In Depth
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Column
DiS Does Singles: BBC Sound of 2014
We take a look at this year's Sound of 2014 contenders, including Banks, Sam Smith and Sampha »
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Interview
"We like to make things difficult for ourselves" - DiS Meets Mogwai
Joe Goggins talks to Mogwai about forthcoming new album Rave Tapes. »
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In Depth
"I’m a satisfied man, I can’t really complain too much" - DiS meets White Denim
"Every record I hope for the same thing - to keep moving forward" »
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Interview
"We are in an age where making music is incredibly easy" - DiS Meets Fuck Buttons
Fuck Buttons don’t seem to realise, but we’ve done this before... »
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Interview
"We’re a wolf pack. No one can fuck with us" – DiS meets Haim
Marie Wood snatched a quick 20 minutes with Este when the band were on tour in Europe supporting Phoenix. »
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Column
Memory as Sound: Haim, The 1975, and The Electricity of Influence
Haim and The 1975 find their compositional method in the dissolved center of a 12" remix... »
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Festival Review
Trans Musicales 2013: the DiS review
The thirty-fifth edition of Rennes' Trans Musicales festival begins, for DiS at least, with a visit to the bustling Village pro Liberté arts centre... »
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Live Review
The Snowman and the Snowdog, Union Chapel, London 14 Dec 2013
lan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows performed their soundtrack to The Snowman and the Snowdog accompanied by th the London Metropolitan Orchestra. »
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Column
DiS Does Christmas Singles: Leona Lewis, Summer Camp, Lily and Madeleine
We review some festive offerings that will warm the very cockles of your soul. »
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Column
Don’t Leave Me, You’re My Best Friend… A Tribute to The Walkmen
With the band's "extreme hiatus", Chris Knapman pays tribute to The Walkmen. »
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Live Review
The Last of The Romantics: Suede Live in Amsterdam
Have they always been this good? Too many bands chasing the glory days polish all the energy from their sound, perfection swallowing the spark of genius that made them so damn watchable; Suede aren’t one of them... We’re only five songs in and already I feel sated. »
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Albums of the Year
Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2013: Top 20
And the best record of 2013 is... »
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Column
Some Velvet Mixtape: 2013 - End of year round-up
With 2013 about to draw to a close, it's been a phenomenal year for the psychedelic rock and shoegaze scenes... »
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Interview
A Musical Revolution: The China Wave
The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Ricky Maymi and Nevin Domer talk about the China Wave taking Beijing by storm... »
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Column
Champion Sound: Top 10 Rap Albums of 2013 + 50 Song Playlist
As another year comes to a close, Champion Sound rounds up its favourite rap songs and records of 2013. »
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Column
2013's Best Electronic Tracks chosen by armchair dancefloor + friends
armchair dancefloor runs down the 15 best dance tracks of 2013, with help from Logos, Nils Frahm, Peverelist, Joe and more.. »
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Column
The 13 Finest Ambient Releases of 2013 by Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds
Featuring Tim Hecker, Barn Owl, Ensemble Pearl and more. »
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Albums of the Year
Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2013: 50-21
On Monday we will reveal our top twenty albums of the year, but first, here is numbers 50 through 21. »
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Drowned-Up
End of Year Listageddon: 10 live sets that shook 2013
Dom Gourlay has chosen the 10 best live sets from the 1500 or so he witnessed this year. »
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Column
DiS Does Singles: Our Team's Top 40 Tracks of 2013
Drowned In Sound's writers select their Top 40 tracks of the year. »
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Favourite Five
Our Favourite Musicians' Five Favourite Albums of 2013
Some of the makers of our favourite albums, and bands we love who are due back in 2014 share their top 5s of the year. »
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Column
Songs of 2013: Frightened Rabbit, Wild Beasts, Drenge and more pick their favourites
We asked some of our favourite bands to share their favourite tracks of 2013. »
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In Depth
Silver dreaming with Local Natives' Hummingbird
Rob Leedham pays tribute to his album of the year, and his late grandfather Geoffrey Harris »
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Interview
DiS Meets Local Natives
Death, members leaving, tour bus crashes – misfortune for bands comes in many guises... »