Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2010: 10-1
DiS' records of the year twenty ten. After a week of teasing, confusing and enraging some of you, our countdown of the albums we have loved the most in 2010 concludes with this top 10.»
Best of DiS 2010
Drowned in Sound's albums of the year 2010: 50-11
The albums' of the year countdown hots up with the main body of the list. The top ten follows tomorrow but for now, some thoughts from site founder Sean Adams who compiled this list... Somewhere, somehow, there is a link to be found between the rhyming i»
Drowned in Sound staff members: #1 Albums of 2010
Whilst one big site-defining list with somewhat arbitrary positionings, full of compromises and a whiff of fair-play politics is all well and good, the far more fascinating thing is the ONE album people believe stands on a column, far above all others. Over the past 10 years, this has usually been pretty much the same four or five albums topping people's list, making the job of picking the top five albums of the year, somewhat easier. Not in tweeny-ten, oh no. This year, as you'll see below, has been the least lacking in consensus since records began (ok, as we're sure you know as we keep banging on about it, it was only 10 years ago we launched, so this clearly isn't the most scientific of research!). »
Drowned in Sound Albums of the Year 2010: 75-51
DiS usually does a top 50 albums of the year. However, 2010 has seen the release of rather a lot of much-loved records that we have been forced to do a roll-over, in order to highlight a few more must own/investigate records.»
When Artwork Goes Wrong: The 10 Worst Album Covers of the 00's
The 10 worst album covers of the 00's...»
10 Years Of Nordic...A Digest
As with our other themed and celebratory weeks having digests of their content, we thought it'd be best to do the same thing for our 10 Years of Nordic Series. There was a large chunk of content, so here's a run-down of what happened in News, Features and whatever else we through up. Thanks for reading. Also, while you're here...the list page will not just be home to the crop of stuff that was posted during those two weeks but also to any other relevant Nordic content over time. »
10 Years in New York: A Mixtape
Amanda Farah shares her past 10 years in New York, as part of DiS' 10th Anniversary look back at 10 years in various cities and genres. This mixtape featuring suggestions from various nYc bands, also kicks off this week's BlackBerry Torch suggested Mixcloud theme of "local" mixes, so take inspiration from it and make a mixcloud mix for New York or your favourite/local town or city of the past 10 years, tagged DiSis10 to enter our mixers competition. Or share the below mix to enter our listeners competition (more info here. »
Drunk and dirty: What makes Glasgow the country’s most exciting music scene?
On the face of it, Glasgow isn’t a natural cultural epicentre. Renowned for its hard drinking locals, the city’s roots are entrenched in the staunch Labour supporting shipyards of the Clyde and the part-football, part-religious tensions of the Old Fi»
“I feel much more optimistic right now.” DiS meets Sufjan Stevens
It is 9am Eastern Standard Time when DiS calls Sufjan Stevens at home in Brooklyn and he is wide-awake and affable, even as a temperamental connection threatens to derail proceedings. The last-minute, primitive nature of The Age of Adz, outsider art, personal dysfunction, psychobabble, experimenting with the long form, Woody Allen films - and what’s wrong with civilisation - are some of the things touched on within. Like the new LP: it’s a long one.»
Interview: Trent Reznor discusses The Social Network soundtrack
DiS was stunned to find our request to chat with Trent Reznor, one of our all-time heroes, was accepted and got on the phone for a chat. Here's what he had to say, with an incredibly thoughtful tone and a surprisingly soft-spoken voice... »
Interview: Uffie on Uffie, Girl Power and Ke$ha (Part II)
Yesterday saw DiS premiere the new video from Uffie, the Fred Durst of the MySpace generation. In part two of DiS founder Sean Adams' chat with Uffie she discusses the kefuffle about Ke$ha and expands on her development as an artist.»
No Age: Randy's Vegan Guide to Touring + Dean on Being Vegan
When DiS chatted with No Age, it was clear that there's one subject entwined with the spirit of the band that doesn't seem to have much to do with music but has a lot to do with the men behind it. We asked Dean and Randy to share some thoughts on what goes into their bodies and how they deal with this life choice in their line of work...»
British Sea Power's Top 5 Castles in the UK. Ever.
Phil Sumner from British Sea Power talks us through his favourite... castles. "I love history and have been fascinated with castles from a young age. More recently outside of British Sea Power I have taken my son Louie to see some of the best castles i»
10 Today - Happy Birthday to DiS
Hello Today marks 10 years since our website went "live" and we wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has written, read and supported http://drownedinsound.com over the past 10 years. We would be nothing without the passion, »
10 Years of Singer-songwriters: Staff Picks
As part of our week dedicated to solo artists, I corralled DiS writers past and present into sending me some words on one album by a singer-songwriter that has stood out for them over the last ten years. From Bill Callahan to Simon Joyner, Martin Grech to Neko Case, here lie their choices, each accompanied by some means of listening to the artist in question.»
Gold Panda on the beauty of the GameBoy
We've tried to have a conversation with Mr Gold Panda on numerous occasions but he's always had his headphones on, staring at his GameBoy. Little did we know he was composing his next opus whilst waiting for the train. We now know what he was doing, so decided it best to ask him about how that little green-screen of joy fits in with his his laptop and loop pedals...»
10 Years in... "Beats" week: Bangers of the Decade - A Spotify Playlist
So Beats week is over, next week we go back to our regularly scheduled program of writing about effete Brits and anonymous Swedish chillwave producers. It's been a wild ride; writing about Dipset, getting twitter-beefed (erm LA weekly, we're a website, not a blog, and we don't appreciate you miscategorizing our work like that).»
Muse @ Lancashire Cricket Ground: 05/09/10
We went to see MUSE and it wor AMAZING.»
The Neptune Music Prize: Tarot Sport voted best album
Thousands of you voted in our alternative Mercury Music Prize and we have a winner...»
Aidan Moffat: Arab Strap Is Dead
“No one really writes honest, hateful love songs. The kids never hear it like they should hear it – they should know about the farting, the fighting and the fucking, the pain and the pleasure.” That was Aidan Moffat in the 90's, the decade his band»
10 years of.. Dubstep by Subliminal Transmissions (Digest)
This week, for the first of 10 weeks celebrating Drowned In Sound’s tenth birthday, we put together a week of features about the explosion of sounds currently emerging from the scene surrounding dubstep. This list gathers together all of the articles for easy browsing, ranging all the way from interviews with the likes of Mala and FaltyDL though lists of labels and artists, to exclusive mixes and more.»
Scott Pilgrim Vs DiS: A chat with Edgar Wright & Michael Cera
DiS caught up with director Edgar Wright and lead Michael Cera to talk about the music in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.»
25 Tracks: A Dubstep Chronology Mixtape
Even though dubstep’s popularity has certainly skyrocketed in the last year or so, in the wake of the Hotflush label’s successes and the continued rise of Skream, hosting a week of content like this on Drowned In Sound is still a real step into the un»
DiS meets Tom Jones
‘Who in the hell is Tom Jones?’ spat Charles Bukowski. It’s a good question. The Tom Jones he wrote about in Hollywood is a slick Vegas showman, “his shirt is open and the black hairs on his chest show. The hairs are sweating.” The Tom Jones I m»
Yannis from Foals meets Philip Glass
Yannis from Foals sat down for an email chat with legendary composer Philip Glass Yannis: How do you feel about the technological advances in the dissemination of music? Do you see it as having a detrimental effect in people's appreciation and attentio»
DiS meets Mount Kimbie
So where and what exactly is dubstep in 2010? It’s getting ever tougher to pin down. In the last month alone we’ve seen Bristol’s Guido release an album of R’n’B styled pop gems, Ital Tek put together a second record that looks back towards earl»
DiS meets The National
In the run-up to the release of their highly anticipated new album, High Violet, DiS got a chance to sit down for a chat with Matt Berninger & Aaron Dessner.»
Kraft Korner: Make Your Own Sailboat with Memoryhouse
Denise Nouvion is one half Memoryhouse and is one very crafty person. So, rather than give her the same FAQs, we asked her for a recipe or something like that, which might reveal a little more about her creative process and also provide you with a nice something make-and-do this weekend... »
The Rings of Saturn on Your Fingers: Metric's Emily Haines on Mark Linkous
Emily Haines wrote us a few words on her friend Mark Linkous...»
Angus from Liars on his Sisterworld...
Angus on the influence of his Sisters...»
DiS joins the Music Alliance Pact + May 2013's global MAP compilation
Drowned in Bristol #12
DiS Does Singles 13.05.13: Swim Deep, These New Puritans, The National
Darkstar, Ed Harcourt, Halls, Wall +more for 3 DiS-curated nights at Great Escape 2013
Interview: Frank Turner on The Olympics, The Backlash, Thatcher and Black Flag
Drowned in Nottingham #14
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