Dan Lucas
DrownedinSound
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Dan:
The Friday Fangasm: The Bends by Radiohead / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
Quite probably the finest, most personal piece Dan ever wrote → Read More
Oasis @ Knebworth: 20 Years On / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
Era-defining or cultural black hole? Dan Lucas & Derek Robertson DiScuss → Read More
"It was all over, I never want to do this without Jon": DiS Meets Feeder / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
"Whether people love or hate Feeder I don’t think we can be criticised for not having a few tunes on each album" → Read More
Brian Eno - Panic Of Looking Review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
“We’re going to get on,” Dan Lucas told me on our first meeting, over the rabble of some 90s college rock at some DiS Party on a freezing Shoreditch night. “Oh yeah, why’s that?” I replied? “We’re both obsessed with The National and LCD Soundsystem.” “Fair enough.” That’s often good enough for me. That would be enough for a passing fraternity, but then Dan also had the banter to back it up.… → Read More
Live review: Kylie, BST In Hyde Park, 21/06/15 / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
Writing about music is fundamentally a solitary and frequently lonely way of earning a living. By and large, you'll listen to listen to promos when you have the place to yourself or maybe on your iPod when you realise that three days indoors isn't the best thing for your well-being. The irony, of course, is that us scribes loathe the album playback. Absolutely hate it. Despite it being a social… → Read More
Beady Eye - BE Review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
In the game of rock-paper-scissors, rock blunts scissors, scissors cut paper and paper smothers rock. → Read More
"Mr Burns is richer than Trump, but a lot less vain": DiS Meets Harry Shearer & Judith Owen / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
DiS has lunch with the acting & comedy legend and the acclaimed Welsh singer-songwriter → Read More
Woods - City Sun Eater In The River Of Light Review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
Woods succeed by not ensconcing their songs in a generic, lazy wall of sound → Read More
Stereophonics - Keep The Village Alive Review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
A mixture of straightforward piano, straightforward rhythms, and straightforward electric & acoustic guitars → Read More
The Duckworth Lewis Method
Takes the things that makes the loner, the geek, the loser, the tragic feel all warm and fuzzy, and then makes that sound like ELO → Read More
"Everybody’s had one person die; I call those people amateurs" – DiS Meets Eels / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
Dan was renowned on DiS for his impassioned album reviews bustling with fascinating facts, sneaky football metaphors I didn’t understand and for what we admired in Dan the most - his no holds barred, cover-your-children’s-ears expletive ladened honesty. But, Dan was also a fantastic interviewer and when he did venture to speak to the artists he loved, he did so with infectious admiration and… → Read More
Arcade Fire - Reflektor Review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
It’s hard to figure out why Reflektor has turned out such a disappointing mess → Read More
Cast - Troubled Times Review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
There is absolutely no one in Britain who is eagerly anticipating the new record from Cast → Read More
Pet Shop Boys - Electric Review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
The first time I sent Dan a message it was, perhaps fittingly enough, to complain about something. I think he took pride in being something of a professional curmudgeon, though one who definitely believed that he was deeply misunderstood and the pop culture world that fascinated him was, in fact, to blame. I saw a kindred spirit there and I’ll forever go to war for a critic’s right to pour scorn… → Read More
Stealing Sheep - Not Real Review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
I don’t know much about stealing sheep. Nor do I know much about the band, Stealing Sheep. I don’t remember hearing their music. I selected this review almost at random, like Lyle Lanley blithely appointing Homer as Springfield’s monorail conductor in Season 4, Episode 12 of The Simpsons. Because the review was written by Dan there is, of course, much to love about it, and it contains a number… → Read More
England v Scotland: Six Nations – live!
Minute-by-minute report: Will Scotland claim their first win at Twickenham for 34 years to scupper England’s grand slam ambitions? Join Dan Lucas → Read More
Wales v Ireland: Six Nations – live!
Minute-by-minute report: Will Ireland keep their title hopes intact with a victory over Wales in Cardiff? Get the latest from Dan Lucas → Read More
Italy v France: Six Nations – live!
Minute-by-minute report: Will Italy earn their first points of the championship or will France bounce back after their Irish defeat? Join Dan Lucas to find out → Read More
West Indies v England: first ODI – live!
Over-by-over report: How will England fare in their first match of the series against a callow Windies side? Join Vithushan Ehantharajah → Read More
France v Scotland: Six Nations – live!
Will Scotland build on their victory over Ireland? Find out with Dan Lucas → Read More