This month's Savage Pixels, with an in-depth review of Mass Effect 3, contributions from Sky Larkin and Teeth of the Sea, coverage of Street Fighter x Tekken and Asura's Wrath, plus previews of Sleeping Dogs and Borderlands 2. »
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.»
There’s something pleasingly honest about Constellations, a new one-and-half-day festival seemingly built on nothing more than the notion that the people of Leeds could do with distraction from being slapped in the face by swirls of wet November leaves.»
As part of artwork day we got some of DiS' favourites to contribute some words on their favourite record sleeves. Keeps 'em out of trouble, doesn't it? They were only too happy to help, their selections are below, and run the gamut from psychedelia to soul to performance art. Going by the age of the records, it either says something about the death of good artwork by the rise of 50 pixel squares on an iPod screen, or something about album artwork having less of an impact on our psyches once we're no longer in our formative years. There's nothing more important than the posters that grace the walls of our teenage bedrooms. Either way, below are the choices of bands including Liars, Slow Club, of Montreal and Wild Beasts. Look:»
Coverage by Amanda Farah and Nick Neyland. The 30th anniversary of the annual CMJ Music Marathon brought plenty of surprises. Daft Punk and Phoenix jammed on a Close Encounters of the Third Kind riff at Madison Square Garden, Pitchfork set up its rival»
Following Part 1 from Wendy Roby on Friday, here's Dom Gourlay's take on the happenings in Manchester... Manchester, so much to answer for. As the elder statesman of the UK's independent music scene, it's perhaps only fitting that the annual A&R man'»
Wendy Roby went to In The City and saw a buncha bands. John Allison drew Sky Larkin. Everything was good. Almost.»
Our Drowned in Manchester columnist kicks off a day dedicated to In the City...»
This week's Drowned in Sound content-themed Spotify playlist, featuring Glasser, Deerhunter, Violens, Chrome Hoof and Gold Panda amongst many others.»
And so as Manchester lurches into Autumn 2010, all bronzed up (well, those that left the country anyway) and raring to go for one of the busiest gigging season’s yet witnessed in this North West corner of the country, there’s firstly the rather pressi»
Katie spoke to Ellen Waddell from Los Campesinos!, Melissa Auf der Maur, Rebecca from **Slow Club and Mary from Fight Like Apes about the tour experience...»
(The Pacific Northwest vs the North of England) Kaleide is the second record we’ve made in Seattle, Washington. This return visit reinforced my notion that the North of England and the Pacific Northwest are rainy, melodic, kindred spirits. When we went»
To celebrate the release of their new album, Kaleide, Katie from Sky Larkin kindly agreed to talk us through a track by track. As an extra special treat, the band have also provided us with an exclusive DiS digital version of the album which includes two »
This week I have reinstated the Singles Bike Ride system of appreciating music and then writing about it. I don’t know why I abandoned it. What a fool. »
Follow DrownedinSound Events on Twitter, and/or 'Like' the DiS Events Page on Facebook to keep up-to-date with our live activity. Coming soon: *Toro Y Moi, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, MV & EE with The Golden Road, Grammatics, Women and more...»
The latest weekly instalment of our Spotify playlists, themed around the content that's been up on the website in the space of a working week. This edition features Uffie, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, The Vaselines, Bonobo, The Strokes, Wild Nothing and many, many more.»
Follow DrownedinSound Events on Twitter, and/or 'Like' the DiS Events Page on Facebook to keep up-to-date with our live activity. Coming soon: Broken Social Scene (July 9), Toro Y Moi (July 28), A Hawk and a Hacksaw (August 5), Women (August 30)»
Rather than try to "review" all 300+ bands who played The Great Escape in Brighton last weekend, we decided to focus on the best bits. »
Last Saturday delivered the busiest day in the Leeds musical calendar, with the venue crawl that is Live at Leeds giving us a whopping 170 bands to choose from.»
The second installment in our ongoing series of local scene reports from our local scribe in Leeds...»
It's the time of year to list the best records of the year. We've asked some of our favourite acts to tell us which five albums they've had in heavy rotation. »
This week's content themed Spotify playlist, featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Veils, of Montreal, Battles, Animal Collective, Errors and about 12 more...»
This week's Spotifriday playlist.»
DiS gets sent an awful lot of mail and, try as we may, we can't find the words to write at length about everything. So, each week (or thereabouts) from now until someone doesn't deliver their copy on time, we'll attempt to rush you through a heap of things we've been sent or been listening to.»
Wendy Roby ploughs her way through the stack of singles that are out this week, including Sky Larkin, Mike Bones, Magic Arm and Datarock.»
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»
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»
Following on from our recent track-by-track DiSection of Sky Larkin's debut album The Golden Spike, here's a quick Q&A with the band's singer/guitarist Katie Harkin - as well as some pretty pictures from their recent tour.»
As part of our vague 2009 preview week this week, we thought it might be nice to catch up with some of our acts of last year and new acts we're excited about and ask them what they're looking forward to in 2009. This is what they said:»
The music industry appears to be back from its long Christmas holiday because there are loads of singles around this week. Most of them are very good indeed. So let's talk about the clever mix of Lily Allen's 'The Fear', a not-so-clever Britney-Diplo 'Circus', Bloc Party's new lyrical atrocity, try-hard mental-lady pop from Ida Maria and the sunny majesty of Sky Larkin...»
It was great in 2008, but 2009 looks set to be equally as fine. Rather than let us tell you about all the hot acts who might soon be pleasing your ears, though, DiS decided to get on the old electronic mail and ask our favourite labels what they've got in store for the year.»
They've been threatening to do it for a long while now, but Leeds-based alternative poppers Sky Larkin finally deliver their debut album next month. And what a hook-laden indie-rock corker it is too! Singer/guitarist Katie Harkin talks DiS through the record.»
DiS asked some of the makers of some of our albums of the year, as well as some of our tips for next year, what they want for Christmas. As we expected time off seems to be top of a lot of non-stop touring bands lists...»
As part of our year-end round-up we've asked some musicians to tell us what their favourite albums of 2008 are. Not just any ol' music makers, mind. We've spoken to the creators of some of our albums of this year, as well as some fresh-faced folks with records ready in the wings for 2009 plaudits. In part one, Sky Larkin, Chairlift, Midnight Juggernauts, Howling Bells and Catherine A.D. tell us which five records they loved in 2008.»
So we're a bit early, but let's face it, there's not much else to do at this time of year other than think about which acts we're going to be celebrating come 2009, is there?»
More Concrete and Glass snaps for your beady eyes, including TV On The Radio's eagerly awaited (and from the looks of things, fairly sweaty) Cargo show»
Excited about the inaugural Concrete and Glass festival? Yes? Good, us too. It's happening in East London tomorrow, so DiS thought the time was well and truly right to give you our picks and recommendations for the two-day event»
Love is, apparently, in the air. To mark Valentine’s Day, we asked a number of artists for their favourite songs of either love or hate. Contributors: The Futureheads, British Sea Power, The Bronx, Jeffrey Lewis, Adam Green and more»
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 Huw Stephens curated SWN Festival takes place this weekend in Cardiff. The Radio 1 DJ drops into the DiSopolis to explain the thinking behind the Welsh music blow-out»
This Sunday, May 27, Nottingham plays host to the biggest Dot To Dot Festival yet - this year it's even got a sister festival, in Bristol. DiS's Dom Gourlay casts a critical ear over the Nottingham bill to pick a few choice acts from the slew of excellent bands performing across a variety of city centre venues... your legs are gonna be wrecked by the end of this Dot To Dot, that we promise...»
One of the most prominent mainstays of Yorkshire music in the past few years has been independent recording label Dance To The Radio. DiS's Gareth Dobson speaks to founder Whiskas - he of ¡Forward, Russia! - about all the badness...»
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.»
As promised, here’s part two of DiS’s Tips for 2007. Each and every one of the acts mentioned below have been getting the powers that be at the DiSopolis particularly excited of late, and we’re predicting bigger and better things for them over the next twelve months. Might they touch you? They just might…»
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...»
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