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April 12th, 2012

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WIN: Tickets to see The Horrors, The Cribs and more c/o Jack Daniel's

News by Sean Adams

May sees the launch of [JD Roots]](http://www.jdroots.co.uk), which recognises and celebrates the importance of home in the creative process. JD are putting on a unique series of shows featuring some of the biggest names in music returning to their hometowns to play intimate gigs. Entry to the shows is extremely limited but Jack Daniel’s and Drowned In Sound have combined to offer three lucky readers and their chosen plus one the chance to see the show of their choice and get there and back for free, plus a place to crash if you need it. »

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Low, Walls and dEUS join the Latitude Line-up

News by Sean Adams

Latitude 2012 festival line-up grows..»

April 10th, 2012

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Playlist: Record Store Day 2012

News by Sean Adams

DiS has made a Record Store Day 2012 playlist featuring things we're excited about purchasing on RSD12.»

April 4th, 2012

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The DiS Digest: Q1 2012 as a 50-song Spotify playlist

News by Sean Adams

Over the coming days, as we head into the long Easter Weekend (otherwise known as hot cross bun-mas, or tea-cake-mas if you're a truly dedicate atheist), DiS' editor is going to try to reduce down the best of the year so far. Tomorrow we'll share our most read editorial, as well as our album picks, and on Friday we'll share the videos of the year so far, but before any of that, how about a quick 'humble-brag' with our year-to-date stats (saves us replying to people asking for them) and a Spotify playlist? And yes, you can have a hot cross bun with that! »

April 3rd, 2012

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Bear in Heaven's track-by-track guide to their new album I Love You, It's Cool

News by Sean Adams

Bear in Heaven's Jon Philpot sits in the director's chair to talk us through their new record...»

April 2nd, 2012

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David Lynch self-directs the NSFW video for his song 'Crazy Clown Time'

News by Sean Adams

Mr. Lynch describes the setting for the video as, “an intense psychotic backyard craziness, fueled by beer”.»

March 30th, 2012

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5-4-Fri: Chromatics (LP stream), Gwilym Gold, Shearwater, Red Kite, The Icarus Line

News by Sean Adams

DiS' editor picks five songs (well, one is an entire album) to fling you giddy and grinning into the weekend and beyond....»

March 29th, 2012

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Weekend Listening: Dear... the debut album by Keaton Henson

News by Sean Adams

Fans of Elliott Smith, Perfume Genius, Josh T. Pearson and/or Damien Rice, you will want to be clicking play on this...»

March 28th, 2012

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Gold Panda and Stay+ join the DiS stage line-up for Summer Festival

News by Sean Adams

It's time to reveal two more names for the Drowned in Sound stage at Summer Sundae Festival... »

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Gemma Hayes, Hey Sholay, Temper Trap, Halls, Blanck Mass + loads more join The Great Escape 2012

News by Sean Adams

The latest additions to the three nights of DiS curated music, which take place from 10th-12th May in Brighton. We've already announced some of the acts playing our bills: Errors, When Saints Go Machine, New Look, Eight And a Half, The Soft plus the DiS vs Erased Tapes Records night with Nils Frahm, A Winged Victory for the Sullen and The British Expeditionary Force. And now we've got two more names for our stages to reveal, and then a 140+ more acts for the festival itself to reveal... »

March 27th, 2012

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A Journey to the Port of Morrow: A Mixtape by The Shins

News by Sean Adams

The Shins have a new album Port of Morrow came out last week and the band want to take you on a journey 'there'.»

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Listen: When Saints Go Machine cover The Verve's 'Bittersweet Symphony' (DiS Premiere)

News by Sean Adams

The makers of one of DiS' favourite albums of 2011, re-invent a classic... »

A full stream of _Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu_ the new album by The British Expeditionary Force on the Erased Tapes label, plus a track-by-track guide to the album by the band.

Album Stream: Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu by The British Expeditionary Force (Erased Tapes)

News by Sean Adams

Another DiS exclusive for you... Erased Tapes Records have provided us with a full stream of Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu the new album by The British Expeditionary Force, plus a track-by-track guide to the album by the band. They play DiS' stage at The Great Escape in May.»

March 21st, 2012

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I Like Trains return with third album and live dates

News by Simon Jay Catling

Leeds' finest I Like Trains have announced full details of their third album and live return - including a show for Drowned In Sound. The Shallows is released on May 7th on I Like Records and can be pre-ordered here. It was recorded with Wild Beasts' pr»

March 16th, 2012

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Five For Friday: Blood Red Shoes, Spiritualized, Plan B, Low, Chromatics

News by Sean Adams

Five videos picked by DiS' editor to fill that void in your Friday... »

March 13th, 2012

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Twilight Sad, Django Django, Hey Sholay and more for DiS' stage at Summer Sundae Festival

News by Sean Adams

DiS returns to Leicester's Summer Sundae on Sunday 19th August to curate our own stage. »

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UK exclusive - Album Stream: The Shins fourth album Port of Morrow

News by Sean Adams

The Shins are back with the new album Port of Morrow. It's out next week in the UK but you can hear it in full before it's out all week on DiS!»

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Futureheads, Raincoats, Rolo Tomassi, Actress, NZCA/Lines and loads more line up for Camden Crawl 2012

News by Sean Adams

London's Camden Crawl 2012 festival line-up expands...»

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Watch: SBTRKT in session for BBC 6 Music's 10th Birthday Celebrations

News by Sean Adams

Yesterday, winner of DiS' alt-Mercury, The Neptune Music Prize, who also came highly placed in our albums of the year list, SBTRKT, kicked off Lauren Laverne's week of 6 Music tenth anniversary celebrations at Maida Vale. »

March 12th, 2012

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At the Drive-In, Blood Red Shoes, Metronomy, SBTRKT, Shins, Cure, Paramore and more for Reading & Leeds 2012

News by Sean Adams

This year's festival takes place Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds on the August Bank Holiday Weekend. There are still more names to be announced but the bill so far - which weirdly features The Shins sandwiched between Odd Future and Enter Shikari?! - looks like this...»

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DiS Report: Keane reveal new album Strangeland @ Bexhill-on-Sea's De La Warr Pavilion

News by Krystina Nellis

Keane, more than a lot of bands, have made a running theme of the homecoming gig. Even as far back as 2004 they were playing 'locals only' gigs in Battle. Of course with such fervent fans as Keane are lucky enough to enjoy, Friday's comeback gig at Bexhill-on-Sea's De La Warr Pavilion saw audiences from as far away as Argentina; a fact cheerily flagged up by Tom Chaplin when he started pointing out all the familiar faces. Local gig it may have been, but Strangeland's public debut couldn't have been more international if Keane had set up their own special branch of the UN.»

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Album Stream: Lee Ranaldo Between The Times And The Tides

News by Sean Adams

Ahead of the albums release next week, you can stream Lee Ranaldo's newie Between The Times and The Tides, here, in full...»

March 8th, 2012

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AIM confirm second Independent Music Awards for 2012

News by Sean Adams

The Association of Independent Music (AIM) confirms second awards show...»

March 6th, 2012

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Radiohead reveal UK arena gigs for October 2012

News by Sean Adams

After postings gigs listings all over the world, Radiohead finally announce three UK dates.»

March 5th, 2012

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Latitude 2012 Bill: Bon Iver, Bat for Lashes, Brian Cox and billions more brilliant bands announced

News by Sean Adams

Latitude festival reveals the first taste of its 2012 line-up...»

March 2nd, 2012

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Five for Friday: Phantogram, Moses Gold, Ghosting Season, Eight And A Half, Julia Holter

News by Sean Adams

DiS' end of the week selection of streams and vids, hand-picked by our editor...»

March 1st, 2012

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Hunky Dory movie giveaway: Win £100 HMV Voucher and Headphones!

News by Sean Adams

HUNKY DORY: IN CINEMAS MARCH 2 – Win £100 HMV Voucher and Headphones! »

February 29th, 2012

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The DiS Digest: February 2012's Must Hears and Most Read

News by Sean Adams

February may be the shortest month of the year but what it lacked in days, it made up for in releases. Here's our editors picks of the month in a (hopefully) digestible format including our albums of the month and a Spotify playlist, as well as the most read pages of February's 2,677,492 pageviews.»

February 28th, 2012

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Album Stream: Olafur Arnalds soundtrack to the film Another Happy Day

News by Sean Adams

DiS' favourite Icelandic sculpter of heart-fracturingly beautiful post-classical music Ólafur Arnalds has created a soundtrack for a film starring the likes of Demi Moore, and you can listen to it in full here.»

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Maximo Park, Mystery Jets, Rolo Tomassi, Errors join The Great Escape bill

News by Sean Adams

Before we tell you about the rest of the names, we're very excited to confirm that Errors - who've released one of the albums of the year, so far - will be headlining one of DiS' three curated nights at the festival. We've also confirmed the first UK date for Eight And A Half, the new project from some of the chaps from The Stills and Broken Social Scene, who sound like this:»