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August 3rd, 2012

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Weekend Listening: Biffy Clyro, Halls, Grizzly Bear, Blondes, Perfume Genius covers Madonna

News by Sean Adams

In a week that DiS posted legends Johnny Marr & Nile Rodgers in conversation, launched a new News Digest column, reviewed the Blur 21st Anniversary re-issues and someone started a reader poll to find DiS' favourite album, oh and Team GB (does anyone else hear this as Team Gerbil every single time someone says it?) won some medals at the olympics... we bring you the best stuff in DiS' inbox, in a handy digest that you can ingest on Friday at your desk or spend a little bit of 'weekend downtime' getting better acquainted with it... »

August 2nd, 2012

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Edwyn Collins, and Mute Records boss Daniel Miller to be honoured at AIM Independent Music Awards

News by Sean Adams

On October 29th in London the second ever Independent Music Awards will take place. Last year, DiS' editor was on the judging panel and presented an award to Adele for 'The Best Difficult Second Album' on a night that saw the likes of Bjork and Domino's founder pick up awards. This year’s Outstanding Contribution To Music and Pioneer Award recipients have been confirmed, and we'll let the words of the press release do the talking... »

August 1st, 2012

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Watch: Blur at Maida Vale + Win! Blur's back catalogue!

News by Sean Adams

A competition to win Blur's entire back catalogue, but first some videos from yesterday... »

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Moving Pictures: Videos of the Year - 2nd Quarter 2012

News by Sam Hill

Q: What were the best music videos to hit the internet lately?
A: Read This. »

July 31st, 2012

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News Mixtape: July 2012 ft. Frank Ocean, Death Cab's Ben Gibbard, Peter Broderick, Lykke Li and more

News by Al Horner

Music news these days can be kind of impossible to keep up with. It seems to be this constant scream of information, unintelligible by the sheer speed that it shoots by at, often borderline unintelligible in the first place – “what was that thumping past like an Olympic air defence missile about the one out of The Vaccines' twitpics from his holiday in Marbella again?” - and that being the case, DiS recently took the move to step away from news lest we're all sucked into some gaping cyber abyss of rumours, get-there-first reporting and regurgitated press releases. So instead, we'll be bringing you a digest of the important goings-on each month in neat mixtape form. This month - Frank Ocean issues a statement on his sexuality, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard goes it alone, Animal Collective take to the radio, Lykke Li leads a Fleetwood Mac love-in and more...»

July 30th, 2012

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Watch: Sharon Van Etten in session + she chats about Tramp and getting stuck in the mud

News by Sean Adams

This is what happened when the makers of one of our favourite albums of the year, Sharon Van Etten, swung by the DiS cabin at Latitude for a beverage and some Haribo. »

July 29th, 2012

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101 Minutes of Bliss #2: A DiS YouTube Playlist

News by Sean Adams

You may remember that a little while back - before DiS HQ was hijacked by festivals and legal threats from bands whose spamming backfired - we made you a 120-minutes-inspired YouTube playlist to mark the launch of http://youtube.com/drownedinsound. If you missed the first one, it can be found here. You lot seemed to "like" it, at least in a Facebook nod of approval kind of way, so we thought we'd make another one, of oldies and newies that we love.»

July 27th, 2012

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On the DiS Stereo: July 2012 incl. Playlists and Albums of the Month

News by Sean Adams

July 2012 was wet in London, and then suddenly really hot. Many of our readers and staff decamped to sunnier climes for festivals (although most of us ended up in muddy British fields munching on falafels...). This month's mop-up slash digest of what 'we' - staff and DiS readers - have been listening to, hopefully has a few things you love and some stuff you've missed out on that you fall in love with. »

July 24th, 2012

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Ed Harcourt joins Gold Panda, Japandroids, Django Django and Twilight Sad on the DiS stage at Summer Sundae

News by Sean Adams

DiS returns to Leicester in a few weeks time for Summer Sundae festival, and we're very pleased to reveal that Ed Harcourt will be our special guest.»

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Album Stream: Cast of Cheers new album Family + their track-by-track guide

News by Sean Adams

Following the rather positive review of their high-octane new album, we asked the chaps from Cast of Cheers if we could stream their new record. They said 'yeah' and wrote you lot a little guide to each song on the album... »

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DiS at Latitude 2012: Live from the Cabin, inc. Yeasayer, dEUS, Sharon Van Etten

News by Wendy Roby

This year, DiS was an official media partner at Latitude Festival. What this meant, is that we got a portakabin in back of the Lake Stage, and spent all weekend luring bands to it with the promise of a bacon and cheese toasties, a game of RISK, or an opportunity to learn How To Speak Suffolk Proper. Fun was had. Inappropriate jokes were told by Josh T Pearson. Haribo marriages were proposed to Sharon Van Etten. Here's Part One of our highlights.»

July 20th, 2012

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Olugbenga's Personal History of the Remix + Stream: 'Mistakes' Mk3

News by Sean Adams

We live in a time now where remixes can sometimes outnumber original songs twelve-to-one... Epic & Blues an instrumental EP of remixes and original material will be available to download for free on his Facebook page on the 23rd July»

July 16th, 2012

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Latitude 2012 - Drowned In Sound's Sunday blog

News by Dom Gourlay

Better late than never, here's Drowned In Sound's best bits from Sunday's (at long last) final day sunfest at Latitude festival courtesy of Dom Gourlay. »

July 15th, 2012

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Latitude 2012 - Drowned In Sound's Saturday blog

News by Dom Gourlay

It may have rained all day and most of last night here in not-so-sunny Suffolk, but that didn't dampen Drowned In Sound's collective spirits. Here with the highs and lows of Saturday's busy schedule at Latitude festival, Andrzej Lukowski and Dom Gourlay relive their best and worst moments from day two. »

July 14th, 2012

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Latitude 2012 - Drowned In Sound's Friday blog

News by Dom Gourlay

Drowned In Sound are media partners at this year's Latitude festival, bringing you interviews, sessions and daily updates from the site. Here, DiS editor Sean Adams and DiS veteran Dom Gourlay relive their highs and lows from Friday's bill. »

July 12th, 2012

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DiS' 15 Must-See Bands at Latitude 2012: 6-1: Gonzales, Chairlift, I Break Horses, Bat for Lashes, M83, Twin Shadow

News by Sean Adams

DiS' countdown to Latitude concludes, as the event starts tomorrow... DiS will be there all weekend, recording sessions and interviews, keep an hour on our site, Facebook and Twitter for news updates, photos, and possible news of some pop-up shows.»

July 11th, 2012

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Stream: Brand new Errors track 'Relics'

News by Sean Adams

When asked by the PR company for [insert name of band] if [insert name of website] would like to host the premiere of the new entitled 'Relics' from a mini-album entitled [see below]. Siri said: WHY EEE SSS.»

July 10th, 2012

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Stream: The Walkmen cover The Rolling Stones

News by Sean Adams

On July 12th 1962, The Rolling Stones played their first ever gig. That was 50 years ago, and to celebrate, BBC 6 Music have a special series of programmes throughout July. One of the things they're doing, is asking some of 6 Music's favourite bands (if you drew a venn diagram the names would almost perfectly overlap with DiS' favourite bands) to do covers of their favourite Stones songs. This morning Lauren Laverne played a cover of ‘Blue Turns to Grey’ by The Walkmen and you dear readers, can hear it, right here:»

July 9th, 2012

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Half Year, Half Dozen: Six Recommended Albums of 2012

News by Sean Adams

DiS' editor shares six of his/DiS' favourite albums of the first half of 2012...plus this includes full streams of all of his record picks..._»

July 8th, 2012

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DiS' 15 Must-See Bands at Latitude 2012: 10-7: Bon Iver, Sam Airey, Low, Kurt Vile

News by Sean Adams

Today's four picks, which you can should see at Henham Park near Sothwold in Suffolk between the 12th and 15th July 2012, vaguely sit together if you're a fan of soaring heartache...»

July 6th, 2012

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Watch: The Pictish Trail 'Michael Rocket' + find out who's playing Away Game Festival

News by Sean Adams

Hello. It’s The Pictish Trail here. Y’know. The Scottish hairy-faced ‘cuddly’ lo-fi singer-songwriter, and label manager of Scotlands’ finest DIY-pop collective, Fence Records. You might also recognise me as being two-thirds (in weight) of electro-spandex duo Silver Columns. »

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DOOM, Madlib, Freddie Gibbs, J Rocc + more set for exclusive London show

News by Kyle Ellison

DOOM, the artist formerly known as MF DOOM, is one of modern music’s great mysteries. According to one rumour emerging from a recent issue of Q Magazine (of all places), the masked emcee/producer has been living amongst us since 2010, relocating to South London where he’s been working on his forthcoming collaborative album with Jneiro Jarel. He’s also supposed to be, among other things, working alongside Madlib on a sequel to rap classic Madvillainy, as well as putting the finishing touches to other full length collaborations with Ghostface Killah and Masta Ace. »

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Half-Year, Half Dozen: Six Recommended Debut Albums

News by Sean Adams

At midday on July 2nd, it was the mid-point of the year 2012. Here at DiS we decided to take stock of the six months just gone, and over the course a few days, offer you a little digest of the must-hear music from the year-so-far. Today, it is the turn of debut albums...»

July 2nd, 2012

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DiS' 15 Must-See Bands at Latitude 2012: 13-11 St Vincent, Antlers, dEUS

News by Sean Adams

DiS' countdown to Latitude continues with three of our favourite acts...»

June 29th, 2012

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Weekend Listening: Spiritualized, Why?, ERRORS, Jessie Ware, Lana Del Rey, Meursault, Gatekeeper

News by Sean Adams

DiS' editor picks a selection of things for you to watch and listen to this weekend...including Errors full live set from The Great Escape, exclusive footage of Spiritualized at Glastonbury, new music from Meursault, Gatekeeper and Two Gallants, new videos from Lana del Rey, La Shark and Jimmy Edgar, plus the British Council's Selector radio show featuring Jessie Ware... »

June 28th, 2012

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DiS' 15 Must See Acts at Latitude 2012: #14 Walls

News by Sean Adams

It is just two weeks until Latitude Festival kicks off! This is the second of our 15 selected acts that we think you should catch...Alessio Natalizia (aka Banjo or Freakout) and Sam Willis (of Allez-Allez), are the duo known as Walls. Last year, they released their second album, Coracle. It's a record brimming with swooshing hazy electronica, but their music is so much more than a few lame descriptors ('hypnotic washes of sound' anyone?)»

June 27th, 2012

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DiS' 15 Must-See Bands at Latitude 2012: #15 Perfume Genius

News by Sean Adams

Let the countdown commence... it is just two weeks until Latitude Festival kicks off! This is the first of our 15 selected acts that we think you should catch... Mike Hadreas (aka Perfume Genius) seems to live in another place and time. It's a world somewhat more melancholic than the one most of us live in, and it's a land where everyone drifts between tears and sleep. Hadreas sends telegrams from this place by occasionally crawling to his piano to pen another sad song or a bittersweet pop dittie.... »

June 22nd, 2012

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Weekend Listening: Cat Power, POLIÇA, Chromatics, Hauschka, Yeasayer

News by Sean Adams

Ooooh, I'm ready for the week-end...a weekend of chatting about magazines in a pop-up shop and then sobbing about a 93rd minute penalty from Italia against Ing-gland. Anyway, you may wish to skip all that and toe-tap and jiggle along to some streaming music (we've got Spotify and a YouTube playlist by Bear in Heaven), some free downloads (the new Cat Power track and a podcast with Johnny Jewel) or gawp at some music videos (including an exclusive interview with Polica), if that sounds good, drag your mouse this way, as DiS' editor has the contents of your monitor and stereo for this weekend sorted... »

June 21st, 2012

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Download: 'Part IV' from Nico Muhly's Drones & Piano EP

News by Sam Cleeve

DiS has a little something for you from the new release by Nico Muhly, but first some words from Sam Cleeve...»

June 19th, 2012

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Mixtape: Bear in Heaven's Avant Garde Playlist

News by Sean Adams

With European dates underway, we wanted to make a little sense of the bustling melting pot of influences that lay beneath Bear in Heaven's exceptional new record I Love You, It's Cool. They responded in the form of a mixtape, which offer clues toward at least one element of their inspirations... oh, and if you look down at the end of this article, you'll find all the tracks as a YouTube playlist, plus we have a competition to win a pair of tickets to their London show...»