It's August Bank Holiday weekend and it's raining, which can only mean one thing: Leeds Festival. While this year's line-up can best be described as a mixed bag, it hasn't deterred DiS from turning out in force. Here, Daniel O'Dell and Dom Gourlay describe some of the highs and lows from the first day's festivities. »
It may have rained all day and most of last night here in not-so-sunny Suffolk, but that didn't dampen Drowned In Sound's collective spirits. Here with the highs and lows of Saturday's busy schedule at Latitude festival, Andrzej Lukowski and Dom Gourlay relive their best and worst moments from day two. »
It may have rained all day and most of last night here in not-so-sunny Suffolk, but that didn't dampen Drowned In Sound's collective spirits. Here with the highs and lows of Saturday's busy schedule at Latitude festival, Andrzej Lukowski and Dom Gourlay relive their best and worst moments from day two. »
May sees the launch of [JD Roots]](http://www.jdroots.co.uk), which recognises and celebrates the importance of home in the creative process. JD are putting on a unique series of shows featuring some of the biggest names in music returning to their hometowns to play intimate gigs. Entry to the shows is extremely limited but Jack Daniel’s and Drowned In Sound have combined to offer three lucky readers and their chosen plus one the chance to see the show of their choice and get there and back for free, plus a place to crash if you need it. »
Latitude festival reveals the first taste of its 2012 line-up...»
Those Southend kraut-goths The Horrors aren't just snobby fans of Can, Bauhaus and Simple Minds, no siree, they've taken their crate-digging hands and reworked Gaga's 'Bloody Mary' into a throbbing beast that's half-Skying, a third Mother-Monster-anthem and whatever percentage is left is the sound of underworldly beings rising up from the mist. Don't take our jumbled word for it, have a listen:»
Nominees announced for the inaugural Association of Independent Music (AIM) awards.»
There was that time, upon the release of Primary Colours in 2009, when The Horrors really surprised us. Truly, madly and deeply. Anyway, their new one, Skying, wasn't so surprising, but it did carry on the good work they set down in their previous record. There's now a video for one of the tracks from it, 'I Can See Through You'.»
Day 2 at Leeds saw slightly sunnier climbs - only slightly mind - and, for writers Dom Gourlay and Simon Jay Catling ran rather a long way into day three. You don't want to hear of our whimsical frivolities though; joined by Daniel O'Dell here's what we saw yesterday.»
At the end of every week, DiS makes a playlist using Spotify of what we've been loving and/or writing about this week. This is the 99th week we've done this, so hopefully you know the drill by now. If you're American and only just got Spotify, welcome!. This week's Spotifriday playlist is here and links to content is amongst the below. »
The Horrors stunned a lot of people when they released their second album, Primary Colours, a couple of years ago. Are they ready to do the same with their new record, Skying? Well, you can now find out prematurely, as the whole thing is available to stre»
New October dates.»
It is Friday. It is the end of a fantastic week. Here is our Spotify playlist which soundtracks all of what has been on the site this week... »
Glasgae, Mancunia, Big Smoke.»
OH, they won AGAIN did they?»
Hmmmmm. Surprise, surprise?»
Yes! The Mercury Prize judges have come to a final conclusion, after all has been seen, done and heard and the winner is...Speech Debelle»
Will she? Won't she? She is?! Why is she?! Yes, it's that time of year again where everyone gets pent up about the Mercury Prize before claiming that they don't really care much for it anyway. Mostly. And who is the favourite at this stage to claim the coveted prize? It's Florence + The Machine of course, for her/their album Lungs.»
Band of the decade and possibly century so far The Horrors have just announced a tour around England and some of Scotland in December.»
DiS is very excited to reveal the stage-times for Field Day Festival which takes this Saturday, followed by the DiS after-party at the Old Blue Last.»
It's that time of year when everyone in the indiesphere leaps onto the high horse of telling everyone else what is wrong with this year's Mercury Prize shortlist, charges round the racetrack of rigorously protesting how uninterested they are by said list, leaps over the fence of stating the obvious about some of the nominees not being that famous, and then probably heads off for a good feed in the stables of pointing out that M People won it once. So let's do that.»
One of the festival lineups of the summer has to be that of leading French festival La Route Du Rock, who this week announced a UK festival party at London's Luminaire... plus, win tickets to the festival.»
Roll up, roll up! It's our second weekly Spotifriday and this is your second 'This Week on DiS' in a musical playlist, via the medium of Spotify. A bit more of a 'short and sweet' one this week, but we've Mr Lukowski has already done an ATP playlist and we've done the Great Escape one, too. So here it is...»
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Let's cut to the chase here: My Bloody Valentine are the curators for ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas festival, in December this year. Sonic Youth, De La Soul and The Horrors are brilliantly on the bill.»
DiS has gone through all the albums, singles and b-sides of the year (so far!) and put together a playlist of our favourite forty tracks for your listening pleasure.»
DiS really rather loves The Horrors and they just happen to also be the perfect band for Hallowe'en. So we've got hold of some copies of the US version of their album and some American EPs and othersuch stuffs to give away. All you need to do is show us what you are/were wearing this Horror'ween... »
In news posted over at the Youth Turks blog there's evidence that Faris Badwan (aka Rotter), is currently sixth out of 1,274,118 teams! If you spot Sour Face FC in the papers then yes, that's him.»
Eighteen years old or under? What are you doing reading this site?! We use naughty words, like bum and poop. Your parents would be _so_ mad if they found out. S'alright though, we won't tell. What's more, how's this... DiS has a pair of tickets to give»
Gallows have been chosen to headline this year’s Underage Festival»
An interesting twist. The Horrors have recruited video director Chris Cunningham to produce their second album»
Fucked Up have roped in many many members of their extended family to celebrate the holiday period with a Christmas single.»
Prepping the market ahead of a company jolly in January, Chester Bennington laid the ground for Linkin Park to develop enterprising new partnerships in the UK.»
Noiseniks of some refine the Horrors have swatted away rumours that they are a manufactured band.»
The DiS-associated Hove Festival – held in the picturesque surroundings of Tromoy, on the Norwegian coast, from June 26-30 – has confirmed its final, pretty dang good actually line-up...»
A slew of new names have been confirmed for this summer's Carling Weekend, in Reading and Leeds...»
A number of new names have been confirmed for this year's DiS-associated Dour Festival, held in Belgium from June 12-15...»
Wow! It's this week's news in a handy, easily digestible format! With enough exclamation marks to raise a gudgeon's eyebrows!»
The Horrors were forced to abort a gig last night in Boston after they destroyed a 2 foot tall figurine of Elvis Presley.»
Quick one this week, as I’ve sausages to get home to and Southampton are on the telly at 8...»
Sartorial elegants The Horrors will tour this Spring to support the release of their debut album, Strange House...»
In the wake of comments accusing the band of "flogging a dead horse", The Automatic's Rob said of The Horrors: “They’re raping a dead pig”...»
Southend dandies The Horrors are to release their debut album on March 5th...»
We've a pair of tickets to give away for FROG's NYE bash at the Forum, in Kentish Town (9-17 Highgate Road, London NW5), and a bundle of other goodies, too. Appearing live on the night will be The Young Knives, Rumble Strips and Larrikin Love, and winners will receive signed records and t-shirts from the first two acts upon entering the venue. Best take a bag, then...»
Beth Ditto has been named numero uno in NME's Cool List 2006, in a top ten that - shock, horror - contains just as many women as it does men...»
If you're also the type of drunkard that likes to shake a tail feather to songs like 'Count In Fives', albeit when none of your proper punk-rock friends are looking on, then you'll be interested in the dates below. They equal the band in question's first-ever headline tour. Which is nice...»
The Horrors frontman Faris Badwan has again been assaulted, albeit this time while performing. The singer was attacked in Whitechapel earlier in the year...»
London-based punks with silly names The Horrors have been busy at work on their debut album alongside Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner, who says he'd like to "reward each of them upon completion of their final takes with a pint of virgin blood". »
The Horrors are a band. A band that sound a bit like Eighties Matchbox, albeit with all the fun removed. Still, some kids, they dig The Horrors, and since DiS is a public service an' all, here's some news about the band in question. The Horrors, you understand. Do try to keep up...»
See me, I wouldn't be caught dead in Ibiza. It's too sunny, its beaches are full of stinkin' Brits abroad, and its clubs play that thump-thump-thump shite that the Vauxhall Nova brigade used to pump out of their crappy cars when I was in sixth form...»
So Top Of The Pops is dead. Anyone watch the last one? I didn’t. Had better things to do. Like eat pasta and catch a train. I thought about recording it, specifically to find out what was atop the pile o’ short-play records we in the business call the ‘singles chart’, but then I remembered: the DiS round-up, this round-up, will set me straight! Not least of all ‘cause I’m the foo’ writing it...»
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