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Open'er 2012: Penderecki's violin revolution in Poland

In Depth by Kevin EG Perry

“If you love music, this is the place to come,” said Mikolaj Ziolkowski, the chief organiser of Heineken Open’er. We were sat backstage in a tent on the disused military airport in Gdynia, northern Poland, where his festival takes place.»

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DiS in Australia: Splendour In The Grass 2011

In Depth by Brad Barrett

Festival season is generally fraught with tales of calamity or serious incidents (these usually include Field Day and on rare occasion, an actual Zoo Thousand) and sad postponements or cancellations – as in Offset, Beacons and Truck this year. Festivals»

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DiSsers recommend... Quiet/LOUD songs

In Depth by Adam Boult

A new community-powered feature on DiS kicks off with the best quiet-loud songs, as selected by the Drowned in Sound music board...»

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Artwork Day: Top Ten Record Covers of the '00s

In Depth by James Lawrenson

Welcome to DiS is Ten's 'Artwork Day'. How are you? Well, I hope. As the title suggests, there'll be some features on artwork: there'll be a good artwork top 10, and a bad artwork top 10. And then a couple of record label people are having their say, co»

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Artist 'n' Artist: Frederick Blood-Royale meets The Mars Volta

In Depth by Frederick Blood-Royale

For the third instalment of our Artist 'n' Artist feature, former Les Incompétents and current Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man Frederick Blood-Royale of meets former At The Drive-In and current Mars Volta spearhead, Cedric Bixler Zavala.»

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A Month In Records: January 2008

In Depth by Mike Diver

A strange first month: high-profile passings in the media, the axing of a national icon, real life snow; plus much-hyped albums falling wide of the mark. But let's not dwell: here DiS picks its favourite LPs of January , featuring anticipated debuts, rewarding follow-ups, and an ambitious fourth from a prog-rock super-power»

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The Mars Volta: a well-dressed "pop corpse"

In Depth by Mike Diver

Ahead of the release of The Bedlam In Goliath, The Mars Volta's founding members Cedric and Omar sit down to discuss their continued success against conventional commercial odds, mixing it up with charros at high school, and possibly learning to duck flying axes in the near future»

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It's great in 2008, yeah: DiS's anticipated albums

In Depth by Mike Diver

There was us thinking that 2007 was a pretty splendid year for albums, and then we get a look at this little lot. Ahead of feature pieces outlining our acts of the year (to be), here DiS scans a number of upcoming releases»

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DiS is 6! Our 66, part 1

In Depth by Mike Diver

Let the DiScussing begin! We’ve been racking brains – prior to pulverising each other’s – at the DiSopolis these past few weeks to come up with our top 66 albums of the past six years; the very best records to see the light of day during DiS’s lifetime (yes, six years). Arguments have been won and lost, a handful of frankly incredible artists have improbably missed the cut through forgetfulness and space constraints, and we’ve all got quite, quite drunk along the way...»

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DiS does ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas

In Depth by DiS Festivals

The road was both long and winding – and not even a road but a railway line, if we’re being entirely accurate – but DiS finally made it back from The Mars Volta-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Only now have we regained strength enough to put our experiences into words; to reassemble the muddled memories into some kind of coherent piece...»

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Mars Volta Frances The Mute: revealed!

In Depth by Mike Diver

A month or so ago, Drowned In Sound snook a peek at this weeks must-have album, a record so out there it's practically 22nd Century. We all knew The Mars Volta were different from your standard beat combo, but Christ on a bike! We did not expect this...»

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DiS E-Content Special

In Depth by Colin Weston

It's been one hell of a week here with the head offices moving back into the capital, our third birthday gigs being finalised, issue two of our magazine due and lots more! It also seems a lot of PR people are joining in the fun and this week we have been sent some cracking stuff!!! We start off with not one but T»

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Leaving the past behind

In Depth by Raziq Rauf

From the ashes of seminal Texan punks At The Drive-In rose two blocs: The Hair and The Rest. It wasn't a union to form ever again and so they went their separate ways. The Hair always seemed to be the spine of the group and continued to experiment, refusing to conform to any expectations or ideals. »