To express a dislike of U2 seems to have become almost as regular a pastime as shopping for groceries or queuing at the bus stop.» ...

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From the DiS archive... republished because Jason Molina sadly died at the weekend... There’s only one mystery when it comes to music that speaks to the depths of your soul. It’s not the way that ...

'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... NY/LA genre-hopping duo Javelin return ...

As hardcore-fetishism and macho-posturing permeated the mainstream during the infant years of the 1990s, indie-rock loyalists shifted directions. Responding to the shrill noise of populist rock which ...

For years I wanted the complete Pere Ubu back catalogue. I’d tease myself as a teenager walking into record shops and pick up one of the million albums that made up their back catalogue, or so it ...

Today’s the day that Scotland decides whether to become an independent country or stay part of the UK. It’s been a momentous campaign that’s seen impassioned arguments from both the Yes and No ...

Back in 2019, Drowned in Sound hit pause and archived this site. In the meantime, our community has remained active here here. But we've made a return, that's a little different than before. You can ...

Over the last fifteen years, the relationship between artist and audience has changed immeasurably. Direct engagement with fans, particularly for artists without major label backing, can help forge a ...

Rock musicians talk about second albums being like painful births, but rarely is it said of album number six. If you’ve survived that long, you’ve hit your stride: you know precisely how many slices ...

When lead singer Lee Newell declared them to be “the future of music” at their first show at the Flowerpot last year, Brother became the whipping boy of the DiS forum and have remained permanently ...

The first thing that struck me when I moved to Brooklyn in 2002 was how many anglophiles there were everywhere. I’d been to New York a few times prior to actually making the city my home, and on those ...