In Depth
St. Vincent talks Tom Waits, technology and Strange Mercy
Drowned in Sound's editor talks to one of the artists of 2011 about one of the albums of 2011...»
Treasure Island Music Festival 2011 - The DiS Review
Five Years ago, San Francisco did not have a music festival to call its own. Now it has two. While the larger event, Outside Lands, sells many more tickets every summer to those who wish only to pass out in the psychedelic haze of Golden Gate Park to art»
Spotifriday #93 - This week on DiS as a playlist ft. Lady Gaga, Suede, Gil Scott-Heron + more
This week's content themed Spotify playlist featuring St. Vincent, Death Cab For Cutie, The Antlers, Lady Gaga, Patrick Wolf and a few more, for good measure. Click here to listen to it, will you! 1. St. Vincent - 'The Party' We nearly had a party our»
This Week's Singles: 30/05/11 Mo Kolours, Wiley, Death Cab For Cutie, Seasick Steve, Donae'o
This week's selection includes some polyphonic vocalisms by way of Mauritius, music for Friends montages and another bit of free verse Because I Felt Like It and Because I Say So.»
Ben Gibbard chats to DiS about Randy Newman, The Cure and Death Cab's 7th Album Codes & Keys
As part of our Death Cab for Cutie takeover, we got on the phone with Ben Gibbard to find out more about their new album Codes & Keys... Speaking to Ben Gibbard, the band’s prolific principle song-writer and affable front-man, it’s clear this seventh effort together was shaped as much by physical changes as it was personal or psychological.... »
Spotifriday #92: Nick Cave, Death Cab, Suede, Tom Vek, The Rapture
It's f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-fuh-Friday! Here's our Spotify playlist running down the week that was, well, it was somewhat won by re-issues and threads about pop-punk. Who says we need to be cutting edge all-day everyday? Not Napster co-founder Sean Parker, that's for sure. In fact, I'm a bit a neophobe, and sick of the constant churnover of new bands. But if you want to hear me bang on like the boringest guy in the pub, just follow me on twitter @seaninsound. »
Death Cab for Bass: Mixtape of Songs That Inspired Nick to Play Bass
Or Death Cab for Cutie's Nick Harmer's Top Songs In No Particular Order that inspired him to become a bass player, way back when:»
Ten Things To Not Expect Your Record Producer (me) To Have A Cogent or Completely Satisfactory Answer For by Chris Walla
Our Death Cab for Cutie takeover continues with their guitarist/producer Chris Walla's "Ten Things To Not Expect Your Record Producer (me) To Have A Cogent or Completely Satisfactory Answer For". Chris has produced all seven Death Cab for Cutie full length albums and also albums by many artists over the years including the Decemberists, Hot Hot Heat, Tegan & Sara and The Thermals..»
Death Cab for Vietnamese: Nick Harmer's Guide to the best Pho in Seattle
Kicking off several days of DiS being taken over by Death Cab for Cutie, to celebrate the release of Codes & Keys (released on Monday), is bassist Nick Harmer's Guide to the best "Pho" in Seattle.»
Good Videos for Good Friday - Videos of the Year: 1st Quarter 2011
DiS has found a man who watches loads of music vids, so you don't have to. He knows all there is to know about the bestest music videos around, and here is his very first column...»
Spotifriday #17 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's Spotifriday playlist.»
Snowed in? DiS presents its playlist for a day of the white stuff
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Originally posted Feb 9th 2007... So there’s me, in bed, still in that delightful state of being neither fully awake nor out cold, and the girlfriend’s leaping about and the curtains are open and it’s all “snow snow snow” and the radio newsreader’s telling me not to travel unless I really have to and I’m desperate to drift off again but before I know it the duvet’s off and I’m marched to the kitchen window to gaze at a garden smothered with six inches of the stuff...»
Frightened Rabbit tour diary (part 1)
DiS asked one of our new-bands-of-the-year Frightened Rabbit to keep a tour diary whilst on the road with Death Cab for Cutie, here's what came back... »
The Weekly DiScussion: what's on your Summer '08 megamix?
Which tracks have made this summer special for you? DiS' returning Editor kicks off with a mixtape for you to continue»
Johnny Foreigner's 2008 diary: July
More words from the road… the roads of nations far away. Live and direct from Japan: the latest diary from Johnny Foreigner»
Latitude 2008: DiS's festival picks
The third annual Latitude Festival took place over the weekend in Suffolk. DiS picks its ten highlights, and shows off its flashy photo skills here»
Singles Round-up (21/07/08)
An electro act looking into the past for inspiration, M83 echoes '80s synth-rock and shoegaze and makes 'Kim & Jessie' our Single of the Week»
Tech (No) Logic #2: Black Cab Sessions
"One Song. One Take. One Cab." - the strapline for the Black Cab Sessions, which has been one of the wonders of the web over the past few years»
2008 to date: DiS's tracks of the year so far
Three of DiS’s core operators list ten of their tracks of the year so far - a simple premise, and a simple article for you to have fun listening along to»
Many steps to climb: Death Cab For Cutie on new LP
DiS sits down with Death Cab For Cutie to discuss the progression made with their new Narrow Stairs LP, deemed by some to be their 'out-there' 'anti' record. It's got riffs alright, but they ain't AC/DC»
The 4-4-2 of Indie Rock: DiS's musical XI
With the nation’s – nay, the world’s – greatest football cup competition nearing its final stages, and with many a DiS-supported team still in the running to lift the FA Cup this May at Wembley, DiS’s Gareth Dobson picks his 4-4-2 of indie-rock. As we all know, football and music is closely entwined. And no, I'm not simply talking about Oasis' pronounced love for Manchester City...»
Touring Plans: Death Cab For Cutie on the road
The four members of Death Cab For Cutie look out of place amongst their salubrious surroundings. Globe-traversing megastars they may today be, but in casual clothing and fiddling with hair – where said spread allows – the quartet don’t seem suited to the hotel in which we find ourselves for this interview...»
Miranda's picks for Reading...
Running around all day a prerequisite because not only are you here to smell great and taste good (cheers for the baby wipe advice Gen m'dear), but hey! there's music here too, what a treat. So, if we're starting on Friday (which I guess we are unless you're slack and haven't got a ticket), the Miranda rule is one band»


