Oh January, you were meant to be a quiet month, wha' happen'? Prince, Postal Service, Daft Punk, Foals, Nick Cave, My Bloody Valentine, Suede, Timberlake and the return of David Bowie, that's what happened! And that's not to mention the albums, oh the albums, so many albums, and lots of them are rather special. »
Like many DiS readers, I absolute adored Desaparecidos' (fronted by Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes) party-political-Pixies-pop of Read Music / Speak Spanish, when it was released back in 2002. A decade passed, and they never came to the UK?! So they seemed like the perfect band for this Detour idea, and lo! the DiS community agreed. Within 48 hours, 50 people had pledged to buy tickets, and Songkick contacted their management, and now, after a 10 year wait, a gig is happening. What was just a nice idea is now a reality, with tickets now on sale and a poster and everything: »
DiS' editor runs through the year's most read, as well as his favourite things published on DiS, and elsewhere, in 2011. Plus a competition to win a subscription to the brilliant Stack magazine club.»
Drowned in Sound's albums of the year countdown continues... »
For a bit of fun and as some vague ‘celebration’ of the fact we’ve existed long enough to reach our 11th birthday, over the next few days the current crop of DiS contributors will be writing about records released in the year 2000 that they loved and continue to admire...»
Tomorrow, we'll announce our number 1 (can you guess what it is yet?) but for now, here's a quick Spotify playlist reminder the songs that made us wiggle, yelp and blub....»
11 albums we (DiS writers and regulars) have been liking so far this year. Plus a text file that you can download to your Kindle or Smartphone to easily read the reviews of these records, and a few interviews, on-the-go... »
In case you missed the mention on the boards this weekend and don't subscribe to our Mixcloud then you might have missed the return of DiS Radio. Some of you may remember the show from a few years back, before various 'official' music industry bodies introduced a royalty rate which prohibited us from continuing doing the podcast, without bankrupting ourselves. »
in a pathetic attempt to discover whether popular things are popular and to see if there is much agreement amongst our readership, we bring you DrownedinSound's very first Facebook poll, to try to discover which are YOUR favourite releases of the year so far. It's Friday, it takes seconds, and it is in no way scientific, so hop over to http://facebook.com/DrownedinSound and place your vote.»
Plenty, plenty.»
Every Friday, DiS does a Spotify playlist to reflect the week's content. Here's Spotifriday number 79»
New dates!»
DiS' first monthly round-up of the headlines by the brilliant TwentyFourBit blog.»
This is good news. »
It's not just us at Drowned in Sound who celebrate our first decade of existence in the year of the father TwoThousdandTen. Obviously. But it's nice to have someone to share the whisky with, and that includes our friends over at Wichita, who reach double figures this year. Congratulations to them.»
Ok, chillax, don't go getting too excited by that headline, it's just a few new tracks on the reissue of One Jug Of Wine, Two Vessels the joint EP by Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova. »
Yesterday, The Omaha World-Herald, spoke to Robb Nansel, who runs Bright Eyes' label, Saddle Creek and he made this grand confirmation about a final Bright Eyes album. »
Outer South gets a UK release date and more info.... »
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
In case you hadn't noticed, DiS has been on holiday for a few weeks. Well, now we're back and raring to go. Here's our pick of the music news (and some sad goodbyes) from our time away»
A who's who of indie-rock royalty has put together a compilation to raise awareness of net neutrality and issues involving high bandwidth taxes stateside»
Conor Oberst is to tour with his Mystic Valley Band in the summer, in support of the release of Conor Oberst in August»
Bright Eyes man Conor Oberst will release his first solo album for 13 years in August»
Humanitarian record label Waxploitation have pulled together an impressive looking bill of artists for a new charity compilation.»
Bright Eyes will not be playing their scheduled UK shows this week following lynchpin Conor Oberst's contraction of some sort of bug...»
Conor Oberst will be whinging his way around the country as he embarks on a short, pre-V jaunt with his Bright Eyes.»
DiS has arranged a very, very special prize for one lucky, lucky Bright Eyes fan out there...»
What a week it has been! Sunny days, not-so-warm nights – it’s almost like the summer… only, like, proof of our impending destruction at the merciless hands of global warming...»
A number of new names have been confirmed for this year's DiS-associated Dour Festival, held in Belgium from June 12-15...»
Last week’s number one by The Proclaimers slips to number four, while the next new entry is at 14. And who is it? Welcome back, Gareth Gates! We’ve missed you, and your new song doesn’t sound like ‘No Surprises’ at all. No. ‘Changes’ is absolutely its own thing, a fully original comeback single. Yes...»
Festival-centric website FestivalNews.co.uk has reported the leaked line-up for this summer's Glastonbury Festival...»
Organisers behind the now annual Eden Sessions series - held, of course, at the Eden Project in Cornwall - have really pushed the boat out this year, booking artists at the very cutting edge of their chosen fields...»
The line-up of Norway’s Hove Festival – one of a handful of DiS-associated events going down this summer, y’all – is taking shape very nicely...»
If the tedium of 2007's UK festival headliners dominated February's headlines, then now at least we can look forward to a bit more variation as the next raft of bands are confirmed for this summer's bills.»
You slightly bored of South By Soutwest yet? Grinding your teeth at the thought of DiS carping on about its Texan jaunt for the next fortnight? Well, what are you doing then? Gareth Dobson highlights the myriad of musical opportunity for the UK next week. It's a doozy...»
Here are what we think are the top ten most newsworthy news stories of the week. Enjoy this, the weekend starts here. Unless you're a football steward or you work in a bar. Salut!»
Omaha's Bright Eyes will play two shows in the run up to release of their forthcoming album...»
James Figurine, the alias behind last year's Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake album, is flanked by a talented gang of guest contributors on his latest project...»
Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst has revealed that his next album will be called Cassadaga...»
Conor Oberst - he of Bright Eyes fame - has been talking about his forthcoming album, the follow-up to the twin 2005 releases of I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash In A Digital Urn...»
Bright Eyes - Conor Oberst to his mum - is to release a compilation of hard-to-find and previously unreleased songs in October...»
Never usually one to shy away from speaking his political mind, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst has nevertheless gone on record as saying that his next album will not be dominated by lyrical opinions on the subject...»
Another Rough Trade Shops compilation is due to hit store shelves pretty soon. Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter 01 will be released via Mute on July 3rd...»
Organisers of the 80,000-capacity Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, to be held in Manchester (that's in Tennessee, sorry) from June 16th to the 18th, have announced a fantastic line up...»
Conor & co. release a 15-track live LP this November...»
Following Bright Eyes' two previous tours this year (for 'I'm Wide Awake...It's Morning' and 'Digital Ash in a Digital Urn' respectively), Mr. Conor Oberst is toting a 'tour with a difference', with each night playing a new set of songs spanning his and the band's career.»
Stalwarts of Nebraskan record production Saddle Creek are to release a retrospective DVD set of the first ten years of the label.»
The Future Soundtrack for America, an anti-George Bush LP is to be released this summer in an attempt to raise funds for progressive groups who advocate political change.»
Saddle Creek labelmates Bright Eyes and The Faint are to head out on their 'Digital Ash In A Digital Urn' tour this summer.»
Rilo Kiley release a new album and play some shows and stuff...»
Conor is back on the UK campaign trail...»
Rilo Kiley solo, Bright Eyes»
In the week he's at 1 & 2 in the Billboard Hot 100, DiS can exclusively reveal that Mister Bright Eyes is playing a secret (until now) show this Friday in London»
Conor Oberst, recently voted 'Man Most Likely To Start A Really Long Debate On A Music Message Board' has announced details of solo London show, as well as confirming the release date of two new Bright Eyes records.»
Before trekking around the swing states of the US as part of the Vote For Change tour in October, Conor Oberst is reportedly holed up in Presto Studio, Nebraska finishing the second of two albums currently planned to be released on the same day in January next year.»
Political concerts on an unprecedented scale were today confirmed, with bills mixing superstars such as REM, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor and Dixie Chicks with unexpectedly DiS-friendly acts like Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, Jurassic 5 and My Morning Jacket.»
Prophet or Poet? You hype up and you regret... From 2000 to 200 and then onto Glasto... S'all about Oberst. "Secret" show unveiled... PLUS DiS has tickets to give away...»
Outta tune voice of a generation, hits the UK for two shows in June...»
Conor Oberst, the outta tune voice of a generation, start of Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos has started up his own label...»
King of the indie Indies, Fierce Panda, has announced details of its ten-year celebration compilation.»
Cool-as-fuck record company Wichita Recordings is to release a compilation of recordings from bands on its roster. 'Gone Fishin', is released on 21 July and will feature music by every act to have shacked up with Wichita so far. The release marks the label’s three-year anniversary. Among the a»
Bright Eyes return to the UK for a brief tour this summer, playing their largest shows to date in this country, bringing songs from the LP "Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground".
Catch them play at:
Tue 5th Aug
Glasgow GUU £10 box office 08700 600 100
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'Cus the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town...a gymnasium of eyes staring at him! Poet, indie-god, genius, Conor Oberst aka Bright Eyes has been in the tabloids and you can't fault his taste in women. There's a picture in American mag The People and also in Tuesdays»
15 years in the life of a label and it comes down to this... Don't be fooled. 'Terminal Sales' is a two-cd compilation commemorating the decade and a half since 1988, of throbbing, funky, grainy, grungey, gravy, rock greatness which Sub Pop has produced. You only need to look at »
Tis the time o'year to rundown what happened over the past 12months and infamous hack Everett True and the CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES crew are doing it online radio style.. This year "a true alternative to the decaying music press finally exists" as they bravely proclaimed themselves, hit the shelves»
Christmas is upon us once again, and this is another news story about about a Charity CD but don't sigh, Conor Oberst and the Saddle Creek crew are in on this... Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes) has had a busy year. Not only has he put out his own album »
You will probably either love or loathe Conor Oberst aka BRIGHT EYES, but regardless, he's got a new single and is coming to play his morosely sweet, heart-broken folk all over our country... and chicks dig moaners. The new single is out Nov 11th via Wichita and is 'Lover I Don't Have To Love', fro»
Arab Strap, Bright Eyes, Electrelane, Hefner, The Pattern, Lift to Experience and Hopewell are amongst the new additions to the Carling Stage at this year's Reading and Leeds weekend festivals.
The stage is set to premiere the best in upcoming musical talent. The full line-up is as follows:
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Bright Eyes aka Conor Oberst will tour Europe in the Summer.
Bright Eyes who is re-releasing 'Letting Off The Happiness' on Wichita Records on the 2nd April has announced an European tour for May, the UK dates, with Arab Strap, are as follows:
May
1st - Dublin, Red Box
2nd »
Following on from Shoegaze Week, and Slowcore Week, DiS presents: Alt. Country Week»
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