In Depth
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Interview
"If the music wasn't very good people would stop coming": DiS meets Swim Deep
Birmingham quartet Swim Deep have become next band-most-likely to emerge from the country's second largest city and into the mainstream. DiS caught up with them post-soundcheck prior to their recent show at Nottingham's Bodega. Here's what they had t... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 25.02.13: Melt Yourself Down, MØ, WALK, Jagwar Ma
Single of the Week! Melt Yourself Down - ‘Fix My Life’ (The Leaf Label) Jazz kaleidoscopes, man, everybody's gawpin at 'em. And you need to be gawpin at 'em too if you wanna be hip to Melt Yourself Down - who believe that every hook should be rep »
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Festival Preview
Festival preview: five reasons to go to Croatia's Garden
If you're still at the planning stages of that special summer trip, consider heading over to fair Croatia's gorgeous Garden Festival this July for a week (or a weekend) of unalloyed house-y joy, nice weather and general awesomeness. And here is a list of reasons to b... »
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Column
Close Knits: Beyond the noise-pop pale #2
Here's the second installment of a new monthly column celebrating the sunny delights of DIY fuzz-pop, noise-pop, post-punk and straight down the line, knitwear endorsed indie-pop. »
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Interview
DiS meets Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart is an artist that has long been somewhat type-casted. Perpetually the whimsical, hippie folk troubadour singing about psychedelic critters, many fail to notice his new haircut, dress sense, and above all movement away from warbling falsetto an... »
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Interview
"My guitar...It’s a machine to make pop music" - DiS meets Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr is quite clear that what he does is pop music. And pop, emphatically, is no dirty word. »
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Column
DiS Does Pop #13: What's the point of the Brit Awards?
In a world where we have the NME Awards, Mobo Awards and Mercury Prize exist, why bother with the Brits. DiS Does Pop investigates... »
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Column
Drowned in Nottingham #13
In the first Nottingham scene round-up of 2013, Drowned In Sound's man in the East Midlands looks at the best new releases and live shows the city has to offer in the coming months and talks to up-and-coming three-piece Kagoule. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 18.02.13: Sweet Baboo, Fat White Family, Pick A Piper, Nick Cave
Of this week's single of the week, Wendy says: ".. this appears to be a song about how utterly boring life can be when you throw your lot in with someone else and discard all the spontaneity of early romance; it has lines about how Sweet Baboo is pleased that you cat... »
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Column
Champion Sound #11: Feat. Exclusive Friendzone mix
If you didn’t notice already, hip hop has gotten weird. The sound of rap in 2013 is no longer shaped by baggy-jeaned Dre and Premier worshippers mining their parents funk and soul records, but is being made by kids who grew up on the internet, bombarded by a broad sp... »
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Interview
"We needed a record which reflected how well we can work together"-DiS meets Tegan and Sara
Seventh album Heartthrob isn’t just Tegan and Sara’s most focused and unified record – it’s also their best »
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Column
BRNLV Column #4 Is 2012 over already? The battle for relevance in 2013
As the UK music industry does it's annual shuddering gear change from "best of 20--!" to "hot new acts for 20--!", it would be easy to forget there ever had been a previous year... »
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Interview
"I wouldn't mind doing a record with Dizzee" - DiS meets Darkstar
Following news this morning that they'll be playing the Drowned In Sound stage at this year's Great Escape, Rob Leedham talks to the electronic trio about recording News From Nowhere, writing songs for Kate Bush and The Sopranos... »
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Festivals
In Photos: Jake Bugg @ Sheffield Academy
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 11.02.13: Darwin Deez, Tempest Storm, Charli XCX, The Cribs
Single of the Week! Darwin Deez - ‘Free (The Editorial Me)’ (Lucky Number) Ludicrously-curly tunesmith Darwin Deez has a knack, and it is almost aggravating to hear him manipulating us again, with his bloody melodies and his wretched happiness an »
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Interview
A smash hit: DiS delves inside the mind of Aidan Moffat...
On the release of the fourth L. Pierre outing, The Island Come True, we opened our 8/10 review with a question: “Who exactly is Aidan John Moffat?”. In our heart of hearts, we knew there was no answer. Remember, we’re talking about someone ... »
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Column
Drowned In Sheffield #12
When it comes to writing this column, we spend an awful lot of time
goofing aroundresearching on the internet. Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud and Bandcamp – that’s how we find all the bands we feature here. It also where we learned the sad news recently th... » -
Interview
"Sometimes it feels like I'm still having to justify my existence": DiS meets Robin Guthrie
With over thirty years as a recording artist under his belt, Robin Guthrie's iconic status is well and truly justified... »
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Interview
DiS meets Bo Ningen - "We want to break the boundaries"
Last year, the release of their self-produced second album, Line The Wall, finally captured the ferocity of their live show on record. Unlike their debut, from the outset of opener 'Soko' the record is swathed in lustrous layers of reverb, howls and most impor... »
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Interview
How to disappear completely: Jason Lytle talks Grandaddy, solo exploits and sadness
Once upon a time, in days when 'Americana' was still bandied around as if it wasn't a slightly cumbersome genre catch-all, the bittersweet beardy stylings of Grandaddy slayed many a delicate indie-rock heart. Their leader, Jason Lytle, is about to return to the UK fo... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 4.02.13: Dutch Uncles, Randan Discotheque, Raisa K, Karl Bartos
Single of the Week! Randan Discotheque - ‘Grandad's Coffin’ (The Bonjour Branch) I don't just love Randan Discotheque's Craig Coulthard for his Forest Pitch project, nor do I only love his band Randan Discotheque for their (perfect) concept singl »
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First Listen
First listen: 24 hours with mbv
It's finally here! MBV (that's My Bloody Valentine to you and me) have gone and released their first album in 22 years also called mbv. Having spent twenty-four hours encompassing a total of eleven listens (one has to eat, drink and sleep too ... »
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Interview
"Everybody’s had one person die; I call those people amateurs" – DiS meets Eels
Back in 1979 Neil Young addressed worries of his own impending irrelevance on ‘Hey Hey, My My’, acknowledging critics who had accused him of sliding towards the middle of the road with his hit album Harvest and explicitly declaring his intent to arrest the dri... »
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Interview
"Clichés, dull lyrics, anything pedestrian – you’re in the sh^t" - DiS meets Frightened Rabbit
DiS chats to Frightened Rabbit and premieres a mini-documentary about the making of the new album, featuring brand new unheard material. »