In Depth
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DiScover: Dirty On Purpose
New York four-piece Dirty On Purpose actually originate from the distinctly un-rock'n'roll backwaters of Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts and Virginia. Formed in 2002, their sound collages evoke memories of My Bloody Valentine-curated dreamscapes, Guided B... »
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DiScover: Tiger MCs
Tiger MCs – a project which sees James Butcher experiment with summery, twee folk-pop and lo-fi acoustic pleasures. Needless to say, it’s absolutely lovely. »
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The Weekly DiScussion: An Open Letter To Muse
So Muse have only gone and sold out Wembley Stadium, before the thing's even open! Now they've added a second show for June 2007. Shitting crikey! Congratulations... now, can we suggest some support acts... »
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DiScover: Shaky Hands
Picture someone crooning Al Green and uninhibitedly shaking their rump round in a circle, really fast. The unbearable awesomeness of this mental image does not even come close to the fervor you will feel after hearing New Zealand's latest offering, Shaky Hands... »
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DiScover: Kubichek!
For Newcastle foursome Kubichek!, the phrases "About to happen" and "Next big thing" seem to have followed them around almost extensively since they first burst onto the scene some fifteen months or so ago with the glorious disco-punk seven-inch that was 'Nightjoy'. »
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DiScover: The KBC
Preston three-piece The KBC have caused more than the odd spurt of enthusiasm around the world of DiS ever since their 'Pride Before The Fall / Poisonous Emblem' single dropped ecstatically through the letterbox approximately this time last year... »
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DiScover: Los Campesinos!
A young man stands on stage smiling in incomprehension. His band, just 14 gigs old, are halfway through their set at Camden's Barfly. The crowd sings along, cheering to tracks they've only heard on the internet like they're Greatest Hits staples. It's one o'clock ... »
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DiScover: iLiKETRAiNS
As the sun sets in the Nottinghamshire sky so does a chapter in the story of iLiKETRAiNS. The band are ready to draw a line under their old material, catalogued most comprehensively on the seven-track Progress Reform EP, and begin expanding their horizons...
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DiScover: Viking Moses
Viking Moses is a man and a band – a man called Brendon Massei and a band called, well, Viking Moses. Where the line between Brendon and Viking lies, we’re not really certain, but the fact is that it matters not: the man’s music is as wonderful when played by ... »
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DiS Radio: DiScover Three
A delicious mix of bleeding edge new tracks and a couple of relatively unknown favourites from recent times. The Chap, Jonquil and Dananananakroyd hit the new music buttons with delicious aplomb, whilst the dubstep drama of Skream is showcased perfectly at the end. »
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DiScover: The Monroe Transfer
The Monroe Transfer self-released the really rather excellent Electric Old Wire Noise LP earlier this year – click here for DiS’s review; its follow-up, Vox Humana, is a work in progress... »
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DiScover: Ape Has Killed Ape
Ape Has Killed Ape are one of four bands playing DiS’s DiScover Club @ RoTa this Saturday, November 18. Also appearing on the bill are Adam Gnade, The Monroe Transfer and Viking Moses. Exciting, no? Yes! For full details of the show, click »
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DiScover: redcarsgofaster
Championed by DiS since their very first demo arrived on the doorstep, Leicester based sextet redcarsgofaster are a distinct bunch - their music can be aligned to such mixed emotions as dancing, standing still, screaming, pausing, fighting and smiling. Usually... »
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DiS Radio: DiScover Two
This special live preview showcases the best new artists playing Drowned in Sound's clubs and gigs in the month of September. Bands on this short one-off show include Cutting Pink with Knives, I Was a Cub Scout and Optimist Club. »
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DiS Radio: DiScover One
DiScover is the Drowned in Sound podcast new music show, featuring tracks from upcoming DiScover bands playing our shows and featuring on the site. This show includes tracks from Youthmovies, Jeremy Warmsley, Foals and new DiS Singles Club signee... »
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DiScover: Trencher
Trencher are three men, known to their parents as L***, M*** and R***, but to the thousands of grind-minded individuals the length and breadth of this country and beyond they’re referred to as Lock Monger, Milk Shit and Pox respectively... »
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ReDiScover: Cable
Cable used to be a band; now, they’re a whisper and a sigh, an echo of not-so-olden days of rockin’ about the country with a smidgen of passion, the slightest semblance of soul at least. Their departure wasn’t received like the passing of an infamous ro... »
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The Weekly DiScussion: How do you DiScover new music?
Once upon a time, in the not so distant past, people used to find new soundtracks for their lives from weekly newspapers - the type that got your hands all inky - and from the radio. Nowadays, the goalposts have moved: how do you, now, find out about new music? »
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DiScover: They Don't Sleep
They Don't Sleep are a London-based four-piece whose exquisite take on the post-rock formula – packing more twinkles and sparkles into their songs than many other slow-burning rockers – grabbed DiS’s attention with a self-titled demo EP. They play the DiScover... »
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DiScover: Jairus
Jairus are a Kentish five-piece whose relatively low profile hasn’t prevented them trekking to many a corner of the world – the band, together since 2001, have crammed into a van long enough to see the sights of Eastern Europe, have visited Scandinavia, and ha... »
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DiScover: The Insect Guide
Leeds-based label 48 Crash is known for being a maverick outlet amongst more straight-and-narrow companies - none of the artists on their roster are exactly sheep-like followers of what’s in vogue at the minute... »
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DiScover: Napoleon IIIrd
DiS speaks to Napoleon IIIrd: “I find it very difficult to write music with other people: I generally know what I want from a song and take criticism, constructive or otherwise, very badly" »
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DiScover: Exit Ten
Every year I alight from the M4 at Junction 11 to participate in decreasingly rock ‘n’ roll antics at the Reading Festival. However, if I ever made a serious error and tried to end my journey a junction earlier I might have rolled into a British metalcore extravaganz... »
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The Tuesday DiScussion: Your favourite music videos of the past six years
We're compiling a phat list of videos we would like shown on MTV2's 120 Minutes, especially ones you'd almost never see. What we'd like is for you to suggest some of your favourite videos of the past six years (with links to youtube.com or Google... »