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 ...

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 ...

ECFOP feature the poetic skills of Compere, poet, MC, promoter, loud-mouth. Sometime Stylish Riot MC, Viz the Spoon, claim The Ramones and The Clash as inspirations and are described "as gutsy, angry, ...

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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 ...

“It sounds a bit fanciful” explains the English folk singer Shirley Collins, sipping water from a glass goblet at her home in Lewes, “but it’s not, it’s actually what I feel and I just want to do the ...

“I’d lost sight of why we were still doing it.” The last time I spoke to Scott Hutchison, in the summer of 2014, was to talk about a low-key solo record he’d made under the name Owl John. By way of ...

Fat White Family emerged nearly three years ago from the South London squat scene, and over that time have developed into one of the most exciting live bands on the circuit today. Debut album ...