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** Paul Weller** was born 50 years ago last Sunday, just outside of Woking in Surrey. The frontman for The Jam, The Style Council and solo recording artist in his own right flew the suburbs in his ...

Produced by Hugo White, The Maccabees and Laurie Latham, 'Marks To Prove It' is the work of a band in their prime. Drawing from their previous albums and experiences, the new songs are not just ...

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 ...

The Verve‘s first two albums, 1993’s A Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul from 1995 will both be reissued by Virgin/EMI on the 9th of September as multi-disc super deluxe edition box sets, along with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Further Reading: Bedhead – Transaction de Novo When people call slowcore sleepy or boring, they are referring to the aptly named Bedhead, a band who sound like they just woke up and can’t be bothered ...

Other prominent releases include Buffalo Daughter’s debut, Pizzicato Five’s Bossanova 2001, Momus’ The Philosophy of Momus (A Scottish experimental musician who transplanted to Japan in the 90s and ...

A year into the return of winter in America, the words of Scott-Heron have proven to be hauntingly relevant ...