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

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

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

Defunding Ticket Touts

Defunding Ticket Touts

Fairer ticketing coming to the UK?

The joys of the 10pm finish

The joys of the 10pm finish

Gig-goers love a 10pm finish - but should all gigs have one? Sometimes, it's not always practical...

Music Venue Trust respond to DiS' Gig Times Article

Music Venue Trust respond to DiS' Gig Times Article

DiS has started a kerfuffle about curfews.

The guesswork of gig-going: why don't venues share their stage times?

The guesswork of gig-going: why don't venues share their stage times?

Estimating what time a gig starts is a dilemma for any music fan. Why is it such a problem? And what are artists doing to help?

Reframing Heavy Music: How queer doomgazers Cwfen won the Neptune Prize

Reframing Heavy Music: How queer doomgazers Cwfen won the Neptune Prize

Cwfen’s Sorrows oozes gothic charm and pitch-black melancholia to devastating, beautiful effect.

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