Festivals
Parklife Weekender 2013 – The Drowned in Sound Review
We’ll have to wait and see whether Parklife can sustain the trick on a weekend where the weather proves to be somewhat more typically Mancunian. But for now, it managed to pull off its graduation with aplomb and unabashed enjoyment.»
Cutting Through the Noise: What it's really like representing new artists at events like The Great Escape
It's a somewhat different experience being at a festival representing a new band or running a showcase, rather than watching shows, drinking, and hanging out. John Brainlove explains... »
Arts & Crafts: Field Trip 2013 - The DiS Review
I moved to Toronto early in 2012. Never have I seen the city so seductive and colourful and contaminantly proud as at Field Trip 2013.»
Download 2013: A preview
Here are Drowned In Sound's ten "must see" acts at Download 2013. »
DiS does Primavera Sound 2013
DiS does Barca - again.»
DiS does Primavera 2013 - Who To See?
In order to contravene the hipster image of the festival (as always, every band mentioned in a web comic purporting to mock the P4K intelligentsia is playing this year) I’ll be referring to a colour-coded spreadsheet to bring you this preview. »
Live at Leeds 2013 - The DiS Preview
The Live at Leeds venue-hopping alldayer is nearly upon us again, taking place on the bank holiday weekend across a staggering 15 city-centre venues over a 12 hour period means that this years’ attendees have an overwhelming amount of choice.»
DiS does Eurosonic: seven things we learned at Europe's best new music showcase
Once a year the European music industry decamps to the pretty Dutch town of Groningen to load their expense accounts with beer and fancy dinners, attend increasingly panicky conference panels about illegal downloads, have endless meetings and, eventually, go and see which ever band has the most effective PR and claim they're checking out the 'buzz'. Although in this case 'see' actually means stand at the back of the room talking to someone else.»
Festival Preview: 981 Heritage in Spain NOW! @ The Soho Gallery, London, November 21-24, 2012
Normally the reserve of corporate events or thin-rimmed spectacles and champagne, for four nights the Soho Gallery will host a culture clash between a UK and Spanish electronic artist. Each artist will set out their stand and give the audience examples of»
Iceland Airwaves 2012: The DiS Preview
Iceland, land of snow-capped glaciers, lustrous beauty and for the next five days, one of Europe's best loved music.»
Corona Capital Festival: DiS does Mexico City
Last weekend (13th & 14th October), DiS made the long journey to Mexico City via New York for the third annual Corona Capital music festival since its conception in 2010. Featuring a mixture of internationally acclaimed acts such as Suede, New Order, Franz Ferdinand and Florence & The Machine alongside a selection of up-and-coming Mexican artists, this year's line-up bordered on the stellar side compared to many of its European counterparts. Here's what we had to say about our trans-Atlantic trek to North America...»
Ether 2012: The DiS Preview (+ Playlist)
Alongside the Meltdown Festival, Ether is an undeniable highlight of the Southbank Centre's calendar. An annual celebration of inventive, genre-hurdling music, it's previously yielded the sort of unmissable results that range from Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke's appearance alongside the London Sinfonietta (2005), through to last year's breathtaking screening of Stanley Kubricks' seminal 2001: A Space Odessy, in which the presumably problematic task of scoring the film live was effortlessly handled by the Philharmonia Orchestra. This year's programming signals no deviation from the festival's creative, groundbreaking repute. Some of DiS's highligts can be found below, with the full list over at Ether's minisite. At the bottom of the list, you'll find a Spotify playlist featuring some of the artists playing this month's festival.»
Green Man 2012: The DiS Review
“[Festivals are] snapshots of an imagined ghost of festivals past, with added corporate sponsorship. And oddly, while the corporate stages and tents get imaginative with their neediness, the thing that's really left wanting is the sense of communit»
Jersey Live 2012: The DiS Review
Last weekend, DiS headed across the channel to the virtually tax-free haven that is Jersey. Here's what we saw and heard for our sins...»
Slottsfjell 2012: the DiS review
Slottsfjell was stunning, a sort of cleansing weekend for the jaded Londoner. I couldn’t recommend it highly enough.»
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