This Week's Singles: 24/08/2009
A tirade concerning a wonked-up, pretentious concept called Unity of Vision? On a Tuesday? Oh, go on then. »
In Depth
DiS meets The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
This time last year, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart were relative unknowns outside of their native New York. Indeed, bar two low-key tours of the UK at the beginning and end of 2008, they were just one of many bands on both sides of the Atlantic struggling for recognition in a sea of indifference.»
Primavera 2009: DiS's highlights
Primavera Sound 2009 had one of the best bills we've ever seen, with an eye-boggling array of talent on offer. Here's what our intrepid writing team came back babbling excitedly about.»
Dot To Dot: The DiS review
This year's Dot To Dot festival line-up was arguably the best one yet in its five year history, so DiS went along mob-handed to both the Bristol and Nottingham legs on the second bank holiday weekend of May.»
This Week's Singles: 25/05/2009
One is under pain of journalistic death to mention how the sun is shining, in order to make an amusing contrast with yesterday's free-swim Bank Holiday, when it did not see fit to make an appearance. Except it was sunny yesterday. Making today even more back-to-school and depressing than if it had rained. So while the weather can't win, the charts shall, for we have the muddy thrills of Crystal Stilts, and a enlivening (i.e. not very) mention for 1995-vintage Bobby Brown. Oh, do shut up and get on with it.»
Dot To Dot preview: A DiS mixtape
This weekend sees the Dot To Dot Festival hit Bristol (Saturday 23rd) and Nottingham (Sunday 24th). DiS is rather excited as this year's line-up is arguably the best one yet, so with a little help from MySpace and YouTube, we've compiled a mega mixtape of the best of this year's artists.»
Shoegaze Week: "There’s no such thing as Nu-Gaze" by Sonic Cathedral
Nathaniel Cramp has been running the increasingly successful Sonic Cathedral club night since 2004, before launching the record label two years later. Here, he discusses the merits of so-called "nu-gaze", and what the whole shoegaze revival means to him.»
Shoegaze Week: An introduction....
This week, Drowned In Sound celebrates the scene that allegedly "celebrated itself". Shoegaze. We'll be bringing you commentaries and interview pieces with those who played a part in the movement's initial discourse at the turn of the 1990s and those who are taking the genre into further undiscovered territories almost two decades later.»
A Month in Records: March 2009
Best album of the month, you ask? Hard to choose between a stack of 8s, with ambient beauty from Fever Ray and jittery pop from Micachu all making knees tremble. However, sole 9 went to the delectable Marissa Nadler, a score you may dimly recall as being bestowed some two months before its actual release. WE ARE NOTHING IF NOT ENTHUSIASTIC. »
Mixtape #36: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
New York foursome The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart recently finished their biggest UK tour to date. Before they returned to the States, DiS caught up with them to find out what songs keep them occupied and inspired...»
Guest Column: Dom Gourlay's Some Velvet Mourning
Once upon a time, "shoegaze" was a dirty word; a derogatory term invented by journos of the day to describe a cluster of bands with one common aim that transcended the normal verse-chorus-verse ethic courtesy of vocals so low in the mix they were barely audible»
Spotifriday #24 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
1. The Magnetic Fields - 'The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side' It seems almost that it rains almost every time I sit down to write the short, often nonsensical notes on each of the playlist tracks. Then I say, "listen to this little gem to cheer you »
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