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Highly addictive from start to finish, Taffy can be proud of their achievements here as this is one caramel you won't mind getting stuck between your teeth for days on end. »
Currently in the middle of their European tour, DiS caught up with A Place To Bury Strangers prior to their recent show at Hamburg's Hafenklang, and found them in a resiliently triumphant mood. »
Tokyo based four-piece Taffy are something of a unique entity in being possibly the only Japanese band this past ten years to stir up any kind of interest in western territories.»
Although marginally falling short of perfection as a complete package, EPs & Rarities 1988 - 1991 is a fascinating collection detailing the unassailable rise of arguably the most influential guitar band this past quarter of a century. »
When Sigur Ros announced they had a brand new album recorded and ready to go last month the collective sigh of relief could be traced all the way from the United Kingdom to the United States and back again. »
Holy Esque may have only been together for the best part of a year, yet already they've had London's A&R contingent trailing their every move.»
As with most Feeder records, not everything here hits the jugular. »
Last week, DiS found itself transported to the oriental pastures of Tokyo for five days of cultural enhancement, challenging culinary delights and musical discoveries. Here's what we encountered... »
Having spent their formative years in the slightly unrock'n'roll surroundings of Norwich, Sennen's decision to up sticks and move to London seems to have brought a change in musical focus along for the ride.»
While the Easter Weekend may have been a complete washout, in the bitterly cold East Midlands at least, our favourite time of the year, festival season, is fast approaching, so without further ado here's Drowned In Sound's guide to who's playing what and where so far. »
Underrated yet in no way understated, PacificUV can be proud of their achievements, not least because they've created a better record than many of the peers that inspired it have managed in recent years.»
Here then, with the second quarter of 2012 already underway, we bring you Some Velvet Mixtape, 35 of the finest artists and songs drenched in all things loud, heavy, dreamy and fuelled by reverb, distortion and feedback that have been keeping us awake at night (and day) these past few months. »
with yet another essential addition to their catalogue, only the fainthearted or foolish would bet against the resurrection of Killing Joke carrying on a good few years yet. »
Kenney Jones is a name that shouldn't need any introductions. As a founder member of The Small Faces back in 1965, he helped pioneer the soul-infused sound that spawned the Mod movement and a host of groundbreaking records to boot...»
The progression of Frankie Rose from every Brooklyn lo-fi band's favourite session drummer to reputable singer/songwriter continues at a relentless pace.»
Meet Stuttgart's one and only exports of visceral noise rock, The Lost Rivers. The three-piece of Phil Wolkendorf (guitars, vocals), sister Izzy (drums) and Hell Pilot (bass) - or Hans Peter to his parents - have unleashed one of the most aggressively constructed debuts in recent years, mixing elements of the blueprint created by The Jesus & Mary Chain and continued by A Place To Bury Strangers with something more confrontational in its most darkest sense altogether.»
Mark Stewart has operated at the forefront of unconventional, cutting edge and occasionally confrontational music for the best part of four decades now...»
Once upon a time when people actually bought records, any independent artist obtaining a chart position in the Top 40 was seen as something as a moral victory among the alternative underground.»
Norwegian four-piece The Megaphonic Thrift have taken the shoegaze and noise rock scene by storm in recent years. Hailing from the city of Bergen, The Megaphonic Thrift formed in 2007, its collective members having played in various other bands such as Low Frequency In Stereo, Casiokids and Stereo 21.»
Breathtaking, devastating, and utterly mindblowing from beginning to end, The Lost Rivers have created one of the most exciting debuts in recent years. »
When Factory Floor's Nik Colk Void announced she would be collaborating with Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti from Throbbing Gristle at last year's Mute Records curated Short Circuit festival, the sighs of baited breath from London to New York and back again were nigh on deafening.»
One could be forgiven for thinking they'd inadvertently stumbled into an East Midlands Oasis fan convention rather than a Spiritualized concert... »
The Killing Joke machine rolls on, thirty-four years and counting...»
Brighton collective Shrag might be veterans of the DIY scene, having first emerged almost a decade ago. Nevertheless, their incendiary, occasionally shambolic, but never dull live shows have often thrown up several talking points. Such as why haven't they attained more widespread recognition by now?»
Although just falling short of perfection, The Echo Show represents a significantly marked improvement on its predecessor.»
Although not quite the timeless classic its creators had hoped for, Prisoner is a solid debut that bears all the hallmarks of a bright future for The Jezabels. »
We Are Standard have somehow managed to fuse an array of ideas and influences into a genre-transgressing mix that mirrors numerous bands and artists both past and present without specifically sounding like anyone else at all. »
As difficult second albums go, it doesn't get much harder than trying to make that all important follow-up record only for your band to fall apart around you.»
A new year, and with it, a little later than planned, comes the first local scene report and gig guide for Nottingham and the East Midlands from DiS' man in the city for 2012... »
There are some artists that evidently try too hard, some that obviously fake it, and then there's Perfume Genius.»
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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
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