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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.

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“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

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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

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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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Super Bowl x Fenty: Why Artists and Entertainers Deserve To Be Paid
Super Bowl x Fenty: Why Artists and Entertainers Deserve To Be Paid

Surely this is not a controversial opinion?

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2024's Albums of the Year
2024's Albums of the Year

10 essential, must-hear, obsession-worthy albums from the year twenty-twenty-four.

Newsletter

DiS podcast: Q&A Edition
DiS podcast: Q&A Edition

To mark 24 years of DiS, I asked for your questions and boy did you deliver.

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Why you're not out of touch with music
Why you're not out of touch with music

Is this feeling of disconnection a rare thing that unites "us"?

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What 1% of DiSsers are doing - and how you can join them
What 1% of DiSsers are doing - and how you can join them

A quick ask, an enormous impact.

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Kate Nash's ass and who's in The Class of 2025?
Kate Nash's ass and who's in The Class of 2025?

A peachy punk protest and a new DiS and Music Venue Trust new music award.

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