The Duke Spirit, for all their press attention and live prowess, have never really released a single that fully grabbed the listener. 'Til now ...

The Distortions - Exploding Teenage Body Part Review by Mike Diver Sold as a band echoing the work of artists as diverse as My Bloody Valentine, The Verve and, um, The Killers, LA’s The Distortions ...

The Grim Northern Social are a 5-piece band performing all self-written material. During the past year they have attracted considerable notice - They were nominated 'Best Unsigned Band' at 'In The ...

Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir Review by Luke Slater Even being one of his shorter releases, Just A Souvenir' s filled with peaks and troughs. There's still too much here which feels (and sounds) like ...

!!! - Yadnus EP Review by A digital-only collection of remixes – source material lifted from latest LP Myth Takes (review) – this five-tracker is headed up by a straight-faced direct transfer of ...

At face value All We Could Do Was Sing represents a wonderfully simple sentiment: to sing for the fundamental pleasure of doing so ...

Their fans call them "a sonic hand-grenade", their critics call them a "My Bloody Valentine tribute band". Since erupting into the consciousness of UK music fans a couple of years ago in a haze of ...

You might have noticed that Drowned in Sound has been on a reflective pause since 2019. We've been pondering and perfecting what a fully rejuvenated DiS would look like in the years to come. The good ...

Panic! At The Disco’s back story reads like the stuff of rock and roll fantasy – they struck lucky when a member of another absurdly popular (but considerably more bland) emo-pop band heard them ...

Reading and Leeds Festival photo galleries: In Photos: Leeds Festival 2009 - Day 3 In Photos: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 3 Leeds Festival In Ph ...

Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Year: 2020 The records that were stuck on repeat on our ghost-ship. » news ...

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 ...