In Depth
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Festival Review
Tallinn Music Week 2012
Estonia is a unique country. It’s a very new country – only regaining independence in 1991 – and it’s also one of the most progressive. It's also the only Baltic state running an international music conference. The point? Estonia is different. Drop your pre-conceptio... »
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Artist-generated
A Quick Tour of Camden Market With FOE
To get into the mood for her headline set at Camden Crawl, DiS took FOE aka Hannah Clarke, on a trip to Camden's world famous market, to sample the delights on sale should you wander off piste from the music. »
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Interview
"A lot of Japanese bands seem to be obsessed with being the new Beatles or Nirvana": DiS meets Taffy
Tokyo based four-piece Taffy are something of a unique entity in being possibly the only Japanese band this past ten years to stir up any kind of interest in western territories. »
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Column
Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds #13
First up, a couple of truly stunning transmissions from Evan Caminiti. Slated for release later this month on the impeccable Immune Recordings, Night Dust represents the undoubted high-point of his solo output thus far. Recorded purely to four-track, and »
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Column
Drowned in Leeds #10
The tenth installment in our local scene report from our scribe in Leeds... »
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Interview
"It actually feels like coming home again" - DiS meets Jonsi from Sigur Ros
When Sigur Ros announced they had a brand new album recorded and ready to go last month the collective sigh of relief could be traced all the way from the United Kingdom to the United States and back again. »
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Staff-generated
Reviewed: Shut Up And Play the Hits a documentary about the last days of LCD Soundsystem
Shut Up and Play The Hits is Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern's attempt to chronicle the melange of mayhem that was the last 48 hours of LCD Soundsystem. Maybe not that big a band, maybe not that big a gig, just another night in New York. And yet, som... »
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In Depth
Drowned in Scotland: May 2012
After a short break, some tunes and news from bonnie Scotland. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 30/04/12 Keane, Patrick Watson, The Proclaimers, Lower Dens, Dan Mangan
Single of the Week! Patrick Watson - ‘Into Giants’ (Domino) On ‘Into Giants’ Patrick Watson is not messing about, not one toy is getting left in the cupboard. And it is all quite overwhelming, there being so many things here worthy of note and ce »
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Column
Drowned In Manchester #10 – Festival Preview Spotify Special
There’s a reason this column has become more sporadic in 2012, and it’s not due to a lack of things going on in Manchester. Far from it. In fact it feels like the rush of the musical tide flowing through this city is such that I’m sitting meekly at its ed »
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Interview
Striving To Find Depths In The Shallows; DiS Meets I Like Trains
Inspired in part by the Nicholas Carr book of the same name,Leeds four-piece I Like Trains' new album, The Shallows, approaches the subject in hand from a variety of different view points. Their sound, meanwhile, has shifted from the more fu... »
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Column
DiS Does Pop #7: The 10 Commandments of Teen Pop
Hello! Welcome to the seventh edition of DiS Does Pop where the Top 40 is placed under a microscope of revelatory declarations and humorous asides. Like the search for Sean Paul’s dignity, it’s tough going at times but we’ll plough on nonetheless. This month with One... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 23/04/12 North Atlantic Oscillation, Willy Moon, Pulled Apart By Horses
Single of the Week! North Atlantic Oscillation - ‘Soft Coda’ (Kscope) Some bands can get away with lyrics as vague as fog. North Atlantic Oscillation are one of those bands, which is why it is alright that their amiable, button-pushing, bombastic »
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Tour Diary
Lost In Translation: DiS does Tokyo
Last week, DiS found itself transported to the oriental pastures of Tokyo for five days of cultural enhancement, challenging culinary delights and musical discoveries. Here's what we encountered... »
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In Depth
Nordic Sounds Q1 2012 ft. Hanne Hukkelberg, Miike Snow, The New Spring
As we are now well into April and past what some mentally unhealthy people may term "Q1", it seems like a pretty good time to take stock of what's been happening in the Nordic countries over the past few months, aside from it being dark and cold. Once more we are not... »
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Column
Drowned in Bristol #9
A belated first Drowned in Bristol of 2012, featuring Bristol-based Record Store Day business and new tracks from some excellent local artists. »
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Column
Champion Sound #6: feat Killer Mike
Like many others I’m sure, I first became aware of Killer Mike through OutKast’s 2001 single ‘The Whole World’. The song’s video was played a lot on music television that year, but that didn’t stop me coming home from school and flipping through channels until I foun... »
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DiSection
10 Years On: James Yorkston & The Athletes' Moving Up Country Track by Track
Back in 2002, Domino released James Yorkston & the Athletes’ debut, Moving Up Country. Adored by both critics and discerning listeners at the time, it has attracted many new fans over the intervening decade with its timeless sound and careful songcraft. ... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 16/04/12 Tashaki Miyaki, Spiritualized, Kelpe, Herman Dune, Laid Back
Single of the Week! Tashaki Miyaki - ‘Tashaki Miyaki Sings The Everly Brothers’ (For Us) You could argue that a deathly pale, k-hole-occupying, curtains-drawn approach to a cover version is no different or less calculated than wanging your latest »
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Mixtape
Drowned in Spotify: A vast selection of DiS-curated Playlists
A sort of greatest hits selection of DiS' Spotify playlists. We've compiled these to show off their new play button feature, but mainly to give you one page to bookmark (and share) for hours upon hours of listening.. »
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Column
Drowned in the North East #1
Ever since taking over the Drowned in Newcastle column just shy of a year ago, I’ve frequently been faced with a dilemma over where to draw the line geographically. It’s probably the same for a lot of cities, but Newcastle’s scene is no longer (ahem) blac »
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Festival Preview
Benicassim 2012: the (very early) DiS preview
As part of our 2012 festival coverage, DiS will be present and correct at the the 2012 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim from 12th-15th of July... »
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Mixtape
Some Velvet Mixtape: 2012 so far in layers, loops, drones and noise.
Here then, with the second quarter of 2012 already underway, we bring you Some Velvet Mixtape, 35 of the finest artists and songs drenched in all things loud, heavy, dreamy and fuelled by reverb, distortion and feedback that have been keeping us awake at nig... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles: 9/04/12 s/s/s, Trembling Bells, Bobby Conn, Slugabed, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Single of the Week! Trembling Bells & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - ‘I’ll Be Looking Out For Me’ from ‘Duchess’ EP (Honest Jons, snippet at around 1:03 below) ‘I’ll Be Looking Out For Me’ is a he-said, she-said. And like the best of its kind, each »