In Depth
Close Knits: Beyond the noise pop pale #1
Here's the first of a new monthly column celebrating the sunny delights of DIY fuzz-pop, noise-pop, post-punk and straight down the line, knitwear endorsed indie-pop. We'll be taking the bittersweet, the shambling, the fey, the angular, the adrenalin fuelled, the rough around the edges, the anarcho, the slacker, the young at heart and the jangle all the way and waving them emphatically in your face, should you care to listen.»
Indietracks 2012: The DiS review
As the most unique festival of its kind on these shores, Indietracks continues to go from strength to strength.»
Drowned In Nottingham #9: Festivals special
With festival season about to enter its busiest period, this second scene report of the year from Nottingham and the East Midlands focuses specifically on the numerous events already scheduled to take place in that part of the world over the course of the summer months.»
This Week's Singles: 26/03/12 Veronica Falls, Jessie Ware, Retribution Gospel Choir
Single of the Week! Veronica Falls - ‘Come On Over’ (Bella Union) For the first 45 seconds ‘Come On Over’ is ‘Everybody Hurts’. After that it has some coffee, but at all times I love it, Veronica Falls just seem more accomplished at j»
Singles of the Year 2011!
Singles for wallowing, singles for solace, divvy singles - just for larks - and singles that have the frisk quite bad. It's Drowned in Sound's Top Singles of 2011! »
This Week's Singles: 10/10/11 Colin Stetson, Girls, Deerhoof, Real Estate, Spank Rock
Single of the Week! Colin Stetson - ‘Those Who Didn’t Run’ (Ltd 10” on Constellation) I was always told the saxophone was the hardest instrument, which may be true. But I think it is more likely that this was said to we young, eager musicia»
Moving Pictures - Videos of the Year: 3rd Quarter 2011
Our quarterly video round-up from a chap who watches a lot of music videos... »
Spotifriday #100 featuring Electrelane, Iceage, The National + more
This week on DiS as a Spotify playlist. Times 100. »
Slow Club, Summer Camp, Veronica Falls @ KOKO 1/6/2010
Owing to an earlier unplanned desperate fix of a washing machine, Spectrals are the victims. Which is a shame but, given the presence of other bands on the rest of the bill, is far from unrecoverable. The first of those support bands to shower me in melod»
This Week's Singles: 14/06/10
Single Of The Week! Everything Everything - ‘Schoolin’ (Geffen) One of the things I like most about The Shins, is their knack in pitching lyrics on the right side of impenetrability. For it seems to me the best lyrics – the ones that compel»
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