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Drowned in Sound - Live
Following innovators can be a tough task. Trick number one: Get absolutely sh*t-wasted...
Drowned in Sound - Live
It begins with a disclaimer, of sorts: “I’ve just had tonsillitis,” says drummer Steve, a chest-bearing throat-shredding front man in a former musical life. We’re to forgive him if his vocals crack under the strain of recent illness. As it happens, they go the distance fine...
Drowned in Sound - Live
The second of Mudhoney’s Don’t Look Back shows follows the exact same trajectory as the previous evenings’, i.e. they play Superfuzz Bigmuff from start to finish straying not once from the predetermined route...
Drowned in Sound - Live
Tim Vanhamel's uber heavy stoner funk punk band chew up the Barfly and leave it cheering for more...
Drowned in Sound - Live
Pretty they may be, but Comanechi rage like they’ve been thrown down a well for 15 years and have come back, hair over face, to rain down bloody revenge.
Drowned in Sound - Live
Forget the increasingly weary contrivances of a year of guerilla gigs in trees, subways and zebra crossings; Mystery Jets prove that within the confines of four walls, rock 'n' roll can still be dynamic, hopeful and mercifully cliché-free.
Drowned in Sound - Live
One day every band will possess this kind of lucid ambition and enthusiasm without the annoying pomposity and pretense. Until such a time, there is simply no ego like Lo-Ego...
Drowned in Sound - Live
Dealing in a currency of failed relationships and troubled minds, Shout Out Louds' songs take downbeat subjects and turn them into floor fillers. It's a simple plan, but if they can continues to win over audiences like this, it's only a matter of time before it comes to fruition.
Drowned in Sound - Live
Two bands that share no physical percussion take the stage in glamorous Highbury. DiS checks the spectacle of Test Icicles and ever-evolving Ex-Models.
Drowned in Sound - Live
Elbow:- Not so much from rags to riches as having fallen into luck, armed with an astonishingly uplifting honesty; these are songs written ‘like they used to be’ and there’s no broader compliment to offer.
Drowned in Sound - Live
The air is alive with positivity, with joy and celebration; one can only hope that Pit er Pat’s next visit to our capital is sooner rather than later...
Drowned in Sound - Live
At first the vibrations feel as if an errant mobile phone is going off, only all over your body. Eventually, it’s akin to being buried in a pile of spinning washing machines full of weapons-grade concrete.
Drowned in Sound - Live
Classically trained musicians playing rock arrangements is far from conventional, but it's the formula that has made 2005 the year of The Arcade Fire. DiS investigate what must be one of their last 'intimate' shows.
Drowned in Sound - Live
Kentucky’s answer to emo-rock, Emanuel, stumble onto stage in good health and heart blustering an energetic and vibrant appeal across the crowd of young punks.
Drowned in Sound - Live
Post-soft-rock, shambolic indie-rockin' and Mactastic electronica abounds. Make sure you’re freaky dancing when the revolution comes.
Drowned in Sound - Live
The Swarm are like a concoction of cyanide, nails and nitro glycerine, shaken and stirred then served in a coffin shaped vat, finished off by an unhealthy dose of fear for dessert.
Drowned in Sound - Live
Sunderland-based This Aint Vegas have returned to recording ways with a devilishly good second album, The Night Don Benito Saved My Life, and have rolled into town for the first of two capital shows to prove just how potent the new songs are...
Drowned in Sound - Live
We Are Scientists make quirky and interesting songs that infiltrate the very darkest recesses of your plagued mind. This band will shortly be found in a music chart near you. Fact.
Drowned in Sound - Live
"We do still exist", TCTC singer Ben Gautrey assures the audience, but he needn't bother because his band's display has already proven beyond all reasonable doubt that, despite an eight month break, Reading's favourite sons are still alive and kicking.
Drowned in Sound - Live
A very short yet extremely sweet set, mic-leap feats of escapology and a postcard with a puffin on it. Wednesday nights never used to be like this...
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Once known as a kitschy toy, the ukulele is now a hit with even the hippest musicians. Young people worldwide comb YouTube for instructional videos to learn to play the four-stringed instrument. And to ukulele fans, player Jake Shimabukuro is the big kahuna.
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The Welsh musician's new album Lights topped the U.K. albums chart. She won the "Critics Choice Award" at the Brit Awards and the "BBC Sound of 2010." Host Michel Martin speaks with Ellie Goulding about her childhood and career, as well as the link between art and pain.
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As part of the duo The Weather Girls, Martha Wash gained fame with the smash hit "It's Raining Men." Here, Wash talks about her new music, overcoming injustice as she rose in the music industry, and perceptions of physical appearance versus talent.
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Sister-act Mary Mary has reigned over the gospel scene for more than a decade, propelled by uplifting lyrics and a blend of different genres. Host Michel Martin speaks with Erica and Tina Campbell about life, their passion for the word of God and their new album, Something Big.
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They burst onto the international music scene more than a decade ago, with a blend of European and African styles they call "Afropean." Now the French-based duo, Les Nubians is back with a new album serves up more of their global soulful sound. Guest host Farai Chideya speaks with the singing sisters about their latest project, as they perform a selection of songs off their album, titled Nu Revolution.
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Clare and Olivier Manchon are at the heart of the chamber-folk ensemble Clare and the Reasons. Its second album, Arrow, is a collaborative effort that shows off the band's big sound. Here, it performs on Mountain Stage with Bob Hart and a brass section from West Virginia University.
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At 19, Hammond hitchhiked to Los Angeles to start his career. Now, 40 years later, he's created a blues repertoire that spans generations. Hear Hammond perform a mix of original and cover songs, including "Get Behind the Mule" by Tom Waits.
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Australian-born singer Butterfly Boucher was making instrumental music at the age of 10. Years later, she was performing all the instruments on her 2004 album, Flutterby. She stopped by Mountain Stage armed with only her electric guitar, to perform a set.
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Leavell is one of the most sought-after pianists in the world. Even if you didn't know it, you've heard his work with George Harrison, The Black Crowes and Eric Clapton. He visited Mountain Stage and performed a set with Doug Payne on saxophone and Don Dixon on bass.
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The musical palette of multi-instrumentalist David Lindley is as varied and eccentric as his colorful onstage apparel. For this intimate Mountain Stage performance, Lindley played instruments as varied as a Hawaiian lap-steel guitar and a traditional Middle Eastern oud.
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In her third appearance on Mountain Stage, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mindy Smith performs music from her 2006 album Long Island Shores. She also dips into her 2004 debut, One Moment More, and performs a cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene."
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Claudette King grew up listening to her father's music and attending as many of his concerts as she could, to spend time with him. Now, years later, the daughter of blues legend, BB King, is a singer in her own right. Host Michel Martin speaks with King about her new album, "We're Onto Something", and her relationship with her father.
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They're street musicians who'd already been playing for change in different cities across the globe. Then a Grammy-winning producer gathered and recorded each of them and crafted a layered piece of music that became a YouTube hit. And the multinational band "Playing for Change" was born.
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Tunstall came of age at a time when pop princesses were all the rage. Her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was a smash hit, earning her a Grammy nomination. Now she's released her third album, Tiger Suit.
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Jónsi is known not only for his work with the experimental Icelandic rock group Sigur Rós, but also for his own innovative use of sound and his elaborate multimedia live performances. Hear his solo concert, recorded live from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club.