Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2012: 5-1
...and after a week of counting down from 100... Drowned in Sound's album of the year is...? Revealed... in...side...this...link...all you have to do is click it to find out.... »
...and after a week of counting down from 100... Drowned in Sound's album of the year is...? Revealed... in...side...this...link...all you have to do is click it to find out.... »
"...I find that in pop culture that the best records are the most disposable…not trash but…like the first Justice album is not disposable. It’s not a great record all the way through but the strong moments are incredibly strong and the less strong moments are still really good." - Johnny Jewel»
A few weeks ago, DiS' editor met Johnny Jewel, the founder of the Italians Do it Better record label. He produces the acts on the label and is in several of the 'bands' too, including Glass Candy, Desire and perhaps most notably Chromatics. DiS caught up with him for an extended chat about, The Man, The Music, The Label, The Drive soundtrack, and one of the albums of 2012 Kill for Love. The full transcript of the conversation will run in few chunks in the coming days. »
DiS' most read features, reviews and messageboard threads of the first half of 2012... »
Turning their backs on you from across the dancefloor, Italians Do It Better are the best cold shoulder you're going to receive. DiS questions the disco label's founder Mike Simonetti and Glass Candy's Johnny Jewell»
Chromatics Björk told us last year “It’s a really interesting point, because obviously I’ve been doing gigs since Debut and I’ve tried to solve this riddle ten times! It’s like the tenth time I’ve tried to solve this same riddle, in a wa»