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Xiu Xiu

It’s a matter of love, first of all. Xiu Xiu, the Oakland-based project centred around Jamie Stewart and – until she departed last May for Cold Cave – Caralee McElroy, has struggled, from the first, with love – its tongue-tied impossibilities, its sundering and freezing pains, its horrid, scarring legacies,...
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By , Mar. 12, 2010

Plastic Beach

Upon first seeing the cover for Damon Albarn’s third album at the helm of his ever fascinating and groundbreaking band, Gorillaz, I must admit I was immediately captivated. Plastic Beach’s artwork portrays a remote, yet amazingly intriguing island, with a main outcrop of land that looks suspiciously like the result...
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By , Mar. 12, 2010

Lights

Within the past year, the British music industry has been subject to an influx of strong female artists, with acts such as Lady GaGa, Florence + The Machine and Little Boots receiving much commercial and critical acclaim. Enter 2010 and cue Ellie Goulding, folktronica singer-songwriter and latest addition to this...
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By , Mar. 12, 2010

Good Morning Mother

Unique. Piano-pop. Brash, intelligent indie-pop. The truth is, it’s pretty hard to place Stars and Sons. It’s an odd form of alternative-pop, and at first listen you might just find yourself wondering if Alphabeat, Same Difference and Mika have got together, and then called in Andrew Lloyd Webber for musical...
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By , Mar. 12, 2010

Some Kind Of Salvation

Having been championed by Kings of Leon to the point of their being the first band signed to Serpents and Snakes (the record label that KOL launched in 2009), it is safe to say there is a certain amount of pressure resting on The Features as they release their second...
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By , Mar. 12, 2010