Drowned in Sound - News

Wild Beasts: July/August dates in full

Mike Diver — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:13:58 +0100

Wild Beasts - their superb Limbo, Panto debut album is out now via Domino; review here - are out and about this month and next on what can only be called ‘a tour’

Wild in the Country festival cancelled

Mike Diver — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:51:59 +0100

First Björk pulled out, then Battles pulled out, and now the whole thing's off: this weekend's Wild in the Country festival has gone the way of Tapestry and been cancelled

Tapestry Festival cancelled

Mike Diver — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:21:15 +0100

This year’s Tapestry Festival, set for August 8-9 in south Wales and due to feature the likes of Jeffrey Lewis, Circulus and Danny & the Champions of the World, has been cancelled

Watch: Jay-Z's Glasto intro film

Mike Diver — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:55:10 +0100

The intro film shown before Jay-Z's headline set at Glastonbury on Saturday - not shown on the BBC coverage - has appeared on YouTube

Battles not getting Wild: New Yorkers WON'T play festival this weekend

Mike Diver — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:12:59 +0100

They're not playing, but Soulwax are: confusion cleared right up here, after so much umming and ahhing

Update! Battles and Soulwax WILL play Wild in the Country

Mike Diver — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:13:31 +0100

Following yesterday's news that Björk has pulled out of the day-long event, held on July 5 at Knebworth Park, word reached us that two more bands would pull

Getting punched by Winehouse "part of the Glastonbury experience"

Mike Diver — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:01:54 +0100

The Glastonbury-goer whacked by Amy Winehouse during the singer's Pyramid Stage set at the weekend has spoken to the BBC about his brush... battering... with fame

Is there a festival Lightspeed Champion isn't playing? Him and more for Surfstock

Mike Diver — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:01:30 +0100

Lightspeed Champion, The Gossip, Alphabeat, Black Lips and The Go! Team are among the acts performing at this year's Surfstock festival at St Agnes, Cornwall

Franz Ferdinand to make surprise Glastonbury appearance

Mike Diver — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:42:00 +0100

Franz Ferdinand are to play Glastonbury this weekend (the three-day festival started properly today)

Two weeks 'til Supersonic: have you got your ticket to the Festival of the Year?

Mike Diver — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:36:48 +0100

This year's Supersonic Festival - named Festival of the Year by our friends at Plan B - is only two weeks away

Kanye rants: rapper angry at criticism of Bonnaroo set

Mike Diver — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:18:18 +0100

Kanye West hasn't taken kindly to online criticism of his set at the recent Bonnaroo Festival

End of the Road's 'Chosen Ten' revealed

Mike Diver — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:45:29 +0100

The End of the Road Festival has revealed its 'Chosen Ten' - ten new bands selected from a virtual mailbag of over 800 acts to play the annual festival

Green Man 2008: full line-up and running order here

Mike Diver — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:29:45 +0100

The full line-up for this summer's Green Man Festival - held August 15-17 in Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons - has been revealed

WIN! Tickets to this summer's Wireless Festival in London

Mike Diver — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:02:35 +0100

Good news, city-locked Londoners wanting some festival action this summer: DiS has two tickets to give away to each day of this year's O2 Wireless Festival

Carl Barat promises Glasto-goers Dirty Pretty Things will play

Mike Diver — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:06:24 +0100

Ex-Libertine Carl Barat has promised those heading to Glastonbury this weekend that his current combo Dirty Pretty Things will play the festival

Jay-Z on Glasto criticism: "if we don't embrace what is new, then how do we progress?"

Mike Diver — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:44:02 +0100

Jay-Z has broken cover and commented on criticism directed his way ahead of his headline appearance at this coming weekend's Glastonbury Festival

WIN! Tickets to the 20th Dour Festival in Belgium (Mystery Jets, The Fall, Foals, Battles)

Mike Diver — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:12:23 +0100

DiS's friends at the annual Dour Festival, Belgium - celebrating its 20th anniversary - have given us a number of tickets to give away to the four-day festival, held July 17-20

Santogold and Laura Marling added to inaugural Edge Festival bill

Mike Diver — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:49:45 +0100

Santogold and Laura Marling are among the new names confirmed for this year's first-ever Edge Festival

WIN! Tickets for this summer's Field Day festival, London

Mike Diver — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:55:03 +0100

DiS has a pair of tickets to give away to Field Day - an all-dayer featuring Foals (pictured), Efterklang, The Field, Les Savy Fav, of Montreal, The Mae Shi and many others

Last chance: WIN a trip to Iceland to see Björk and Sigur Ros!

Sean Adams — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:53:33 +0100

DiS is very excited to have teamed up with Iceland Music Export to bring you a competition that we think is pretty amazing