Drowned in Leeds: Spring 2013
Dan O'Dell rounds up the best of the Leeds music scene this Spring 2013...»
In Depth
DiS Does Singles 25.03.13: Peace, Vampire Weekend, Department M, Savages
This week's DiS Does Singles stars Peace's 'Follow Baby', Vampire Weekend's 'Diane Young' and an Azelia Banks song that's so dreadful it has to be heard to be believed.»
DiS meets Chaos Chaos
“You know what... when I woke up after we changed our name to Chaos Chaos...? I... just... felt... different... I’m only kidding”. That’s Chloe Saavedra. She’s 18, drums in Chaos Chaos, the band she’s in with her sister (Asy). Chloe’s been drumming in a band (Smoosh) from before she was 10. »
Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer on Child Ballads
We sent some questions over to Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer regards their collaborative Child Ballads LP., and received not only these thoughtful responses, but also an extensive track-by-track walkthrough of the album, presented here alongside a selection of Peter Nevins' stunning print artwork.»
From Seattle to SXSW: Frightened Rabbit vs America
Earlier this year, DiS' favourite anthemic Scottish indie-rock band Frightened Rabbit released their fourth album Pedestrian Verse. Rather than sending the band some inane questions, we thought it would be far more interesting to ask that rather eloquent so-and-so Scott Hutchison to keep a diary for us, documenting their adventures in the US of A. We also borrowed some of their Instagrammed shots from the road... »
Drowned in Bristol #11
It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to the much-loved Si Truss, who has been taking care of all your Bristol needs for the past few columns. He has entrusted me with the DiS Bristol baton and I can only hope I’ll be able to fill his boots. So, here goes...»
Jason Molina: Farewell Transmission
I keep wondering if I’m broken. It’s not that I don’t react; it’s just that it never seems to be quite the way we’re supposed to. In popular culture, someone gets bad news and they throw up. They sink to the ground. Their face crumples. Cue t»
Where to start with... Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co.
If you’ve ever seen Songs: Ohia live, you’ll know there’s time to anticipate every note in your head, and savour it when it’s struck, or strummed, and sung; time enough to realize that everything’s deliberate, every line is crafted with care. Every slight change in delivery, too, reminds us the songs are living things, and every change in the words (a He to a She, say) is a matter of including someone else in these archetypal narratives...»
Drowned In Manchester #14
Everything you need to know about the best new music and live events in Manchester...»
After Girls: DiS meets Christopher Owens
Emerging just six months after the shock dissolution of Girls, Lysandre is in many ways a curious album for Christopher Owens to release under his own name for the first time. Following the expansive, rapturous ‘Father, Son, Holy Ghost’, Lysandre’s less-than half an hour of wistful arrangements and girlish backing vocals can easily scan as treading water or even regression for Owens, whose creative momentum seemed unstoppable, making vast leaps in ambition and maturity with each new Girls record he released. For all its merits, Lysandre – telling a road trip story set in 2009, comprised of material written around the same time – acts as a slightly uncomfortable opening statement for Owens as a solo artist, and raises an array of questions about his motivations for leaving Girls, as well as for releasing an album like Lysandre.»
DiS Does Singles 18.03.13: Rustie, Wampire, Ciara, Krystal Klear, MKS
We talk about how Rustie needs a mug of Horlicks, Dan Michaelson needs a hug and Sean Paul needs to away. Forever.»
SAVAGE PIXELS #20: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger… On Recent Reboots
Tomb Raider and DmC: Devil May Cry reviewed, plus a look at Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance...»
Gourlay Files: Clash of the Titans - Sigur Ros vs My Bloody Valentine
Two of the most eagerly anticipated tours in the early part of 2013 undoubtedly center around the return to UK stages of Sigur Ros and My Bloody Valentine. In the second of Dom Gourlay's regular series of Gourlay Files reports from the UK's best gigs, and some of the world's finest festivals, DiS handed Dom the unenviable task of comparing the two in a head-for-head battle before deciding which one came out on top. Let the Clash of the Titans commence... »
"I’m not looking for a test score": DiS meets Villagers
DiS met with chief Villager Conor O’Brien before the second of their two sell-out London shows in a converted tube carriage perched atop the venue in the East End»
"More bands should split up" - Brett Anderson opens up to DiS about the return of Suede
Drowned in Manchester #15 – May 2013
armchair dancefloor 39: Mount Kimbie interview, Bobby Browser, Powell, Move D, Leon Vynehall...
DiS meets John Lydon - Part 1: The Man
DiS Does Singles 20.05.13: Paramore, Laura Marling, The Replacements
DiS joins the Music Alliance Pact + May 2013's global MAP compilation
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