Sean Adams

1 week ago | drownedinsound.org | Sean Adams

Have you noticed how everyone who makes anything - music, art, essays, videos - is now dubbed a "creator"? I was chatting to one of the UK's most successful long-form "video essayists" yesterday about a potential collaboration for Drowned in Sound's 25th Anniversary relaunch later this year. At one point, I was wondering whether they prefer the term content creator - as it's an aspirational term for a younger generation - rather than the more formal researcher & online documentary maker?

1 week ago | drownedinsound.org | Sean Adams

DiSpatch: Peel It Back Tour, live at London's O2 ArenaSensory. That’s the only word in my head. It’s a sen-sore-ree mantra, stuck on loop as I descend the endless stairs of the gargantuan O2. It's at this moment that I realise the laptop screen in my brain has fired up, the cursor is pulsating, and the dirty old habit of writing has taken over...

2 weeks ago | drownedinsound.org | Sean Adams

A quick Sunday digest (3 min read)The alleged incidents span from 2008 through recent years and involve claims of inappropriate advances toward underage fans. One accuser says Leto asked for her number at age 16 before making late-night calls with explicit questions. There are other allegations but we won't include them here as they require a trigger warning. Jared Leto denies the allegations (NME)Related: The UK government have reviewed the Misogyny in Music report.

3 weeks ago | drownedinsound.org | Sean Adams

Music scrolling by too fast? This newsletter digests the news and shares a little pile of album-of-the-year contenders to explore. Music news round up including A Fan-Led Review of Live MusicRecommended albums: Alan Sparhawk, Kathryn Joseph, Djrum, and honourable mentionsThings to read, watch, and pods to listen toMUSIC NEWS DIGESTThis headline from the parliament website is in quote marks because it's a glorious thing to read.

1 month ago | drownedinsound.org | Sean Adams

"It looked like a very beautiful sunlit graveyard, with beautiful grave stones."ANOHNI's description of the dying Great Barrier Reef has been haunting me like an unrelenting earworm. I can’t stop thinking about ANOHNI's Instagram posts either. Like this one, which at first glance seemed lovely. Then I read the caption and the awe became an arghhhh.…It’s symptomatic. A glimpse of our planet’s slowly decaying carcass with more than half of The Great Barrier Reef lost since the 1990s.