Here’s February’s selection of playlists from Sean Adams, founder of Drowned in Sound, a UK-based music blog and irreverent community of music lovers. Drowned in February 2011 Here we go again. Another month whooshed on by but with more great releases condensed into it than any month in recent memory. There were of course the […]

Efterklang’s third full-length album, Magic Chairs, has won the first IMPALA European Independent Album of the Year Award from a shortlist of 21 albums from across Europe. Magic Chairs is the Danish band’s first album on the UK’s seminal 4AD label, who released the record globally in February 2010, with the band’s own label, Rumraket, […]

The new European Independent Album of the Year Award is a Mercury-style award which celebrates the musical talent and diversity of independent European releases, aiming to promote exceptional artists and the independent sector alike. The winner is selected, regardless of sales figures and publicity, from a shortlist which is compiled based on a national and […]

After massive successes world-wide with hits like It Must Have Been Love, The Look and Listen To Your Heart, Roxette are currently heading out for a world tour promoting the release of their first studio album in 10 years – Charm School. The smash-hit first single “She’s Got Nothing On (But the Radio)” is already […]

Monday is Valentine’s Day and to ensure that you have enough music for an entire weekend of romance we’ve compiled a series of playlists from our label friends. Also don’t forget to check out our Valentine’s Day e-cards which are the perfect gift alongside flowers and chocolate. IODA’s Valentine’s Day Digster Valentine’s day NO Smoothies […]

In this month’s playlist post from Sean Adams, founder of Drowned in Sound, he’s been scraping the ice off 2011’s windscreen before gazing onto a whole new world ablaze with excitement for the months ahead. January’s playlist features an hour of returning heroes (Bright Eyes, PJ Harvey, …Trail of Dead, Dr Dre) and exciting new […]