SPAN: Do DiS 'Mass Distraction' Tour in '04 + Digital Single
Span! Span! Span! Guns'n'Roses! Ramones! Foos! Rock! Punk! Pop! Norway! DiS tour! Digital single! Album re-done! America deal! Sweat! Future rock and roll!?!»
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DiS Live Action From Now 'Til Xmas!
DiS rips the UK a new ear hole with some seriously beautiful rock'n'roll-related action, featuring violins and post-velvet underground joy from SEACHANGE (currently being raved about by both Lamacq and Zane) hit the road DIS tour and new-kid-on-the-block Redjetson (bright and sprawling) hop along for the ride.
The Koreans (our babies) get out and about amid recording their debut LP, to coincide with their second single on Drowned in Sound Recordings on December 1st.
DiS also starts a 'core night featuring the finest noizemongers, headlined by The Murder of.... Plus Xmas party news...»
DiS Joins Friendster
Wanna be our friend? Wanna see who our friends are? Wanna work out how many degrees of separation you are from Har Mar? (If it's more than 2 degrees you should get out more!)»
Postal Service: US Gov' Asks Them to Change Name
Bush vs Indie Kids. Postal service asked to cease or desist by US Postal Service...»
Sigur Rós win Mtv EMA, Pop Kids Look Confused
Shock! Shock! Shock! Icelandic sleep-walkers Sigur Rós win at pop awards...»
Exclusive Crackout Tracks!
One of DiS's favourite bands, Crackout, have announced they are going to release several tracks off their new album well in advance of its release, and you can find out how to hear them right here!»
M83: Beauty in the UK + Support !!!
Critically acclaimed (even by DiS and Zane Lowe) M83 hit the UK and release a single...»
Elliott Smith: Monday's Tribute Show in LA Featured Beck
Fans cram into the Fonada Theatre in LA to witness the likes of Beck, Tim Burgess and Beth Orton pay tribute to Elliott Smith.»
The Darkness to Rock the Astoria Once More
Gimme a D, gimme an 'arkness... Carling sponsor the return of the pop sensation of 2003 and it's FREE to get in...»
Marilyn 'Diva' Manson: Police Called
Mazza throws a wobbler after a barrier is knocked over...»
October '03: The Month That Was.
New Column Alert! A brief monthly rundown of the best bits from the month before, curated by the dis editor. Highlights include new bands to check out, demo of the month, October's news headlines, and more...»
Elliott Smith RIP: Fate of 'From A Basement On the Hill'
What will become of Elliott's final album?»
Pretty Girls Make Graves + Seachange: Matador Bands Tour UK Before Xmas
Matador (home of Interpol, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Pavement, etc...) are up for DiS Label of the Year 2003, and two of their finest exponents hit the road and land very near you soon. One dis-supported, one a band we love...»
Big Day Out 2004: Line-Up Announced
Rock allumini like 'tallica and the lips hit Oz in January for the Big Day Out touring festival.»
Azure Ray - Hold On Love
The Saddle Creek stable comes up with the goods again. This time the vocals are perfectly in key and Elton John is crying in the distance. The indier-than-thou record of the year? Seek and caress.
P.S. They're in the UK, touring this week.»
Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance
Another great record from Matador. This is 40 minutes of bliss in an otherwise underwhelming (rock) world.
"Uh-uh-uh Oh, Uh-uh-uh Oh, Uh-uh-uh Oh, Tonight I want to make it real. Close my eyes and feel it ride up my spine, radiate my limbs into air. Make it electric. I’ve got to know I’m still alive."»
The Darkness: Laryngitis On The Rocks (Gigs Cancelled)
Darkness forced to cancel shows.»
Members Area: Phase Two.
Interaction now!
We've changed our users area to allow you to remain logged in, put pictures on your profile and more..
Use our user area to interact with music fans from all over the world, maybe find some new friends to goto gigs with. It's totally free and includes a weblog (diary), ability to post on our boards, rate bands...»
Silverchair: RIP?
Natalie Imbruglia's grungy hubbies band to split?»
Desert Sessions: QotSA Side-Project LP Playback!
Josh went out into the Desert again and you can hear it all, here, for nowt... try before you buy and all that.»
Union Jacked Geetars: Reloaded
Are we experiencing a renaissance? Are british guitar bands finally back on top? Is this the start of a fight back against America? Whatever. Here's 7 british guitar records '03 which you should seek out from Muse, Coopers, Funeral for a Friend, Biffy Clyro, Sikth, Oceansize and the pop band of 2003...»
Death of the Music Industry '03: New Chart Rules
In our ongoing attempt to pass commentary on the death of the music industry, herein lies the reasons why the singles chart rule changes this week will help to further kill the vibrancy of the music scene and continue to devalue music. If you have an oposing opinion or whole heartedly agree, use the boards. Discourse makes the world go 'round.»
DiS Reloaded: Or Happy Birthday To Us
DiS is THREE! And to celebrate, we've got this 'ere new fangled website with bigger pictures, better sub-pages and many more things you'll discover over the course of time. What do you think?»
DiS Ticket Shop Launched!
Get yo tickets... Yep, that's right, we now have a Drowned in Sound ticketshop in association with the folks at Ticketweb/Ticketmaster. We'll be integrating the store into the new site (launches Wednesday 1st October!), so that you can buy tickets via our listings but for the meantime, you can get t»
DiS Birthday Week Preview.
So, this week Drowned in Sound is three years old... and it's a damn fine excuse to party, whilst introducing you, dear reader, to a whole host of new bands. Including the truly wonderful talent that is Carina Round (pictured) at the Spitz.
Warning: This Article includes FREE downloads!»
DiS Birthday Week Preview.
So, this week Drowned in Sound is three years old... To celebrate we're going whole hog to introduce you to as many new bands we love in one week as possible. Sadly we've only managed to muster most of this action up in London but coaches are cheap and if you get really stuck and really wanna come down fro»
Azure Ray+Rilo Kiley: Saddle Creekers Hit the UK
From the people who brought us Bright Eyes, comes a lush new lp filled with stories and silken female vocals and another one which is cute as a kitten, whilst questioning science... First up, Rilo Kiley return in October in promotion of their new record 'The Execution of All Things' which is»
Alan McGee Takes Over Radio 1
Maverick label boss of Creation and Poptones, responsible in recent times for the likes of Super Furry Animals, The Hives, Primal Scream and Oasis, takes over radio1 for one night tonight, but it may become regular... Suffix and prefix him as you will, but this evening, Alan McGee, will take his Dea»
Robocop Kraus: DiS-sponsored UK Tour
The German Cure are coming...
Us folks at DrownedinSound.com have started to get used to this tour 'promoting' malarkey. We find bands we like, we slap our logo on their adverts as a sign that you should go! And this one really shouldn't be missed.
Dates remaining in Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, and another one in London!»
Funeral for a Friend: Digital Single Is Onsale Now. Here.
The album's on the way, a tour is due, get the online single to get yourself ready... Funeral for a Friend have a download single out this week called ‘Bullet Theory’ and have appointed us as one of their online outlets. So, for £1 using your credit card or £1.50 using SMS, you can get the vi»