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ranked DrownedinSound.com 9th on its list of top 25 websites. In November 2006, it passed the 150,000 unique readers a week mark and was nominated in the Best Music Website category at the 2007 PLUG Awards and the Best Website category at the 2007 Shockwaves
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to allow for discussion and comments on interviews, news and reviews. It also included a user-rated database of artists and bands as well as details for most live music venues in the UK.
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In April 2019, Pitchfork reported the closure of the site following a Facebook post by Adams. Adams continued to operate a podcast under the site name, which launched in March 2023.
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Awards. The site and a handful of its writers received nominations at the 2006 Record of the Day awards, held in London on 21 November 2006. The site won in the category of Best
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financed by artist management company Silentway. Founded by editor Sean Adams, the site featured reviews, news, interviews, and discussion forums.
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was nominated in two categories at the annual BT Digital Music Awards for Best Music Magazine and Best Podcast (audio). In November 2007,
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A percentage of DrownedinSound.com (the website) and the Drowned in Sound Recordings record label was owned by Silentway Ltd.
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Drowned in Sound also launched a label, Drowned in Sound Recordings, in 2004 which released albums for a few bands, including
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teamed up with ad-supported download site RCRDLBL.com to launch an audio and video blog, entitled "Drownload".
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festival since 2008, and in 2010 kicked off their 10th anniversary celebrations with a line-up headlined by
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and finished runner-up in the category of Best Website for the second year running. In September 2007,
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was named Best Online Music Publication at the annual Record of the Day awards. In 2010,
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The site was mostly based on contributions from unpaid writers and had an integrated
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but was relaunched by founder and editor Sean Adams as
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won Best Publication at the Record of the Day awards.
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