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At DiS, we're often concerned that music geekery carries the downside of not being able to keep up with the latest happenings in the world of celebrity musicians. The time spent perusing blogs and arguing on message boards can be detrimental to your celeb-health, so today HAVE A ROUND-UP in your FACE.»
Drowned in Sound has teamed up with Eat Your Own Ears for an October full of DELIGHT.
This October sees Drowned in Sound turn the majestic age of six. Yes, six years of mind-bendingly enjoyable music journalism and sexual innuendo...»
Thanks to our good friends at Mean Fiddler, DiS has a pair of tickets for each site of this year's Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festivals up for grabs. The festival runs from 25-27th August at Bramham Park, Leeds and the Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading.»
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Widely revered as one of cult US indie's most important assets, we're incredibly proud and privileged to be able to present Animal Collective, plus a wide array of special guests...»
DiS has a few pet indie labels that it will always take the time to appreciate new output from and Fortuna POP! are one of those labels, for sure.»
This Friday (11th August), Drowned in Sound will proudly be relaunching our critically-acclaimed podcast. Friday will see the unveiling of two very different shows, each in their own way very special.»
We've palled up with ace promoters Pineapple Folk to bring you a delightful evening of dual-staged folk, psych-folk and americana-tinged acoustica. Check out those ridiculous genre terms I just used. IT'S JUST GOOD MUSIC, YO.»
Mansun's previously announced best of is to be released by Parlophone next month - September 18th to be exact.»
You can endlessly tell people that a band is the 'defining sound of a generation' or waltz around with stickered album sleeves proclaiming the music contained within as indispensible and the most important guitar album since Oasis' debut, but you can't argue with bare, staring-you-in-your-face facts...»
Instrumentally, this song is like a MIDI example that you'd find with a school-orientated piece of music software, but when the vocal melodies open out over the top, it takes a life of its own...»
DiS asks, what is your idea of a perfect music festival? Where would it be? When would the music be on? What sort of music would play? How many people would be there? We only ask because we're doing our own one next year...»
Having ploughed our way through six stages over two days, DiS has returned. We'll be throwing extensive coverage your way this week, but why not relive two of the best from the fest by popping to this month's Barfly shindig for drinks and fun?»
Rather than taking a day off with their current touring buddies ¡Forward, Russia!, the progressive four-piece (plus new trumpeting recruit, Sam) sent a bulletin via MySpace looking for a house to play before the final support date in Bristol tonight (21st July)...»
With temperatures reaching 30 celsius and the faces of many a DiSser burnt to cinders, Belgium's incredible Dour festival progresses in fantastic fashion.»
Despite the Belgian keyboard layout being one of the most difficult things to master in the world, DiS is here, safe and sound in Western Belgium.»
This year's Truck Festival is now less than two weeks away. This, frankly, scares the crap out of me, also though, it's very exciting indeed...»
The intensity of a live performance is often so that leaving a venue speechless is a sign of appreciation, rather than boredom. Tonight at London's Luminaire, appreciation doesn't cover half of the emotion many would wish to convey, myself included...»
So, how's about this then? The somewhat arousing 'crew' at Eat Your Own Ears came up to me in a discrete Kilburn, North London, venue last Thursday, thrust a knife in my face and said, "if you don't give your sexy readers a pair of tickets as a competition prize, I'll tear you a new face."»
Drowned in Sound loves Scotland. North of the border they produce the finest soft drink known to man (Irn-Bru), over the years they've produced some rather splendid bands and now Scottishland plays host to a grand total of three DiS-affiliated nights.»
Now in its sixth year, Leicester's Summer Sundae festival has grown from a one-day, two-stage event to this year's multi-staged three-day extravaganza...»
DiSfact: Cursive are one of my favourite bands of all time and their new album Happy Hollow is even better than I could have hoped. It feels like Burst and Bloom with more thought, and significantly more expansively visioned. Hooray!»
Formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994, all-female three-piece Sleater-Kinney released a batch of innovative, hooky and balls-out rock 'n' riot LPs and worked their way well into the heart of this DiS writer... »
Top of the Pops, once the holy grail of pop acts around the world and instrumental in breaking countless artists in the UK has been axed today by the BBC.»
The history of the album as a format is one littered with constantly changing attitudes, trends and marketing.»
Here's the skinny: you can win a pair of tickets (we've got two pairs to giveaway) to Muse's smallest London headline for ages from this very website (and not many other places). Tickets aren't on general sale for this gig, it's crazylucky competition winners only.»
Like every other brief encounter, the hangover from passion never quite wanes and a simple text message or e-mail is enough for another rush of blood to the heart. Muse's re-entry to my conscience is this, 'Supermassive Black Hole'.»
DrownedinSound.com presents...
BEARSUIT
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Lightspeed Champion (Dev, ex-Test Icicles)
Friday 23rd June, 10.30pm-3am
£5 adv (here) / £8 door
!!! (pronounced 'Chk Chk Chk' or preferably 'Bish Bash Bosh') return to UK shores for the first time in a wee while, after their last jaunt brought two consecutive sold out nights at London's legendary 100 Club. Their superb, endlessly danceable debut scored a perfect ten at this very website and it's honour to host them.»
