Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alternative must sees
Glastonbury is back! Please enjoy a playlist + some off the wall things to do»
Articles
geordiedave1981 has written the following articles:
Jenny Lewis - On the Line
There are few who can capture your heart – the dark and the light - like she can»
Ian Brown - Ripples
Ripples simply sits as a passing footnote»
“The White Album isn’t the sound of the band breaking up”: DiS Meets Giles Martin
The producer talks about playing around with what's widely considered to be the Fab Four's finest creation»
The Fangasm: The White Album by The Beatles
It is a work of extraordinary genius, in extraordinary times, from the most extraordinary band»
Robyn - Honey
A fine record, a consistent record and a thoroughly enjoyable record. But it is not a great record»
Christine and the Queens - Chris
This is a record for outsiders, for pop lovers, for the dancers, the lovers»
DiS Does Love International
This absolute gem of a festival and jewel of a site stand out as something truly unique»
The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl
A genuine and welcome joy»
Justin Timberlake - Man of the Woods
Timberlake’s weakest record by some distance»
Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology
One of the most unique and confident records of Weaver’s career so far»
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Oasis' Be Here Now
On its 20th Anniversary, David Edwards reappraises the album that's routinely derided as Oasis' worst»
Working for a Nuclear Free City - What Do People Do All Day?
A fascinating and beguiling collection of sounds, ideas and influences but a collection which never seems to fully belong together»
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (20th Anniversary Edition)
Not simply 'a drug record', more a unique cultural touchstone for the era»
No-one saw this coming: The National
Back in 2004, no-one could've imagined Arcade Fire would headline Glastonbury and The National would pack out the O2 Arena.»
Festival No. 6 2014: the DiS review
There really is no other festival like it and as a way of closing out the summer, Festival No. 6 delivered in every single way. Simply magnificent.»
Garden Festival and Electric Elephant 2014: the DiS review
If you’re miserable in amongst such joyous surroundings, there’s surely something wrong with you.»
The Garden Festival & Electric Elephant 2014: the DiS preview
This summer, Drowned in Sound will be taking a break from the regular UK festival mud and concerned glances at dark, threatening clouds; eschewing all that to go jetting off to a beautiful little spot on the West side of Croatia for both The Garden Festival and Electric Elephant Festival – running consecutively from the 2nd – 9th of July and 10th – 14th of July respectively»
Live Report + In Photos: Elbow at Manchester Phones 4u Arena (9/4/14)
Tonight, the sold-out banks of seats around Manchester’s Phones 4U Arena tells the tale of what is one of the most extraordinary success stories in modern British guitar music: a band who somehow came back from the brink to become chart-toppers and stadium-fillers against all odds.»
BBC 6 Music Festival 2014: The Drowned in Sound Review
Manchester is increasingly proving itself more than capable of taking on major events outside of the Capital and despite a few grumbles typical of new events and considering the limitations of the venue, the inaugural 6 Music Festival was for the most part, a profoundly enjoyable and memorable event with some truly excellent performances.»
BBC 6 Music Festival 2014 - The DiS Preview
BBC 6 Music are bringing the first ever 6 Music Festival to Manchester next weekend, and Drowned in Sound are popping along to check it out...»
Live Report: Prince at Manchester Academy 1 - Saturday 22nd February 2014
Broad smiles, deliberately hamming up his guitar moves, conducting the crowd with the microphone or the neck of his guitar, this is a man uniquely in touch with his own music and his own heritage: lapping up the live experience and the acclaim, and giving back the compliment in spades, screeches and sonic joy.»
The National, Manchester Apollo (11/11/2013)
The National now operate on their own instinctive level: a tightly-wound balance between beauty and fury continuously shifting with a fluid dynamism, as illustrated perfectly by the constant three-way battle tonight between Bryce Dessner’s jagged, jarring lead lines, Bryan Devendorf’s hypnotic drum-punches and Matt Berninger’s voice – stripped of the darker brooding recorded overtones and given license to bark, scream and strain as he slowly warms into his role.»
PINS - Girls Like Us
PINS have produced one of the most striking guitar debuts of 2013.»
Drowned in Manchester #17: Autumn 2013 ft. Warehouse Project, gig picks, Shield Patterns interview
Manchester comes alive in the autumn and winter time, as new bands emerge and begin to forge their roots into the cracked and dark brickwork of the old Victorian buildings. In this month’s column we’ll look at a few bits of news, check out a couple of new bands on the scene, preview this year’s Warehouse Project and have a bit of a chat with the excellent Shield Patterns.»
Drowned in Manchester #16 - PINS, Shield Patterns, Doctrines
Along with the rest of the country, Manchester has been gleefully reveling in the recent outbreak of glorious weather baking the city (rumours of increased admissions to A&E due to severe rainfall deprivation are as yet unconfirmed). But alongside the»
The Killers, The Gaslight Anthem, James at Wembley Stadium, London, Sat 22 Jun
It’s been a long time in coming, but The Killers finally lived up to their potential as a live band tonight.»
Editors - The Weight of Your Love
Ultimately, Editors are in limbo here. »
Parklife Weekender 2013 – The Drowned in Sound Review
We’ll have to wait and see whether Parklife can sustain the trick on a weekend where the weather proves to be somewhat more typically Mancunian. But for now, it managed to pull off its graduation with aplomb and unabashed enjoyment.»
Live Report Muse – Manchester Etihad Stadium: 1st June 2013
Muse have forever been a band intrinsically linked with theatre and showmanship, yet tonight seemed to reach a whole new level. »