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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · 7d

✉️ get music recommendations, community resources, and learn how music fans can collectively surface music’s power for change, alongside some fun stuff, in your inbox www.drownedinsound.org

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Misogyny in Music: The Numbers

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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · 7d

We’re 25 today. Which artists have we turned you onto over the years?

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 10d

The scale of misogyny in the music industry is astonishing www.drownedinsound.org/misogyny-in-...

Following Eliza Hatch's appearance on the podcast this week to discuss misogyny in music, we illustrate the scale of the issue in numbers

Is music finally ready to confront misogyny? DiS meets CheerUpLuv

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 11d

This is a really important conversation and I urge all the men in music to tune in to this (send it to your friends etc) youtu.be/rOJlgMMTuCE?...

Jeremy Corbyn on grassroots music

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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · 10d

Former Labour leader @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social is starting a music festival to support grassroots scenes and DiS’ @emmabwilkes.bsky.social caught up with him to find out more www.drownedinsound.org/jeremy-corby...

Jeremy Corbyn has gone from Leader of the Opposition to a champion of grassroots music - and now, his Peace & Justice project is launching a festival. We ask - how did he come to speak up for a cause ...

Microsoft blocks the Israeli military from some cloud and AI services

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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · 13d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1) whether Pinkerton is better than Blue
2) why rock isn’t dead
3) a new song I’ve had stuck on repeat for about 8 days

Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 13d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1) dogs
2) the who
3) the music industry

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 13d

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1. Middle-Earth
2. Númenor
3. Valinor and the Blessed Lands

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 13d

BREAKING: Microsoft has blocked the Israeli military from some cloud and AI services. The block comes after The Guardian revealed last month that Microsoft’s services were being used for mass surveillance of Palestinians. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/785733/...

The Guardian revealed last month that Microsoft’s services were being used for mass surveillance of Palestinians.

www.theverge.com

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 17d

Welcome to all the new listeners to the @drownedinsound.org podcast this week

Every week I meet a person pushing for change or an innovative musician

This week, it was Rod and Roddy from iDLEWiLD and we walked about Patti Smith, Scottish pride and their 10th LP podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 19d

Have you ever met your favourite band?

As a teenager I interviewed Idlewild and 25 years on I’ve done it again. A lot has changed but they’re still thoughtful, eloquent, and humble

The new record - their 10th - is sensational and we get into that on this week’s podcast youtu.be/aCkK9quhuDc?...

Idlewild on Scottish pride, Patti Smith, and their 10th album

Why it's time to quit Spotify

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 19d

Massive Attack pulling out of Spotify is equally significant

The CEO’s investments in war technology was the subject of last week’s podcast with a musician who is leading the exodus youtu.be/svJnpYwgo9A?...

Idlewild, Palestine gig stream, and the fan-to-industry pipeline

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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · 17d

“I counted down the days until my favourite music magazines went on sale, reading and re-reading till the words were half-memorised, learning by osmosis how to write about music.” @emmabwilkes.bsky.social www.drownedinsound.org/idlewild-pal...

Find out how to watch tonight's Together For Palestine - and about a great women-led festival taking place in London this weekend

Drowned in Sound's Neptune Prize 2025 Announced

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 23d

Getting a few reactions like this

Fantastic to see the response to last week’s @drownedinsound.org podcast

Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 23d

Just started streaming music, using @qobuz.bsky.social @drownedinsound.bsky.social to listen to @thecure.com

The high resolution sound quality on the App is incredible! Never heard sound quality like it on Sp****y . . .

Listen to Drone:Nodrone by The Cure on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/track/330218...

Open Qobuz

open.qobuz.com

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Chain of Flowers @craigatcof.bsky.social · 26d

The Cure's Songs of a Lost World is 1 of 20 nominees for the Neptune Music Prize from @drownedinsound.bsky.social.

Voting will close on 15th October 2025. You can vote for up to 3 albums.

www.drownedinsound.org/drowned-in-s...

Vote now for your favourites of these 20 exceptional albums.

Why it's time to quit Spotify

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 25d

Kat is one of the sharpest journalists around and this piece is a must read

When she joined me on the @drownedinsound.org podcast we talked about the future of media and how toxicity chills free speech and she goes much deeper on that in this piece podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

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Potion @potionmusic.bsky.social · 27d

Excellent discussion with Laura Burhenn of The Mynabirds about leaving Spotify—well worth a listen 🎧 . As we plan to put out new music soon, I will take this advice and use better platforms. Our art should not be financing war machines. Thanks for creating this @drownedinsound.bsky.social

Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 27d

Have you quit Spotify?

Now is the time to do so

Please take a time to watch (or bookmark for later) our latest podcast with @mynabirds.bsky.social about Spotify CEO’s investment in military tech youtu.be/svJnpYwgo9A?...

(Be grateful of any shares as I’m new to YouTube and building an audience)

Why it's time to quit Spotify

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 27d

Have you quit Spotify?

Now is the time to do so

Please take a time to watch (or bookmark for later) our latest podcast with @mynabirds.bsky.social about Spotify CEO’s investment in military tech youtu.be/svJnpYwgo9A?...

(Be grateful of any shares as I’m new to YouTube and building an audience)

Drowned in Sound's Neptune Prize 2025 Announced

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 27d

Friends! Be an absolute star and vote for us in Drowned in Sounds Neptune Prize please! It’s the alt competition to the Mercury and it’s a pure buzz to be nominated alongside some legends and heros. We put everything into making this album so to be recognised in this way means a lot. Vote!

Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · 27d

Disappointed by this year’s Mercury Prize list?

We had this feeling back in 2008 and set up an alternative prize. No entry fees. Our community of music lovers recommend records for the long list.

We’ve listened to over 100 nominees and here’s our 2025 Neptune Prize shortlist

Vote now for your favourites of these 20 exceptional albums.

Drowned in Sound's Neptune Prize 2025 Announced

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Echobelly pissed all over Oasis as a live band"

A choice quote of @jamesbpcook.bsky.social's in this double interview we did for @drownedinsound.org about the *other* Britpop... 🙌

www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...

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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · 27d

Disappointed by this year’s Mercury Prize list?

We had this feeling back in 2008 and set up an alternative prize. No entry fees. Our community of music lovers recommend records for the long list.

We’ve listened to over 100 nominees and here’s our 2025 Neptune Prize shortlist

Vote now for your favourites of these 20 exceptional albums.

Mercury Prize, Deftones, Die Spitz and our news round-up

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 28d

Wait, what!? The Cure aren't on the Mercury Prize list!? www.drownedinsound.org/mercury-priz...

Live Nation's legal woes, Nova Twins, Wolf Alice, The Darkness, AI, Radiohead, misogyny, and more.

30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion

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Manic Street Peaches @cynsky.bsky.social · Sep 6

As someone who became obsessed with the scene too far away and almost too late (pre-Y2K Mexico), this double interview was a beautiful journey.

Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · Sep 6

New: 30 years on from the britpop wars, two authors in the thick of it, one a teenage fan, the other in a band you’ve somehow never heard of

@annadoble.bsky.social and @jamesbpcook.bsky.social on The Other #Britpop www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...

Inside the other Britpop

30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion

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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · Sep 6

New: 30 years on from the britpop wars, two authors in the thick of it, one a teenage fan, the other in a band you’ve somehow never heard of

@annadoble.bsky.social and @jamesbpcook.bsky.social on The Other #Britpop www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...

Inside the other Britpop

Have we reached peak megagig?

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PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's an interesting one, there does seem to be vastly more each year, and it can be a lucrative income stream for venue owners.

There is however evidence that many do not sell out... abundant tickets through seat fillers and the like.

Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · Sep 5

Have we reached peak megagig? www.drownedinsound.org/have-we-reac...

Stadium shows and park festivals are enjoying a boom - but how long can it last? And what about the grassroots?

30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · Sep 3

Two authors speak out about Britpop! My joint interview with the brilliant @annadoble.bsky.social www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...

Inside the other Britpop