News
by Sean Adams
Of the remix album and this Liars re-jiggery, Andy MacFarlane, The Twilight Sad said: "We like to put out something that bridges the gap between releases, that will continue the theme and artwork. After the new minimal, synth led approach we did with 'No One Can Ever Know', it seemed fitting to follow up with a remix album, to continue in that direction. We've been big fans of Liars since 'They Were Wrong, So We Drowned', so we were really happy when they agreed to do a remix for the record, it puts a whole new perspective on the song."»
In Depth by Sean Adams
If you wander into 'the monster pit' and pick almost any moment of tonight's over two hour feast of bombast in a castle (yes, I’ll say it again, a fucking C-A-S-T-L-E!) and you are - if you're me - soaring upon a sea of glee. »
In Depth by Simon Jay Catling
“[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»
In Depth by Dom Gourlay
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...»
News
by Robert Leedham
Drowned In Sound's writers and board members select what they'd like to see on the hallowed shortlist come this Wednesday»
In Depth by Wendy Roby
Single of the Week!
Lorn - ‘Weigh Me Down’ (Ninja Tune)
As you should know by now, Lorn is not creating flowery music; he prefers to wallow in the weeks-rank, dank stuff at the bottom of the vase. And it is not especially subtle music, with i»
In Depth by Al Horner
James Murphy is many things to many people: frontman to now defunct electro icons LCD Soundsystem, label boss to the influential DFA Records, producer, DJ, coffee entrepreneur, watch manufacturer, comedian, budding novelist and now with the release of Shut Up and Play The Hits, a two hour document of his band's final show at Madison Square Garden, a film star. With so many strings already to his bow, is there anything he can't do, asks Al Horner.»
In Depth by Cate Blanche
Mike Lindsay’s love affair with Iceland began in 2006. It involved a girl, Harpa, and an unforgettable New Year’s Eve party. In 2011, Lindsay – best known as the frontman of Tunng – took to Iceland to rekindle that romance, and to record a bewitching new album under the name Cheek Mountain Thief inspired by the landscape and the people of Iceland. We asked him to document a day in the life of his new Rejkjavik-based existence...»
In Depth by Sean Adams
Being a successful money making DJ spinning anything other than dance music is nearly impossible. Being a successful money making metal/hard rock DJ is an exercise in sheer will and determination. I thought I'd share my sometimes harrowing DJ experiences as a possible blueprint for how not to build a successful DJ career.»
News
by Sean Adams
A little latter than planned, DiS is streaming the new album from Echo Lake, and has a track by track guide to the album by the band.»
News
by Sean Adams
As per previous columns, this is a collection of the best bits that have tumbled into DiS' inbox this week, plus a few things that I spotted spurting out of the waterfall that is my social media streams. For the sake of laziness, some press releases will be copy-pasted, and for the sake of saving your time (YOLO, etc) the commentary will have a brevity pithiness that I hope screams "we let the music do the talking"»
In Depth by Daniel O'Dell
Even though Leeds festival was done and dusted nearly two weeks ago, I feel like I've only just about recovered. Highlights including seeing The Cribs return to form, and Futuresound competition winners Post War Glamour Girls finally playing a stage grand enough for their sound, as they opened up the NME/Radio 1 tent in Leeds and followed some ageing pop-punk trio in Reading. It's September now though and with the festival season sadly fading away the city now approaches the busy autumn gig schedule.»
In Depth by Si Truss
This edition of Drowned in Bristol deviates slightly from the usual sprawling mass of Soundcloud embeds to focus on two excellent self-released debut albums from two of the city's finest, and possibly underrated acts: The Big Naturals and OLO Worms.»
In Depth by Wendy Roby
Single of the Week!
White Rabbits - ‘I’m Not Me’ (Mute)
‘I’m Not Me’ has that metallic sheen so often found on Brendan Benson’s more jittery numbers. And it’s wonderfully restless; changing direction so fast with each new time sig»
News
by Sean Adams
A Frightened Rabbit exclusive session to start your week... it's Scott doing an acoustic performance of the track ‘State Hospital’ from The State Hospital EP... »
In Depth by Flash Taylor
Dang!!!!!! The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are back after nearly a decade. “But DiS?” I hear you ask, “Why should I care”?? Only because the JSBX are the very epitome of every thing that is vital, ferocious, raw and.... well...ya know, fun about Rock and Roll. »
News
by Cate Blanche
DiS has an exclusive look-see at the brand new video 'Flavor' from flame-haired goddess Tori Amos...»
In Depth by Mike Diver
Jim Ward of At the Drive-In may never scream these songs again. But on a Tuesday night in south London, almost 20 years after he co-founded this band, for just over an imperfect but welcomed hour, this station was so operational.»
News
by Sean Adams
We've teamed up with Pulse Films to offer one DiS reader, and a friend, a very special night out in London, to see the premiere of Shut Up and Play the Hits, the incredible documentary about James Murphy's final show at Madison Square Garden. »
News
by Sean Adams
A rare album exclusive on DiS, from a rare talent...
Nathan Fake makes the kind of electronic music that soundtracks those parties in your dreams. He deals in a gentle throb, which ectoplasmically seeps from speakers, rather than thrusts itself at you. Sure, bandspotters amongst you may hear the influence of Aphex's ambient textures drifting in and out, as much as you may feel a kinship with the likes of Luke Abbott, Fuck Buttons, Gold Panda, etc. Having said all that, Nathan is a special talent, who's as much an inspiration to his contemporaries, as he is a peer. This new record - 'Iceni Strings' especially - follows on from where Hard Islands left off, but a few tracks wouldn't sound out of place with Drowning in a Sea of Love's eeriness either.»
In Depth by Wendy Roby
Single of the Week!
Gravenhurst - ‘The Foundry’ (Warp)
The problem with all known recording software and studio gadgetry is that there is no button marked 'atmoss' - no easy way to automatically put air or nimbus into a song. You will need Ni»
"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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