical treats that continue to engulf Nottingham's fair city. Here, Drowned In Sound's man around Nottingham and the East Midlands takes a look at the latest releases and happenings ... »
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Festival Preview
Truck 15: the DiS preview
That Truck’s been 'resurrected', then, is good news all round. It returns for its fifteenth edition under the fresh stewardship of Ralph Broadbent, he of Y Not Festival, who has replaced founders and long-term custodians Joe and Robin Bennett. »
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Festival Review
Benicassim 2012: the DiS review
While most of the Drowned in Sound staff spent last weekend getting sodden at Latitude, David Edwards was faced with a slightly different problem at the fantastic Festival Internacional de Benicàssim. Namely, how to keep cool in the sweltering heat amongst so many su... »
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Festival Review
Latitude 2012: The Editor's Reviewgasm
There's this wuhwuh-woah (M83), a woooo-OOoooo-ooooo-ooooh! (Yeasayer...or FUCKYEAH!-sayer as they will henceforth be known), and an ODB-inspired crowd going urrr urrrRRRrre uuhrrrrrrrr (Chilly Gonzales), swirling around inside my head. That's not to mention... »
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Festival Review
The Latitude Virgin And The Festival Epiphany
Latitude is EXACTLY like Avatar (ish) but real (I know you’re thinking, 'Um ok there are no dragon fireflies, no war, and it lasts longer than three hours…' but hear me out). After Elbow headline on Saturday night, I decide to explore every nook and cranny o... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 16/07/12 Jacques Greene, Blood Diamond, Electric Guest, Deaf Club, alt-J
Alas, Roby has nipped up the road for a weekend of larks at Latitude. Jazz Monroe wasn’t so lucky, and steps in to save this week’s singles from certain obscurity..._ »
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Festival Review
Indietracks 2012: The DiS review
As the most unique festival of its kind on these shores, Indietracks continues to go from strength to strength. »
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Column
The Classical: The Young Person’s Guide to the Proms 2012
Never been to The Proms before? Think it's all Union Jacks and Jerusalem? Think again - The Proms is one of the world's greatest music festivals, and this is your guide to what to see. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 09/07/12 Big Black Delta, Deco Child, Meursault, The 2 Bears
What has happened this week is that I have been in a very good, excitable and giggly mood, so unless a single has been gurning at me with a face full of powdery wrongness at the same time as raising my arms aloft, I haven’t been interested: it could jog o »
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In Depth
Drowned in Scotland: July
T time in Scotland, Meursault's third album, Beerjacket's busy summer and introducing Teen Canteen. »
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Artist-generated
Planet Gear: Enjoyed on his charm harp, whistles and fruit percussion
Electronic musician Enjoyed, talks us through his weird and wonderful world of harps, whistles and fruity percussion... »
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Interview
“We don't think too much about things, we just execute” - DiS meets Sleigh Bells
Following the release their sophomore album,Reign Of Terror, an album that picked-up the baton from where their debut Treats left off and turned the dial up to 11 with glossier production, slicker melodies and the beats that did a one finger salute ... »
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Festival Review
Isle of Wight Festival 2012 - The DiS Review
As you enter the festival grounds through the main entrance you pass through a series of coloured banners emblazed with song titles. It feels appropriate that ‘Teenage Wasteland’ greets you with a campsite awash with abandoned tents sprawled out like castaway boat sa... »
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Artist-generated
Gareth Los Campesinos! interviews Paul Heaton
Gareth Los Campesinos! talks to Paul Heaton from The Beautiful South about his new 'soul opera' The 8th... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 02/07/12 Dirty Projectors, TEMPA T, Field Music, Scuba, Rudi Zygadlo
Single of the Week! Dirty Projectors - ‘Gun Has No Trigger’ (Domino) The handsomest band in Christendom have written a song which sounds like a warning, and it is the kind of song men ruined by witchy women sing to other chaps, to put them on th »
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Column
Drowned in Leeds #11
The eleventh installment of our local scene guide with all the latest on the best releases and shows coming from Leeds this month.... »
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Staff-generated
Half-Year: DiS' Most Read Articles, Reviews and Threads of 2012 (so far!)
DiS' most read features, reviews and messageboard threads of the first half of 2012... »
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Column
DiS Does Pop #8: Is retromania ruining pop?
Hello, and thanks for tuning into the eighth edition of DiS Does Pop. The pop column which judges Cheryl Cole on a purely musical basis, only to be pissed off with yet another shite solo album. This month we were reading Simon Reynold's Retromania and thought, 'Ther... »
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Festival Preview
Bloc 2012: the DiS preview
As you're possibly aware, London's docklands are now home to an exotic new venue called London Pleasure Gardens, where all sorts of fabulous things will be happening this summer. And foremost amongst them is the Bloc festival, which has been lured away from the angry... »