Some Velvet Mixtape - The Sequel: 2012 in drones, reverb and feedback.
Looking back over the past year, it's been an incredible twelve months of music and here are forty reasons why pedal boards, tremelos and echo chambers rule. »
In Depth
SPOT Festival 2012: The DiS Review
Now in its 18th year, SPOT has long been recognised as a landmark event for many emerging Scandinavian artists, having previously hosted fledgling performances from the likes of Sigur Ros, Mew, and this year's headliners The Raveonettes. »
Some Velvet Mixtape: 2012 so far in layers, loops, drones and noise.
Here then, with the second quarter of 2012 already underway, we bring you Some Velvet Mixtape, 35 of the finest artists and songs drenched in all things loud, heavy, dreamy and fuelled by reverb, distortion and feedback that have been keeping us awake at night (and day) these past few months. »
"We want to challenge ourselves with every record we make:" DiS meets The Megaphonic Thrift
Norwegian four-piece The Megaphonic Thrift have taken the shoegaze and noise rock scene by storm in recent years. Hailing from the city of Bergen, The Megaphonic Thrift formed in 2007, its collective members having played in various other bands such as Low Frequency In Stereo, Casiokids and Stereo 21.»
by:Larm 2011 – Part I, by Luke Slater
We went to the freezing cold and icy streets of Oslo to check out some of the finest Nordic talent. We weren't disappointed. »
Listen: A Nordic-themed Spotify playlist from Ja Ja Ja
As part of our Nordic Music series we asked those wonderful promoters of such music Ja Ja Ja to put together a playlist of songs – what else? – from some of the best and most exciting artists to emerge from the region in recent years. Here's what they came up with. It includes Ungdomskulen, by the way, which I don't need to tell you is almost a necessity as far as we're concerened.»
In Photos: DrownedinSound presents A Place To Bury Strangers @ The Harley, Sheffield
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: White Hinterland, Team Ghost, MemoryHouse, Broken Social Scene, Toro Y Moi and more...»
Bergenfest 2010: The DiS review
What do you know about Norway other than the price of beer is around three times the annual GDP of Togo? Well, it's cold in the winter, but the people are warm all year round. That it won last year's Eurovision Song Contest. Harald Hardrada and all that. »
Oslo and E8: The Brainlove Column #3
Jamie Stewart's bottomless intensity becomes more thorny and difficult to understand with every addition to the Xiu Xiu oeuvre, but his work is always compelling, often to the point of being hypnotic. Squalls of terrifying noise mingle with near-silences in which the only audible sounds are Stewart's distinctive voice and the snap of camera shutters from the front row.»
by: Larm ‘10 Festival Review
With temperatures diving to -19°C, constant snowfall and prohibitive alcohol prices, this wasn’t the most welcoming of settings for by:Larm 2010, Scandinavia’s premiere music showcase. Nevertheless, this was a small price to pay for a large injection of emerging local talent that took part in this exceptionally well-organised event held in the Norwegian capital. DiS froze along with the rest of the unaccustomed international delegates, dragged itself around the 28 scattered venues in difficult weather conditions in order separate the wheat from the chaff and bring you the five hottest tips from this year’s festival. »
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