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This month's look at the best electronic & experimental releases (IMHO only, of course) will be my last before fellow beat DiS ciple Rory Gibb takes command. And what a crop to finish with: Keith ...
Formed in 2003, Receiving End Of Sirens have released one EP, one album Between the Heart and the Synapse ( 2005 )and toured with bands such as: The Deftones, Thrice, Panic! at the Disco, Acceptance, ...
Tiger Force - A Wasp in A Jar. Review by Tom Edwards. A Wasp In A Jar is a strong start for Tiger Force, proving that while natural selection may be cruel, sometimes it all works out for the best ...
Nearly everything we know today about the ocean depths we owe to a particularly strange man called JBS Haldane and his father, John.The latter cracked the problem of why divers suffered from the bends ...
27ybswk-1.gif This animated Gif is my #1 because it just says so much. That guy's eyes speak a thousand words, and it almost seems like he's going to spit out whatever is in that pink cup in your face ...
"I used to just look through records not knowing what I wanted. I just liked to peruse the album section and whatever album artwork grabbed me I used to get. If the band photos weren’t cool I wouldn’t ...
Bullet For My Valentine originally formed in 1998 under the guise of Jeff Killed John, and proceeded to play cover versions of Nirvana and Metallica in and around their hometown of Bridgend, Wales.
1996 – 1999 With hindsight, the early records made under the name Songs: Ohia were Jason Molina’s attempts to find a voice, literally and figuratively. The debut, Songs: Ohia (1996), introduced a ...
Like so many aspects of popular culture, radio has been labelled as ‘dead’ by many commentators, usually old hacks struggling with the changing dynamics between audience and media, trying to denounce ...
Did you miss us? 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 ...
In his 10/10 review, Dan Lucas wrote: The Twilight Sad gave birth to one of the greatest British debut albums in living memory. That was in 2007 and just seven years later they’ve given us an ...
Today’s the day that Scotland decides whether to become an independent country or stay part of the UK. It’s been a momentous campaign that’s seen impassioned arguments from both the Yes and No ...