SXSW Field Report – Day One
Austin is awash with the global music industry. Chet is standing next to Mike who is buying a drink for Cristiano, and they’re all hoping to spot the next big thing.»
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White Stripes, QOTSA announced for 02 Wireless shows
While musing on why the hell FA Cup Quarter Final replays are being held on a Monday, we also stumbled across the line ups for this year’s 02 Wireless Festival...»
Jesse Malin - Glitter in the Gutter
Perhaps somewhat unheralded, New York acoustic street punk Jesse Malin has steadily been building his reputation and career over the past five years...»
DiS @ SXSW: Our Picks, part three...
Part three of our one-a-day dose of bands to check out at this year’s South By Southwest – or to listen to from your bedroom via the magic of MySpace – finds us casting an engaged ear the way of a pair of buzzing (or is that simply ‘buzz’?) indie-dance bands, a potential heir to Arcade Fire’s epic-indie throne, and an act that, basically, mashes a myriad of acceptable genres to produce music that’s affecting in the extreme...»
The Weekly DiScussion: fancy a pint next week?
You slightly bored of South By Soutwest yet? Grinding your teeth at the thought of DiS carping on about its Texan jaunt for the next fortnight? Well, what are you doing then? Gareth Dobson highlights the myriad of musical opportunity for the UK next week. It's a doozy...»
¡Forward, Russia! do London clubnight this weekend
¡Forward, Russia! play club night. In London. People dance...»
SXSW: When A&R people go on holiday?
Got a hot gig in the middle of March? Hoping to spot some A&R men down the front? Well, you’re out of luck. Between the 13th and the 18th of March, the entire music industry will up sticks and head to Austin, Texas for the biggest music conference of the year. Gareth Dobson discovers whether it's the most vital event on the music calendar or just a massive boozefest for all involved...»
The Weekly DiScussion: The Charts, or why we're obsessed with numbers
Every week, the kind folk of DrownedinSound.com (hi, that’s us) offer up a comprehensive overview of the latest pop charts. Hopefully you find it useful. Sometimes, though, I detect that, behind the bile, hate, sarcasm and ennui displayed by a certain M Diver, there’s not a lot of love for the top 40. So why are we still obsessed with the charts...»
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
The Magic Position is a substantial leap on from his previous LP Wind In The Wires in every sense; grander ideas, greater tunes, better sounds and a more united sense of a piece of work.»
Label Focus #1: Drowned in Sound Recordings
Possibly, you are aware of Drowned In Sound Recordings; given that it’s the sister operation of this beloved website you read, adore and occasionally spam. Gareth Dobson checks in with founder Sean Adams to begin DiS' regular label features.»
The Weekly DiScussion: The '68 (bands) comeback special...
The Police, Rage Against The Machine and Smashing Pumpkins have all announced their return in 2007. The worst idea a band can have? A heavily depressed Gareth Dobson looks through a potted history of reformations in rock, offering you the opportunity to DiScuss his opinions...»
Top bands announced for groundbreaking Isle of Wight Festival
Muse, Snow Patrol, Kasabian and Keane have been announced as headline bands for this year’s Isle of Wight Festival...»
The 4-4-2 of Indie Rock: DiS's musical XI
With the nation’s – nay, the world’s – greatest football cup competition nearing its final stages, and with many a DiS-supported team still in the running to lift the FA Cup this May at Wembley, DiS’s Gareth Dobson picks his 4-4-2 of indie-rock. As we all know, football and music is closely entwined. And no, I'm not simply talking about Oasis' pronounced love for Manchester City...»
Be a Cub Scout! Sort of... band wants video extras...
I Was A Cub Scout – those teen titans of punk-electronica – are shooting the video for their new single on Monday – 19th February – and need your beautiful presence...»
Funeral For A Friend ready LP three, release track and ask you to make video. Pikeys...
Welsh hardcore quintet Funeral For A Friend are readying their return with their third album...»
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
Fall Out Boy have produced an album aimed at competing. Not with their assumed peers – the Chemical Romances and Panics of this world – but with every big band out there. U2, Green Day and the Chili Peppers are in their sights. They’re competing with pop music, entering a world where very few think twice of Billy Joe and Bono buddying up to sing for iTunes...»
Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
When you look like a diseased Leo Sayer, life is hard enough. You don’t need to release an LP stacked to the rafters with such benign saccharine filth that your coyote-ish features become a welcome distraction...»
Indie Label Special Part 2: Fierce Panda enters teenage years with big party. All invited...
Independent label lovely Fierce Panda is having a 13th birthday party...»
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Leeds talent hegemony Dance To The Radio (that label what Whiskas from Forward Russia! co-curates) is to release its third compilation in April...»
Camden Crawl announces more tickets. But no bands, yet...
2007’s first chance for London indie kids to run around drunkenly and miss lots of bands, The Camden Crawl, has released tickets for general sale...»
If Santa strapped on a Flying V...
...he'd probably write a better tune than most of the rejects and retards who proffer us Christmas singles year upon year...»
Los Campesinos! announce debut single and tour
Surefire tip of 2007, Los Campesinos have announced details of their debut single and inaugural tour.»
The Pigeon Detectives at Leeds Metropolitan University Union, Tue 07 Nov
There’s nothing original about the Pigeons: they marry the sound of the Strokes’ piercing guitars with the knockabout charm of a Libertines or any other ‘lad’ band of the past four years. However, the communal thrill of their songs is undeniable... »
DiS Exclusive: ¡Forward, Russia! announce spring tour
Spazz-rock heroes ¡Forward Russia! are to hit the UK next year with their biggest-ever tour... »
Hot Chip - The Warning
Hot Chip make great second album and shed their image of funk loving misfits to reveal complicated balladeers of brittle emotions and big hearts.»
Noisettes at London Madame Jo Jo's, Mon 16 Jan
..the structure, timing and effect of the songs are as devastating as the singer’s faultless voice, and the band give an utterly compelling visual and aural show. It’s easy to see why The Noisettes have been afforded the patronage of the likes of Bloc Party - they share the same sonic adventurousness, urgency and awareness of modern life.»
Two Gallants at London Monto Water Rats, Thu 01 Dec
Apparently, the band has good nights and less so, as they still struggle to find consistency; if so, then this can only be a good night, as the Gallants perform one of the most striking, compelling and endearing gigs of the year...»
The Cribs - You're Gonna Lose Us
The thing about The Cribs, is that they still haven’t quite achieved the same pure rock pop brilliance on record as they have live...»
The Strokes at London ULU, Tue 29 Nov
It's the Third Coming as The Strokes hit London to trail their 'difficult' third album. Twelve new songs in a row? Cheeky buggers.... Gareth Dobson spends some time with New York's coolest.»