Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community
DiS is one of the original music blogs and online communities, founded back in 2000. Its back as a weekly newsletter about the future of music and as a podcast hosted by founder Sean Adams. ⚓︎ http://drownedinsound.org
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- Glimmers of hope in grassroots music amidst the despair of seeing just 8.8% of shows contribute £1 per arena and stadium ticket to the voluntary grassroots levy Will Live Nation get onboard before it becomes mandatory? www.drownedinsound.org/music-venue-...
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- When is a t-shirt more than a piece of merch? www.drownedinsound.org/girls-love-t...
- The closure of fabric and Brexit were two big moments for Kelly Lee Owens
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- OUT Artists propping up fascism Spotify Industry plant discourse Trying to separate music from politics Exploitative ticketing practices The music industry's superfan obsession Festivals powered by the military-industrial complex Doomerism
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- Describe your 2026 goals using only song titles:
- Was a meme the song of the summer?! DiS founder Sean Adams and music journalist @emmabwilkes.bsky.social (NME, Kerrang and DiS) rundown the biggest stories of the year, including lots of things you might have missed podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
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- How many of our top 25 have you heard? www.drownedinsound.org/drowned-in-s...
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- This feels like a real moment with satire sites calling out Spotify We went pretty deep about this on recent editions of our podcast
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- We talk a lot about the things that need to change in music and on this week’s Drowned in Sound podcast we meet one of the driving forces behind ending touts and bots ripping off fans 🙌
- How do you feel about people sharing Spotify Wrapped in 2025?
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- Are you sick of guessing gig times? According to the Music Fans’ Voice Survey conducted earlier this year, 44 per cent of respondents said that having advance information about the stage times and/or the show end time would enable them to attend more live music events #MusicThreads
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- Recording our album of the year pod this week. What great record musn’t we forget?
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- We’re 25 today. Which artists have we turned you onto over the years?
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- Former Labour leader @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social is starting a music festival to support grassroots scenes and DiS’ @emmabwilkes.bsky.social caught up with him to find out more www.drownedinsound.org/jeremy-corby...
- List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep 1) whether Pinkerton is better than Blue 2) why rock isn’t dead 3) a new song I’ve had stuck on repeat for about 8 days
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- “I counted down the days until my favourite music magazines went on sale, reading and re-reading till the words were half-memorised, learning by osmosis how to write about music.” @emmabwilkes.bsky.social www.drownedinsound.org/idlewild-pal...
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- Disappointed by this year’s Mercury Prize list? We had this feeling back in 2008 and set up an alternative prize. No entry fees. Our community of music lovers recommend records for the long list. We’ve listened to over 100 nominees and here’s our 2025 Neptune Prize shortlist
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- New: 30 years on from the britpop wars, two authors in the thick of it, one a teenage fan, the other in a band you’ve somehow never heard of @annadoble.bsky.social and @jamesbpcook.bsky.social on The Other #Britpop www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
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- Have we reached peak megagig? www.drownedinsound.org/have-we-reac...
- Back to school vibes. What artist logo are you tippexing onto your folder?
- A big weekend ahead www.drownedinsound.org/chappell-roa...
- Who’s your favourite TikTokker, YouTuber or music journalist? Over the last few weeks we’ve spoken to Mary Spender who has had over 100m views on YouTube, @lanikaps.bsky.social who’s one of our favourite feature writers, and this week the brilliant TikTokker @shoshinboy.bsky.social
- This week’s newsletter has kicked off a lot of discussion. Feels like we really need more focus on how to fix the systemic issues with music discovery If you’ve not already got it in your inbox, you can read the piece online here www.drownedinsound.org/music-discov...
- Music discovery: 2000-2025 In doing some research, I realised *How* those life-changing acts entered our world and why some acts had lengthy careers is perhaps less discussed in our recent history than the who www.drownedinsound.org/music-discov...
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