Of Montreal return to Europe in January
American, odd, glittery, alt-popsters of Montreal have announced new dates for the new year.
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Today
DiS meets Okkervil River's Will Sheff (Part One)
Tucked away in Shepherd's Bush Empire's green room, Okkervil River's Will Sheff is ebullient and inviting as we discuss the band's hectic touring schedule, the concept behind the two latest full-lengths, and a certain American President-elect.
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Swn 2008: the DiS review
Swn sums up the essential spirit of Cardiff: a combination of tradition, innovation and a uniquely Welsh outlook
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Beirut back in 2009 with March of the Zapotec
Zach Condon, aka the super-talented man behind Beirut is back with a new record on his very own label...
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LCD Soundsystem R.I.P. ?
News has surfaced that it might all be over for the hugely influential LCD Soundsystem.
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Rough Trade & DiS team up for People's Voice Prize
Rough Trade have announced their top 50 albums of the year and have teamed up with Drowned in Sound to find out what you, The People, believe to be the best record of their top 50.
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Teitur at London The Danish Ambassador's Residence, Thu 06 Nov
His is voice is barely much heavier than the air we breathe, yet manages to cut its way through the room and into the heart as each autobiographical memoir is played out in this rather grandiose setting.
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Finch, Hexes at Liverpool Barfly, Wed 12 Nov
This group of fans are here for three songs, and all of them are from Finch’s first record: ‘New Beginnings’, ‘Letters To You’ and ‘What It Is To Burn’. That album came out in 2002, six-and-a-half years ago. But these fans are stuck in the past and refuse to move on, trapping the band in limbo.
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Neon Neon, Yo Majesty at Leeds Brudenell Social Club, Sat 01 Nov
Side projects, like spin-off sitcoms, can be dodgy territory. But when Gruff Rhys is involved, you know you're in safe hands... right?
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Land Of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Following up on their promising 2006 debut, the Montreal trio return with a brittle follow-up.
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Odyssey To Electronica's Outer Limits: The Music Of Murcof
Fernando Corona (aka Murcof) has always bristled ceaselessly against the conventions of electronica, and as he prepares to unleash his latest awing endeavour, Océano, in the UK, he told DiS about his life's work to date
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2009: Ten Writers' Tips
So we're a bit early, but let's face it, there's not much else to do at this time of year other than think about which acts we're going to be celebrating come 2009, is there?
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Welcome to the North: DiScover gigs ahoy!
Another round of Northern DiScover shows for you, and they just keep getting better and better. We've got Dananananaykroyd headlining in Sheffield this Monday (November 17th) and Gentle Friendly in Manchester a week Tuesday...
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Mercury Rev at Bristol Academy, Wed 12 Nov
Tonight's opening 'Snowflake In A Hot World' was always one of the new record's better tracks, but here it's borderline transcendental, a maelstrom of luminescent keys and bone-rattling drum patterns that swirl higher and higher like a crackling cloud of fireflies...
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Hauschka at London Kings Place, Fri 07 Nov
Tonight’s show – at the impressively swanky King’s Place – essentially sees Volker f#%k with the preconceived notion of what a piano does, much like Henry Cowell and John Cage before him.
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