DiS meets Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Currently back in the UK for the second time this year, DiS managed to track down a tired and weary Robert Levon Been prior to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's sold-out show at Nottingham's Rock City. »
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Drowned in Nottingham #2
Following on from October's first local scene report and gig guide from the city of Nottingham, here's the second instalment from DiS' man in the East Midlands... »
DiS meets Alec Empire
As the founder member and unassuming politically-aware mouthpiece behind groundbreaking electronic noise combo Atari Teenage Riot, Alec Empire can be classed as something of an underground icon. »
Milky Wimpshake - My Funny Social Crime
Aesthetically as twee as they come, Milky Wimpshake seem to have almost permanently existed between a rock and a hard place, having arrived seven years to late for the C86 boom for which their entire output is indebted to, and in many ways peaking too early for that scene's resurgence in recent years.»
The National, Phosphorescent at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, Thu 25 Nov
While many of 2010's big hitters didn't exactly set the world alight in terms of producing their strongest recorded works to date, the steady ascendancy of The National has gathered momentum at its most frantic pace yet...»
Munch Munch - Double Visions
while not quite the magnificent debut many had hoped it would be, Double Visions clearly paves the way for something unfathomably spectacular in the forseeable future. »
Interpol, Surfer blood at Rock City, Nottingham, Wed 24 Nov
While it's always a pleasure to witness Interpol in the flesh, the fact their newer material almost pales into insignificance when placed shoulder to shoulder with the songs that brought them to people's attention many years ago must leave a cause for concern, not least in determining the next steps of their forseeable future.»
Her Name Is Calla - The Quiet Lamb
While The Quiet Lamb can be heavy going in places, there's little to criticise about the diligent attention to detail and precision that went into such a complex creative structure...»
Interview: Interpol on break-ups, Carlos' departure & new blood
As one of the most pivotal outfits to emerge from New York's vibrant underground music scene this past decade, Interpol's legacy is already set in stone. Their 2002 debut Turn On The Bright Lights is highly regarded as one of the most influential post-millennium albums while their almost constant shunning of the media spotlight only adds to the dark mystique that surrounds the band. »
The Strange Death of Liberal England - Drown Your Heart Again
For a band who seem to have been around forever, it will probably come as a surprise to many people that Drown Your Heart Again is in fact The Strange Death Of Liberal England's first actual long player.»
Lost 10 of 2010 - #2: Beach Fossils Beach Fossils
Over the past few years, DiS has used the annual year-end 'listing season' to highlight a few of our writers favourite records that for one reason or another, slipped through the cracks and failed to garner the attention they deserved. In these increasingly fractious times, where amid a deluge of opinion consensus is hard-veering-on-impossible to find, records are increasingly lost but over the course of this week, ahead of next week's 50 albums of the year listageddon, DiS will be highlighting 10 records from 10 of our staff, in the hope that they finally find a place in a record collection or two... Here Dom Gourlay reveals his choice, where Brooklyn's adventurous underground takes a retrospective step back to eighties Bristol via Manchester and Glasgow to create one of the year's most understated albums.»
Shigeto - Full Circle
Zach Saginaw is a name most of you won't be familiar with, yet despite still being in his mid-twenties, he's already amassed an array of forward-thinking musical creations along with several production and remix credits to boot.»
DiS meets Scott Devendorf of The National
Scott Devendorf should need no introduction. As one-fifth of arguably Brooklyn's finest exponents of alternative rock this past decade The National, he's attained legendary status along with his fellow bandmates the hard way, steadily building both critically and commercially over time to the hefty point they find themselves in today.»
the Flowers of Hell - O
If Mercury gave out prizes for sheer devotion to the cause, Flowers Of Hell mainman Greg Jarvis would win the award every time.»
Wild Nothing, The Vaccines, Glaciers at The Harley, Sheffield, Sun 07 Nov
It's not every day when your band can claim to have created one of the records of the year, but with inaugural long player Gemini Wild Nothing have achieved such a feat...»
DiS meets The Vaccines: "The band don't create media interest - the media do"
The Vaccines are a name that's on the tip of everyone's tongues right now. Having been together for less than a year, the hotly tipped London four-piece seem to be carrying the whole future of UK guitar music on their shoulders thanks to an unprecedented hive of media interest.»
The Walkmen, The Black Keys at Rock City, Nottingham, Thu 04 Nov
While not quite on the scale of Stonehenge, Lord Lucan or the Lost City of Atlantis, the fact The Walkmen still remain a relatively unknown quantity as far as mainstream success is concerned is something of a mystery.»
The Domino State, White Noise Sound, The Medicine at Notting Hill Arts Club, Kensington, Sat 30 Oct
For East London six-piece The Domino State, one can't help thinking that it really is a case of now or never if they're ever going to emerge from being anything other than an under-appreciated niche cult band.»
I Like Trains He Who Saw The Deep : A track-by-track insight
I Like Trains songwriter in chief David Martin takes us on a track-by-track guide through the new record...»
Stellarium - Stellarium
The latest graduates from the school of sonic annihilation are Singapore four-piece Stellarium, a band who describe themselves as "Earbleedwaxpopsupersonicwhitenoisesoundfuzzkill"...»
Weekend - Sports
While there's no disputing what makes Weekend tick, Sports isn't just a one dimensional noise fest...»
Spectrals - Spectrals Extended Play
Delightfully old fashioned then, and all the better for it. »
Suede - The Best Of
The Best Of is a largely flawless artifact to remember Suede by that firmly illustrates the timeless quality of their music. »
Yeasayer, Suckers at Trent University, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Fri 22 Oct
The emergence of Yeasayer from underground champions to genuine mainstream contenders may have come as something of a surprise, particularly to those among the meagre gathering of eight people that witnessed their first visit to the city back in 2007.»
Surf City - Kudos
Contrary to what their moniker may suggest, Surf City don't actually originate from the Huntington Beach area of California. Instead their humble beginnings can be traced back to a teenage slumber party in the Mount Roskill area of Auckland, New Zealand. »
In The City: The DiS review - Part 2 by Dom Gourlay
Following Part 1 from Wendy Roby on Friday, here's Dom Gourlay's take on the happenings in Manchester... Manchester, so much to answer for. As the elder statesman of the UK's independent music scene, it's perhaps only fitting that the annual A&R man'»
iLiKETRAiNS - He Who Saw The Deep
Since the release of Elegies To Lessons Learnt, iLiKETRAiNS have lost a member, parted company with their record label, streamlined their sound to within a whisper of the reverb drenched symphonies of yore and ditched the historical passages for more ambiguous references towards the present and future.»
Archie Bronson Outfit, The Victorian English Gentlemens Club at Bodega Social, Nottingham, Sun 10 Oct
Despite being on celebrated independent Domino Records pretty much since their conception, its been a long haul for Archie Bronson Outfit in terms of attaining the widespread recognition their melange of styles and sounds so richly deserves.»
Yuck, A Grave With No Name at Stealth, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Sat 09 Oct
There is a saying that 'what comes around goes around', and in the case of both acts this evening, that statement seems to have been taken to its most literal definition.»
Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Come Around Sundown is little more than a well produced sick bag of nauseous atrocities.»
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
Drowned in Bristol #12
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