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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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Drowned In Sound partners with Jeremy Corbyn's new festival Bulletproof

Maruja, Sprints, and many more are playing a new festival in London celebrating community in music and independent venues

Drowned In Sound partners with Jeremy Corbyn's new festival Bulletproof

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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.

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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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Great albums still to come in 2025

Great albums still to come in 2025

Track of the Week! Albums still to come in the rest of 2025! Grassroots news!

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Marilyn Manson faces zero consequences and returns to the UK this week

Marilyn Manson faces zero consequences and returns to the UK this week

Marilyn Manson's back in the UK this week - but despite multiple allegations of abuse, how is he still so revered?

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ALT BLK ERA on life-changing grassroots music projects

ALT BLK ERA on life-changing grassroots music projects

ALT BLK ERA have had a huge 2025 - but it all started with community grassroots youth projects. We spoke to them about the difference those projects made to their lives...

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What if musicians had a living wage?

What if musicians had a living wage?

Ireland's providing musicians with basic income. We ask - what would better workers' rights look like? And why does imagining better matter?

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CWFEN top the 2025 Neptune Prize List

CWFEN top the 2025 Neptune Prize List

And the winner of our alternative to the Mercury Prize is...

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Neptune Prize - Last Chance To Vote

Neptune Prize - Last Chance To Vote

A pile of exquisite records from the UK & Ireland to welcome into your collection.

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