Release Reviews
Guards - In Guards We Trust
A nicely vague idea of summer that most people would like.»
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 3 : To See More Light
Volume 3 is essential listening and another triumph.»
Miss Kittin - Calling from the Stars
Somewhere in these two discs there is a very good hour long album laying in wait. In it's current form though, it's merely a decent one in need of editing.»
Crystal Shipsss - Crystal Shipsss
Crystal Shipsss resembles something of a stop-gap between albums one and two while the band continues to search for an identity of its own.»
Sean Nicholas Savage - Other Life
Without remotely discrediting Sean Nicholas Savage’s frequently magical catalogue, you suspect and hope that better yet remains to come.»
Halasan Bazar - Space Junk
Whatever Halasan Bazar’s intentions with Space Junk were, the end result keeps wavering.»
David Grubbs - The Plain Where the Palace Stood
A David Grubbs album is always a hugely rewarding listen and this is no different.»
Born Ruffians - Birthmarks
Birthmarks is probably the most impressive Born Ruffians record to date, but it’s a shame they travelled so far without straying far from the middle of the road.»
Sweet Baboo - Ships
There’s an endearing sense of modesty to a line like “Daniel Johnston has hundreds of great tunes, and I’ve got six”, especially when it’s sung in the chorus of the first song of an 11-track album.»
The Neighbourhood - I Love You
It’s perfectly acceptable, unrevolutionary, and of course, entirely inauthentic. »
Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart
On Tape Deck Heart, we see a Frank Turner of extremes, he is at his most resilient, most opinionated and most human.»
Ian McCulloch - Holy Ghosts
An intelligent, relevant British songsmith still worth listening to.»
Depth And Current - Transient
A concise lesson in controlled aggression...»
At The Drive-In - Acrobatic Tenement/Relationship of Command (reissues)
For a lot of people, particularly those in their mid to late twenties, and presumably a large portion of those that read this site, At The Drive-In are more than just a band.»
Simian Mobile Disco - Live
Live ultimately plays more like an accomplished mixtape than it does a live concert.»
Mice Parade - Candela
As an album Candela has everything.»
Phoenix - Bankrupt!
It's only when you've got as internalised a knowledge of how pop music works as Phoenix do that you can make an album as frequently barking as this and not fly away completely.»
Killing Joke - The Singles Collection 1979-2012
Thirty-four years and 15 albums after releasing their first EP, Killing Joke are still a force to be reckoned with...»
The Besnard Lakes - Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO
There are some great moments on Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO, but by the end they’re lost under swathes of synths and looking for a sense of purpose. »
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
A blazingly enjoyable record, the most purely fun album the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have made since Fever to Tell.»
Fall Out Boy - Save Rock and Roll
Save Rock and Roll isn't life or game changing but it's probably the album Fall Out Boy needed to make.»
Various - Arts & Crafts 2003-2013
Whereas some would hesitate before signing over their band to a commune of high school pals like Arts & Crafts, the couple of dozen friends making up the Broken Social Scene circle gave the pledge without second thought.»
Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost
In an attempt to not be typecast as just a creaky voiced troubadour, Sam Beam has produced such a musically and lyrically 'busy' record that it results in near sensory overload at times. »
The Thermals - Desperate Ground
You can only write so many hi-tempo, powerchord driven punk-pop songs before they all start blending into one in your consciousness.»
DiS joins the Music Alliance Pact + May 2013's global MAP compilation
Drowned in Bristol #12
DiS Does Singles 13.05.13: Swim Deep, These New Puritans, The National
Darkstar, Ed Harcourt, Halls, Wall +more for 3 DiS-curated nights at Great Escape 2013
Interview: Frank Turner on The Olympics, The Backlash, Thatcher and Black Flag
Drowned in Nottingham #14
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