Live Review: Ryan Adams at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Masonic Lodge, Los Angeles, Mon 10 Oct
Ryan Adams is done wasting time. Make your concert plans accordingly. »
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"I’m always in a good place when I’m working on music" - DiS meets Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams' new record Ashes & Fire (released next week on his own label PAX AM) signifies a welcome return to the fray for one of the most intriguing and consistent solo artists of the past two decades. DiS sat down to have a chat with him about it... »
Spotifriday #111 - This week on DiS as a playlist ft. Nils Frahm, Björk, New Look + more
This week's Spotifriday playlist featuring Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, Goldmund, New Look, Neon Indian and more...»
Spotifriday #82: Raekwon, Bjork, Bieber, FlyLo, The Smiths
Aaah, the morning after the Guinness the night before. Don't know about you but I'm in the mood for some nice ambient 'jams'. It's the end of the week, it's the playlist (here) of what we've covered on DiS over the past seven days and yeah, it's rather 'chill'... »
Spotify playlist: 10 Years of Solo Artists - Part 1: Pianos, Banjos, Drums + dropped Ds
Putting this playlist together I was reminded that the poignancy of many of these songs comes from that single-mindedness that only an individual with something to say or a deep well of emotion to share, is capable of. Love, hate and the precarious life vs. death battle looms large. For some of the artists on this playlist, life was too much and they didn't make it to 2010 but don't let that put you off because there's a human spirit in all of these songs (save for the few that are that little bit alien or divorced from any known reality). It's a spirit that will lift you on your best days and cradle you on your worst. »
10 Years of Singer-Songwriters: Some Thoughts
Kicking off a week dedicated "solo" artists, is James Skinner's look at the most traditional of "solo" musician, that easily defined beast that is the singer-songwriter... He says: It’s a term that will send many music fans scarpering; one that a lot of singer-songwriters are seemingly tired of hearing themselves. But whenever people ask me that dastardliest of questions it is generally what I tell them.»
Spotifriday #25: This Week on DiS as a Playlist
Welcome to the weekend, it has landed or somesuch e-talking nonsense. This playlist was made with a hangover and it probably shows.»
The DiS Alt-Country Week Spotify Playlist, and Readers' Choices
Thanks for reading! A DrownedInSound Alt Country Playlist is available on Spotify, and right here we've compiled some readers' and writers' choices, for your visual pleasure.»
Cardinal sinner: Ryan Adams talks to DiS
It's fair to say that DiS's recent relationship with Ryan Adams has been just a teensy bit rocky - after years of him ignoring us completely, he last summer got really het up over a mild joke Sean made about his book. Happily or sadly, DiS's good-natured »
Catherine A.D.'s Valentine's Mixtape
Ahead of her Valentine's Day extravaganza this Saturday at RoTa, Catherine A.D. talks us through her imaginary soundtrack to a broken heart...»
DiS is 8! A stumble down memory lane...
It's October first... Happy Birthday to us! And now for an indulgent dose of nostalgia as DiS' founder looks back at previous incarnations of the site»
DiS is 6! Our 66, part 3
My, you’re patient sorts, dearest DiS faithful. We ran part two of our run down of DiS’s favourite/most inspirational/bestesteva albums almost two weeks ago, and yet you’re still champing at the bit to find out who has, and more importantly who hasn’t, made it into the top twenty of Our 66. Well, the time has come to quit your champing: we’re here, this is the penultimate countdown...»
End of The Road Festival
It can’t be that hard, can it? Find a field, book some bands, keep everything low-scale and independent, and hope it stays warm enough to relax in the sun drinking quality cider in your shirt and sandals. At least, that’s possibly what Sophia and Simon, the organisers behind the very first End of the Road Festival, had running through their minds last summer...»
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