Download 2013: A preview
Here are Drowned In Sound's ten "must see" acts at Download 2013. »
Here are Drowned In Sound's ten "must see" acts at Download 2013. »
Rock musicians talk about second albums being like painful births, but rarely is it said of album number six. For Josh Homme, formidable leader of Queens of the Stone Age, however, his album six has been his toughest yet. In fact, Like Clockwork, almost didn’t happen at all.»
DiS went to Les Eurockeenes, a festival in Malsaucy, near Belfort and the French/Swiss border. It was ruddy brilliant and in this review slash travelogue, Wendy Roby endeavours to communicate just how so.»
This week's Spotifriday playlist.»
In anticipation of that glorious stench-cloud of burning paper cups, teenage tent sweat, burger belch and beer froth, DiS has compiled a little list of 10 acts you really, truly, should try to catch this weekend at Reading (or Leeds) Festival...»
DiS' founder and current editor Sean Adams compiles a playlist of songs that could be heard in the year 2000 (a rough theme we've set for you to build a Spotifriday playlist around - more details here) when this very website was in its embryonic stages. First, a bit of prologue...»
Ahead of its release, DiS got a first listen to the forthcoming Arctic Monkeys' album Humbug, co-produced by Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and James Ford. »
Another year, another big weekend at Reading and Leeds festival. DiS sent along some of our finest scribes and asked them to scribble about their five favourites of the weekend. Here's what we got back from them»
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»
For a whole week, we barely touched a drop: too expensive, too cold, not a thing like what us Brits are used to. A dry county, Hove might as well have been; not a sip, not a tipple. For a week, teetotal. Lies: we just didn’t eat...»
Traditionally things get reeeal quiet round this time of year in terms of quality album releases, but happily DiS has picked out a few blinders to soundtrack your hasty retreat from the sun's odious rays...»
T’other weekend, London’s Hyde Park played host to the now annual (and twin-site) O2 Wireless Festival. DiS was on site to catch some of the acts. Not literally, you understand – that would require a net too large for men of our stature to handle...»
Funeral for a Friend, Queens of the Stone Age, Alkaline Trio, Iron Maiden, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Marilyn Manson, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Biffy Clyro, Dinosaur Jr., Iggy and The Stooges, Pixies.»
By now you will have the new album 'Songs for the Deaf', you'll have caught them on their recent tour at stoopidly loud volumes pullin alsorts of noises outta the »
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virtual-court.com, june 2004, 9:52am. London.
Judge: Bring out the mp3s! Mister.pee-free, you are charged with the man slaughter of the music industry!
Compere: Let me hear a biiig ’Fuck yeah!
Judge: You are also charged with the murder of global cul»
Its that time of year again - When the Glastonbury line up is revealed. So here it is, in full:
Fri 28th June
Pyramid Stage
Coldplay, Faithless, Ash, Nelly Furtado, Doves, Dandy Warhols, Bush, Alabama 3, Shibusashirazu Orchestra
Other Stage:»