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 ...

Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Year: 2020 The records that were stuck on repeat on our ghost-ship. » news ...

DiS: You're the only two original members in the current line-up. Did you consider reforming the first incarnation of the band, particularly for the Raise shows? Adam Franklin: No. Steve (George) has ...

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 ...

Anyone for another end of year list? We have shared our songs of the year, UK & Irish albums of the year and Dom's gigs of the year. Now it is time for our annual albums list. In a year where music ...

This year, Kula Shaker release K 2.0 – a companion to their seminal debut, K, released in September 1996. At the time of this interview, I'm huddled in a quiet corner of a restaurant in New Delhi and ...

I'm going to start this photo feature by saying I love where I grew up. It might not be California or the south of France but it is my home and is big part of who I am. Welcome to Kilsyth/Banton Andy ...

Urban Hymns, The Verve 's legendary breakthrough album, turns 20 next month. Released on 29 September 1997, Urban Hymns was the band's third long player, and was recorded amidst band tensions between ...

It's album of the year timeLet Them Eat Chaos In the conclusion to his review of this critically-celebrated opus, Nick Roseblade said: “ Let Them Eat Chaos yet again showcases not only Tempest’s ...

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 ...

Fresh, glaring sunlight pours through the open door at Collins’ cottage in the banks of Lewes Castle in Sussex. It’s the first properly hot day of the year – unseasonably hot - and I’m sat at her ...

For years I wanted the complete Pere Ubu back catalogue. I’d tease myself as a teenager walking into record shops and pick up one of the million albums that made up their back catalogue, or so it ...