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Metallica versus theQuietus: Press Release
METALLICA ATTEMPT TO END THEIR WAR WITH BLOGOSPHERE Metallica have echoed angry bloggers by asking "WHY?!!! Why take down mostly positive reviews of the new material...?" and have slapped their 'people' on the wrist for going somewhat against the t
If you get a sec
If you have a sec, have a look at the new rock-emo site my new company has set-up, it has coverage of the My Chemical Romance fans' anti-Daily Mail protests currently taking place in Hyde Park, amongst other things. Anyway, have a look ThrashHits.com
Introducing... Our New Sites
As some of you may be aware, last year we did a "deal" to expand what we do. The result is the development of a new company (details here quietusgroup.com) and the birth of some brand new websites, using a similar formula of editorial and community which DiS has refined over the past eight and a half years.
George Pringle debut EP
George Pringle, Poor Ep, Poor EP Without a Name info...
George Pringle - Carte Postale (Video)
GEORGE PRINGLE - Carte PostaleMore vids and favourites 'ere: www.youtube.com/profile?user=georgepringleoramaDownload 'I'm very scared Buster. Yes, at last' and 'Carte Postale' for free from RCRDLBL.com. These tracks feature on George Pringle
My Records of the Year / Initial Tips for 2008
My Top 10 Albums of the Year (in no order) Panda Bear - Person Pitch ...trickles into grandness like a grainy black and white blurry post-war vision, all baggy shorted at firefly-lit beach parties and aloof chill of a neu Velvet Underground Andrew Bird
DiS albums of the year press release
DROWNED IN SOUND - ALBUMS OF THE YEAR The team at Drowned In Sound has delivered its verdict on the Top Albums of 2007. http://drownedinsound.com/articles/2673307 Taking the No. 1 slot is LCD Soundsystem's Sounds Of Silver for its "near-perfect
Soundbite Origami: Things of the Year or for Next Year
Busy. Too busy. Fun busy tho. Long days and longer nights, lots to shout about like: http://www.thelipster.com nearly ready to beta, http://myspace.com/discontemptmanagement starting to kickass, http://myspace.com/georgepringle slowly turning into PiL via
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recommended reading about the music industry
"When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide." http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when-pigs-fly-death-of-oink-birth-of.html?_ This is a very eloquent and succint piece (if a little
What We're Doing (An Open Letter RE: New DiSign)
Hi all, Thanks for all the feedback this week. I wont pretend it’s been pleasant to read but you’ve given us some really useful information and we are currently and plan to act upon it. As far as we can tell there are three main issues: firstly, th
This 'ere new DiS site (warning: this is a somewhat geeky blog)
Hallo, So after several months of planning and bashing things into shape: it's here. There were, of course, some midgies and minor glitchy bits to iron out over the past few days. We're still tweaking some issues with some browsers too. Thank you for
CMJ, New York - Part 1
This shi' is gonna write itself. Arrived on Sat. Drank our way around the lower east side, people watching in Iggy's, slurping in some Detroit Motor City Bar. Bumping into friends from Lahdans ex's and bessie mates at complete random. World gets small
press release
DROWNED IN SOUND IN JOINT VENTURE WITH BSKYB Drowned In Sound and partners Silentway have entered into a joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). The new company, Quietus Group, will create a body of new sites based upon the Drowned In Sou
weeks that were: pro-vision, anti-ambition
Been bad: At keeping blogs. And at life, of late. Been chasing trains and felt a little rimmed reaching for keys'n'coins down drains but got there in the end - ass in tact. It's been bore-holes, Warhols and mirages of molehills; champagne and toast; h
interview for last.fm about future/death of record biz
Wired went on about MP3 blogs becoming record labels recently - DiS were really the first to it. Do you think building an audience through a blog and then expanding to release records is a good model? Although we're in a digital world, this isn't exactly
Saturday - it's free so do come, we're also looking for one more act
Dear All, Message from George below... Basically we're looking for one more act to replace Plosives (as Youthmovies are on tour and Andrew hasn't learnt how to perform the tunes live yet) on Saturday if you have any perfect suggestions, ideally somethi
DiStimulation: August Bank Holiday 10 Things To See / Hear / Do
Aaaah thee long weekend: a chance to frolic in fields and set fire to paper cups or read the newspaper with a nice cuppa green tea. You may notice we’ll have our feet up too, so consider this blog-like list of stuff DiS Founder Sean Adams is digging, as something to tide you over ‘til we’re back on Tuesday.
Potential new DiS logo
We're still working on this but what do you all think? http://www.drownedinsound.com/image/view/26797
Weeks that Were: Havana, Duality, lame Elliott Smith quotes
I'm in this daze where despite pouring the bottle into a glass, I still drink from the bottle. Like some kinda pacifier action to pass the time. It's all pose, in clean clothes. Like a sheep etched with KFC logos, like foosball hooligans galloping aroun
Week(s) that Was: PJ, Ewoks, Roadtrips, Feist...
I've not done one of these for a while due to blogging about festivals which to be honest are about all I've done bar catching up on myself, in overlong days, aided by consuming a fair bit of Ginseng and Caffiene. Admittedly I did write a long missive t'
Open Letter: I'd Like to Listen to...
Hello world, I've decided because I've been so busy lately that I've not discovered anything new (to me) for a while, so this next week or three I'm going to spend some time expanding my horizons, finding some new and exploring old music. To do this I'm
Glastonbury: Sean's Blog - Day 1
DiS's Sean Adams tells his own tale of Glastonbury 2007 - from the backstage to the moshpit and right up to the stars - in three parts. Here, he finds Björk magical, the Monkeys rather muted, and Martha on song...
Glastonbury: Sean's Blog - Day 2
DiS's Sean Adams tells his own tale of Glastonbury 2007 - from the backstage to the moshpit and right up to the stars - in three parts. Here, Switches are threatened, boots are stepped on, and a stage invasion is missed... d'oh...
Glastonbury: Sean's Blog - Day 3
DiS's Sean Adams tells his own tale of Glastonbury 2007 - from the backstage to the moshpit and right up to the stars - in three parts. Here, Jamie T owns all...
Iceland: Adventures in Lagoons, Booze & Anti-Globalization
Days 3 and 4...
Blue Lagoons on the set of Star Wars. Globalization. Perving. Drinking. And the best night of the year with The Shins and The Stills.
Sean Adams' diary continues...
(Untitled)
If you thought we'd get nose bleeds leaving the m25, just imagine what happened when we stocked up on duty free and went to the sulphuric rock heaven of Iceland...
Sean's Essential Festival Weblog: Part 1
10AM: I depart London Bridge Station in DiS-punka Peter Whites coffee-scented Lada with Miss.Dis-Emo Miranda and her friend Hannah.
10:05AM: X-fm starts to get annoying playing the same songs.
11:15AM: Pete decides to put on some Bon Jovi. Ears are covered. Some Get Up Kids and At
Wanted: DiS Super-PA
Wanted: DiS Super-PA Following seven years of growth, Drowned in Sound is expanding, the oppotunity has arisen for a highly organised individual with a passion for music to join our company. The role will be working from our Paddington office as assista
