Skip to main content
Sean Adams on Muck Rack

Sean Adams

Verified
(He/Him)
London
As seen in: Drowned in Sound (Podcast), Apple Podcasts, Trending News (Podcast), BBC Radio 6 Music, Medium, Gnet Radio, Substack, Flipboard, Yahoo, Penn Live Patriot-News, ABRAMS and
Covers:  Music, Technology, Internet Culture, Politics, Travel, Nightlife, Climate Justice
Doesn't Cover: Crypto
Host of @drownedinsound podcast

Get in touch with Sean

Contact Sean, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Sean Adams’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

Sean Adams is the founder of Drowned in Sound and the host of its podcast about how, collectively, fans can save music.

After two years running The Last Resort newsletter, the teenager launched the online music title launched back in the year 2000, forging the way for a new era of independent online publication and communities.

He also oversaw the launch of TheQuietus, had a column for Sunday Times for 4 years, and has contributed to Huck, NME, BBC, Spotify, Notion, and others.

Sean Adams’s Journalist Portfolio

Drowned in Sound Podcast

Drowned in Sound Podcast

Updated Weekly · Music is upstream from politics. Drowned in Sound investigates how the music industry shapes…

View article →
Predictably, the right-wing culture war is wrong about the BRITs

Predictably, the right-wing culture war is wrong about the BRITs

DiS crunches the data to see whether the pROteCt OuR gURLs brigade had anything to worry about.

View article →

Articles

James Blake Smears Music Critics

|
By Sean Adams Verified
| Drowned in Sound (Podcast)
James Blake's comments about not being able to trust music journalists seem not just surprising but pretty tone-deaf for someone who has been lauded by the music press for his sophisticated electronic jams beneath that pitch-perfect soaring falsetto.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

A Portishead And A Sleaford Mod Made A Movie

|
By Sean Adams Verified
| Drowned in Sound (Podcast)
Geoff Barrow grew up in Portishead. He named his band after the town on the outskirts of Bristol. You probably know what happened next. There was the award-winning Dummy, then the critically adored Third, followed by a long silence from the band. In the meantime Barrow produced records by acts like The Horrors and created some of the most distinctive film scores of the last decade with Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Annihilation, and Civil War, amongst many others).
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

We're launching a magazine - join our team!

|
By Sean Adams Verified
| Drowned in Sound (Podcast)
Drowned in Sound is launching a new print magazine for live music fans in partnership with Music Venue Trust. We’re looking for the founding team to help us bring the magazine to life. If you or someone you know could be our founding editor, deputy editor, production coordinator, editorial assistant, or partnerships & advertising assistant, we look forward to hearing from you. We can’t wait to get started on this project which is backed by a grant from Music Venue Trust.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 219 licensed articles (223 Total)