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seaninsound: Some DiS stats and the 10 most read things of...

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:24:39 +0000

Some DiS stats and the 10 most read things of 2010.

Just done a stats update for PR world so thought I’d share them here too for anyone who’s curious. And if anyone has access to Hitwise to get an updated version of the above UK music websites chart, that’d be really helpful.

On average, Drowned in Sound is getting just shy of half a million unique visitors per month and just over 2.5million page views per month. We had a total of 8.7mil visits in 2010 from 4.03mil unique users. Last year we had 31.7million pageviews. 61.8% of our visitors were from the UK and 16% were from the USA, 2% from Canada and Australia, closely followed by Ireland, Germany, France, Spain…

The 10 most read things of 2010 were:

1) Thread: for the second year running, the “Top 5 Dubstep songs” thread (we’re really high in google for everything Dubstep, after our special 10 Years of… Dubstep week last year)

2) List: our 2010 albums of the year list

3) Thread: the witch house thread (as featured in Guardian and various blogs)

4) Interview: Trent Reznor: why Facebook sucks

5) 8/10 Review: Arcade Fire Suburbs

6) 9/10 Review: The National High Violet

7) List: Dubstep mixtape

8) Thread: James Blake which started back in July ‘09

9) List: 10 worst album covers of the 00s

10) List: 2009 albums of the year

"Mega-news from the Blur camp - hopefully more than just another single for Record Store day: “So..."

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:05:26 +0000

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Mega-news from the Blur camp - hopefully more than just another single for Record Store day:

“So yes, this year I would say something is definitely going to happen. Quite when, I don’t know, and quite what I don’t know— but yes, we’re all back together again and great mates.”

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- Blur drummer Dave Rowntree talks to Gigwise about the band’s vague-but-promising plans for 2011. (via pitchfork)

Today’s charity shop bargain was ‘Echo Dek’ a dub remix of...

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:47:00 +0000

Today’s charity shop bargain was ‘Echo Dek’ a dub remix of Primal Scream’s 1997 Vanishing Point album.

As expected it’s brooding, dark and most of the action happens in the lower range. Luckily, for a remix album that’s over a decade old, it doesn’t sound too dated – although some samples, such as the repeating doorbell ring feel a bit out of place these days. Unless you’re feeling exceptionally zoned out, the highlights are the more textured areas, particularly when the vocals or touches of saxophone come in, rather than the spacey rhythmic sections.

Well worth exploring, regardless of whether you listen with preconceptions of Primal Scream – this doesn’t really sound anything like their usual fare.

Albums of 2010

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:46:48 +0000

Dear Year-2000 me, you know you were really cynical about the whole album thing - making Mini Disc’s of the best tunes downloaded from Napster, thinking “In the future. There Will Be No Albums”. Here’s my top ten albums of the year.

10. The National – High Violet

While lacking the anthemic bombast of ‘Alligator’ and the atmosphere of ‘Boxer’, The National’s fifth album excels in its variety - from Terrible Love’s noisy conclusion through to the whispered-intimacy of ‘Vanderlye’. See also: Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest.

9. Twin Shadow – Forget

A delightfully playful debut album from Brooklyn’s Twin Shadow. Full of imagination, variety and bags of melody.

8. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening.

We expected the perfect production, we expected the vocals and we expected the beats. What must be given credit on LCD’s third and apparently final album is the well-crafted songs and the way that his band of DFA all-stars recreated the album live.

7. Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal

OPN and Emeralds soundtracked the quieter hours of 2010.

6. Darkstar – North

The perfect winter album. Falling somewhere between an 80s pop album and slow-paced post-Dilla hip-hop, this is the album that Massive Attack should have made to follow up Mezzanine.

5. Mount Kimbie – Crooks and Lovers.

Repeat listens of Crooks and Lovers resulted in the understated, little sketches of melody bubbling up to the surface. A complete joy.

4. Sleigh Bells – Treats

With a lack of guitar heroes bothering my iPod, Sleigh Bells are exactly what this year needed. Ridiculously loud, silly, brash and very pop.

3. Forest Swords – Dagger Paths

A consuming and brooding treat for the ears. Forest Sword’s debut release is a record so considered and focussed that it could only be the work of one artist, where every sound is important and weaves to create the whole piece.

2. Caribou – Swim

This follow up to the sunshine-pop of Andorra was an unexpected joy. One of those truly great electronic albums that sound equally good on the couch, in the club, or played by Caribou’s full-live band.

1. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

This was the defining album of 2010, Cosmogramma - the moment that FlyLo stepped far away from the Dilla template that he followed on ‘Los Angeles’ and made a completely nuts, banger of an album - a real journey, and the best hip-hop/psychedelic/jazz album released in years.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19)

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:42:51 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12)

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:23:12 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5)

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:34:15 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-28)

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:18:37 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-28):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-21)

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:03:23 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-21):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-14)

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:44:56 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-14):

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soundcloud: So yeah, that happened: The new, intuitive...

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:09:58 +0000

soundcloud:

So yeah, that happened:

The new, intuitive Korg iMS-20 application transforms users’ iPads into complete analog synth studios with a detailed recreation of the legendary Korg MS-20 semi-modular analog synth, along with a built-in 16-step analog sequencer, based on the Korg SQ-10.

A variety of additional new features, including an analog drum machine, mixer, dual Kaoss pads and direct access to SoundCloud online distribution, makes this application ideal for electronic musicians.

Users can share their creativity via the SoundCloud integration feature. SoundCloud provides a way to publish songs or to collaborate on new music with friends anywhere in the world. Audio data exported by the iMS-20 app can be quickly published and shared, and users can access the SoundCloud server right from within iMS-20.

Read more on Create Digital Music

We’re super excited about this new use case of music-creation iPad apps with SoundCloud, this specific type of integration is a first. Produce something with the app, share it to SoundCloud and your setup will be attached to your track so that anyone you’ve shared it with, can re-import the track to their app and continue working on your original setup.

Fascinating!

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-7)

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:42:31 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-7):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-31)

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:30:57 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-31):

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HEALTH mix for Vice: Ministry - “N.W.O.”AIDS 3D - “Power of...

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:19:46 +0100

HEALTH mix for Vice:

Ministry - “N.W.O.”
AIDS 3D - “Power of American Natives”
White Ring - “lxC999″
Crystal Castles - “Suffocation”
Peter Gabriel - “A Different Drum”
ℑ⊇≥◊≤⊆ℜ - “The Exorcism of a Raver”
Mater Suspiria Vision - “It (Excerpt)”
Fleetwood Mac - “Beautiful Child”
Younglife - “Deep Forest”
Panda Bear - “Slow Motion
HEALTH - “We Are Water (Soft Encounter Remix)”
Swans - “Money is Flesh”
†‡† -” »»▲««”
Sleep ∞ Over - “LA Rose”

Produced by Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard. Video directed by Us

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:40:00 +0100

Produced by Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard.

Video directed by Us

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-24)

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:42:33 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-24):

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Girls was my favourite record of last year. Really looking...

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:02:40 +0100

Girls was my favourite record of last year. Really looking forward to this one.

disconaivete:

Girls are releasing a new EP on November 22 through Turnstile titled Broken Dreams Club; you can download a song of that EP titled Heartbreaker in exchange for your emailadress below.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-10)

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:28:47 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-10):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-3)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:45:07 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-3):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-26)

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:39:08 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-26):

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