The Neptune Music Prize: Tarot Sport voted best album
Thousands of you voted in our alternative Mercury Music Prize and we have a winner...»
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10 Acts to Catch at Reading Festival 2010 + Roadtrip mixtape
In anticipation of that glorious stench-cloud of burning paper cups, teenage tent sweat, burger belch and beer froth, DiS has compiled a little list of 10 acts you really, truly, should try to catch this weekend at Reading (or Leeds) Festival...»
Listen: DiS' woozy, ebbing... Celebration of Curation Cloudcast
DiS has joined the likes of Dazed & Confused, XLR8R, Fabric, FACT and Vice for Mixcloud's Celebration of Curation. »
Stage times revealed for the DiS stage at Summer Sundae + Playlists
On October 10th 2010 (or 10/10/10) Drowned in Sound will be 10 years old and we're very very excited to be kicking off the 10-week party at our favourite UK festival this Sunday (August 15th) with a host of musicians who've twisted, twirled and punctuated our past 10 years.»
Watch: The Vaselines 'Sex With An X' - DiS Video Exclusive
As you may have heard on this very website, The Vaselines will be finally releasing a follow-up to 1989's hugely influential album Dum Dum this September. »
The Nominees: The Neptune Music Prize 2010 - Vote Now!
Drowned in Sound's alternative to the Mercury Music prize returns... »
David Lynch and Danger Mouse discuss Dark Night of the Soul
Santa Monica based radio station KCRW yesterday broadcast an interview with director David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, etc) and Brian 'Danger Mouse' Burton (Gnarls Barkley, Broken Bells, The Grey Album, etc) about their collaboration on the Dark Night of the Soul project.»
Watch: Johnny Flynn discusses Dylan and Hop Farm
DiS caught up with Johnny Flynn ahead of Hop Farm festival which kicks off today to discuss the festivals headliners (Bob Dylan and Van Morrison) as well as any pre-gig rituals.»
Share your summer playlist and Win an iPad c/o Ray-Ban
Share your summer playlist. Make what we consider to be one of the two best playlists and win an iPad. Simples.»
News Round: The Shins, Les Savy Fav, Avalanches, Interpol, The Roots, Chillwave + more
You may have noticed a little less news than usual this week. There is very good reason for this and that's because our news editor was off drinking Viking lager on a press junket in Iceland. Here's a little round-up of the bits of 'news' from the web over the past few days:»
Watch: Uffie feat. Pharrell Williams 'ADD SUV'
The video for 'ADD SUV', a recent DiS single of the week, is now online:»
Download: HEALTH 'Before Tigers' (Rainbow Arabia rmx) - DiS Exclusive!
DiS HEARTS HEALTH! THEY HEART DIS! HERE IS AN EXCLUSIVE REMIX...»
Watch: Mystery Jets new track 'The Girl is Gone' premieres on DiS
Our soft spot for prog-shackle Londoners Mystery Jets grows softer by the day. And now, with this vid premiering a track from their eagerly anticipated forthcoming album, they're really spoiling us/you:»
Cut Copy: Tusk-influenced LP three is done
The Melbourne-based makers of the swarming synth-pop masterpiece In Ghost Colours, have finished work on their third longplayer.»
Spotifriday #49 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist
Every Friday + Spotify + a week of hand-picked content on DiS presented as a playlist = SPOTIFRIDAY Another week has flown by. As per every Friday (apart from the ones when we're off at festivals or presume it isn't our 'turn') we've distilled the past 7 days on DiS into a playlist of a mere 18 songs. »
This Week's Singles - 7/6/2010: Uffie, Here We Go Magic, Elbow
Not so rad news everyone: Wendy Roby is away. This leaves me, the site's founder, the unenviable task of filling our most popular columnist's Reebok hi-tops and writing about new releases by the likes of Uffie & Pharell Williams, Here We Go Magic, Elbow, Ash and more... »
Now Closed: Win tickets to Field Day! Or to DiS' five favourite festivals + £1000!
...brought to you in association with BlackBerry Messenger.»
DiS exclusive: Rolo Tomassi 'Party Wounds' video
Their Diplo-produced new album Cosmology is out today via Hassle Records. Our 8/10 review is here. The band discuss their new record with DiS' David Renshaw, here.»
Great Escape 2010 - The DiS Review
Rather than try to "review" all 300+ bands who played The Great Escape in Brighton last weekend, we decided to focus on the best bits. »
Watch: Foals discuss Total Life Forever with DiS
We caught up with the band a few weeks ago for a chat. We even asked some harsh-ish questions from boards. »
Local Knowledge: Blood Red Shoes' Brighton City Guide
Ahead of their hometown headline show on the DiS stage at the Great Escape, DiS asked Steven from Blood Red Shoes to share his local knowledge and suggest some places to visit during the weekend's festivities. »
Mixtape Monday: 10 new acts to catch at The Great Escape
So, the Great Escape starts on Thursday and features several hundred bands to watch across the three days of festivities. Yesterday, we provided you with this Spotify playlist but obviously the brand new bands who've not released anything yet aren't really up on Spotify. »
Play This: Great Escape Festival 2010 as a Spotify playlist
Welcome to Great Escape week on DiS... with The Great Escape 2010 only a few days away, here's our Spotify playlist to help you pick who to see (or avoid). Oh, and we should point out, there's plenty more Great Escape coverage coming up this week, including Blood Red Shoes and Fat Cat Records' guides to Brighton, our suggested schedule and more... »
Listen: 65daysofstatic mixtapes to soundtrack your weekend
So, here we are, the final furlong of the 65daysofstatic takeover week and what better way to end it than with two mixtapes to blast to your heart's content. »
Postcard to DiS from Male Bonding "stranded in LA"
As you may have noticed, we like not insights into the minds of music makers but to hear more about the lives and times. Tour diaries, photo-diaries and all tha' is all well and good but call us 'old skool' but we love letters and postcards from bands we love as they tour the world. In this case, we got an email from Kevin Hendrick from Male Bonding and this is what he wrote.»
Kraft Korner: Make Your Own Sailboat with Memoryhouse
Denise Nouvion is one half Memoryhouse and is one very crafty person. So, rather than give her the same FAQs, we asked her for a recipe or something like that, which might reveal a little more about her creative process and also provide you with a nice something make-and-do this weekend... »
Blood Red Shoes, Ruby Suns, Rolo Tomassi, Mount Kimbie and more for DiS' stage at The Great Escape
DiS returns to Brighton. With bands we really like. For the Great Escape 2010.»
Malcolm McLaren: R.I.P. - Lydon & Westwood pay tribute
DiS is saddened to hear the news that Malcolm McLaren is dead at 64, following a lengthy battle with cancer.»
Jónsi interview part 2 + Go LP stream
A few weeks back, DiS' founder/editor wandered over to the EMI offices to interrogate Jónsi to discuss the record. In the part 2, we discovered what it was like to work with Nico Muhly and got some clue what we can expect at the forthcoming live shows... »
Rufus Wainwright: A Spotify Playlist
There are many ways to introduce you to one of the greatest songwriters of modern times but perhaps the easiest is to listen to this playlist we've concocted, featuring some of his finest moments to date.»