In Photos: Green Man 2009
Our rundown of snaps from 2009's Green Man Festival featuring Andrew Bird, Emmy The Great, Gang Gang Dance, Wilco, Jarvis Cocker and more.»
In Depth
Green Man 2009 - The DiS Review
Green Man 2009 finally saw the sun shine gloriously upon its little corner of the Brecon Beacons, heralding an extraordinary assemblage of talent and perhaps its finest year yet. DiS had a ball...»
Green Man 2009 - A Preview & Spotify Playlist
This weekend sees DiS hotfoot it to Wales for 2009's Green Man Festival and boy, we can't wait. Here's a Spotify Playlist celebrating some of the festival's finest, as well as a few words on some acts you might do well to take a punt upon and the festival itself...»
Indietracks 2009: The DiS Review
Last weekend, DiS sent two scribes to sample the fun of Indietracks...»
Spotifriday - Listen to the 12 Neptune Music Prize Nominees
The (nominees were announced on DiS yesterday](http://drownedinsound.com/news/4137495-dis-alternative-music-prize--the-neptune-nominees-announced) but before you rate the albums, we thought you might like to listen to all of them. You've got until 8th of September to vote so take your time, form your opinion and then score them out of 10. »
Latitude: The DiS Review
To paraphrase Billy Piper, Latitude is pretty much honey to the b for the middle class legions of the DiS writing team, and thus it was in considerable numbers that we fell upon this year's edition of the idyllic Suffolk festival. Here are our reviewers' highlights.»
Lightspeed Champion & London's Alt Country Scene
What is it about the country and folk modes that make them prime conduits for the disaffection and heartbreak of our nation's youth? What's made our kids put down the neon pink guitars and drum machine triggers and pick up banjos, ukes and washboards? Chris Nicholls takes a look at Alt Country UK...»
In Photos: Glastonbury 2009 - Day 4
Glastonbury Sunday In Photos takes in everything from Blur to Yeah Yeah Yeahs via Emmy the Great, Nick Cave, a man dressed as a smurf and lots more. Click here for all of our Glastonbury coverage.»
Glastonbury 2009: DiS briefly shuts up, bands have their say
As you're doubtless getting bored/angry with the reams of subjective blather DiS has been throwing up over the UK's flagship festival, our mini Glastonbury preview week today hands the metaphorical mic to a selection of people who, er, know how to use a real one. All performing at the festival this year, Maximo Park's Paul Smith, Fucked Up's Damian Abraham, Emmy The Great and Broken Records' Ian Turnbull have all gallantly turned their little grey cells to pondering the meaning of the modern Glastonbury Festival.»
Great Escape '09: DiS' Suggested Schedule
Oh Brighton, with your annual clusterf*ck of bands 'n' booze, you really are spoiling us.»
In Photos: Emmy The Great in Sheffield
With her UK tour in support of First Love reaching its climax, DiS thought it about time we shared some pictures of Emmy The Great live. »
Green Man 2007 - the DiS review
From the archive... There’s something beautiful about the Green Man Festival, stowed away as it is on a Welsh hillside, children and soap bubbles flitting everywhere as sheep wander the fields behind the main stage. It also has the best festival food, bar none...»
A Month in Records: February 2009
The post-Christmas slump has well and truly subsided, or so it seems. February was a wonderful month for records, particularly in comparison to December and January's relatively meagre pickings.»
Introducing... ExLovers
Ahead of the free Rough Trade East instore this evening, Emmy The Great interviewed her support act ExLovers (also on the bill is DiS fave Eugene McGuinness)»
DiS meets Emmy The Great - Part Two
In the second part of our interview with Emmy The Great we discuss Leonard Cohen, how to write successful music videos, world-beating gigs, bleakness/optimism, fears regarding mediocrity and one Samuel Beckett.»
DiS meets Emmy The Great - Part One
DiS loves Emmy The Great. We really do. Last week we even celebrated wondrous debut album First Love's arrival by letting her take over the site. Turning the tables, then, here's the first of a two-part interview from earlier this month...»
Jeremy Warmsley's Valentine's Mixtape
Ahead of his two Valentine's Day shows and his special Valentine's day download, we asked Jeremy Warmsley to make a mixtape to woo his beloved...»
Store Profile: Spillers Records
Emmy interviews the folks from the oldest record shop in the world and best record shop in the UK, which she describes as "a shining bastion of independence". »
DiSection: Emmy The Great First Love track-by-track
Emmy the Great Week starts here!
The idea of a DiSection is simple: We ask an artist/band we like to walk us through their album, track-by-track, not unlike those director's commentaries you get on the bonus bit of a DVD. Here, Emmy The Great talks us through her debut album First Love, which is released today.»
Eurosonic 2009: the DiS preview
This weekend at Holland's Eurosonic, each national public service broadcaster in Europe will offer up a band that they think will do the business in 2009. There's 250 acts in all and 50,000 Dutch students going nuts in their university town. And DiS will be joining them!»
Mixtape #27: Emmy the Great
Pro-Emo and Anti-folkster Emmy The Great made a mixtape for DiS readers back in November. We thought we'd re-feature it as part of our special Emmy the Great guest-edits DiS week!»
Reading/Leeds '08: What Our Writers Thought
Another year, another big weekend at Reading and Leeds festival. DiS sent along some of our finest scribes and asked them to scribble about their five favourites of the weekend. Here's what we got back from them»
Truck 2008: DiS's Festival Diary
Evan's here, in body, and so is DiS, bringing you highlights from this year's Truck. Featured: Rolo, JoFo, YoMo (?!) and The Lemonheads»
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»
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The second bank holiday in May is almost upon us and with it comes this year's Dot To Dot Festival, with a bigger line-up than ever before»
Slight return: DiS's tips for 2007 reprised
This time last year DiS was outlining its tips for the following twelve. Next week we’ll be doing similar – bringing to your attention the bands we think will matter in 2008 – but before we get stuck into the future, let’s dwell upon the past a little»
Dot To Dot Festival: DiS's preview of Nottingham's biggest music marathon of the year
This Sunday, May 27, Nottingham plays host to the biggest Dot To Dot Festival yet - this year it's even got a sister festival, in Bristol. DiS's Dom Gourlay casts a critical ear over the Nottingham bill to pick a few choice acts from the slew of excellent bands performing across a variety of city centre venues... your legs are gonna be wrecked by the end of this Dot To Dot, that we promise...»
DiS's Tips for 2007, Part Two
As promised, here’s part two of DiS’s Tips for 2007. Each and every one of the acts mentioned below have been getting the powers that be at the DiSopolis particularly excited of late, and we’re predicting bigger and better things for them over the next twelve months. Might they touch you? They just might…»
End of The Road Festival
It can’t be that hard, can it? Find a field, book some bands, keep everything low-scale and independent, and hope it stays warm enough to relax in the sun drinking quality cider in your shirt and sandals. At least, that’s possibly what Sophia and Simon, the organisers behind the very first End of the Road Festival, had running through their minds last summer...»
The Tuesday DiScussion: Is your bedroom the new Abbey Road?
Not since White Town has the British undercurrent of 'bedroom music' been so interesting. Is there a real resurgence in the idea of a studio-free existence?»
DiScover: Emmy the Great
Over the past year we’ve given Emmy a few mentions here and there and even pushed her out on stage to play to 1000 Brightonians to support Martha Wainwright after Teddy Thompson had to pull out at the last minute to do Jools Holland. A few weeks ago we made her part of our new digital singles club with the release her debut single ‘Secret Circus’ (which is also available as a 7” on Fear and Records). This week she begins her second stint around the UK, this time with Saddle Creeks finest Tilly & the Wall. Sean caught up with Emmy to DiScover more...»
DiS Digital Singles Club Unveiled
You heard it here first... DiS does singles club in the digital age. 45 digital singles a year (available from all good download stores) and to launch annual subscription later this year.»
DiScover: A tea'n'cake way to club
"We flyer like bitches, bake like crazy and hope for the best!" it’s not the usual list of priorities for a London club night but then Rock’n’Roll Tea Party Viva Cake isn’t your standard three pints of Carling and the threat of a fist-fight. »
DiS Summer Weekender: FROM TOMORROW!
Starting tomorrow: Sun, scones, meat, beer, bands, dancing, falling over, smiling, laughing, hummous, the chance of a hernia.
Featuring Johnathan Rice, Apartment, Architecture in Helsinki, Jeremy Warmsley, Les Incompetents, Jamie T, The Faculty, The Patty Winters Show, Emmy the Great & The Munichs»
FREE DiS Acoustique Matinee: 2nd July
Throw off the shackles of the sweaty Summer and head out for Johnathan Rice, Jeremy Warmsley, Jamie T and Emmy the Great
Absolutely free.»
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