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The 2nd Law is seriously fun. Seriously!»
DiS is compiling a playlist of 101 songs to act as an introduction to Electronic music. We're doing this, partly because we can, but mostly to celebrate the launch of a new magazine named Electronic. They've given us a big sack of Electronic records for one of you to win, just by taking part in our playlist folly and sharing your knowledge...»
DiS is very proud to present a brand new video for Scot disco-mathians Errors from their new mini-album. This is for the track 'Pegasus' and the video was done by Douglas Morland. It's one of 8 new videos which have appeared online today.»
Currently, when you record music, you’re essentially setting it in stone. Sure, there are re-recordings, re-masters and remixes (some even done on-the-hoof by DJs), but that’s sort of it. For all the sophistication of song-writing and sharing emotions and getting people to dance, we’re still just playing with silence and then locking it in box, and copying it onto other formats. Essentially, re-recording and re-mastering is sort of like taking another photo and a remix is more like photoshopping, it all seems quite stationary when you compare a photo to say, a computer game. When you compare recorded music to a game, it seems similarly rigid: more like Pong than Monkey Island, which in itself seems kind of quaint compared to MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) like World of Warcraft. Like a letter compared to a Skype video call. Or perhaps it didn’t seem this trapped until the first time I experienced The Bronze Format.»
We know September's not over, not over, not over yet! However, we have so many things that we're loving at the moment that we thought, instead of putting them all on single pages for you to flick through, we'd do what we have been trialling for the past few months and dump them altogether in one page that you can bookmark and come back to.»
Two Gallants have a new album out, and to promote it the petrol-soaked duo have a video for the first single from the album 'My Love Won't Wait' and HERE IT IS AS A SPECIAL DIS PREMIERE!»
Of the remix album and this Liars re-jiggery, Andy MacFarlane, The Twilight Sad said: "We like to put out something that bridges the gap between releases, that will continue the theme and artwork. After the new minimal, synth led approach we did with 'No One Can Ever Know', it seemed fitting to follow up with a remix album, to continue in that direction. We've been big fans of Liars since 'They Were Wrong, So We Drowned', so we were really happy when they agreed to do a remix for the record, it puts a whole new perspective on the song."»
If you wander into 'the monster pit' and pick almost any moment of tonight's over two hour feast of bombast in a castle (yes, I’ll say it again, a fucking C-A-S-T-L-E!) and you are - if you're me - soaring upon a sea of glee. »
DiS is very proud to present a stream of The Sea and Cake's 10th - by our reckoning - studio album, plus a track-by-track guide to the record by Sam Prekop.»
If you thought the A Winged Victory for the Sullen album was as wonderfully intense as most of DiS' staff did (well, we agreed it was our 16th favourite album of 2011), then hold tight, as we premiere their new video ahead of their dates on the Erased Tapes 5th Anniversary tour...»
Being a successful money making DJ spinning anything other than dance music is nearly impossible. Being a successful money making metal/hard rock DJ is an exercise in sheer will and determination. I thought I'd share my sometimes harrowing DJ experiences as a possible blueprint for how not to build a successful DJ career.»
A little latter than planned, DiS is streaming the new album from Echo Lake, and has a track by track guide to the album by the band.»
As per previous columns, this is a collection of the best bits that have tumbled into DiS' inbox this week, plus a few things that I spotted spurting out of the waterfall that is my social media streams. For the sake of laziness, some press releases will be copy-pasted, and for the sake of saving your time (YOLO, etc) the commentary will have a brevity pithiness that I hope screams "we let the music do the talking"»
The title track to the Brighton based duos third album gets the sort of video that you forgot you used to see on Mtv(2). Visually, it inhabits the same dark alleys as the track. Meanwhile, the videos core couldn't be closer to this band's heart. The riot-grrrl influences might be burrowed a little deeper as BRS continue to define their own sound (a sort of modern mutant of grunge, splashed with Brit-rock anthemics and giddy skate-punk-meets-hardcore rhythms, which at times drift away to a land where Is This Desire? was bigger than Nevermind), but as an inspirational beacon of yes-you-can-rock empowerment for modern women (in music or otherwise), few come close to Laura-Mary. Look beyond the teeny-bit tongue in cheek Foo Fighters on crack video, and you'll find the message is one of a different kind of girl power; ingenuity and passion, rather than alpha-male protein shake strength. 'In Time to Voices' is a refreshing reminder of how great music videos used to be.»
A Frightened Rabbit exclusive session to start your week... it's Scott doing an acoustic performance of the track ‘State Hospital’ from The State Hospital EP... »
We've teamed up with Pulse Films to offer one DiS reader, and a friend, a very special night out in London, to see the premiere of Shut Up and Play the Hits, the incredible documentary about James Murphy's final show at Madison Square Garden. »
A rare album exclusive on DiS, from a rare talent... Nathan Fake makes the kind of electronic music that soundtracks those parties in your dreams. He deals in a gentle throb, which ectoplasmically seeps from speakers, rather than thrusts itself at you. Sure, bandspotters amongst you may hear the influence of Aphex's ambient textures drifting in and out, as much as you may feel a kinship with the likes of Luke Abbott, Fuck Buttons, Gold Panda, etc. Having said all that, Nathan is a special talent, who's as much an inspiration to his contemporaries, as he is a peer. This new record - 'Iceni Strings' especially - follows on from where Hard Islands left off, but a few tracks wouldn't sound out of place with Drowning in a Sea of Love's eeriness either.»
We have a put together an exclusive playlist for the new PIAS Spotify app and a competition to win a bag stuffed full of PIAS records and goodies, but first a few thoughts..»
We asked the folks preparing to head off to this year's Reading & Leeds festival who they were most looking forward to seeing. If you are undecided between clashing acts or unaware of any of these, or even if you just want a reminder who to underline in your programme, then this is for you... plus there's a Spotify playlist thrown in for good measure.»
That exquisite entertainer and maniacal musical genius Chilly Gonzales has a second of his piano albums out and you can stream it here, but first... »
For several years now, Drowned in Sound has 'curated' a bill at Summer Sundae festival in Leicester. We've had everyone from The Antlers, Frightened Rabbit, Futureheads, Blood Red Shoes and Noah & the Whale (the week they first hit the top ten, no less) to Wild Beasts and Warpaint. This year's line-up features the likes of Ed Harcourt, Gold Panda, Japandroids, Twilight Sad, Django Django and more... »
Ever wondered what music the people who post on the DiS boards are into? Us too. We've always thought about doing some sort of poll-of-polls, and then - as is often the way with DiS - a member of the community took it upon themselves to start one. The results of which were revealed on the boards too but right here, right now, we can reveal far more than the top 20.»
More music, less talk... the best of DiS' inbox this week... »
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... »
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... »
A competition to win Blur's entire back catalogue, but first some videos from yesterday... »
2012's Meltdown festival, sees Antony (of Antony & the Johnsons) curating a bill of avant awesomeness. We've compiled some bits to help you get excited about this year's event, which kicks off on August 1st on London's Southbank.»
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. »
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 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. »
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