Surfacing Music's Collective Power for Change

For 25 years our publication and podcast has recommended music. We now also spark conversations and create resources to help music fans discover their collective power.

Essay

“Seguimos Aquí”: Thank you Bad Bunny for making me cry

ICE, America and a Halftime show that refused to be silent

“Seguimos Aquí”: Thank you Bad Bunny for making me cry

Featured stories

Newsletter

Music Venue Trust Calls Out Live Nation

Music Venue Trust Calls Out Live Nation

The state of grassroots music in the spotlight + track of the week + news Aphex news

Essay

Let's not return to 2016... let's learn from it!

Let's not return to 2016... let's learn from it!

Emma Wilkes reflects on 10 years since we lost Bowie, Prince, and Carrie Fisher. Trump's first election. Brexit.

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Drowned in Sound's 25 Favourite Albums of 2025: 10-1

Drowned in Sound's 25 Favourite Albums of 2025: 10-1

Our countdown continues with our 10 favourite albums of the year.

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Drowned in Sound's 25 Favourite Albums of 2025: 25-11

Drowned in Sound's 25 Favourite Albums of 2025: 25-11

It's albums of the year o'clock! The best? Maybe. Our favourites? Definitely. Words by Sean Adams & Emma Wilkes.

Interview

How Neurodivergent Musicians Process Music Differently

How Neurodivergent Musicians Process Music Differently

Acknowledging the unself: Conjurer's Dani Nightingale on metal and autism

Resources

Why Gig Tickets Are a Mess: Everything You Need To Know (And How Fans Can Fix It)

Why Gig Tickets Are a Mess: Everything You Need To Know (And How Fans Can Fix It)

A shareable resource covering: live music scams, soaring gig prices, ticket monopolies, and the fixes already underway

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ANOHNI Shared A Vision Of Our Future. Now I Can't Unsee It

ANOHNI Shared A Vision Of Our Future. Now I Can't Unsee It

"It looked like a very beautiful sunlit graveyard, with beautiful grave stones." - ANOHNI sparked this reflection on climate grief, music's role in resistance, and why small actions matter when facing overwhelming crises.

Newsletter

Can You Help? (3mins)

Surreal impression of a man holding a phone and an umbrella, reflected on a metallic surface dripping with rain

3 minutes of your time...

Podcast

The Earth Is Singing. Are We Finally Listening?

The Earth Is Singing. Are We Finally Listening?

Melting Glaciers & Sound as Resistance & DiS meets Martyn Ware (Heaven 17 / The Human League),

Newsletter

What it's really like to be an art-pop band in 2025

What it's really like to be an art-pop band in 2025

DiS meets Stealing Sheep

Newsletter

Chill That Overwhelm

Chill That Overwhelm

A record that's an antidote to the whirl of it all.

Newsletter

A zine... about Goths... in Nature

A zine... about Goths... in Nature

What connections: Chris Packham, bird watching, and a gothic disco radio show?

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