Drowned in Sound

By Drowned in Sound

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Episodes: 46

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Mapping the future: exploring how culture, politics, and the climate crisis are reshaping music. From AI and activism to festival futures and the collapse of local scenes, we treat music as an ecosystem, not just entertainment. Guests include artists, changemakers, and organisers reimagining what music can be. Subscribe and join the conversation. Hosted by Sean Adams, founder of Drowned in Sound.

Episode Date
How Lore, DIY Music Scenes & The Cure Inspired This Viral Tiktokker (And What Musicians Can Learn)
Aug 12, 2025
What Great Music Journalists Hear That Algorithms Miss: DiS meets Ilana Kaplan
Aug 05, 2025
How to Use Social Media When You Hate It & Why Streaming Math Ain't Mathin' - Q&A Special
Jul 29, 2025
How to Start a DIY Music Business Before You Feel Ready - Girls Twiddling Knobs on Mission Driven Music Careers
Jul 22, 2025
Mary Spender - Why Now Is Actually The Greatest Time for Independent Musicians
Jul 13, 2025
DiSpatch: What a Glastonbury First-Timer Found - Hope, Love, Unity, Resistance & Joy
Jul 05, 2025
How Can Artists Build A Community? The Five Super Fans Theory
Jun 29, 2025
How Music Supports Mental Health with Ariana Alexander-Sefre (SPOKE)
Jun 22, 2025
Can You Hear Earth Singing? Meet Musicians Using Sound to Protect the Planet
Apr 12, 2025
Synths, Sound & Music’s Future with Martyn Ware (The Human League / Heaven 17 / BEF / Electronically Yours podcast)
Apr 12, 2025
Offline Joy: The Do-It-Together Spirit Fueling Stealing Sheep’s New Era
Mar 30, 2025
A Goth Walked Into Nature To Make a Radio Show. A Zine Walked Out.
Mar 23, 2025
Are Cover Bands Killing Music Scenes? (Q&A Episode)
Mar 20, 2025
The Report That Shook the Music Industry & Exposed Inequality
Mar 16, 2025
How Do We Save Our Music Scenes? Meet Sound Diplomacy’s Shain Shapiro
Mar 02, 2025
Festivals For Future: Frances Fox on Music’s Role in Climate Justice
Feb 23, 2025
How We Open Music’s Doors to Everyone (Not Just the Rich)
Feb 16, 2025
Will music survive the next 25 years? - Season 3 Prologue
Feb 16, 2025
Introducing... 2025 Theme: What will music be like in 2050?
Jan 02, 2025
How does music get discovered? Favourite venues? Brexit? - Q&A Special: Part 2
Dec 14, 2024
Why weren’t [insert band] massive? Music’s true value? Gaffes? - Q&A Special: Part 1
Dec 12, 2024
What is the function of record reviews in 2024?
Feb 27, 2024
The joys of magazine-making with PROG Editor Jerry Ewing
Feb 04, 2024
What’s it like to broadcast from a war zone?
Feb 04, 2024
Should music critics ’pivot to video’?
Feb 04, 2024
Why Music Journalism Matters
Feb 04, 2024
Is ’Traditional Media’ Still Relevant for New Artists?
Nov 23, 2023
If $600 billion a year is being spent, why are so many publications closing?
Nov 14, 2023
Has music become a sub-genre of internet culture?
Nov 07, 2023
Shouldn’t all music journalism be intersectional?
Nov 05, 2023
Lessons from two decades of crafting DIY Magazine
Oct 31, 2023
Why music needs to talk about the climate crisis
Oct 28, 2023
How will the music coverage of the future be funded?
Oct 28, 2023
Is music journalism’s future in campaigning?
Oct 23, 2023
Introduction to S2: The Editor’s Letter / Voice Note
Oct 22, 2023
DiS008: Live Music And Mental Health
Apr 20, 2023
DiS007: AI, AI, AI! UK Government’s War on Copyrighted Music?! Beatles AI song! - Dr Hayleigh Bosher explains it all
Mar 21, 2023
DiS006: Women’s Equality in Music & Glastonbury’s pipeline with Vick Bain from The F List / ISM
Mar 08, 2023
DiS005: How music can embrace the power of AI with ChatGPT expert David Boyle
Feb 22, 2023
DiS004: Tune in, AI Out - the co-founders of Endel on music’s potential futures
Feb 21, 2023
DiS003: TikTok, ”Authenticity” and Music with Eleanor from Crystal Fighters
Feb 16, 2023
DiS002: Discover... The Faux Faux (Faith Vern from PINS)
Feb 09, 2023
DiS001: The trade unionist campaigning for fairer streaming - Naomi Pohl from Musicians’ Union
Feb 02, 2023
DiS000: Prologue
Jan 17, 2023
From the Archive: Mercury Prize judges help us ponder: What makes a truly great album?
Nov 11, 2015
From the Archive: Blogs that became labels with Toby L from Rockfeedback / Transgressive (2015)
Oct 09, 2015