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Martha Wainwright, Jeniferever, to name but a few. As we kick off our regular series of label features, it would seem remiss to not highlight the one that exists above our very heads (the room upstairs, innit). For those who’ve met Sean Adams, you’ll know that he hasn’t changed that much in the last few years. In fact, the only real physical variation is the ever-changing roster of band t-shirts adorning him. Today it’s a deep chocolate (and evidently adored) Sigur Rós one. Very muc...

Blimey, that went quickly! The end of 2014 is nigh, and we’ve heard some cracking songs in its oh so brief existence. From Future Islands to ‘Fancy’, everyone’s got their favourite and they’re all completely different from each other. To find some order in the chaos, we asked over 30 Drowned In Sound staffers to vote for their top five singles of the year, then added up the results and made a list of the 40 most popular choices. Read on for the final, definitive compendium and then su...

January 5th, 2006 To create a community is a noble feat, an unselfish sharing of culture and ideas. It’s the basis for this here website and it’s the foundation for a healthy resurgence of hot dang, top popping North American indie rock bands currently falling from our alt-skies. Be it the Canadian lupine star scene or Omaha’s folk casio crooners, the sound is being brought together by a combination of sensitive souls coming together to create trouble. After spending the summer months dri...

Chilly Gonzales NO sooner was this column prepped to detail the various slowly resuming festive gigs and events coming up over the next few weeks than London was plunged into Tier 3 again. Venues are resigned to cancelling carefully planned gigs and rescheduling dates that may well be further postponed down the line. So, this week we’re focusing on more tangible/intangible elements, such as live streams, virtual experiences and Christmas releases. • Fill the gap left by the absence of live...