Top 10 Recent Bits on DiS (for those not on our mailing list)

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Hello,

We've been rather busy and forgotten to update you all with what's on the site. Here is our current top 10 things to see/do/read/share...

1. THE DEAD WEATHER live!
On the frontpage http://drownedinsound.com/ tonight you can watch Jack White and Alison Mosshart's new band The Dead Weather live From the Basement. In the lead up to the show you can see the best of the sessions they've done so far.

2. NIGEL GODRICH
DiS had a natter with Radiohead's legendary producer, who's also the man behind From The Basement.http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137177-from-the-basement-on-a-television--dis-talks-to-nigel-godrich

3. GLASTONBURY
Last week we had a special Glastonbury preview week, where, amongst other things we made a gigantic selection of mixtapes/Spotify playlists, spoke to some of the bands playing and cherry-picked the must-see acts.

Find all of our Glastonbury coverage here:http://drownedinsound.com/lists/glastonbury . Also if you'd like to follow our coverage of the festival over the weekend, follow our DiS-at-large Twitter http://twitter.com/drownedin

4. What's the best cover version of all-time?
A huge thread with audio playlists and lots of suggestions. Join in and let us know which your favourite cover is:http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4186407

5. MANIC STREET PREACHERS
In an epic three-part interview, Nicky Wire told DiS all about their album-of-the-year-contender Journal for Plague Lovers. He talked openly about everything from working with Albini to his love of The Horrors to putting music to Richey's words. He even talked about Richey Edwards, the man behind the myth and much much more http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137098

6. MARS VOLTA
Are they? Aren't they? At the Drive-In getting back together that is. DiS asked the question and got a better answer than we could have dream of http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137051

7. SUNSET RUBDOWN score 10/10!?
Alexander Tudor courts controversy with this 10/10 (in his opinion) review http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14463/reviews/4137069

8. FRIENDLY FIRES
Played a gig in the dark. DiS has a chat with them about ithttp://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137096 - check back later this week for a special video interview and night-vision footage from the Pitch Black gig.

9. FUTURE OF THE LEFT
Andy Falkous is a heroic ranter and amongst the former-Mclusky man's bile, there's an awful lot of sensehttp://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137105

10. MONTH IN RECORDS... Best of May
The Field, The Horrors, St Vincent, Phoenix, Sunn0))) and Manic Street Preachers make our best of the monthhttp://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137002

And that's not all, we have...
- Photos of the Pixies, The Horrors, The Gossip, Doves...
- Interviews with Yo La Tengo, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Speech Debelle...
- News on the reformation of Hole, Iranian punk-rock, ATP 10th Anniversary...
- Community discussions about the worst band in the UK, Little Boots album dropping from 5 to 40, last.fm, Spotify, whether Twitter is killing journalism...
...and lots lots more.

Until next week, keep on the green grass to avoid the mud

DiS xo - http://drownedinsound.com