First-person shooters are first-class success stories in contemporary gaming. Of the top-three selling titles of 2011, two were FPS in nature – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 – and ...

Lounge. Twee Pop. Tropicalia. Easy Listening. Jazz. Funk. Giallo. City Pop. Indie Pop. Baggy-Madchester. Ye-ye. 60’s Soul. Video Game Music. Downtempo. House. Nu ...

“It sounds a bit fanciful” explains the English folk singer Shirley Collins, sipping water from a glass goblet at her home in Lewes, “but it’s not, it’s actually what I feel and I just want to do the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today, the Manic Street Preachers release the 20th anniversary edition of their debut long player 'Generation Terrorists'. To mark the occasion, DiS has christened today "Manics Monday"... "When we ...

Most modern-day garage rock bands aim to sound as hard as possible, but The Young Sinclairs from Roanoke, Virginia, USA, in the Blue Ridge Mountains are a '60s-influenced group who've sworn allegiance ...

DiS' person of 2014 (Perfect Pussy's Meredith Graves) meets Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian... Stuart Murdoch and I are happy to talk on the phone. We’re glad we can’t see each other. My hair ...

It's Phoenix versus the air conditioning. It's a freezing cold day in late February, during what has since become known as The Winter That Refused To Die. Given the complete lack of anything ...

Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Wiltzie formed A Winged Victory For The Sullen and announced the release of their debut, self-titled record earlier this year. It promises a great deal and delivers even ...

DiS: Finally, I have to ask you about the band's name, Ringo Deathstarr, and who came up with it? Alex: The story of the band's name comes from way before I even joined them. They were just starting ...