Column: Drowned In Scary Monsters #5 - The DIY Uprising
DiS' regular column from Big Scary Monsters Records' Kev Douch.»
In Depth
Meet Me In St Louis Day: DiS remembers MMISL and looks the the future
We take a look at what the members of Meet Me In St. Louis are up to now, two years to the day after their debut, Variations On Swing was released.»
Guest Column: Drowned in Scary Monsters #2
I decided not to write this month's column from Wetherspoons. I didn't want to give the impression that I'm some kind of dirty alcoholic who lives on £1.29 Sailor Jerry rum and value breakfasts. Instead I'm at home, currently cooking some form of chicken curry and only half-thinking about having a drink.»
DiScover: MySpace Trail #2
DiS's MySpace Trail is back, clicking its way from Starting Point A to Destination Unknown, the only rule being to follow the path laid out by top friends on each visited MySpace site. That Point A: Meet Me In St Louis, recently disbanded. Onwards, DiScoverers»
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»
The Weekly DiScussion: just what is a 'DiS band'?
Do you think of The White Stripes, Battles, Radiohead etc as ‘DiS bands’, or has the site’s highlighting of a select group of smaller acts from time to time made them ‘ours’ in the place of major label alternatives»
Brainwash Festival 2007: the DiS preview
Brainwash is back for a second year, taking over a pair of Leeds venues this coming weekend (October 19-21) for three days, and nights, of eclectic alternative music. This year sponsored by DiS, the bill's better than ever...»
Label Focus #8: Big Scary Monsters
Oxford-based Big Scary Monsters is one of those fine things: a proper independent label that has spent the past six years releasing many a varied record sure to delight most listeners. Gareth Dobson puts the tough questions to BSM founder Kevin Douch, and gets nothing but love back...»
DiScover: Favours For Sailors
Favours For Sailors are a three-piece from London. You could call their songs pop, or rock, or a combination of the two; you could dance to it, or simply tap a foot; you could, even, go so far as to say they were pretty good. DiS feels that way, which is exactly why we invited them along to May's DiScover Club show, on Saturday May 5...»
DiS Radio: DiScover six: club shows and more
DrownedinSound Radio provides yet another fine instalment for your listening pleasure – DiScover number six. Sean Adams and Mike Diver showcase music from acts performing at forthcoming DiS-affiliated events, as well as songs from albums forthcoming and already available...»
DiScover: Meet Me In St Louis
Meet Me In St Louis are a band whose name you’re probably aware of – perhaps from these very pages – but whose music you’ve possibly never heard. Yet...
MMISL play the next DiScover Club, on May 5 at Notting Hill Arts Club - click here for details...»
Meet Me In the studio: the diary of a debut
Meet Me In St Louis: the best British band you’ve not heard yet? Depends on your experiences to date – if you’ve been bowled over, recently or absolutely otherwise, by albums by ¡Forward, Russia!, Bear Vs Shark, Owls and At The Drive-In, then the five-piece are absolutely right for your refreshingly open-minded tastes. DiS invited MMISL to keep a diary of their time in the studio, and they graciously obliged...»
The See MJ Music Marathon
On Saturday something snapped – ping – and opportunity knocked: time allowed these already weary legs and fading eyes to attend three different shows, from the afternoon through the evening and into the early hours of the alleged day of rest. The last, three of three, was a club, and one I was DJing at… but still. Three shows, twelve hours, some booze: someone was going to miss Match Of The Day for once...»
DiS Radio: DiScover four: our tips and more!
Colin Roberts and Mike Diver play some of the top tips for 2007 as featured on DrownedinSound.com, as well as some of the cream of our forthcoming live acts. Music comes from Los Campesinos!, Sky Larkin, Blood Brothers, Cold War Kids, The Besnard Lakes, Rolo Tomassi, Lovvers, Jack Peñate, Lovvers and more.»
DiS's Tips for 2007, Part One
Here we are, then: each of us a year older, and each of us a little wiser as to what’s great about music, and what sucks. 2007 holds within its twelve months many a musical treat; here, DiS exposes just a handful of them, with more to follow in Part 2. Foals, Gallows, I Was A Cub Scout and Youthmovies are detailed here, alongside many weird and wonderful more...»
Variations On Swing
All We Need Is A Little Energon, And A Lot Of Luck
Aspen Fears/I Have Knives In My Eyes, I'm Going Home Sick
And with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark – the place where the wave...
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