The Neptune Music Prize: Tarot Sport voted best album
Thousands of you voted in our alternative Mercury Music Prize and we have a winner...»
These New Puritans News
Listen: DiS' woozy, ebbing... Celebration of Curation Cloudcast
DiS has joined the likes of Dazed & Confused, XLR8R, Fabric, FACT and Vice for Mixcloud's Celebration of Curation. »
Watch: These New Puritans - 'Hologram'
Earlier last month we gave you the Salem remix of the These New Puritans album track 'Hologram', taken from the wonderful - and Neptune prize nominated - Hidden. It really contains a thousand levels of greatness. Now the band have released the video for »
The Nominees: The Neptune Music Prize 2010 - Vote Now!
Drowned in Sound's alternative to the Mercury Music prize returns... »
Listen: Download Salem remix of These New Puritans
This is a hook-up that just had to happen. I mean, even disregarding the fact that they are two of the most talk about acts in recent times and, some might argue, two of the best in those very times...there's more to it than that. »
Play This: Great Escape Festival 2010 as a Spotify playlist
Welcome to Great Escape week on DiS... with The Great Escape 2010 only a few days away, here's our Spotify playlist to help you pick who to see (or avoid). Oh, and we should point out, there's plenty more Great Escape coverage coming up this week, including Blood Red Shoes and Fat Cat Records' guides to Brighton, our suggested schedule and more... »
Watch: These New Puritans perform 'We Want War' at Maida Vale
The BBC do and have done a many great wonderful things. All those nature documentaries, Newsnight, Match Of The Day, 15 Storeys High etc. Now they've started filming and posting videos of the variety of interesting artists who perform live for them, including Essex's finest (TM) These New Puritans, who waltzed over to Maida Vale studios to perform for/on Rob Da Bank's Radio 1 show. »
Festival News Round-Up #7
FESTIVAL RELATED LINE-UP NEWS, ENNIT!»
Green Man announce third headliner, another chunk of bands
Another fine chunk of acts have been announced for this year's Welsh extravaganza that has become the Green Man festival. »
Watch: These New Puritans - 'Attack Music'
New vid. More slo-mo.»
DrownedinSoundcloud: DiS launches new audio 'blog'
Drowned in Sound + Soundcloud x Tumblr = DrownedinSoundcloud»
Domino and co. speak up for 6Music
Ever since the the announcement of the news that BBC 6Music was to close there has been a flood of support from listeners, commentators and even a few 6Music DJs themselves, including most recently Steve Lamacq. »
Listen: Mogwai and Rock Action launch podcast
Masters of dynamics and general fans of noise, Mogwai, have launched their first EVER podcast, under the banner of their Rock Action record label, home to a chunk of great acts. Wanting to give it a stamp of individuality, they've decided to call it a 'Mogcast', if not the snappiest, makes sense.»
Listen: Free These New Puritans download, 'Orion'
You have to wonder how much longer it is before bands start giving away whole albums entirely for free, eh? Oh. Right. Yeah, well, we mustn't scoff at artists who do find the kindness and perhaps common sense in their hearts and heads to offer us, the general public, tracks free to download from their records.»
Friday Feeling: Pitchify
Right, so, you may think that we give an disproportionate amount of coverage involving the free music streaming service that is Spotify. Well, a) you'd be wrong and b) you're still wrong. We're just trying to help, maaaaaaaaan. »
Song of the Day Digest: Beach House, Yeasayer, Lykke Li, TNP, M83...
A digest of the first 10 songs of the day.»
These New Puritans live up to their record's name, hide tickets across UK
Easter may well be a little while away yet, Essex's finest, These New Puritans have started a little Egg hunt of their own, of sorts. The band have hidden (hidden being the key word here, as you will have probably guessed) tickets for their UK tour aaaaaaaaalllll around the country. »
Drowned in Sound's Top 9 Videos of '09
Ho ho ho, another round up on which to end the year. This time, though, instead of just WORDS and occasional pictures, we have moving images, videos for singles released this year, and it is our aim to present here the best NINE videos of 2009.»
Watch: These New Puritans - 'We Want War'
Watch These New Puritans' new video for 'We Want War'.»
These New Puritans to return with new record
Remember that bloke who dressed up in an avian cape from a couple of years ago? The staccato, barely-singing delivery of his vocals? The two brothers who looked very similar. No, that band were not a figment of your imagination and were in fact Southend's very own These New Purtians, who will be returning with a new record in 2010.»
DiScussion: What are your top 8 albums of '08?
Before we compile our super-massive end of year coverage, we want to know what you've loved this year. We kick things off with DiS' returning Editor's favourite albums of 2008. »
Iceland’s Airwaves festival heads to East London
Celebrating their tenth anniversary, Iceland's Airwaves festival comes to East London, with eight venues (including 93 Feet East and Cargo) hosting performances from the likes of Metronomy and Wild Beasts»
These New Puritans, Archie Bronson Outfit and more for Nail The Cross
These New Puritans (pictured) and Archie Bronson Outfit are among the DiS-approved acts playing the first-ever Nail The Cross one-dayer next month»
RIP: Is this news?
A bantam procession braved torrential sunlight today as Is this news? was taken to its final resting place in the garden of The Alma Tavern in Wandsworth, South West London»
Truck stops here: festival sells out
Truck Festival - DiS sponsored in its 11th year and held at Hill Farm, Steventon - has sold out»
Watch: new These New Puritans videocasts
These New Puritans have uploaded the first of four self-produced videocasts to their website»
The Great Escape: full Saturday schedule
Yeah, we know this is up on the Great Escape website already, but for your convenience here it is again - the full plan for who's where and when this year in Brighton»
Unveiled: the final addition to DiS' Great Escape bill
The final addition to our Great Escape line-up revealed»
Truck Festival 2008: tickets on general sale, organiser comments on Glastonbury sales
Truck Festival organizer Robin Bennett has spoken to DiS about Glastonbury, following yesterday’s DiScussion article (linkage) on the festival’s slower-than-usual sales»
Crystal Castles, Futureheads, These New Puritans to headline for DiS at Great Escape: line-up here
As promised yesterday, here is DrownedinSound’s line-up for this year’s Great Escape Festival in Brighton»
Truck festival tickets on sale tomorrow, Lightspeed Champion confirmed to headline WOOD
Tickets for the eleventh Truck Festival go on sale tomorrow»
Maps, These New Puritans, Lovvers announced for Truck festival
These New Puritans, Lovvers and Maps are among the first acts to be announced for this year’s Truck festival.»
My Bloody Valentine headline Bestival 2008 bill
My Bloody Valentine are the first headline act to be announced for this year’s Bestival.»
A Week in Drowned in Sound: 08/02/08
The apple of our eye»
'Class swots' class war? NME writer hits out at OMM's 'fear and disgust of the working classes'
NME’s features editor James McMahon has hit out at the Observer Music Monthly, bemoaning an article published yesterday that he saw as promoting an “inherent fear and disgust of the working classes”.»
A Week in Drowned in Sound: 18/01/08
The cut of Drowned in Sound's jib.»
First details of Dot to Dot '08 emerge
The initial details of this year’s Dot to Dot Festival have been released.»
Missionaries: These New Puritans tour, re-issue essential 12”
These New Puritans are keeping active as they await the official release of debut album Beat Pyramid.»
Exclusive: the These New Puritans guide to Beat Pyramid
Jack Barnett offers up a track-by-track guide on that debut album; featuring Michael Barrymore, apocalypse as ultimate art, Indian restaurants, Timbaland, more chatter…»
SXSW: line-up details here
The first and second sets of bands, solo artists, acts have been confirmed for annual mindustry mugathon South by Southwest.»
Watch: These New Puritans's new video
These New Puritans, officially the best band in the lands at the moment, have just released their 'new' video.»
These New Puritans, Teenagers, Crystal Castles for Unitaur
These New Puritans, The Teenagers and Crystal Castles have been rounded up and will be unleashed on a joint tour next month.»
More Angular Product - Puritans & Violets LPs, lives
Angular Recording Corporation, purveyors of pop music for thirsty kids, have announced details of catalogue numbers ARC026 to ARC029.»
Rescheduled: Insomniacs find their balls
Following cancellation back in April, a rescheduled Insomniacs Ball will now take place on September 29 at London’s SeOne club.»
These New Puritans ready debut record, tour UK
These New Puritans have announced further details of their debut record and a winter tour.»
UPDATED: WIN! Tickets to Vice's Jackalope party
Running roughshod over the manicured lawns of Kimberley Hall, South Norfolk from midday on the 4th of August to midday on the 5th of August, Jackalope has one of the best party line-ups of the summer.»
WIN: Tickets to Vice's 24 hour Jackalope party!
Gee whiz! Vice's 'Tales of the Jackalope' all-dayer sure does look neat. DiS has tickets to give away...»
WIN! Tickets to Bristol's first-ever Dot To Dot Festival
Courtesy of the lovely people behind the fortunes of the equally lovely Annuals - that's one of them, pictured - DiS has a lovely pair of tickets to give away to tomorrow's first-ever Bristol leg of the annual Dot To Dot Festival. Lovely...»
Metronomy, Noisettes, These New Puritans + More set for London War Child show
War Child, the charity who actively highlight the plight of children in war-affected areas of the world, have announced a London late night show.»
DiS @ Camden Crawl, NW1
Camden overflowethed with the great, the good and the downright rubbish of the music 'biz' last night, and DiS was on hand to witness the lot of 'em. The horror, the horror, etc...»
Insomniacs Ballsed: all-nighter cancelled
The upcoming Insomniacs Ball all-nighter, due to be held at London's SeOne club tomorrow night (April 5), has been cancelled...»
These New Puritans sign with Angular/Domino
These New Puritans have agreed a joint deal with Angular Recording Co and Domino to release their debut album...»
En Dap-ier: These New Puritans team up with Dior
These New Puritans have been in cahoots with the Homme department at Dior...»
NME Cool List 2006: Are you in it?
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...»
Clinic to headline special Central St Martins show
Domino Records - perhaps you've heard of them? - have assembled a fairly neat bill for a special one-off show at London's Central Saint Martins venue, not usually open to the public for such events...»
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