The Meaning of Ritual: A Songwriting Masterclass with Conor from Villagers
A songwriting masterclass with Conor from Villagers...»
In Depth
Benicassim 2012: the DiS review
While most of the Drowned in Sound staff spent last weekend getting sodden at Latitude, David Edwards was faced with a slightly different problem at the fantastic Festival Internacional de Benicàssim. Namely, how to keep cool in the sweltering heat amongst so many superb performances…»
Benicassim 2012: the (very early) DiS preview
As part of our 2012 festival coverage, DiS will be present and correct at the the 2012 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim from 12th-15th of July...»
10 Years of singer-songwriters: The Changing of the Guards
They don't make 'em like they used to, do they? Cars, films, local beat bobbies - certainly not singer-songwriters. That was my initial thought when I began to look back upon some of the genre's chief exponents over the past ten years. And it troubles me. subbed and ready to roll...»
10 Years of Singer-Songwriters: Some Thoughts
Kicking off a week dedicated "solo" artists, is James Skinner's look at the most traditional of "solo" musician, that easily defined beast that is the singer-songwriter... He says: It’s a term that will send many music fans scarpering; one that a lot of singer-songwriters are seemingly tired of hearing themselves. But whenever people ask me that dastardliest of questions it is generally what I tell them.»
Hop Farm Festival 2010: A Preview & Spotify playlist
A quick guide (of sorts) to this year's Hop Farm Festival including TWO Spotify playlists. »
DiS meets Vince Power
Vince Power is described as "the godfather of gigs" on his own VPMG website. You might think that moniker is a tad overstated but really it's not far from the truth, if away from it at all. Having founded the Mean Fiddler in 1982, upon buying a single mus»
There's A Riot Going On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars And The Rise And Fall Of 60s Counter-Culture (Book Review)
On a day when many of us are taking to the streets of London to demonstrate ahead of tomorrow's G20 summit - and various publications dust off old arguments bemoaning the lack of protest in modern music - Alexander Tudor considers Peter Doggett's excellent, unromanticised account of the Sixties counter culture.»
The Weekly DiScussion: the movie soundtracks that matter
Ever since 'Love Is All Around' by Wet Wet Wet topped the charts on the back of its appearance in top British rom-com Four Weddings and a Funeral, DiS has always had a special relationship with films and their incumbent soundtracks. Here, resident hack Gareth Dobson drew the short straw and was charged with musing on those special moments where celluloid and acetate can create something wonderful...»
The Weekly DiScussion: what are the essential musical page-turners?
As much as writing about music might be like dancing about architecture, there are few feelings in this life greater than unearthing a truly essential book about music from all the myriad dross publishers have seen fit to inflict on the public, from the cash-in bios detailing Doherty’s latest philanderings to the endless coffee-table prattle of best-ofs, worst-ofs and must-haves. DiS's Alex Denney dusts off his library card...»
Versus The Fans, the preview: The ATP Perspective...
Barry Hogan is, to many an extent and purpose, the brains behind All Tomorrow’s Parties, which this weekend stages its first-ever fans-curated event. Versus The Fans’ line-up is built, primarily, of acts voted for by the attendees, by those buying tickets for the three-dayer. Which means DiS didn’t get a vote, as we didn’t pay. We’d have asked for Battles, Mogwai and Trans Am… what’s that? They’re all there? Amazing…»
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