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Back in February, one DiS messageboarder was moved to say to the masses: “I challenge you to prove to me that math-rock is real”. Responses varied – some kept tongues in cheek, some were flippant, ...

North London's Gengahr release their debut album 'A Dream Outside' on Transgressive. Recorded and co-produced with James Bragg at Middle Farm Studios - the band follow 'She's A Witch' with new single ...

As part of our Death Cab for Cutie takeover, we got on the phone with Ben Gibbard to find out more about their new album Codes & Keys... To say the past few years have been transformative for Death ...

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 ...

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If you head over to our new Substack newsletter, you can read much more about these records, see a longer list, and keep in touch with DiS by subscribing - as from January I'm sending out weekly album ...

For once, Tom Barman is apprehensive. Not about tonight’s dEUS show, but the two-hour DJ set he’s been booked to play at the official after party. “What has happened in the past is this ...

January might only just have come to an end, but already there's been a number of serious contenders for the coveted album of the year. One of those happens to be IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME, ...

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 ...

Lounge. Twee Pop. Tropicalia. Easy Listening. Jazz. Funk. Giallo. City Pop. Indie Pop. Baggy-Madchester. Ye-ye. 60’s Soul. Video Game Music. Downtempo. House. Nu ...

Need to get in touch? Got something to pitch? Here's how to do it... First of all, a disclaimer. We're a small team, and we get upwards of 1000 emails a day, most of them asking for things we've never ...