tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467636246508256072011-11-28T00:06:21.154ZBlogging since 1996. This blog is my own space to share feeds of the best bits of the web, as well as reactions and ponderings.SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.comBlogger851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-80469694086072101672010-06-15T20:49:00.004+01:002010-06-18T09:05:35.384+01:00

PIONEERING MUSIC WEBSITE TO CELEBRATE TENTH BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR SPECIAL LIVE EVENTS AND DEBATES AND UNIQUE CONTENT ANNOUNCED Drowned In Sound, the UK’s original music website, is ten this year and to celebrate a decade of debate, dissent and deliberation on the merits of a multitude of musics, founder and owner Sean Adams will be announcing a plethora of events and special coverage on the site.

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Hello, I've sort of stopped using this blog and, like many others, I have been sucked into the vortex of Tumblr. Will try to remember to post some updates here but if you want to follow my blog from now on you'll find me here: http://seaninsound.tumblr.com/ Sean x

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I've been invited to speak and offer advice at the following two events. Please comment below or tweet me if you’re planning to attend either of the below events and there’s anything in particular you’d like to hear me speak about.  LIVE AT LEEDSFriday 30th April 2010@ Old Broadcasting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds10.45 - 11.15Keynote: “Do Anything You Wanna Do” (Speaker: Sean Adams) How much can

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My answers to some dissertation questions from Sarah Scouller  • Whether you think music readers have shifted towards amateurs bloggers for believed 'authenticity' I personally think it's more for the person-to-person connection, unfiltered by editors or some naïve perceived notion that advertising influences editorial (not that this conspiracy isn't justified in some circles but usually it's

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Just sent out this mailout, if you're not on the mailing list and would like to be, sign-up here:  http://dada.drownedinsound.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/updates/ ------------------------D R O W N E DI N _ S O U N D ------------------------ Hello,We hope you're enjoying some fish 'n chips in the liquid sunshine on this so-called "good" "Friday". If choice paralysis hits and you can't decide

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A [SXSW] festival pass can cost almost $800 a person. A band gets either wristbands or $250, which is enough to buy enough gas to get your van maybe 15 hours away from Austin, one way. Most bands are from outside that radius, and are well within the range of losing a shit ton of money by coming. In exchange, sxsw gets access to the best bands in the world, every club in Austin, and

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Publication packages Submission fee NME, Terrorizer, BBC Music, Drowned in Sound, Quietus £25.00via themenfromthepress.comThis IS utter bullshit and we have nothing to do with this site. We do not endorse this. Only heard about this, this afternoon.

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Click for high-res photo Our friends over at DrownedInSound just came over with this great equation: Drowned In Sound + SoundCloud + Tumblr = DrownedInSoundCloud. Total Win and immediate follow! Featuring some of the great tracks and full albums on SoundCloud, approved by DiS. Follow it here. Great idea, Sean! Thanks a bunch. via soundcloud.tumblr.com

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Our community do a lot of wonderful things and this thread compiling recent records people recommend has some great bits in it, so I thought I'd turn it into a playlist. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – The RoadThe Besnard Lakes – AlbatrossFrightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can’t See LandThe Ruby Suns – CranberryYeasayer – Ambling Alp Midlake – Rulers, Ruling All ThingsShearwater – Landscape At

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Real criticism is not about distinguishing good from bad; it is about distinguishing good from great. There's plenty of terrible art around, but it usually finds its level in the end. The curse of our time, in the arts, is mediocrity and ordinariness: the quite good film that gets an Oscar, the OK artist who becomes a megastar. Truly remarkable art is rare and to see it when it comes, to fight

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Map out a two year or three year plan that elaborately pulls people into your world of images, poetry, lyrics, stories, music, mystery, hints, clues, energy, characters, plot, storyline, drama, intrigue and excitement. via musicthinktank.com I've been saying a lot of similar things to this to artists recently. The possibilities on the web are endless. Treat the web like a skateboarder treats

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Here's the latest mailout, just curious what you all do and don't like about the site at the moment... (oh and if you haven't already join the mailing list here: http://dada.drownedinsound.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/updates/ or facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2223035561&ref=ts  or facebook 'fan' page here: http://www.facebook.com/drownedinsound ) --- Happy

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The following quote is from film director Jim Jarmusch:"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak

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As per my previous post on old media vs new media, here's my response to some questions from Anna Nikolarakis...   Do you think music journalism has changed in the past 50 years, why do you think this may be?The passion and purpose for many is still the same, if not evolved a little in terms of the focus and the understanding of the possibilities of 'rock-writing'. More generally, as an '

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Drowned in Sound and Pitchfork wins complete w00t!media’s portfolio of web’s biggest music publishers Two of the world’s most established editorial-led music websites, Pitchfork and Drowned in Sound, have appointed w00t!media as their exclusive online advertising sales partner in the UK.  The wins complete independent digital sales house w00t!media’s portfolio of influential and popular 

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Hello February!As the ice thaws and the sun doth shine, DiS is looking back at the 'bleakest month' of the year (we love bleakness and there were so great records, up yours cliches!) and with a little help from discussion on our music board, we've picked our favourite albums of January 2010.  Our must-hear ALBUM OF THE MONTH (there can be only one...) comes from Southend gothic-hip-hop-artsters

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Every time I hear about Twitter I want to yell Stop. The notion of sending and getting brief updates to and from dozens or thousands of people every few minutes is an image from information hell. I’m told that Twitter is a river into which I can dip my cup whenever I want. But that supposes we’re all kneeling on the banks. In fact, if you’re at all like me, you’re trying to keep your footing

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Some choice quotes from Amanda Palmer in an interview with  wienerpost.at I heard that you are single-handedly going to save the music industry. How are you planning to do this? I’m not gonna save anything. I don’t think the music industry actually needs saving. I think the music industry – as it is – just needs to die. It needs a complete rebuild from the ground up which obviously is already

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It's that time of year again when my inbox fills up with questions for coursework and dissertations. I find it a bit odd that I get so many of these as I never studied, in a traditional sense, beyond A-levels. Anyway, as this one was lengthy and asks a lot of the FAQ's about the impact of the web/blogs/user-generated content/etc on old media, specifically music mags, I thought it maybe best to

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“BitTorrent is very utilitarian, it’s deeply unsexy. The Richard Branson of nowadays would be able to set up a really amazing website for 14- to 24-year-olds that deals with their music ... and do something really innovative and make it really easy for people to buy music, and cheap. “A lot of 14-to 17-year-olds don’t have credit cards, so how are they going to get music digitally? These are

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via entertainment.timesonline.co.uk Really moving tributes. Posted via web from seaninsound's posterous

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----------------------------D R O W N E D I N _ S O U N D----------------------------Hello,Welcome to the first mailout of twenny ten. We hope you're having a great year so far. We might say this every year but it REALLY looks like this year is gearing up to be an amazing year for music with records due from the likes of Joanna Newsom, LCD Soundsystem and various other previous album of the year

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I can't wait until someone invents a 740 deal, which labels can make double the money the artist is making from all the artist revenues. Obviously own stakes in MySpace Music, Spotify, etc helps matters. The full article is a little more revealing than that video but the video reminded me why I find major labels a bit like puffins, sticking their chests out and hoping something sticks. All

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This week, I launched a new feature on DiS. It's the bloomin' obvious concept and everyone's at it but I thought it high time we had a track/tune/song of the day on DrownedinSound. And if you add the below Spotify playlist to your playlists, you'll get the tracks automatically updated (if the songs are available).  Might have some guest choices, themed weeks and stuff like that, and will

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The durhhum-noo-noo-nuh-num-num-nurnur of the guitar strings twiddle and bend beneath the bullet-hail of drums, the combined to make the first three tracks sound surprisingly menace-zing. Twenny, maybe thirty feet away, beneath the spotlights and behind the smoke, Britian's best loved band take the stage... Asses wiggle and rap hand gestures abound. Cameraphones snap-flash, hoping to create a

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I'm hosting the above show of Nordic acts in association with the Icelandic and Norwegian music export embassies. Really excited to see Sudden Weather Change again as they were amazing at Iceland Airwaves (my review) - they're a bit like Hot Hot Heat meets Q and Not U, Burning Airlines, Les Savy Fav and all those frantic-but-fun angular party bands! Have a listen to all the bands on Spotify

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ARTIST TAKEOVERS Metric - http://drownedinsound.com/lists/metric-week Grizzly Bear - http://drownedinsound.com/lists/grizzlybear Radiohead re-issues - http://drownedinsound.com/lists/radiohead Kraftwerk re-issues - http://drownedinsound.com/lists/kraftwerk Mum - http://drownedinsound.com/lists/mum Emmy the Great - http://drownedinsound.com/users/emmy_a_wards/articles GENRE WEEKS

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This year I have mostly been making playlists. Over on the DiS site we've done a weekly Spotifriday playlist. However, these 'ere playlists come in all shapes and sizes, with various themes and wotnot. I thought compiling them in one place might be useful for anyone looking for some musical guidance or simply for anyone wanting to save time making a playlist by slinging on one of mine. If you

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------------------------- D R O W N E D I N _ S O U N D ------------------------- Festive Greets! Hello! So, this is our last mail out before DiS joins the nation in passing out on the sofa in a sugar-coated coma. We will be putting a few bits up over 'the break' (normal service resumes Jan 11th) but for now we just wanted to bring to your attention these five things... 1. Playlist: IT'S

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A very special edition of Fresh On The Net in which Drowned In Sound's Sean Adams, and Artrocker.com blogger Stephen Mcleod joined Tom to pick out there one's to via bbc.co.uk Tom Robinson invited me to blather about the state of new music, pick some of my tips for 2010 and suggest some tracks from below the radar acts in this opening hour of his BBC Introducing show. Tracks I picked were by

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DROWNED IN SOUND NAMES WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX THE ALBUM OF 2009 DrownedinSound.com has revealed its top 50 albums of the year and the list is topped by sophisto-pop Frenchmen Phoenix. On hearing they topped the list, the band had this to say: 'merci drowned in sound for the gold medal! We are very proud to be on top of your list.Merry Xmas to you all and happy 2010!Phoenix The top 20

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In a parting message, Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire paid tribute to Planet Sound by saying: "I love the feel of books and records, and I loved the feel of the remote control to give me information." via guardian.co.uk Sad times. Teletext is no more. I used to flick on Planet Sound every day after school to find out if anything interesting had happened in music or whether my email fanzine

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12 articles: My Generation: Past imperfect The Sunday Times, Sunday 29 November Original article at The Sunday Times My Generation: The bigger picture The Sunday Times, Sunday 8 November Original article at The Sunday Times My Generation: Money troubles The Sunday Times, Sunday 18 October Original article at The Sunday Times My Generation:

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via facebook.com I've started this campaign. Hope you'll get involved. Posted via web from seaninsound's posterous

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Drowned in Sound, the UK's leading independent music website, is looking to employ a world class web developer. Over the past decade we've built a vast resource of information and opinion but we could, and should, be doing a better job to share what we've got. We want to make it much easier to explore our site and by doing so, turn more people on to more great music. Entering our 10th year, we

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This is a playlist of my songs of the Noughties, as a prelude to DiS' end-of-decade coverage in 2010 (we're 10 years old, so it's 10 years of DiS, as well as the decade, etc) and just thought, seeing as every other magazine editor is throwing out their best of the decade stuff now, this might serve as an alternative reminder of some other stuff that came out and hopefully reveal a few things

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Somewhere, not far from this blog, lists are being made and totals are being totted up. They're being double-checked and ratified...  It's coming to that moleskin Almanac time of year again. A time when everything has to be wrapped in a ribbon and buried in a capsule of time to ensure the world of music can take stock and move on. The overlooked all year, will remain overlooked (unless the

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RE: Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing? I think this is a great graph but a very flawed piece of evidence. A few gut reactions and general observations...  1. Festivals Are Bad... I'm pretty sure the rise of festivals means a hugely disproportionate rise of "revenue" (this is not profit) to the industry. The problem with this is that rather than

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"In a world in which musicians are encouraged, if not forced, to cater exclusively to their most passionate followers, likewise a world in which music fans listen exclusively to music most passionately loved, we lose this important but overlooked capacity to connect. The world shrinks. Something about being human is lost.""I suspect many musicians will be unhappy when they find that time and

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In case you did not get this email and still have incorrect information for us!URGENT: Please remove "1 Junction Mews" and "1 Chilworth Mews" from your database.HelloApologies for the mass email and that this is fifth time I've contacted some of you but I really-really need you to update your contact database for DrownedinSound, theQuietus, theLipster and Thrash Hits and remove the (above)

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Part one of my shuffled series of my favourite things of the Noughties.Nominee for Best LyricsFoals in winter coatsWhite girls of the northFile past one five and oneThey are the fabled lambs of Sunday hamThe EHS normAnd they could float above the grassIn circles if they triedA latent power I know they hideTo keep some hope aliveThat a girl like I could ever tryCould ever trySo we just skirt the

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Seems a bit early but I've already been asked for my top 10 albums of the year. Here's the 10 I just gave, in no particular order:Top 10Metric - FantasiesSt Vincent - ActorPhoenix - Wolfgang AmadeusIdlewild - Post-Electric BluesGrizzly Bear - VeckatimestYeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, David Lynch, etc - Dark Night of the Soul Paramore - brand new eyesManic Street

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Did this for DiS yesterday here: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137961-year-2000-a-playlist-of-songs-wot-soundtracked-the-launch-of-disNine years ago this week, my life was a complete and utter mess. After a couple of years running a music fanzine via email, I'd finally stumbled across a tech-whiz and a wonderful world of people who loved music as much as I did, who all really liked the idea

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http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1169272/seaninsound

SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-57077774971841528532009-08-27T12:58:00.004+01:002009-08-27T13:03:45.876+01:00

A quick update from DiS about what's on our site at the moment but firstly, if you haven't already, become a fan of DiS on facebook and follow DiS on Twitter or for a full feed of the site on Twitter click this linkMUSE reveal "floating cube" stage show details http://drwndnsnd.com/~40ysoNinety songs of The Noughties - DiS Editor's Picks (P2K Alternative) http://drwndnsnd.com/~148kCt + loads more

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IDLEWILD BIOGRAPHY When the coke-shrivelled testicles of Brit-pop were still in full-swing, Idlewild were dropping out of art school and ingesting Fugazi, Superchunk "...and all those small bands on American indie-rock labels." A few gigs, a few seven inch singles and then in 1998 they released their 'Captain' mini album via Steve Lamacq's Deceptive label (at the time home to Elastica) before

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So Pitchfork are doing their P2K run-down of the songs of the decade. I've been slowly putting together DiS' coverage in the background. I'm still deliberating on what the acts/songs/bands of the decade are (I wanna do a definitive editorial list, lots of discussion sparking lists and the ultimate reader census, with all sorts of bells and whistles).Anyway, in the meantime, here's my 90-

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The above cover, posted today on Anti- Records' blog, is just one of a trillion reasons why Elliott's unique talent, silken voice and his own joyous melancholy-cum-music means/meant so much to me. Few musicians have reached, touched and tickled these parts of my emotions. Few other musicians come close. At first it was because his music felt cat-like, it was aloof and didn't seem to care if you

SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-13967639624830287182009-08-05T11:05:00.007+01:002009-08-07T12:36:52.941+01:00

Before DiS embarks on a review of the Noughties, I've been taking my own personal voyage back to the 90s in an attempt to set a watermark for what the 00s need to live upto (especially as I don't want our list of the decade to be some indier than thou misrepresentation , although it will obvs feature Postal Service).Anyway, if I made you a mixtape in the 90s or you heard me playing records at a

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Was just asked these two frequently asked questions again...- What do you see the role of a record label 5 years from now?If there are still labels it'll be the same as it ever was with them acting as a bank to advance(/invest) money to cash flow musicians but taking a share of various revenue streams that they don't add anything to. It'd be interesting if any of the promoters buy any of the

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DrownedinSound.com has announced the 12 Neptune Music Prize nominees for the 2009 alternative Mercury Music Prize, following the success of last year's Pluto prize. Find out who's nominated, why we changed the name, hear the albums and cast your vote here: http://drownedinsound.com/neptune .Also on DiS...- Pearl Jam album art puzzle- The Get Up Kids apologise for inventing emo- St Vincent talks

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Based on my Last.fm listening...Via: http://xhochy.org/lastfm-nationstats/

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Bat For Lashes – The WizardMartha Wainwright – I Wish I WereJeniferever – From Across the SeaYouthmovies – The Naughtiest Girl Is a MonitorThe Koreans – Machine CodeKaiser Chiefs – Born to Be a Dancer (demo)Les Incompétents – How it all Went WrongMetric – HandshakesthisGIRL – Oscilloscope LoveBlood Red Shoes – Try HarderKaiser Chiefs – Oh My GodMetric – Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT mix)Les

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Been pondering this bands as start-ups concept too but I have a huge problem with it. Been curious about the reactions to the NYT piece, especially as I was the guy who released Metric's previous record 'Live it Out' in the UK. They're an interesting example which kinda breaks this bands as a start-up concept into disperate red herring puzzle pieces.My main issue is that start-ups and hyped new

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Seth Godin:"We need to make a distinction between the music business and music. There’s more music now than ever before, listened to more often, by more people. There’s no music shortage, there’s no music problem. The music industry however is a group of people who don’t necessarily play music but is trying to profit from the people who do. What we have is three people involved now, we have the

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The year so far stats seemed rather popular on here, so thought some of you might be curious to know http://drownedinsound.com's stats for June 2009, which has been a rather big month for the site.Most Read:Oasis In Photos - although 68% of the traffic on these were from GoogleArtist 'n' Artist: Frederick Blood-Royale meets The Mars VoltaGlastonbury In Photos: Lady Gaga - again mostly Google and

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Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset Part ISt. Vincent – The StrangersHandsome Furs – Radio KaliningradSufjan Stevens – You Are The BloodYeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull LifeDirty Projectors – No IntentionAnimal Collective – Brother SportPassion Pit – SleepyheadThe Maccabees – No Kind Words / Bag Of Bones Part A - Album Version*School Of Seven Bells – IamundernodisguiseManic Street Preachers – Jackie Collins

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I've been drafting and deleting various blogs in relation to the Digital Britain report and how disappointed I am that, despite it being a decade since the music industry and governments dropped the ball with turning Napster legit, it might as well have been yesterday.Before I go into any depth, I wanted to reveal some things I've found. First off, for the sake of context, here is a selection of

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Please Note: If you'd like to join the DiS mailing list click here.---------------------------D R O W N E DI N _ S O U N D---------------------------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

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Earlier this year I started writing a regular (about every 3 weeks) column for the Sunday Times Culture. I share the My Generation column with the former Deputy Ed of NME who's now based in New York as the music director of Nylon Krissi Murison and Rebecca Nicholson, former Editor of The Lipster (RIP), who now freelancedly writes lolness 'n' greatness all over the place.A few people (3) have

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Created using this http://www.associativetrails.com/stuff/normalisefm/index.cfmLast.fm normalised rankings A little application to rank your favourite artists and albums by an estimation of how long you have spent listening to them. The form below takes your last.fm username, gets the lists of your favourite artists or albums and estimates the time you have spent listening to each of them

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DROWNED IN SOUND Google Analytics Traffic Stats: January 1st - June 1st 2009VisitorsTotal visits to the site: 3,072,847 (average 607k per month)Total unique visitors to the site: 1,359,201 (average 304k per month)New visitors: + 7.74% (based on same period in 2008)PagesTotal number of page views: 15,500,330 Average number of pages viewed by visitor: 5.04Average time spent on the site: 6mins

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SeaninSummer: http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/2l6WtuBFATWS95pzwGAVkw Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset Part ITarwater – StoneThe Flaming Lips – Bohemian Rhapsody - Bonus Track Dolby Digital StereoGui Boratto – Beatiful LifeYACHT – The Summer SongRadio 4 – Dance to the Underground (DFA remix)The Rolling Stones – I'm Free - The Postal Service RemixThe Shins – Spilt Needles (

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On this DiS boards this week people have been sharing various Last.fm mash-ups which allow you to find out a little more about your Last.fm listening. Here are the results of two apps I checked out [yes, this might be about the most default blog nerdism I've ever posted but I bet some of you go away and do this on your own Last.fm stats, even if you don't post it below].'Fitting in' with the DiS

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Hello,This is a brief update from DrownedinSound.com to inform you (especially PR people, bands and labels) that for the next few weeks we're not receiving any CDs/Vinyl in the post as we're between offices and also because we want to try and see how it would be if we decided to become more eco-friendly on a permanent basis.So, until further notice...PLEASE REMOVE ALL POSTAL ADDRESSES YOU HAVE

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My friend and former employee Rebecca Nicholson interviewed me for the Guardian last week. The piece itself is here but seeing as much of what was discussed revolves around questions a lot of people are asking me (especially for their ruddy degree coursework... which is somewhat ironic as I didn't even do a degree, although the amount of times I've answered people's questions I feel as if I have

SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-62118764818143270022009-04-07T08:16:00.011+01:002009-04-07T11:51:13.184+01:00

By crazy, I mean less bonkers than doing a deal with a non-music-minded or Murdoch-like media corp again. Or as in, less crazy than turning the whole thing back into an amateur project, with an hour or so of several peoples time spent on it a week... which, quite likely, would mean DiS going the way of Stylus (RIP) - although things are stable at the moment, so that isn't something people need to

SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-34286823782996640982009-03-11T16:51:00.004Z2009-03-11T17:04:23.669Z

A party for those off us NOT off to Austin this year.Hosted by DrownedinSound.comDate: Tues 17th March 2009 Time: 18:00 - 21:00 Location: Uptairs @ The Texas Embassy - Bar & Cantina Street: 1 Cockspur Street, SW1Y 5DL Town/City: London, United Kingdom (gmap)DescriptionThis is a special party, hosted by DrownedinSound.com, upstairs at The Texas Embassy in Trafalgar Square, London, SW1. [We're

SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-28624771379715696482009-03-07T12:00:00.002Z2009-03-07T12:09:52.693Z

RE: Ask Richard Branson AnythingI run a music community and record label called Drowned in Sound, and have a two multi-pronged questions… 1) Your exit from music retail was very timely, as was the selling of your stake in V2 Records; what do you think the future is for music consumption? Do you think there’s a sustainable business model left in music - especially for a brand like Virgin, which

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Hi All,Hope 2009 is treating you well thus far. Just wanted to give you aquick update on all things Drowned in Sound, mostly to do with newbands, not sending us singles any longer, 2008 stats and the future ofDiS...NEW BANDS // DiScoverYou should have already had an email from rob@drownedinsound.com ournew DiScover editor (he's based in Sheff and working less thanpart-time, so please don't expect

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1. Politicians & Professional Musicians vs The (Pirate) People: Governments to legislate against P2PA levy for access? A tax on anything with a hard disc? Paying for large volumes of data transfer/bandwidth? However it happens, it looks most likely to finally happen this year, especially now that the active dialogue between the music biz/government and the ISP's is ongoing. Industries like TV and

SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-56530148816914095812008-12-11T17:32:00.004Z2008-12-11T17:49:40.253Z

Let's face it, 2008 hasn't been a great year for popular music. Whilst sales don't equate to great music, compiling this list we found little of merit with a platinum/gold/silver disc to its name. After years of bands from 'our world' breaking through (Arctic Monkeys, Franz, Outkast, Strokes, Bloc Party, Gnarls, Arcade Fire, etc...), it was a stark but healthy reminder just how clogged up the

SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-45093179467955182172008-12-01T23:58:00.006Z2008-12-02T11:59:16.166Z

Today, my twitter went a little bit crazy, or at least my inbox alerts about new followers did. It felt a smidgeon like an invasion to my little niche clique, where, like when I was originally on the internet (er, 14 years ago - which is totally, like, seeing the Rolling Stones play a mediocre show to 10 people), I swapped links and blabbered whatever, whenever, knowing only a thimble-full of

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Rough Trade People's Voice Prize, powered by DrownedinSound.com.Two of independent music's most authoritative voices have combined forces to create a new People's Voice award to highlight the year's best independent releases.The top 50 albums of the year have been nominated by Rough Trade staff, and now readers of Drowned in Sound have been asked to pick their favourite three records. The list

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hey sean, i know you are probably dead busy, but is there any chance you could maybe spare five mins to answer a few question for a piece i'm doing for my next zine? it is just an end of year review type thing, and it would be ace if i could get you involved as DiS has played a big part in why i am writing over the years. cheers,dan xx myspace.com/pullyourselftogethermcrGig of the year – The

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Next week we've got some Polish people in to clean our crystal balls and DiS is running our 2009 preview. This first part of our preview comes somewhat prematurely as there are bugger-all good records left to come out and well, with the web it's always good to be first.Today I'm asking people who are always 'on it' the following questions:- what do you think the dominant sound(s) of 2009 might be

SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-85728741201377833992008-11-01T14:12:00.012Z2008-11-01T16:34:44.484Z

Apparently it's not too early, my ol' mucker Mike Diver has already done his over on his blog. As there's little left to be released this year and as I'm bound to be asked what mine are about 20 times in the next few weeks (and give out a different list and have them in varying orders whenever asked) here're the albums I've not been able to get enough of this year...1. Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (

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One of the most successful British pop bands of recent times have joined forces with the folks who helped them kick things off...The band say "For those that either can’t remember, or don’t know, Drowned in Sound gave Kaiser Chiefs our first leg-up in 2004, releasing the first single 'Oh My God' on their label. We’re pleased to see them doing so well these days, and to be invited back to

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Hello, So there was a (somewhat premature) thread cussing me and wishing Mike Diver was back a few weeks ago (me too! missing him helluva lot), back at a time before I'd really got my legs under the table and was preoccupied with sorting out redundancies, plotting and shaping the new site and especially finding out what was coming up (which was very much being thrown in at the deep end as Oct

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I'm in Iceland this week. Expect photos*, reviews, rubbing it in and wotnot.Isn't that cheap, beer in minibar is over £3 but Raz reckons he just got a hotdog for under a quid.Talking at this You Are In Control Conference thingy tomorrow. Curious to hear what gal from Pitchfork has to say for herself. And then Iceland Airwaves gets underway.* = oh yeah, shoulda remembered my camera.

SeanDiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422769114297834301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446763624650825607.post-18162097673178167382008-09-24T20:55:00.001+01:002008-09-24T20:58:08.715+01:00

Did you not get this in your inbox? Join the mailing list here: http://lists.drownedinsound.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/updates/This is what just went out...- - - - - - - - - - - D R O W N E DI N S O U N D- - - - - - - - - - -Hullo!We've been somewhat busy. Since we last mailed you DiS has been...1) Beavering away on version five of our site which goes live to coincide with DiS' 8TH BIRTHDAY

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DiS is nearly eight. October is our birthday month and we're doing various things to celebrate. Join me/us if you can.Thursday October 2nd 2008DiS 8th Birthday Drinks@ Strongroom Bar, LondonBefore C&G gets under way DiS will be playing some of our favourite records and having drinks from 5pm-7pm. Everyone welcome, especially those hauling around presents. DiS Stage: Concrete & Glass@ Hoxton

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RotD Media SpotlightExplanation: The Media Spotlight feature provides a platform for journalists, programmers and other music media people to tell RotD readers about themselves. The questions deal both with music and the rest of life, and both serious and more flippant responses are welcome. You do not have to answer all the questions below, but we’d encourage you to answer as many as

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The past few weeks have been a bit like using my get-out-of-jail-free card but having no clothes and ten miles to walk to reach civilization. People think things are going to end, because for a lot of good people it has been the end of the line. As much as I wanna tell everyone else 'everything's gonna be alright', I've wanted to be as respectful as possible. It's hard to keep the perception of a

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Sean AdamsFounder & Editor DrownedinSound.com / MD DrownedinSound Recordings Back in October 2000, Sean - then an 18 year old in a bedroom 200 miles away from London - pulled together a bunch of music obsessives to form DrownedinSound.com, which was one of the first online music mags-slash-blogs-slash-social-networks.Over the past nine years DiS has become, according to Observer Music Monthly "

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