Spotifriday #15 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content in the form of a Spotify playlist.»
In Depth
Reading & Leeds 2008: all of our content compiled
From the archive... We spent the last week or more previewing, digesting and sharing Drowned in Sound's experience of Reading and Leeds Festival 2008. Here's all our content, in case you missed anything... now with added Friendly Fires live clip and a report of Day Three»
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. »
Sónar 2009: The DiS review
Split across day and night, along with Primavera, the as-ever electronica tinged Sónar is up there with Spain's musical spectacles. DiS's man at Sónar Alex Baker took in the sounds and sights of the night-time Barcelona festival.»
The Great Escape 2008: the DiS review
From the archive... Amazing scenes on the south coast as DiS descends upon the annual beachside fest that is The Great Escape, catching the cream of its crop»
In Photos: Late Of The Pier @ The Forum in London
DiS popped along to catch the makers of one of our favourite debut albums of 2008 at their huge London show at The Forum, here's a selection of shots from the show.»
In Photos: Late Of The Pier / Chairlift
Two bands, two gigs, one week: Holly Erskine's been busy, snapping both Late Of The Pier and Chairlift on her travels around the capital in the past seven days»
In Photos: In The City 2008 (Saturday/Sunday)
2008's In The City event kicked off yesterday in Manchester with a host of showcase gigs, pictorial evidence of which is presented here - plus Late Of The Pier's opening party set from Saturday»
DiSection: Late of the Pier debut album track-by-track
Home-brewed British pop is great again! (Part One)
DiS caught up with the art-pop kids with lazers, Late of the Pier, to garner some insight into their debut album Fantasy Black Channel»
A Month in Records: August 2008
August, then: a month of festivals, and all that entails (mud, booze, excess, tiredness, sleep - usually in that order) - but also a pretty good time for album releases based on this little lot»
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»
Reading/Leeds 2008: Day One Report
This year's Reading and Leeds Festival has just entered its second day. Here's what happened on day one at Reading, and we also bring you some pictures from Leeds.»
Preview: Reading & Leeds 2008
The countdown is over. Are you ready to see this year's buzziest bands and most monolithic of rockers in a field? What must you see? Here's what DiS suggests»
Singles Round-up (04/08/08)
Ingredients: Sparks, synths, glitter, neon. Actions: stir, roast, cool. Result: Late Of The Pier's 'Heartbeat' is our Single of the Week»
Mixtape #12: Late Of The Pier
Fresh-faced synth-pop four-piece Late Of The Pier have finished their Fantasy Black Channel debut. Celebrate! With a mixtape»
In Photos special: The Great Escape 2008
DiS didn’t just have a crack team of scribes on the loose in Brighton for this year’s The Great Escape, oh no. We had a happy snapper, too»
Singles Round-up (19/05/08)
In an age of flapping flibbertigibbets Johnny Flynn is a solid rock worth clinging on to; 'Tickle Me Pink' is our Single of the Week»
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...»
MSN muddle: Late of the Pier vs Envelopes
Take two Hot New Bands. Pop them together, ish, in an interview scenario. Roll tape, after a fashion. Call that fashion MSN. Leave and collect come home time. Pretty simple, really? So, Envelopes vs Late Of The Pier. A battle? Nah: more a meeting of like-minded souls. Mutual appreciation, we’re feeling it all around. Even if it has given us a headache...»
Underage Festival: wait a minute, these people are all children!
Washing into E3 on the crest of a wave of broadsheet-culture-supplement-saliva, frothing with such terms as “teen explosion!” and “youthquake!”, it was always going to be difficult for Sam Kilcoyne’s Underage Festival to stand up to its own expectations...»
DiS's tale of the Jackalope: Comedowns littered like wheezing black holes
It's like a festival having been circumcised, serving a purpose but lacking in providing anything much in the way of true enjoyment. With reams of tickets going spare in tight pockets, curling like thin-cleaved skin we begin the joyless, 12-hour odyssey home to bed. No sleep on concrete, no sleep on trains, with little to rationalise the ache...»
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...»
The Camden Crawl starts here: DiS preview
The Camden Crawl is this week, on Thursday April 19 and Friday April 20 to be exact. Lots of bands, both large of profile and large of hype, will descend upon north London’s dirtiest streets to play rock music for you, the people with tickets. Tickets ripe for exchanging for wristbands. Wristbands you’ll use to get into lots of different clubs and pubs and bars. Clubs and pubs and bars which are playing host to bands. Et cetera...»
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