In Depth
Slottsfjell 2011, Norway - The DiS review
Slottsfjell is situated in Tønsberg, a medium-sized town on the Oslofjord. As a festival it is partly comparable and partly incomparable to anything in the UK, but on the whole more leaning towards incomparable. A festival is about music, but what makes a festival is often not the greatness of the line-up or performances alone. People and atmosphere are a huge part and you'll be hard-pushed to find a better bunch of people to party with than the Norwegians. »
Drowned in Sound Albums of the Year 2010: 75-51
DiS usually does a top 50 albums of the year. However, 2010 has seen the release of rather a lot of much-loved records that we have been forced to do a roll-over, in order to highlight a few more must own/investigate records.»
Iceland Airwaves: The DiS Review
Reykjavík is a beautiful city. That’s the first thing that springs to mind when we arrive within its limits during the pitch black early hours, virtually nonexistent street light during the drive from the airport sending a striking vista of stars rolling out across the night sky. Despite Friday morning dawning cool and cloudy, it’s no less impressive in the morning light: old-style buildings and expanses of green are interspersed with modern touches and unfinished constructions, perhaps continued relics of the country’s monetary collapse. But for all that event’s devastating economic and social impacts, the city’s yearly Iceland Airwaves festival couldn’t feel more open and welcoming in 2010, with a diverse and friendly crowd and an almost unnerving volume of excellent music. »
Spotifriday #46 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
Another weekly instalment in our content-themed Spotify playlist, as ever on a Friday. Featuring: The Cure, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gaggle, Stornoway, Slipknot, Slow Club, Klaxons, Cold Pumas, Rolo Tomassi and more. »
DiS meets Rolo Tomassi
Rolo Tomassi are a multi-faceted band. If it’s not the kick ass riffs that grab you then there are wistful, dream like synth interludes and lead singer Eva Spence’s vocals which switch between demonic and angelic with ease. Having released their firs»
Spotifriday #42 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
The fourty-second Spotify playlist is a little like the fourty-second President of the USA in that it's a bit of a dark horse. And is quite long. It features Rolo Tomassi, Rusko, Blood Red Shoes, HEALTH, Dark Dark Dark, Summer Camp and an awful lot more. That Rusko track absolutely demands your attention, though. »
Spotifriday #41 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
More Spotify based musical relevance this week, featuring Youthmovies, Darwin Deez, The Thermals, Erykah Badu, Sleater Kinney and more! Click here to listen to it. 1. Darwin Deez - 'Radar Detector' If this song has been played on 6Music once this wee»
Gareth Los Campesinos! - Every Defeat A Divorce
I've seen bands I love play awful shows. I've bought records that have disappointed me beyond end. If I go to a gig and I'm not enjoying it, I won't force myself to stay; but when I go to watch Welton Rovers every Saturday (as I've done the past 15 years), I could be watching the most diabolical game I've ever seen (I often am), and you couldn't drag me away. Bands, they come and go, but when you choose a football team, that's a life sentence. I asked some friends to share their misery with me. »
Spotifriday #27 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content themed Spotify playlist, featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Veils, of Montreal, Battles, Animal Collective, Errors and about 12 more...»
Favourite Five of 2009 from Rolo Tomassi's James
Before we get stuck into TELLING you what THE BEST record of the year is (that's coming next week), we thought we might find out what some of our favourite acts' favourite records of the year were. Over the coming days, in the lead up to the end of the year, we've asked some of our acts of the year and some of our the acts who have records due in 2010, to tell us what excited and inspired them in 2009. »
Spotifriday #21 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
This week's content-related Spotify playlist, featuring Wavves, Jamie T, Copy Haho, Biffy Clyro, Atlas Sound, Sufjan Stevens, Rolo Tomassi, Eels and many more.»
Gett OFF to Poland: a festival preview
While there are those who’ll merrily hold court for hours over how much the British festival scene has changed over the last 20 years or so, the erection of a fence near Pilton has got nothing on Poland, which has gone from Eastern Bloc austerity to gen»
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. »
Bands on a budget: Offset Festival preview
We all remember last year's festival season as one of the most horrific in living memory. Well, if you went to ZOO8 you probably did. DiS caught up with Offset founder Kieran Delaney to pick his brains...»
Video: Pulled Apart By Horses tour diary #1
DiS brings you the first in a series of exclusive video blogs from the Northern Alliance Tour featuring Rolo Tomassi, Grammatics and Pulled Apart By Horses.»
Guest Column: Big Scary Monsters
I started writing this some weeks ago, sitting in the back of our pimped up little hire car as we sped across the US, enjoying the unbelievably good US classic rock radio and relishing the chance to turn onto a new road every 150 or so miles. Unfortunately, thanks to the busy nature of the trip and the ensuing email catch-up (welcome home!) it has taken me until now, sitting in my front room in drizzly Oxford, only just back into sleeping on UK time and proudly sporting a “Don’t Mess With Texas” t-shirt (just one small part of my strong new tourist wardrobe), to find time to sit and write this thing up. Lets start at the start shall we? »
SXSW high-fives from Rolo Tomassi, Fear & Records and Holy Roar Records
Rolo Tomassi went to Austin, Texas and absolutely slayed SXSW. They made noise, made people dance and made people cry. We gathered a gang to drive them across the desert and to score them beer and make sure that they ate enough BBQ. In return, they told us all about their five SXSW musical highlights...»
In Photos: Shred Yr Face 2 with The Bronx, Fucked Up and Rolo Tomassi
Shred Yr Face is back, and this time it's hardcore: pictures of The Bronx, Fucked Up and Rolo Tomassi in London inside.»
In Photos special: The Camden Crawl 2008
From the archive... DiS did the Camden Crawl 2008 the weekend just gone, chasing NW1’s cracked pavements in pursuit of hawt young t’ings. And the Fratellis. Here's an In Photos gallery of many Crawl acts, including those on the DiS stage»
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»
Swn 2008: the DiS review
Swn sums up the essential spirit of Cardiff: a combination of tradition, innovation and a uniquely Welsh outlook»
In Photos: ¡Forward Russia! & Rolo Tomassi @ Brainwash Festival
The Brudenell Social Club in Leeds was a pretty emotional place to be on Friday night, with local heroes and longtime DiS favourites ¡Forward Russia! playing their last show "for the foreseeable future"»
In photos: Andrew WK & Rolo Tomassi
A brace of gigs, a host of pictures: Rolo Tomassi at The Old Blue Last on Monday night, and Andrew W.K. making a rare live appearance at Push's 1st Birthday party on Saturday»
Rolo Tomassi: hysterical youths, bloodthirsty babes
As their debut LP nears release, DiS finds out what's gone into Sheffield prog-core teens Rolo Tomassi's melting pot for the much-anticipated Hysterics»
Truck 2008: DiS's Festival Diary
Evan's here, in body, and so is DiS, bringing you highlights from this year's Truck. Featured: Rolo, JoFo, YoMo (?!) and The Lemonheads»
Truck Festival 2008: the DiS preview
Truck Festival celebrates its eleventh birthday this weekend and DiS will be there, rocking about the place to the sound of our must-see acts»
Supersonic 2008: the DiS review
As summer colours the sky blue, events at the Custard Factory complex paint Birmingham black. Another Supersonic festival lifts the spirits»
Supersonic 2008: the DiS preview
This weekend the Supersonic Festival takes over Birmingham’s Custard Factory for a sixth year. DiS - again a sponsor - previews the festival»
The Weekly DiScussion: the best of 2008's forthcoming albums
We've presented our faves to date, now we're getting you excited about what 2008 is yet to reveal in full: our pick of albums coming your way»
2008 to date: DiS's tracks of the year so far
Three of DiS’s core operators list ten of their tracks of the year so far - a simple premise, and a simple article for you to have fun listening along to»
In Photos: Download Festival 2008
The most rawk festival of the year, Download, is taking place this weekend at Donington. Raz and the folks from Thrash Hits are there reporting all weekend, here're some pictures of what you're missing»
In Photos: the weekend that was in DiS's world
The weekend that was, and what a weekend it was. DiS had fun with Rolo Tomassi, Jonquil and more, fun captured in photographic form»
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The second bank holiday in May is almost upon us and with it comes this year's Dot To Dot Festival, with a bigger line-up than ever before»
DiS in London: three shows this week
DiS is pleased to present no fewer than three gigs for your consideration this week, starting with TONIGHT'S Winter Warmer show headlined by The Mae Shi (pictured), rolling on to Thursday's Wild Beasts-topped bill, and ending with Johnny Foreigner at our once-monthly DiScover Club. Good times, for sure»
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»
Christmassi Tour 2007: Rolo on the road
One of DiS’s favourite bands circuiting the nation’s small-to-mediums, Sheffield teen-core punks Rolo Tomassi rolled through their December tour keeping notes along the way. Now, DiS can present the band’s own account of their Christmassi Tour, 2007»
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...»
Truck 2007: the DiS review
It’s the Truck that nearly never was: the tenth in a series, an anniversary to be proud of, but one so nearly ruined irreparably by the summer’s inclement weather (to say the least). Rescheduled, the Oxfordshire two-dayer battled on, staged over September 22-23, and DiS was there to catch the action...»
Label Focus #9: Holy Roar Records
Holy Roar are one of a few small domestic labels likely to outgrow their roots before long, with an admirably diverse and critically acclaimed back catalogue already theirs to call their own. DiS's Gareth Dobson plays the Q&A game with co-founders Alex and Ellen ahead of this weekend's Holy Roar vs DiS gig at London's Notting Hill Arts Club...»
The DiScover Diary - September 3-9
Each week, the DiScover Diary will outline some choice gigs up and down the country, highlighting some excellent up-and-coming acts across the nation’s varied stages. Here we sneak a brief peek at five Sheffield kids who’ve been carving their names into the walls of venues throughout these lands all year, Rolo Tomassi...»
DiS @ The Great Escape, part two: Friday
As the train flies towards Brighton, the first thing that changes is the sky - what is bold and blue and broken in London is collecting heavy, getting greyer the further we plunge south...»
DiS podcast: The Great Escape special
DiS's preview of this weekend's The Great Escape is go: here, Sean Adams and Gareth Dobson present ten tracks from artists playing the Brighton-staged, multi-venue event. Neat...»
DiScover: Rolo Tomassi
Rolo Tomassi: perhaps you’ve heard of them? After all, they’ve been front-page-featured only this week – click here for said live review – and their self-titled EP of last year was our DiScover record of the month in October – point your mouse here for that little beauty...
Rolo Tomassi play this weekend's DiScover Club - click here for full details»
DiScover: Down I Go
Down I Go are rock to the bone, but not as you or I have known it previously. The London four-piece’s self-coined brand of ‘diastercore’, showcased on last year’s This Is Disastercore long-player, takes the frenetic riffing of the finest punk acts around and solders it onto lyrics about – yup – disasters...
Down I Go play the free-entry DiScover Club at Notting Hill Arts Club, this Saturday, February 17. Full details here»
DiScover: Manatees
Carlisle-spawned Manatees are headlining this coming weekend’s DiScover Club at Notting Hill Arts Club, London, a free event booked by this fine website in collaboration with Rough Trade Shops. To say we’re excited to have them would be something of a massive understatement; we’re pant-sh*ttingly expectant...
Full details for February 17 DiScover Club here
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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...»
A Review of 2006: DiS is what it's all about, yo
2006 has been a year that’s lived up to and exceeded all expectations. With enough fantastic albums to treble the length of my Albums of the Year list, and a gig list long enough to frighten even the hardiest tour manager, I’ve seen plenty of goodness this year. Luckily we’re on hand to jog those memories and help you reminisce about the good times and the couple of sad moments which brought us all back down to Earth with a big bump. This is 2006...»
A Month In Records: October 2006
Yes, we realise this month’s A Month In Records is roughly a week late, but we’ve been suffering from something of an Our 66 hangover (click it for a link!). It’s okay, though: the painkillers have finally kicked in and, a few sour faces aside, we’re firing on all cylinders again.»
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