Revisiting the past: DiS meets Black Tambourine
Washington DC based quartet Black Tambourine may only have existed for two years. They released only a handful of singles and, yet, twenty years later, their influence lives on. »
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Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
What is most apparent about I Will Be and the Dum Dum Girls ethos in general is their obvious debt to UK bands of the mid-1980s, namely the likes of The Primitives, The Vaselines, The Shop Assistants and Talulah Gosh...»
Blank Dogs - Phrases
Mike Sniper is possibly the busiest man in Brooklyn at this moment in time. Not only does he run one of sthe most vibrant independent record label in the world, Captured Tracks, he also somehow finds the time to put his own music together as one-man improvisational no-wave project Blank Dogs.»
Chapterhouse @ The Scala, Kings Cross, 18/03/10
There's a genuine feeling of resignation that this may well be the last time anyone here will witness Chapterhouse. If tonight's sterling performance is anything to go by, it will be a very sad loss indeed... »
DiS meets MGMT...
Brooklyn's MGMT were undoubtedly one of the success stories of 2008. Their first long player, Oracular Spectacular, was released to widespread critical acclaim and eventually shifted over a million copies worldwide.»
Sonic Cathedral @ The Luminaire, Kilburn, 17/03/10
By the end, talk is of whether or not Sonic Boom will make another Spectrum record rather than concentrate on production duties elsewhere, as for an hour or so tonight, Rugby's most eccentric maverick borders on genius...»
Wild Beasts @ DeMontfort, Leicester, 13/03/10
For Wild Beasts, their gradual elevation to venues of this size is testament to the fantastic twelve months they've encountered. »
Wooden Shjips - Vol. 2
Although seemingly out of place amidst a tidal wave of changing scenes and fashions, Wooden Shjips have retained their identity throughout, gradually building a reputation as one of the finest purveyors of errant psychedelia since kindred spirits such as Spacemen 3 and Loop ceased to exist many moons ago.»
White Hills @ The Arts Organisation, Nottingham, 10/03/10
Despite having been crafting exceedingly loud and voyeuristic spacerock for the best part of a decade, White Hills have kept a low profile for the majority of that time, preferring instead to simply get on with the job in hand and let their music do the talking.»
DiS meets Girls
If 2009 was an eye-opener of a year for San Francisco's Girls, 2010 promises to be something of a non-stop exercise in avoiding travel sickness...»
DiS meets Lone Wolf
Three years ago, Paul Marshall released Vultures to a largely delirious fanfare of critical acclaim. Echoing the withdrawn sentiments of a young Nick Drake or Tim Buckley, his subsequent signing to esteemed independent Bella Union seemed to ensure his pathway to a long and successful career in music was mapped out ahead of him.»
Bardo Pond - Bufo Alvarius (Re-issue)
If ever there was a more fitting epitaph for Philadelphia's Bardo Pond than "right place, wrong time" I've yet to see it...»
Sennen: Single, album, live dates
East Anglian shoegazers Sennen return this month (Monday 8th March) with a new single, 'Age Of Denial', followed by an album of the same name on Monday 5th April.»
The Strange Death Of Liberal England release single, hit the road
Long forgotten Southsea five-piece The Strange Death of Liberal England return this month with a new digital-only single and tour as special guests of Editors...»
Air Formation - Nothing To Wish For (Nothing To Lose)
Having spent a decade steadily crafting their sepia tinged, reverb infused shoegaze laced signatures, Brighton's Air Formation have become experts in a predictably saturated field of recent times... »
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
As musical collaborations go, the one embarked upon by James Mercer, mercurial singer/songwriter with highly revered Portland five-piece The Shins and Brian Burton, better known as producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse for his work with the likes of Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz and celebrated mash-up The Grey Album among others has to go down as one of the most unlikely.»
Local Natives, Dog Is Dead at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Thu 25 Feb
Having enjoyed something of a resurgence in recent years thanks to the likes of Autolux and The Airborne Toxic Event, the LA suburb of Silver Lake's latest exports Local Natives just might be the most successful of the bunch...»
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devil's Tattoo
Over the course of the nine years that have elapsed since debut record B.R.M.C. announced Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's intentions, its been pretty much a case of indifference that's greeted each subsequent release, gradually pushing them into their own cosy fan-encrusted niche without ever realising the potential or expectations set from the outset. »
Souvaris, Sincabeza - Clown Jazz
Between them, Souvaris and Sincabeza have dutifully conjured up a masterclass in self-expression without a single spoken word being uttered throughout.»
Her Name Is Calla: Tour and single soon...
Ace Leicester-cum-Leeds experimentalists Her Name Is Calla return next month with a new single, 'The Long Grass'....»
DiS meets Los Campesinos! (Again!)
It's fair to say Los Campesinos! and drownedinsound.com go together like bread and jam. A combination of admiration and respect culminating in the band's recent editorial takeover week of this very site's content. »
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Two Door Cinema Club are well-versed in the recent past. While it would be cynically unfair to accuse them of flat-out plagiarism, there's no doubt they've spent their formative years studying the UK guitar scene of the post-millennium intently. »
DiS meets The Drums
Brooklyn based four-piece The Drums currently find themselves riding merrily along the crest of a hype-assisted wave. Perhaps unfairly seen as the new decade's answer to The Strokes, their first UK release, the excellent Summertime EP culled together seven songs that borrowed from a host of influences both past and present, and while it would be churlish to herald them as the finished article just yet, their potential is frightening.»
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
Despite having a career spanning the best part of twenty years whilst releasing ten albums, its kind of sad in a way that Anton Newcombe is most notoriously renowned for being the unstable subject of the 2004 rockumentary Dig!.»
NME Awards Tour 2010 at Rock City, Nottingham, Tue 09 Feb
If one band deserve their status at the top of tonight's bill it's The Maccabees, having rightfully earned their place these past couple of years.»
The Sunshine Underground - Nobody's Coming To Save You
The music business can be a harsh place at the best of times. Just ask The Sunshine Underground. Four years ago they were one of this country's hottest musical tips, having been paraded alongside Klaxons as figureheads for the so-called "New Rave" movement. One lukewarm received debut album later coupled with almost three years of inactivity and the Leeds based foursome are in danger of becoming the nearly and forgotten men of a scene that expired almost as quickly as it began.»
The Album Leaf - A Chorus Of Storytellers
A Chorus Of Storytellers fits in quite succinctly alongside its predecessors, and while perhaps not scaling the skyscraping heights of An Orchestrated Rise To Fall or In A Safe Place, doesn't rally represent a decline in standards either. »
Spectrals, Fair Ohs, Nephu Huzzband, Cold Pumas at Chameleon Gallery, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Sat 30 Jan
As possibly the most barren month in the annual gig calendar, stumbling across a halfway decent bill in January is the equivalent of attending a low-key pre-season friendly in the first week of July; not necessarily the most exciting prospect but potentially eventful nonetheless. »
These Monsters: New album, tour & video and free MP3
Leeds four-piece These Monsters release their debut long player on 1st March. Entitled Call Me Dragon, the album was recorded at Foel Studios in Wales with Chris Fielding, whose previous credits include Klaxons and Napalm Death. »
Various - Rough Trade Shops - Counter Culture 09
As the flagship for independent record shops and labels alike, Rough Trade really needs no introduction.»