- Reviews: * Naomi Hates Humans - Pipe Dreams And Lullabies
- Reviews: * Mugison - Mugiboogie
- Reviews: * White Denim at Nottingham Bodega Social Club, Mon 07 Jul
- Reviews: * Even - Even
- Features: * DiScover: The Cool Kids
- Reviews: * Trim - Soulfood vol.3
- Reviews: * John Matthias - Stories From The Watercooler
- Reviews: * Heloise & The Savoir Faire - Trash, Rats And Microphones
- Reviews: * The Dawn Chorus - The Big Adventure
- Reviews: * Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
- Reviews: * Nicole Atkins - Neptune City
- Reviews: * Tape - Luminarium
- Reviews: * Gemma Ray - The Leader
- Reviews: * Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow
- Reviews: * My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth
Drowned in Sound Event sponsored tours and events.
- * Subtle @ London Cargo, 21/07
- * Duel in the Deep @ London Catch 22, 22/07
- * Sparklehorse, Scout Niblett, Daniel Johnston @ Glasgow Old Fruitmarket, 23/07
- * Sonic Cathedral @ London Heavenly Social, 23/07
- * Ratatat @ London Cargo, 23/07
- * Wild Beasts @ Kendal The Brewery Centre, 25/07
- * Sparklehorse, Daniel Johnston @ Dublin Whelan's, 28/07
- * DiScover Sheffield @ Sheffield The Harley, 28/07
- * A Sunny Day In Glasgow @ Dublin Whelan's, 30/07
- * Mirror! Mirror!, Dananananaykroyd @ Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire, 30/07
- * Mudhoney @ London Kentish Town Forum, 31/07
- * A Sunny Day In Glasgow @ Glasgow Nice N Sleazy's, 31/07
- * A Sunny Day In Glasgow @ Leeds Upstairs at the Library, 1/08
- * Club AC30 @ London The Luminaire, 2/08
- * Ratatat @ Glasgow The Captain's Rest, 2/08
Final Fantasy
Signed to label: Tomlab
From: Toronto, Canada
Final Fantasy is the moniker of Toronto's Owen Pallett, formerly a member of The Hidden Cameras, Les Mouches, and Arcade Fire. A self sampling violinist with a video game obsession, Pallett released his debut album Has A Good Home in 2005 followed by two EPs and a second album titled He Poos Clouds in 2006.
Releases
- He Poos Clouds - album, out 05/06/2006 on Tomlab. 1 review (read/post)
- Young Canadian Mothers EP - single, out 10/03/2006 on Escape Goat. 1 review (read/post)
- Has A Good Home - album, out 11/07/2005 on Tomlab. 1 review (read/post)
Past events
- Maximum Black Festival Club Tour, Fri 29 Feb at London Forum. 1 review (read/post)
- Tue 11 Dec at Dublin Vicar Street. (post review)
- Wed 15 Aug at Paris Le Divan du Monde. (post review)
- Mon 16 Jul at Brighton Komedia Theatre. (post review)
- Latitude Festival - Sunday, Sun 15 Jul at Southwold Henham Park. (post review)
- Sat 14 Jul at Manchester University. (post review)
- Melt! Festival, Fri 13 Jul at Germany Ferropolis. (post review)
- Mon 30 Oct at Belfast Speigeltent. 1 review (read/post)
- Tue 24 Oct at London King's Cross Scala. (post review)
- Thu 11 May at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)
- Wed 10 May at London The Luminaire. 1 review (read/post)
News
- 15/07/2008: Iceland Airwaves confirms first few bands
- 01/04/2008: Liars, No Age, Xiu Xiu and loads more appear on free Björk covers record
- 06/03/2008: Watch: new video from Arctic Monkeys, The Rascals side-project
- 12/12/2007: Final Fantasy and corporation clash spawns new festival
- 26/07/2007: David Shrigley Gets Worried about Liars, TV On The Radio...
- 11/07/2007: Latitude: sold out
- 12/12/2006: VOTE! For DiS's album of the year! WIN! A massive pile of CDs from Our 66!
- 19/09/2006: His wildest dream comes true, if not his Final Fantasy: Owen Pallett scoops Polaris Prize...
- 30/08/2006: Final Fantasy: tour dates in full
- 16/08/2006: Eat Your Own Ears: First DiS 6th Birthday gigs announced
Features
- 20/02/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: bad cover versions
- 14/02/2008: Final Fantasy: meets Monkey in Toronto, curates festival in Europe
- 25/07/2007: Latitude Festival 2007: the DiS review
- 20/07/2007: Hunting mammoths in the city of iron: Melt! festival, day one
- 21/12/2006: DiS's interviews of 2006: DiScoveries, heavy-hitters and silly Some Questions
- 06/12/2006: Final Fantasy: "people need to learn the difference between irony and satire and sarcasm"
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Relevant
- News: * Iceland Airwaves confirms first few bands
- News: * Liars, No Age, Xiu Xiu and loads more appear on free Björk covers record
- Reviews: * Maximum Black Festival Club Tour at London Forum, Fri 29 Feb
- News: * Watch: new video from Arctic Monkeys, The Rascals side-project
- Features: * The Weekly DiScussion: bad cover versions
- Features: * Final Fantasy: meets Monkey in Toronto, curates festival in Europe
- Reviews: * Patrick Wolf at London Shepherds Bush Empire, Thu 20 Dec
- News: * Final Fantasy and corporation clash spawns new festival
- News: * David Shrigley Gets Worried about Liars, TV On The Radio...
- Features: * Latitude Festival 2007: the DiS review
- Board_threads: * Foals at Glasto
- Board_threads: * Panic are on Abbey Road on ch4 at the moment.
- Board_threads: * I'm listening to The Hold Steady for the first time
- Board_threads: * Bonn Scott era AC/DC
- Board_threads: * fugazi
- Board_threads: * Animal Collective - Live
- Board_threads: * Brian Eno is a hypocritical extreme-capitalist who ought to hang his head in shame
- Board_threads: * Good Instrumental bands please?
- Board_threads: * The Blockheads @ Festinho
- Board_threads: * Why has 'Laughing Stock' never been bettered
- Board_threads: * Does anyone know what year Steven Drozd's Jazzmaster is, or what kind it is?
- Board_threads: * I'm listening to Pavement for the first time
- Board_threads: * what's the loudest non metal/hardcore band?
- Board_threads: * Best gigs are full of skinheads and where you get drenched in beer !
- Board_threads: * One More Grain looking for label to release final EP
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