Billy Bragg

In Depth

DiSmissive: Mixing pop and politics

Music and politics aren't always easy bedfellows, but they are common ones. We're just going to have to put up with the pomposity and wait to see if anyone still remembers the words to 'I Don't Like Mondays' in 2025, then»

Singles Round-up (17/03/08)

In Depth by Mike Diver

It's a week of big-name releases - Panic At The Disco, Moby, Utah Saints - but DiS is most impressed by a talented newcomer from Ipswich who's mates with Hot Chip's Joe Goddard. Dels' 'Lazy' is our Single of the Week»

A great leap forwards? Protest songs today...

In Depth by Ben Patashnik

Too many protest singers but not enough protest songs? DiS talks to Frank Turner and Sam Duckworth about being pigeonholed as artists with something to rally against»

glastonbury lead image by Richard Poulton

Glastonbury '07: three DiSsers, some booze and hella mud...

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

It serves them right to suffer. While some of us sat scratching our arses from the comfort of our living rooms, occasionally pushing the red button to keep Jo Whiley at bay, some idiots actually went to Glastonbury. But we're not bitter. No. It would have been nice to have an invite, but that's all history now. Here, DiS’s Ben Patashnik, Joshua Cole and Georgina Terry attempt to fashion coherent narratives from their weekends of mud-soaked madness…»

Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

Don’t want to read everything? Fair enough. In short, Primavera Sound ‘07 featured sun, sea, and almost no sand at all. There was some grass, and concrete, and a number of stages. Bands and DJs performed on them, and DiS danced. Yes, yes we did. And we didn’t get sunburned...»

The Camden Crawl: Our Myriad Highs

In Depth by A bunch of drunk DiS writers

At the end of last week, on April 19 and 20, DrownedinSound.com went to Camden. This is nothing particularly unusual – our sorry, drunken bodies can be found slumped over the back of chairs in the north London borough most weekends – but this time we traveled up the Northern Line for a special occasion: The Camden Crawl...»