You may have heard that recently the London Astoria was refused its entertainments licence. Now, the conspiracy against the music we love deepens, it seems... Our government is looking to change licensing laws, it was warned yesterday by the»
Y’know, there are some bands who I’d love to sanction to the masses. There are so many things I could say about them and there is so much I want to say. But do you ever get the feeling it would just be pointless? London’s I Own Kings are one of these very bands, but hey just wanna say it all themselves, dammit. If »
The Sun are reporting it and now DiS...(thought we'd save ya buying a paper) Terrible music and release strategies (i.e. using singles as a loss leader and way of getting media coverage) have caused a slump in singles sales. Some stats nerd has revealed that singles sales have dropped this year b»
ALOHA! Oh look, another Drownedinsound night at the Windmill - just off Brixton Hill in London.. and what of this weeks showcasing of "interesting and exciting new bands" we hear you ask. More drunken noisy rock antics? You betcha.. what about some art-rock, art-indie and a bit of art-metal? Some in»
Here at Drowned In Sound we're not just into the next big thing, blindly following trends as though we didn't have minds of our own. Music is about passion, not fashion, and that's why we all have very personal memories relating to the soundtracks of our past. Here are just some of them - make of them what »
De-Frag MCR #4 - Manchester’s DiS guide from =RaZ=
Firstly, some huge apologies for not doing this for a while but I could reel off excuses like a madman. I will, however, spare you. I promise to get this to you more regularly from now on!
Secondly, if you go see yer bands in the fair ci»
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I feel so disillusioned. The people I believed in, trusted with the future of my home country and its professions of democracy, have bitterly disappointed me. The overwhelming Republican victory, which resulted from an overwhelming voter turnout, says to me that people really are selfish, disgusting, lazy cowards.»
18 months ago, DiS' Matt Hocking interviewed The Distillers who were in Britain to support their 'Sing Sing Death House' LP. Pre-major league success, Brody talks of her love for Hole albums, Tim Armstrong and "sh*tty punk rules". We're not going recycle information as a 'classic interview', but we think it's insightful nonetheless...»
We Start Fires are a four-piece alt-indie-pop group from Darlington who talk big and dream bigger. Their down to earth discontent lacks any sense of pretension, comes from simply seeing that things are wrong and wanting to put it right. And because it’s so impossible not to see that they believe in what they’re »
Last month, two significant slices of Sheffield’s musical heritage reappeared side by side. A lavishly reissued version of The Human League’s classic album ‘Dare’ was soon joined on record shop shelves by ‘The Original Sound Of Sheffield 78-82’, a new compilation containing tracks from C»
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For anyone who is bored to TEARS with the garage-rock-by-numbers, dutifully churned out by poster boys like The Strokes, The Vines and the bloody Libertines, The Lollies - funny, wise, pop grrrls from London via the US - are a revelation. Their existence on Planet Pop is akin to that of an exotic Pina Colada coc»
By now you will have the new album 'Songs for the Deaf', you'll have caught them on their recent tour at stoopidly loud volumes pullin alsorts of noises outta the »
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We're very sorry to announce that the Drowned in Sound schelduled for this Wednesday @ the Windmill has been cancelled. This is due to an accident suffered by a member of Tyler, for a gig which was arranged at fairly short notice... The Tyler website tylercore.c»
Have you ever actually looked at the staff contact page? No? Well, if you had, you’d have noticed we’ve got our very own gig-going area contacts scattered right through to all corners of the UK, which is why it seems silly that most of»
“There’s no musical direction as such; we just want to put out stuff that we like”. So speaks Dave Pichilingi, ebullient manager of brand new Liverpool-based label, Robot! Records. “A lot of people run labels with two eyes on the balance sheet, but we’re in it to release great music. Obviously to »
Well then, Kids Near Water have been out of the picture for a few months now while they’ve been polishing off their production duties on their next album. It’s ok though. They’ve just managed to creep into the Mighty (R)Oc(K)tober a»
Nerf Herder, everyone’s favourite ‘Buffy Theme’ purveyors, were in town and had literally 7 Minutes (that’s a minute per questions, kids) to fill in a 7 Questions questionnaire. Nerf Herder released ‘American»
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Drowned in Manchester #15 – May 2013
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