“Fuck Snoop Dogg,” says Snoop Lion, as he describes his conversion to Rastafarianism in this new Vice-made documentary. Snoop is 41 years old and he is tired of making rap music, a genre in which he has long played a leading role. Why then, is Reincarnated such a non-event? »
Daft Punk's Random Access Memories is a lavish celebration of a time when dance music was human and had a proper beating heart, told through the eyes of two robots who have redefined computer music. It’s when pop-rock was easy and groovy, when the people that played it had impressive facial hair and their melodies had the bronze glow of a sunset over the Pacific Coast. It’s also bloody bonkers.»
The New York Times describing it as “...fast, funny, catchy and high-powered.” BBC Radio One listeners voted it “The Greatest Punk Song of All Time” in 2006. Missing from any appraisal of Green Day's 'Basket Case' was mention of the chord progression, which closely mirrored a piece of chamber music written in the seventeenth century by Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D. »
Hello and welcome to another edition of your favourite singles column on Drowned In Sound. It's the week after Record Store Day, which means I hope you got that David Bowie vinyl you were after and the supply of brand new singles is a little depleted. The upshot of this is that there was room to squeeze in a cheeky Phoenix remix and Jessie Ware's cover of a 90s R&B anthem. That's in addition to already brilliant tracks by Classixx, Daughter, Dutch Uncles and The Pastels. Also, will.i.am's Justin Bieber collaboration is revealed to be pure woe.»
London has always had a place for rap music - it’s too great a city not to - but finding the right club is a little trickier.»
In one of Bobby Gillespie's most candid interviews in years, we spend the next hour or so discussing the new record, Primal Scream's legacy, former band members, the lack of dissent within the arts and how fatherhood has changed him. However, first on the agenda is a topic currently on the tip of the nation's tongues; Margaret Thatcher's funeral. »
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.»
'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, The Boy Least Likely To talk us through the making of their fourth album, The Great Perhaps.»
Formed over “a mutual enjoyment of cat videos, Alan Partridge, and drone metal” Wet Nuns, aka Alexis Gotts and guitarist/vocalist Rob Graham, take the blues and administer a lethal shot of raw rock n roll attitude to make The Black Keys look like sissy little choir boys. »
Hello. Welcome to Drowned In Sound's weekly digest of the best tracks to be released over the past seven days. On Friday, I was feeling a bit sorry for all the bands who weren't Daft Punk and had recently shoved out a song for you to listen to. Then I realised that Savages, Snakehips, Big Deal and several others had also unveiled some sublime offerings. Obviously, Daft Punk got Single of the Week but it was a close-run thing.»
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when we all get up especially early on a Saturday morning and try to nab our favourite exclusive releases before the ebay-nit-pickers do; the time of year when indie record shops rejoice at their profits bu»
Sky Ferreira of 'Everything Is Embarrassing' fame talks about that massive track, her forthcoming album and tarantulas...»
DiS' Krystina Nellis got 20 minutes to chat with half of Phoenix, right at the start of the whirlwind of mayhem that is their campaign for Bankrupt!, aka. The Follow-Up To DiS' Album of 2009 Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Except it's probably not going to feel anything like that when you hear it - at least, not if the band themselves have anything to do with it. »
Hello and welcome to a brand spanking new edition of DiS Does Singles. It's been a busy seven days for track releases with Jessie Ware, The National, Bibio and several significant others all vying for 'Single Of The Week' status. A word of warning about the Cat Power video: have a pack of Kleenex to hand before pressing play. It will slay you.»
So awards season has come and gone for another year, culminating in Adele winning at Oscar. (I am biased, but those lights tho?) And Jennifer Lawrence winning whatever Adele left over, between doing what I guarantee we would all do if our name was calle»
Savage Pixels sits down with BioShock's creator Ken Levine to discuss the original game and the newly released BioShock Infinite...»
Hello and thanks for tuning in to another dazzling edition of the Drowned In Sound singles column. We've got synth-pop a plenty from Cold Cave and Big Black Delta, sombre indie from Cat Power and Woman's Hour, plus a new Deerhunter song that's appropriately shambolic. Please, dig in...»
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have been longtime favourites among the DiS community and its writing team ever since the site started in 2001, the same year BRMC released their self-titled debut.»
With Spring fast approaching, here's the first Some Velvet Mixtape of 2013 featuring thirty-eight of the finest tracks to grace our stereos this year.»
The last time music blogger Joe Sparrow lived in a home with an internet connection was 12 months ago. He believes all music fans should try it too!»
Merry bastah Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit files more updates from the road, as they snake their way across America...»
It's taken Suede a long time to reach Nottingham's Rock City. Twenty-one years in fact from the release of their first record...»
'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, The Leisure Society talk us through the making of their new album, Alone Aboard The Ark.»
It's that time of week again when we distil the greatest hits of everyone-with-a-record-out-this-week into a column of singular brilliance. Included in this smorgasbord of tunage are a resolutely ridiculous emo-pop outfit, a trio of sisters from LA and singer-songwriter from New York. The Strokes are also from New York; their new single sounds like they can't bothered any more. The feeling is mutual.»
One of the most consistent independent labels in recent years has been Labrador. Now entering its fifteenth year of existence, Drowned In Sound caught up with Acid House Kings' Johan Angergård, now essentially responsible for running the label. We also spoke with The Mary Onettes' Philip Ekström and Johan Duncanson from The Radio Dept. about their time with the label, and in the latter's case potentially opened a huge can of worms in the process. »
Been busy? Missed some of our best bits? Lost that mental note you made to go back and read something? Here's a run-down of our editor's January-March feature section picks...»
Meeting Edwyn Collins (and his jovial, chatty partner, Grace Maxwell) at his studio in Kilburn is a humbling experience. Sure, part of it’s the incredible recovery; Edwyn has returned from the brink – in hospital, he told Grace that he felt he’d experienced death – to not only survive, but be producing bands, running a label, and writing some of his best ever music. But being with a true music legend putting out his ninth record should be, and is, humbling enough in itself.»
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.»
Few bands have consistently tinkered with the darker recesses of DiS' collective heart as LOW have. With their tenth album out this week, we were lucky enough to catch the band on the campaign trail for a chat, and a special live session. Thankfully the guys from Beatcast were there to capture the intimate performance and Al Horner's chat with Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker. And here's what the camera saw... »
“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. »
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