Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2012: 100-51
DiS' albums of the year countdown begins...»
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50 Musicians To Follow On Instagram
DiS has spent some time exploring Instagram in search of musicians to follow (you can follow me as @seaninsound here and @DrownedinPhotos if you so wish. We also just signed up as @DrownedinSound, we'll use it a bit, but it's mostly so no-one pretends to be us), and seeing as last week Instagram launched web profiles, here are a 10 accounts we recommend and 40 more musicians/bands we think you may want to follow:»
POP Montreal: The DiS review
Is Montreal really the new Brooklyn? How did a French-speaking city become a North American musical colossus?»
The Classical - Van Dyke Parks at the Barbican, London 23/6/12
“Be kind to each other” Van Dyke Parks advised his attentive audience at the Barbican on Saturday night, “… or I’ll kill you!” – sage advice from a man who has spent much of his career collaborating with other likeminded musicians. »
Drowned in Brighton #7
Record shops It’s January and there is a little gloom on the horizon: Brighton is home to two of the UK's most well known and much loved independent records shops, namely Resident (voted best independent record shop in England 2011) and Rounder Records.»
Latitude (Sunday): The DiS Review
The final day of Wendy Roby and Andrzej Lukowski's astounding exploits at Latitude.»
Glastonbury (Sunday): The DiS Review
Glastonbury Part 4: Sunday Simon Jay Catling: Well, well, well…christ I'm knackered. Revelling in the sun is Hard Work. Your heart bleeds I’m sure. Anyway, the last proper morning with Team Hospitality becomes eminently more comfortable when most of »
DrownedinSound's Singles of the Year: 2009
I have chosen 100 singles I really do implore you to get your sticky mits on. If I had had to put them in order I would have had a breadvan, so I am sure you will excuse the absence of cheap - and vaguely pointless - countdowning. »
DiS staffers '09 Mixtapes - Part 3
Whilst our top 5 albums of the year list offers somes glimpse into what our staff have been listening to these past twelve months, the annual mixtapes give a real insight as to what has been pleasing the ears, minds and heart strings of those wot write for DiS.»
Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2009 - 50-1
So, that was 2009? Was it a great year for music? A high watermark? Only time will tell but there have been some triumphant, innovative and bold records released and cherished in 2009 and we hope our list of the top 50 of the year reflects this.»
DiS staffers '09 Mixtapes - Part 1
Whilst our top 5 albums of the year list offers somes glimpse into what our staff have been listening to these past twelve months, the annual mixtapes give a real insight as to what has been pleasing the ears, minds and heart strings of those wot write for DiS. These 'mixtapes' or, er, DiStapes, are fairly self-explanatory, they have a-postcard-from-'09 intros followed by 9 songs, so intro blurbage ends abruptly... »
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.»
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...»
Close to P4K-tion: DiS does the Pitchfork Music Festival
While it'll probably be nigh on time for the Apocalypse before consensus has finally been reached on whether Pitchfork represents the apotheosis of music journalism or everything wrong with everything, there's no denying that Ryan Schreiber and cohorts st»
Spotifriday: ID:09 Special - 20 Must-Have Independent Albums of the Year (SO FAR!)
Based on a range of factors, from board discussions, reviews so far this year and utterly subjective personal opinion, DiS' editor has compiled the twenty best independent albums of the first half of 2009 to coincide with Independent's Day.»
A Month in Records: May 2009
We really have been spoilt for choice in May. I know, we (I) may have expressed very similar sentiments back for this same feature in April but that was over-enthusiasm at a decent-ish month for music. This month, however, has genuinely been filled with fantastic records. It's hard to narrow it down too much, but here's a pick of the best.»
Grizzly Bear week: Ed's Top 11 Animated Gifs
"Gifs are highly important. Chris Bear and I often find we can have fully realized conversations just by sending random emoticons and animated Gifs to one another. Here are my favorite 11, #1 being really perfect for almost any occasion." - Edward Droste. »
DiSection: Grizzly Bear Veckatimest track-by-track
As we near the end of Grizzly Bear week we asked the band to take part in our regular DiSection feature. The idea is a little like a director's commentary you get on a DVD, where we ask a band to dissect their new album, track by track. »
Artist 'n' Artist: Grizzly Bear meets Phoenix
For the second outing of this feature we asked Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear (it's Grizzly Bear week afterall), if, seeing as he has been raving about their album on Twitter for the past few weeks, whether he'd like to talk to Phoenix. The answer was a resounding 'Yes, Yes! Yes..er, really? REALLY? Are you sure? That'd be amazing!»
Spotifriday #5 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist
Here's the highlights of this week on DiS as a Spotify playlist, with commentary from DiS' Editor...»
Grizzly Mum: Wendy Rossen's Indie Corner
As you may have noticed, it's Grizzly Bear Week on DiS, and we've got tonnes of exclusive content from the awesome foursome. This feature is arguably one of the best things we've ever run. Guitarist Daniel Rossen - also of Department of Eagles - gives a little introduction to this unique feature below.»
Top 3 Grizzly Bear Cover Versions
Here are the top three Grizzly Bear covers, as chosen by the members of Grizzly Bear.»
Grizzly Bear Week: The Ultimate Roadtrip Mix
As part of Grizzly Bear week Chris Bear has crafted this joyous selection for your listening and driving pleasure. It also features 'Wichita Lineman', which is potentially the greatest song of all-time.»
Grizzly Bear Week: Grizzly Bear Gumbo
To kick off Grizzly Bear Week at DiS we've have some gastronomic delights to bring you, courtesy of drummer Christopher Bear. If you've always wondered what gumbo tastes like but never actually tried it, then this is a pretty good place to start. »
ATP Vs The Fans Part II: The DiS Review
DiS's Dom Gourlay and Andrzej Lukowski descended upon the first UK ATP of '09 like two gods of yore. Sleep probably being what the gods of yore would listen to had stoner metal been around in yore. But enough musings on divinity: here's our high and low p»
Follow Me Around: Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste on touring with Radiohead
For two weeks back in August 2008, Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste got to live out a dream and tour America with the band he loves, Radiohead. Here's how it was for him.»
Letter from a Grizzly Bear: Ed Droste tells DiS about Veckatimest
It's a known fact that DiS loves Grizzly Bear, and it seems they're far from indifferent to us. The band's Ed Droste sent us this lovely little missive, the first in a regular series of dispatches on the making of their new record, Veckatimest.»
Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste reveals Yellow House follow-up
Grizzly Bear are a band much admired by DiS readers and staffers alike, so imagine our joy at hearing they wanted to give us an exclusive about their new record»
Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste talks recording, gardening
As the Brooklyn quartet take a break from recording their new record, Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste goes through how it's going»
Grizzly Bear crave downtime; make Friends in the process
DiS talks to Brooklyn quartet Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste about the band's year, the superb critical reception for their Yellow House album, and what their new 11-track Friend EP is all about»
Iceland Airwaves 2007: the DiS review
Reykjavik is odd. It sits on top of the world in many respects: geography for one thing, as well as fashion, art and music. On the other hand, this town is bonkers. DiS's Rob Webb, Shain Shapiro and Gary Wolstenholme brave the cold, and booze prices, for the annual Airwaves festival»
Iceland Airwaves 2007: check out the DiS blog
Britain - London, anyway - might be enjoying some autumnal sunshine right now, but spare a thought for DiS’s Rob Webb, Gary Wolstenholme and Shain Shapiro as they board a plane for the dark and icy surroundings of Reykjavik for the annual Iceland Airwaves festival. Think of them, huddled, freezing… And read our blog...»
ATP Versus The Fans: DiS Versus The Fans!
In keeping with the spirit of the ATP Versus The Fans festival, here we present the experiences of three DiS writers as well as three fans. Here’s hoping they don’t put the ‘professionals’ out of a job...»
Festival Preview: Bestival 2006
It's Bestival this weekend (September 8-10), and while it's meant to be the last festival of the year, it's obviously not because there are more coming up. Or maybe it's just meant to be the best? Whatever. It's certainly the biggest Bestival yet, anyway, with some 250 acts - there or thereabouts - performing over three days...»
Moving Pictures: Video of the Year - 1st Quarter 2013
This column was MIA for the last part of last year. Apologies. Of course, by MIA I mean that everyone was too busy watching that MIA video that no one really wanted to know about anything music video at all until Gangnam Style and then…you know. I,»
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