Few bands have consistently tinkered with the darker recesses of DiS' collective heart as LOW have. With their tenth album out this week, we were lucky enough to catch the band on the campaign trail for a chat, and a special live session. Thankfully the guys from Beatcast were there to capture the intimate performance and Al Horner's chat with Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker. And here's what the camera saw... »
Here it is, one week before release, the gorgeous new album from Low, streaming in full. It has all the heft and the lingering ache that we have come to expect from the band, as well as the lushness and hints of gospel amid the glorious gloom. These soulful sad songs are perhaps slightly gentler and sparser than we've heard from Low of late, but what The Invisible Way lacks in noise and ostentation, it more than makes up for with beauty. »
Today's four picks, which you can should see at Henham Park near Sothwold in Suffolk between the 12th and 15th July 2012, vaguely sit together if you're a fan of soaring heartache...»
Latitude 2012 festival line-up grows..»
Five videos picked by DiS' editor to fill that void in your Friday... »
Drowned in Sound's albums of the year countdown continues... »
DiS gets a lot of great videos in our inbox but we tend to cherry-pick the best ones and run them in their own 'news' 'story' and expect you to click around like some sort of ad-revenue-generating node in our network. Well not today, we don't want to waste your time listening to this lushness. Just don't call it a three-way... »
Ok, so we didn't countdown all 45 (which we revealed here, yesterday, complete with a Spotify playlist), as that would take forever-and-ever, instead we counted down the top 25 via our music forum, as well as DiS' Facebook, Twitter and DrownedinSoundcloud Tumblr blog. And without furtherado, here's what we named number one... »
11 albums we (DiS writers and regulars) have been liking so far this year. Plus a text file that you can download to your Kindle or Smartphone to easily read the reviews of these records, and a few interviews, on-the-go... »
On the day of the release of their 9th album, C'mon, DiS has a heap of special content, including this, a special session rendition of 'Try to Sleep' especially for DiS.»
The spirit of Christmas and all that. Yadda yadda yadda. Yes, there's a free thing. It's being given away. It's music. How kind etc. The band in question this time are Low who themselves are no strangers to Christmas! You can get your grubby festive hands on a free EP from the band, which is categorically a good thing (via Pitchfork).»
Welcome to a week devoted to Slowcore… arguably an “Alternative to Alternative music” that grew up in the shadow of Grunge, just as Teenage Rebellion was being commodified in the early 1990s.»
Those brilliant and hard-working people over at All Tomorrow's Parties have announced yet another raft of superb concerts in this country's capital this Autumn/Winter.»
Yup, some consolation for those of you who didn't get tickets or if you simply couldn't spare the dollar bills to jet across the pond, you can still follow ATP's New York festival, part curated by noise-mongers My Bloody Valentine. American radio sta»
The End Of The Road Festival acts as something of a marker each year, indicating that the festival season in the UK is as good as up, and you've one weekend left to party in a field. And now you can do that partying for nowt»
The line-up for the Radiohead-curated Daydream Festival in Barcelona has been announced today»
With festival announcements coming thick and fast, focus falls on Dorset, where the latest set of acts have been confirmed for the End of the Road festival»
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...»
The powers that be at ATP have revealed the running order - well, the daily line-ups - for the first of two weekenders forthcoming at Butlins in Minehead...»
The first few confirmed acts for this year's Primavera Sound festival have been announced...»
Low announce release details for their eighth long-player and a one-off London show... »
The frankly legendary Nick Cave - I played The Boatman's Call on the way into work, y'know - is to headline April's All Tomorrow's Parties festival... »
So ATP's Don't Look Back series - y'know, a one band plays one album kind of a deal - kicked off in London t'other night with Green On Red performing Gas Food Lodging at London's Koko venue. Granted, there's been a hitch already - Ennio Morricone has been forced to postpone his two nights - but read on, do...»
Wanna see Low on their forthcoming tour? Wanna free album thrown in to the bargain? Well, you have come to the right place...»
On the back of their critically acclaimed debut album Wolves My Latest Novel will be supporting Duluth based slowcore merchants Low on their upcoming six day UK tour.»
ATP's Don't Look Back season is set to start over come the summer, with a selection of concerts already confirmed...»
The Beatles' Rubber Soul is to be reinterpreted by a variety of artists and released as a tribute record.»
On Boxing Day the Annual John Peel listener voted chart of 2002 was aired and without further ado, just look at this lil lot...
1 Saloon Girls are the New Boys
2 Cinerama Quick Before It Melts
3 Miss Black America Talk Hard
4 Nina Nastasia Ugly Face
5 Antihero Rolling Stones T-shirt
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For reasons unknown to Drownedinsound, influential American band Low have had to cancel their gigs at Benicassim Festival, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Ticket-holders are advised to contact the venues for any news on refunds or rescheduling.»
Mr Barry Hogan reveals all on his website, sorry I mean the All Tomorrow's Parties website.
After calling people who had genuine complaints about this years festival, "miserable fucking pricks," "soap dodging students," and "tossers" Mr Hogan then cleared up the story about the bigger venue:
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The delightful Barry Hogan, promoter behind the All Tomorrows Parties festivals, has revealed some of the acts for next years UK festival.
In the programme for this years event, the Foundation main man wrote in 'A promoter's dream...' that Shellac "agreed to curate the following year on April 19th-21s»
Tiger Style release split EP featuring K and Low
Ex-Beekeeper Karla Schickele, now of Brooklyn trio Ida, is set to release
two solo recordings under the moniker of K, through Tiger Style Records. The
first is to be a split EP with Duluth's Low. Each artist will record two
exclusive songs for the EP»
Low have revealed details of their new album and a handful of UK tour dates.
The trio release their Steve Albini-produced album, 'Things We Lost In The Fire'
through Tugboat Records on 12th February. The tracklisting is:
Sunflower
Whitetail
Dinosaur Act
Medicine Maga»
Not exactly a mixtape for purists, this is a brief attempt to trace the influence of Slowcore on Post-Rock... and, Yes, it fits on a CD or a C90, for your listening pleasure.»
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