Ah, another cold and misty week in London is nearly over and amid end of list year list compiling and finishing off some exciting new features, the record releasing and music news hasn't relented. Anyhoo, here's our weekly Spotify playlist to accompany the content this week on DiS.»
Sometimes, a song comes along that is so wonderful, even mentioning the competition seems wrong somehow; almost topsy-turvy. Guess what? This is one of those weeks. »
This week's content on DiS in the form of a Spotify playlist. Featuring Hefner, The Mountain Goats, Vampire Weekend, Pavement, Idlewild and about 13 more.»
It’s perpetually 1972 at Kutsher’s Country Club, the utterly perfect location for the New York incarnation of ATP. The event may attract several generations of indie rock fan, but for the people who run the resort this is no different to a local weddi»
Green Man 2009 finally saw the sun shine gloriously upon its little corner of the Brecon Beacons, heralding an extraordinary assemblage of talent and perhaps its finest year yet. DiS had a ball...»
This weekend sees DiS hotfoot it to Wales for 2009's Green Man Festival and boy, we can't wait. Here's a Spotify Playlist celebrating some of the festival's finest, as well as a few words on some acts you might do well to take a punt upon and the festival itself...»
A re-cap and re-rub of all the sevens we've voted Single of the Week so far this year. Then I had to work out which ones I liked best, threw a strop, and settled for this Top 28.»
A Spotify playlist of 100 of our staff's favourite tracks of the year (SO FAR!!!) from 100 of the year's finest acts, clocking in at 7 hours 40ish minutes . »
Split across day and night, along with Primavera, the as-ever electronica tinged Sónar is up there with Spain's musical spectacles. DiS's man at Sónar Alex Baker took in the sounds and sights of the night-time Barcelona festival.»
Based on a range of factors, from board discussions, reviews so far this year and utterly subjective personal opinion, DiS' editor has compiled the twenty best independent albums of the first half of 2009 to coincide with Independent's Day.»
I have suffered this week at the coast, everyone. Not just the indignity of a wetsuit when I was too lily-livered to venture into the sea unwrapped, but also some of the most brain-meltingly awful lyrics one has ever had the displeasure of wading through. One of the culprits – not one of this week’s picks, they shall remain un-named - actually had the temerity to include the line ‘Burn, burn, burn / Burn baby, burn like a…’. Naturally I were all like ‘Burn like what, hot new musical things? I really must know, I must, I MUST’ – you know, expecting a couplet of such refreshing and original magnificence the clever cells would get knocked clean out of my head. Instead, what I got was ‘Burn, baby, burn like a fire burns’ - at which point threw the CD like a small and graceless Frisbee, into the waves. Very satisfying, I can tell you. »
We're guessing if you're reading this from the comfort of your sofa, maybe with your feet up, BBC 6Music pumping in the background and Wimbledon flickering in the corner of your eye. You probably spent this morning pulling a smug grin whilst looking at photos of the puddles and mud in Somerset. Here's our guide of how best to digest Glastonbury from the comfort of your living room this weekend.»
Pictures of Animal Collective from their Leeds show»
Another week, another fine selection of new releases on vinyl, circles of silver and digitably downloadable-ness... »
From the archive... Team DiS picks its highlights of Primavera Sound 2008; invites fellow attendees to give us your top bands of the fest held in Barcelona»
Ahead of his two Valentine's Day shows and his special Valentine's day download, we asked Jeremy Warmsley to make a mixtape to woo his beloved...»
Missed our Month In Records round-ups? Us too. Oops. But after an enforced Christmas absence (turkeys to eat, mulled wine to drink), we're back with a round-up of what's been pleasing the ears of DiS writers these past two months.»
DiS chats to Animal Collective's Geologist - aka Brian Weitz - about their new record Merriweather Post Pavilion, absent friends and the thorny issue of the day/month/decade: downloading.»
DiS' first listen to Animal Collective's new album Merriweather Post Pavilion suggests we're in for a spectacular aural treat come the second Monday of the New Year.»
While some did Glasto, a handful of adventurous sorts headed to Norway's Hove Festival. Here: DiS's final thoughts, plus exclusive interviews»
Six of DiS's featured twelve responsible for our Essential Dozen albums of 2008 to date give us their favourite acts and records of the year so far»
DiS is in Norway for the second Hove Festival - on day one we catch Les Savy Fav at their breathless best, and headliner Jay-Z»
It's the third and final day of Primavera Sound, and DiS has reached an unanimous verdict: this year > last year, by some margin»
DiS does ATP for a second weekend, this time boarding the Minehead train for Explosions In The Sky's little lot, including De La Soul, Battles and Mono»
This weekend, May 16-18, Explosions In The Sky curate the second ATP of the year. The band tell DiS about the background to their festival stewardship»
Based in Brighton, indie label FatCat Records has grown into one of the most celebrated stables for emerging and established talent in the UK. DiS pokes about its roster with founder Dave Howell, discovering how a record store became one of the best labels out there»
Cast your minds back, readership: at the start of November we invited you to vote for your favourite albums of 2007 from a shortlist of 50, selected by the DiS editorial team. Now we’re pleased to present the result of the thousands of votes received: the DiS readers’ top 25 albums of 2007»
We’ve had our albums of the year and our tracks of the year, and here DiS bids you adieu for 2007 with our favourite features of the past twelve months, for your instant-click consumption and eye-aching reading pleasure. Starring Animal Collective (pictured), LCD Soundsystem, Battles, Panda Bear, M.I.A., Gallows, Beirut, Björk and more»
Will the year's Mercury winners rank higher than the year's best album by The Shins? Will people continue to bemoan the lack of Biffy in the list? Will anyone buy the Mathew Sawyer album? Time, it'll tell»
With Christmas now peeking over the horizon, DiS invites its readers to vote for your top ten of 2007, from our editorially selected shortlist of 50. Choose five of your favourites here. Voting, it will close this Friday, December 7, with the results running December 14»
And so you might well spit, Jose, at the manner of your premature departure from the Bridge. But cry thee not, our Portuguese special one: the month of your skedaddling from a sinking ship coincides with the release of many – and that really is many – a fine album. Here are the must-own LPs in our eyes. Or ears, we guess...»
Although obviously a ridiculous title, Strawberry Jam somehow suits Animal Collective: for all the sickly sweet associations there is a reluctantly bitter taste to it all. DiS's Samuel Strang discusses the band's latest LP - and first for Domino - with members Noah Lennox and David Portner, aka Panda Bear and Avey Tare, discovering the duo's fondness for "messiness" and "visual music"...»
As we so rightly stated here, selecting the albums that make up DrownedinSound.com’s Our 66 was no easy task. A great many long-players were considered for many a day and week, only to be cut from the team at the very final moment. Here, we present to you a selection (in no specific order) of some of the albums that only just fell short of a starting place, that were tripped but a few yards from the finishing line...»
New York City is the booth at which the indie rock touring alliance come to sell their soul; the apex of golden opportunity in a cruel musical world of rejection and support slots.
DiS looks at some of the hottest and most spine chilling nYc bands and future exports.»
Let's face it, October was a pretty swell month for records but as fire rains down in Paris, water rains down in London and we all mourn the end of Six Feet Under, there are often small lights stuck at the end of the tunnel; allow DiS to recap the LP-shaped hits of October 2005 in one easy-to-digest reminisci-package. Smooth.»
1. The Magnetic Fields - 'The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side' It seems almost that it rains almost every time I sit down to write the short, often nonsensical notes on each of the playlist tracks. Then I say, "listen to this little gem to cheer you »
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