Music: Albums
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Plastic Beach Gorillaz
Friday 12 March, 2010
Upon first seeing the cover for Damon Albarn’s third album at the helm of his …
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Lights Ellie Goulding
Friday 12 March, 2010
Within the past year, the British music industry has been subject to an influx of …
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Good Morning Mother Stars And Sons
Friday 12 March, 2010
Unique. Piano-pop. Brash, intelligent indie-pop. The truth is, it’s pretty hard to place Stars and …
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Some Kind Of Salvation The Features
Friday 12 March, 2010
Having been championed by Kings of Leon to the point of their being the first …
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Black Sands Bonobo
Tuesday 23 February, 2010
The biggest problem facing me when writing this article was how exactly do you classify …
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The Weekend: Friday Forever The Sickest Kids
Tuesday 23 February, 2010
I have to admit that Forever the Sickest Kids are a guilty pleasure of mine; …
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One Life Stand Hot Chip
Tuesday 23 February, 2010
Hot Chip’s fourth album One Life Stand has been eagerly anticipated after the critical acclaim …
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Losing Sleep Parachute
Tuesday 23 February, 2010
Parachute: coming to a radio-station near you. Or at least, they should be. Losing Sleep …
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Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You Lightspeed Champion
Tuesday 23 February, 2010
Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You continues where Devonté Hynes left off after releasing …
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Boo Dag För Dag
Tuesday 23 February, 2010
Boo is the debut album of the Swedish two piece Dag För Dag. The band …
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Falcon The Courteeners
Tuesday 23 February, 2010
It’s been a long wait for The Courteeners’ devoted fans since the band’s debut album …
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For The Masses Hadouken!
Tuesday 23 February, 2010
Hadouken! are by no doubt the most ridiculous band ever to have released an album …
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Hold Me Down You Me At Six
Friday 12 February, 2010
Upon first hearing You Me At Six a few years back, two things immediately occurred …
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Persistence in this Game Straight Lines
Friday 12 February, 2010
You can be forgiven for having never heard of Straight Lines; despite having supported the …
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The Logic of Chance Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
Friday 12 February, 2010
Last time I took a listen to Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip it was …
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Transference Spoon
Friday 12 February, 2010
As soon as the album begins the haunting synth of ‘Before Destruction’sets the stage for …
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Teen Dream Beach House
Friday 12 February, 2010
In the last issue I was imploring you all to take notice of John Hughes …
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The Shadow of an Empire Fionn Regan
Friday 12 February, 2010
Protection Racket’, the first single and opening song of The Shadow of an Empire, would …
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Of The Blue Colour of the Sky Ok Go
Friday 12 February, 2010
Propelled to the dizzying heights of stardom through the viral success of their endlessly parodied …
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Contra Vampire Weekend
Friday 12 February, 2010
Vampire Weekend probably shouldn’t be famous. Four implausibly preppy kids from New England with a …
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Hounds of Love Kate Bush
Thursday 11 February, 2010
This isn’t about us. The greatest pop reconfigures your nervous system, implants false memories, but …
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The Prester John Sessions Tommy T
Thursday 11 February, 2010
Tommy T is best known as Gogol Bordello’s Ethiopian bassist. Along with his Abyssinia Roots …
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Marlene Lightspeed Champion
Thursday 11 February, 2010
Listening to Lightspeed Champion’s new single, and the songs released with it, got me thinking …
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My Dinosaur Life Motion City Soundtrack
Thursday 11 February, 2010
When Motion City Soundtrack finally signed to a major label in 2006, their fans could …
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Raditude Weezer
Monday 23 November, 2009
An examination of Weezer’s back catalogue reveals a band struck by some kind of music schizophrenia.
Archive
Features
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Battle of the Bands Heat Two
Saturday 13 February, 2010The second chapter of BandSoc’s annual competition rolled around last week, maintaining the unusually high standard set by heat one
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Who said Grime doesn’t pay?
Friday 12 February, 2010The current British music scene is fertile ground, and British youth culture, for want of …
Live
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Xiu Xiu Taylor John's House, Coventry
Friday 12 March, 2010It’s a matter of love, first of all. Xiu Xiu, the Oakland-based project centred around …
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Rolo Tomassi The Flapper, Birmingham
Thursday 11 February, 2010Jealous is an understatement. Pretty much every member of Rolo Tomassi is younger, hotter, and …
