In Depth
DiS meets Kele Okereke
One of this year's finest pop albums has come from the most unlikely of sources. Kele Okereke, a man who spent the previous decade in one of the UK's biggest indie bands Bloc Party, has embarked on a solo career and released his debut album The Boxer to c»
OLUGBENGA from Metronomy on World Music
I've had 'world music' on the brain recently. Travelling around playing Metronomy shows in different countries, I've noticed a common phenomenon in pretty much every hotel room I've stayed in - that of a supposedly regional MTV channel playing occasional »
In Photos: Leeds Festival 2009 - Day 2
Reading and Leeds Festival photo galleries: In Photos: Leeds Festival 2009 - Day 3 In Photos: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 3 Leeds Festival In Photos: Kings of Leon In Photos: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 2 Leeds Festival In Photos: Radiohead Leeds Fe»
DiS' 20 Must-See Acts at Reading & Leeds 2009
So, in no particular order, here are the twenty acts DiS' editor is most looking forward to seeing this weekend. »
Drowned in Friday: Party? Drink? I'm in Love? TFI?
Yeah, THANK GOD/DOG/F*CK IT'S FRIDAY! It certainly was the easiest day to pick random tracks for which feature the name of the day in the title. In fact just searching for 'Friday Night' brings up a whole array of interpretations of "party night". Hopefully this playlist goes some way to summing up and soundtracking at least one part of your Friday night frolicking and if not, what says Friday to you? (comment below)»
This Week's Singles: 10/08/2009
Always on the look out for rare and bespoke ways in which to test out the sevens, this week I attempted Trial By Bicycle. So if you want to know which singles had me grinning despite slipping gears and arduous uphill mini-marathons, you have come to the right place. »
T In The Park: The (slightly delayed) DiS review
What with being a bunch of self-absorbed Sassenachs and the press pass being organised a bit last minute, we didn't get around to running Simon Jay Catling's review of T In The Park in any sort of timeframe likely to make anybody involved look professional. Sorry Simon! Sorry Scotland! Please don't hurt us.»
In Photos: Glastonbury 2009 - Day 2
Photos from Friday 26th June 2009 at Glastonbury Festival.»
This Week's Singles: 27/04/09
Eh Oh, everyone, it is Monday, and it is time to listen to some sevens. And my, what a lovely bunch we have this week – from shamelessly retro post-punk which overcomes its redolence quite magnificently, an absolutely blinding re-issue from The Hundred In The Hands and, of course, space torpedoes, Girls Aloud.»
Eight Staff Mixtapes For '08
DiS asked eight contributors to put together a ten track mix of favourite songs from 2008. Being awful nerds, they did so almost immediately... Plus we want to know: What's on your 2008 mixtape? »
FAQ Part 2: How do I get my band reviewed/listed/profile updated?
work in progress - need to think about it In the previous part of this feature we told you how you can intern for DiS (and sites like ours) or become a contributor and you're never too late as we're still on the look out for both. However, in this part we aim to suggest the best things bands can do to help us discover you...»
DiS is 8! A stumble down memory lane...
It's October first... Happy Birthday to us! And now for an indulgent dose of nostalgia as DiS' founder looks back at previous incarnations of the site»
A Month in Records: August 2008
August, then: a month of festivals, and all that entails (mud, booze, excess, tiredness, sleep - usually in that order) - but also a pretty good time for album releases based on this little lot»
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The Sunday morning acidic hangover is here and so too is the rain but that's as good an excuse as any to delay braving the outdoors and run-down on day two at Reading. In the past few years Saturday at the Festival has established itself as the "i»
Singles Round-up (11/08/08)
It's an opinion-splitter, but DiS celebrates its tearing up of the band's established blueprints: Bloc Party's 'Mercury' is Single of the Week»
Any Question Answered: Kele Bloc Party steps up
Via AQA, Bloc Party's Kele Okereke talks about the band's new album, Stephen Fry, inspiration, forest fires and the death of Britney Spears»
Label Focus #15: Moshi Moshi Records
With the label turning ten years old this year, DiS figured there was no better time than the present to touch base with Moshi Moshi Records - who've released records by Kate Nash, Friendly Fires, Hot Chip and more - for our latest Label Profile»
Let It Bleep: Dancefloor dishevelment, electronic emissions and bassbin bastardisations
DiS invites Adventures Close To Home's Will McGillivray into our warm, but slightly clammy, embrace to shoot the proverbial about the latest 12"s and remixes to make the dance world stop and take notice. Bassline, it seems, is the buzz word: don't make our man get Old Skool»
The votes are in: DiS readers' top 25 of 2007
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»
DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!
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»
Iceland Airwaves 2007: the DiS review
Reykjavik is odd. It sits on top of the world in many respects: geography for one thing, as well as fashion, art and music. On the other hand, this town is bonkers. DiS's Rob Webb, Shain Shapiro and Gary Wolstenholme brave the cold, and booze prices, for the annual Airwaves festival»
Label Focus #10: Wichita Recordings
Rocking up the crest of their seventh birthday, DiS scribbler Gareth Dobson hacks away at the defences of Castle Wichita to reveal a set of rather contented innards, complete with tales of DFA1979 loss, guitar solos that never finished and why no-one got The Cribs for the first four years...»
Summercase 2007: the DiS review
DiS heads to Barcelona for the second time this year - following Primavera at the end of May - for Summercase. What we find: a drunk Lily Allen, a chilled-out Chemical Brothers, and some dodgy scotch...»
The Weekly DiScussion: our alternative Mercury list...
So the Mercury nominations for this year aren’t so bad, a couple of proper WTF examples aside (The View? Really? Come on…). However good this year’s nominations generally are, though, we at DiS got the old grey matter burning away to compile an alternative list of twelve that could have made the cut...»
Glastonbury '07: three DiSsers, some booze and hella mud...
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…»
The Weekly DiScussion: is the July 9 release of 'Hunting For Witches' insensitive?
On July 9, 2007, popular London-based indie-rock band Bloc Party will release 'Hunting For Witches'. That's the first Monday following the two-year anniversary of the London bombings which inspired it, i.e. on the first-available release date. Which leads this DiS writer to ponder: is this a cheap, sensationalist move, or does the release serve as a reminder that so little has changed since the attacks...»
DiS podcast: SXSW special
Wow, just when we thought we had too much South By Southwest preview stuff up already, we’ve only gone and recorded a brand-new podcast for you. Smells of barbecue sauce, too...»
Release Lightning! DiS's guide to 2007's early releases...
It does precisely what it says in the title: this is the DiS guide to some of the finest records coming your way in the first quarter of 2007. January, February and March: each will bear witness to some ace-o-rama releases, and here are just some of them...»
DiS is 6: Our 66, the top six
You’ve waited, we’ve waited. At times we daren’t hold our breath just in case, by fair means or foul, our final top six – the records below – were somehow prevented from coming to public attention. Yet here we are: the conclusion of Our 66...»
V Festival: the DiS preview
One of the true big boys amongst the ever-growing festival throng, V Festival is almost upon us. This weekend, teenagers and thirty(plus)-somethings alike will converge on the festival’s twin sites – one in Chelmsford, the other in Staffordshire – to drink expensive warm lager while the dulcet tones of Sandi Thom, James Morrison and Lily Allen aid their gentle drift to a wonderful plane of serenity…»
Camden Crawl 2006
The Camden Crawl™ is an incessant pitch of desperate dreams and stained ale teeth; a rotter’s journey to the centre of the Dublin Castle [indie development hell] that celebrates punctuality and order over diminished responsibility and leather jackets. A playground for the sensible band warrior, offering Joe Punter the opportunity to see all his favourite junior artists in one long stretch, over a concrete path of Converse-tread doom. »
Drowned in Sound's Top 46 Albums of 2005
Drowned in Sound asks you to hold our hand and peruse politely through our top 46 albums of 2005.»
“Reissue! Repackage! Repackage!”
“Reissue! Repackage! Repackage!”»
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This week is another exciting and important one in the history of the music we believe in. As it stands, Bloc Party’s debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ is about to go top 5, nay, top 3 in the album chart proper. And yeah, it’s had great press and great support from radio and TV. Of course this is all very exciting and we believe, deserved. But what COULD happen now is even more exciting.»
Redjetson announce Spring schedule, album dates, etc
Drowned in Sound Records' very own Redjetson would like to inform you of the following dates:»
DiS end of year polls! Records! Bands! Gigs!
Hello you list horrors, DiS has been polling its writers and readers to find out what LPs, bands and live acts have rung their collective bells and yanked their cumulative chains this year, and this is what we’ve got… gasps of anticipation please…»
The 10 Bands You MUST See This Weekend at Reading/Leeds
Off to The Carling Weekend? Not sure who you really really have to see? Here's our guide to ten of the very best.»
Span Tour Hits the Road + Bloc Party + Kill Kenada
Oh what a tour!
It ends in London tonight with another utterly sold out show. Spans debut album 'Mass Distraction' was released this week.
Have you been to any of the dates, what did you think of the show? Comment on this article...»
DiS Tours: SPAN + Bloc Party + Date Ammends
Bloc Party join, the, er, party....»
Introducing Bloc Party
Kids growing up on a diet of ‘OK Computer’ and Smashing Pumpkins, regressing through dark ‘80s British post punk, a desire to constantly change, to be true to their art yet still create what are basically pop songs. “The Rapture are a good band with good songs,” they voluntarily tell DiS, “it’s just a bit scary the way that sort of thing is popular just now..."»
The Toilet Circuit Diaries #2: Jim Bob, Karmakops, Drat, Bloc Party
Here is a VERY small handful we can remember from hazy nights and hungover mornings, over the last month and a bit… Franz Ferdinand, Karmakops, Bloc Party, Silver Sun, Drat, and Jim Bob.»
Demos Galore: Six of the Best for 2003
Six of the best.
… because round numbers are over-rated.
As you’d expect, we get loadsa demos, either sent to us or we're hunted down via other means. Very few of these reach our demo reviews section although a lot of the bands end up playing DiS gigs and the like. Which is nice. So here is »
DiS London gigs in May: Panda Love Unit, The Soles, I Own Kings, Union...
More gigs in May 2003. Grrreat.
The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, off Brixton Hill
All Windmill gigs are £3 on the door with the first band going on at 9pm.
Wed 14 May……
.. »
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