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While punters down the road chucked their pints at Axl Rose and co., California's Chief got on far better... Artist page:
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Wild Beasts recently described their Two Dancers album as ‘downbeat erotic music’. It’s a description which would also apply to Matthew Dear’s latest record, Black... Artist page:
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There are few live bands quite as gripping as Swedish husband and wife duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums. While they wowed us particularly earlier this year when performing 'With Voices' - i.e. aided... Artist page:
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What’s that they say about the quiet ones....? When everyone from The BBC to... Artist page:
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Adam Pierce - switch those letters around you have Mice Parade - has been releasing constantly interesting music under his anagrammed moniker for over a decade now and returns later this month... Artist page:
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Quietly converting listeners with their fine garage punk tunes - there's 16 of em packed into debut album Hippies - Nashville-originating Harlem made their Irish debut last week, playing to a... Artist page:
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In Europe for a handful of festival dates including a turn at Green Man, Beirut went very much against the grain and skipped much of the rest of the UK in favour of a Dublin show. Supported by... Artist page:
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If Ragged Words were all a bunch of 17-year-olds, East LA three-piece Funeral Party would probably be the coolest thing we'd ever heard. And while we may (mostly) be well on the road to... Artist page:
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We don't give A+'s out too easily round these parts but Girls' "cracked heartbreak classic" debut Album... Artist page:
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 How much you enjoy this, the fifth effort by charmingly off-kilter Canadian Power-Pop supremos, the New Pornographers, will depend greatly on how much you enjoyed their previous record.... Artist page:
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 Up until last year’s Willie Nelson covers record, To Willie, Phosphorescent – essentially the recording... Artist page: Phosphorescent
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Two albums that have really caught this writer's ear of late were released on the same label (Captured Tracks), on the same day (May 24) and for a short pre-sale period, available on sexy,... Artist page:
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There are times when we music fans want to hear something layered, complex and musically inventive – the sort of music that allows one to lie back with an open mind and marvel at the... Artist page:
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Andrew Phillips has some CV. When he's not making glitchy, dreamy electronica as Grasscut, or indeed playing keyboards for Faithless side-project of sorts One Giant Leap, he's paying the bills by... Artist page:
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Ah, the ‘difficult’ third album. Welcome to Make Or Break Time, and tonight your contestants will be Arcade Fire, fresh from clearing a field at this summer’s Oxegen festival,... Artist page: Arcade Fire
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Having kept fans waiting nearly eight years for a follow-up to their acclaimed début, Cork slowcore quartet Boa Morte must surely know album... Artist page:
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If any band deserve to step up and play a 1,500-capacity venue, it’s Field Music. The Wearside boys released one of the best albums of the last decade - considered so by both ourselves and a poll of fellow artists; their latest record Field Music (Measure)...
It turns out Caribou will not only be taking one of the finest albums of this year out on the road over the next three months - starting with this weekend's Electric Picnic and Offset Festivals - but will also be selling a limited double vinyl live album and DVD of his ensemble show at last years NYC ATP festival.
Dan Snaith says:
"In September 2009 the Flaming Lips invited us to play at the All...
Underrated Baltimore three-piece Celebration will release their new album Hello Paradise - their third and first post-4AD effort - via their local Friends imprint on December 7. However the band will give away all the songs in the months before the album comes out on vinyl gatefold packaging.
The album is part of a project called Electric Tarot, where each song represents a card in...
Pound-for-pound, we reckon the Sunday of this year’s Electric Picnic might just boast the strongest lineup of the weekend. Alongside big names like The Fall, Massive Attack and Fever Ray there are plenty of lesser-known acts who’ll be looking to close out the festival in style. The likes of Dâm-Funk &...
