The Neptune Music Prize: Tarot Sport voted best album
Thousands of you voted in our alternative Mercury Music Prize and we have a winner...»
Thousands of you voted in our alternative Mercury Music Prize and we have a winner...»
Drowned in Sound's alternative to the Mercury Music prize returns... »
As you will have noticed, BBC 6Music has been earmarked for closure by that Strategic Review thing that came out a couple of months ago. Well, there has been plenty of campaigning in the mean time, including several gigs in various places and Adam 'Count Buckules' Buxton challenging (jovially) Director General Mark 'Thommo' Thompson to a fistfight. »
Kate Nash and Ryan Jarman of The Cribs are an item, though you are probably aware of the largely irrelevant fact already. Though irrelevant it no longer is as their relationship has blossomed into something tangible, something recorded, something musical! Finally!»
What do Radiohead have in common with Robbie Williams? They both want more control over the use of their music, and are joining the all-new Featured Artists' Coalition to campaign for artists' rights»
Brand spanking new London superclub Matter has announced This Is Not London, a new series of artist curated events beginning on October 3rd and featuring Justice, Simian Mobile Disco and James Murphy and Armand Van Helden»
Eel Pie oddities Mystery Jets are back with another lump of Twenty One for you»
The largest festival in Norway will not take place this year, with organisers planning to file for bankruptcy amid poor ticket sales»
Kate Nash, The Charlatans, Rufus Wainwright and more confirmed for Splendour in Nottingham»
Seems like print had the jump on us this week, as London megazine Time Out carried the next batch of acts for this year’s Get Loaded before we even knew they existed. Deadlines save lives?»
The latest acts have been confirmed for this year’s Melt! Festival in Ferropolis, Germany»
Adele is plotting to assemble a coven of former BRIT School girls for what she says would be “the best band ever”»
Another trickle of bands have been confirmed for this year’s T in the Park Festival»
More acts have been confirmed for the first ever Camp Bestival»
For those of you not following the grand ceremony on TV, here’s a round-up of all the winners from last night’s NME Awards Show»
The initial details of this year’s Dot to Dot Festival have been released.»
News from the Roundhouse»
Florida’s Black Kids aren’t even over here yet, but have extended their forthcoming stay in the UK by over a month after landing support slots with Sons and Daughters and Kate Nash.»
We got an email recently from men calling themselves Russ and Tom. On closer inspection they turned out to be boys, but funny boys at that. Their show, the spuriously-named ‘Oatmeal TV’, launched last week.»
Having given the proles the pleasure of trimming down the original list of 32, artists and “music industry types” will chose the winner of Xfm’s New Music Award from a shortlist of ten debut records.»
DrownedinSound message boarder yes_ has lashed out at pavement, as the war of words between the two continues to escalate.»
Londonette Kate Nash has claimed that the lyrics to her latest single ‘Mouthwash’ were inspired, in part, by the conflict in Iraq.»
Q Awards: people win, no-one dies...»
Chart-topping niceface Kate Nash will flounce about the UK and Ireland next year, in her biggest live shows to date.»
Ryan Jarman glasses jeering fan as Nash braves London crowd!»
The top 40 - back to normal. Unshackled from the cuffs that bound it to Rihanna for ten weeks over this strange summer, the weekly chart round-up can now get back to being an increasingly dystopic sound bite on success stories bound only by their brevity.»
DiS being the dapper, kindly uncle it is, has tickets. For YOU to win. Wan' 'em?»
Kano has has assembled a wacky list of collaborators for his forthcoming new album London Town, including Damon Albarn, Kate Nash and Craig David.»
The full line-up for this year's Summer Sundae Weekender Festival has now been confirmed, with The Pigeon Detectives being the final name added to the bill...»
Big news in the single charts this week is Rihanna’s continued refusal to budge off the number one spot – it’s ten weeks and counting now for 'Umbrella', making it the longest-reigning UK chart-topper since Wet Wet Wet moistened the slot for fourteen weeks with 'Love Is All Around' back in 1994.»
Who even presents the chart rundown these days? I don’t envy them their job. This week, the second highest new entry is P Diddy...»
That was the week that was last week. Guess what? 'Umbrella''s still top.»
Kate Nash tours»
Courtesy of the lovely people behind the fortunes of the equally lovely Annuals - that's one of them, pictured - DiS has a lovely pair of tickets to give away to tomorrow's first-ever Bristol leg of the annual Dot To Dot Festival. Lovely...»
Eat your cakes while you can, Kate Nash, because soon you'll be made to work really hard...»
This Town Needs Guns and Jonquil are to co-headline a string of dates over the next few months, supported by a motley bunch of indie hopefuls.»
The first batch of artists playing this year's two-day Camden Crawl has been officially announced...»
Further acts have been confirmed for this year's The Great Escape weekender, taking place at venues across sunny Brighton from May 17th 'til the 19th of the very same month. Mmm, Brrrriiiiiggghhhttttooon. I went there once, played the arcades. That fella from 80s Matchbox told me I was rubbish for doing so. True story...»
Well, we're three nights into the DrownedinSound.com affiliated superclub that's causing a stir in many circles, so we thought it time to issue an update.»
Ha! You're wrong. Unless your answer was Paul Epworth. In which case you're correct. Have a biscuit...»