David_R has written the following articles:
Fantasies is proof that you can make big event music that doesn’t make you die on the inside. »
Silence can be so loud. The gentle hush adopted by the 500 lucky attendees of tonight’s first Little Noise Session of 2009 render »
If this is the best Kitsuné have then they may well need to go back to the drawing board and start over. If it isn’t then why didn’t we get to hear it instead of being left with this rag-tag bunch of club kid hangers on? »
As Gary Lightbody sits in his ‘Chasing Cars’ mansion with his ‘Run’ model girlfriend, he must thank his Grey’s Anatomy lucky stars and there isn’t a single person reading this that wouldn’t have done the exact same thing given the chance and the circumstances. »
With focus, time and a keen editing eye there is no doubt that JoFo will scale great heights again, but first the band are going to have to look at their own bigger picture. »
The inescapable feeling that Don’t Stop probably won’t sell all that many copies makes the songs sound like electric guitars without amplifiers. »
It’s fitting that Vampire Weekend have decided to road test their new material at KCLSU, seeing as how they are famously a band in»
Gruff Rhys has backed a good one, now he just needs to show her the way forward. »
DiS caught up with No Age guitarist Randy Randall to talk about the band's new material, touring with Deerhunter, Hüsker Dü, Wavves Vs Black Lips, No Age’s favourite British bands and the incident literally nobody is calling ‘Obama t-shirt gate’. »
The idea that Once will sell well enough to see Tom Hull eating anything but baked beans for the next 18 months would be funny if it wasn’t soul crushingly tragic.»
Despite the crass sexism and the peacock displays of masculinity there is a cheekiness to Dizzee that keeps things well shy of disaster.»
Best known as the front woman of The Distillers, Dalle has returned under a new guise and with a renewed sense of purpose.»
2009 has seen the bar well and truly set for the charity record with the release of Dark Was The Night, the album curated by The National in aid of the Red Hot Organisation. War Child: Heroes is not, nor is it trying to be, as credible but nevertheless it does have some Drowned In Sound friendly names involved. »
DiS takes a (relatively) light-hearted look at the three prime candidates for the fictitious Girl Of 2009 crown and attempts to separate the MGMT mega successes from the Bravery-style stinkers...»
Glasvegas have something special, but I'll be damned if I can work out exactly what it is.»
Much is made (specifically on YouTube) of audience members' likelihood of getting kicked or punched from the stage at one of Jay Reatard's shows. DiS donned a crash helmet and went along to check him out... »
Can any set of words strike more fear into a Drowned In Sound reader than "Does It Offend You Yeah side project”? Morgan, lead singer, in the Reading floor-fillers has been working on Plugs for months and amidst the rumours his contract with the ‘main’ band was only ever for a year it could well emerge that Plugs becomes less of a 'side' and more of a 'main'...»
Quite how Mumford And Sons have arrived so fully formed is anyone’s guess but the fact they have is a treat for us all.»
Talk of house, electro and whatever influences you like but cut Friendly Fires and they'll bleed pop. Tonight is an unrelenting barrage of huge choruses which set the band clearly on a trajectory for far bigger venues. »
Domino have a unique artist in Eugene McGuiness - traditional but distinctive, old fashioned but fresh»
Ahead of the release of their debut LP In Our Space Suits, we spoke to Those Dancing Days bassist Mimmi Evrell to find out what makes her and her band tick»
Anyone reading this that has been tricked into believing Iglu & Hartly are “just a bit of fun” and said “That song is actually rather catchy...” PLEASE SEEK HELP. There is not a single redeemable factor to be taken from & Then Boom»
Three minute pop songs are definitely the order of the day with The Spinto Band. So do they deliver Nice and Nicely Done part two, or an entirely different beast? As Moonwink begins the fears are soon confirmed as jolly pop ditty after jolly pop ditty pour forth»
Affectionately known as "the rock day" (devil horn hands optional), day 3 of Reading Festival (Day 1 of Leeds) perhaps offers the least excitement of the weekend band-wise»
Not to be confused with Simian Mobile Disco’s remix album Sample And Hold, this is the latest in a long line of FabricLive compilation albums»
As her recent single 'Paris Is Burning' continues to attract fans, DiS speaks to New Zealander Pip Brown, aka Ladyhawke, about her career to date»
You know how there is ITV indie (Kaiser Chiefs) and Skins indie (Klaxons)? Well, Circuits belong firmly in the ‘Keanu Reeves indie’ pigeonhole»
In a shorter, festival-geared set you get the impression MGMT could be outstanding, but they do not yet have enough inventiveness»
Bumblebeez – a.k.a. Chris Colonna and sister Pia - mix hip-hop and guitar-based tunes occasionally decently, but persistently erratically. Subsequently, this LP is an over-long mish-mash»
Famously dropped by their record label after their under-appreciated and under-selling second album News & Tributes, The Futureheads are back again independently, with new material from the tentatively titled This Is Not The World to showcase»
