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Kanye West And Jay-Z
Kanye West and Jay-Z arrive unannounced in London to play a last-minute guerrilla show to launch their new video. A crowd gather before a grey wall, backed by a sullen grey sky. Journalists … Read More »
What A Week With JJ Dunning & John Kerrison #10
Hello and welcome to ever-semi-popular hebdomadal news-up, What A Week. This week’s column is brought to you for the first time ever by the conjoined minds of John Kerrison and JJ Dunning, who … Read More »
The Phenomenal Handclap Band
‘Form And Control’ makes a promising enough start, leading with the Knife-esque electronica of ‘Following’’s warm synths and whispered vocals. ‘The Right One’ follows suit, before … Read More »
War of Words/ Speech Debelle
Lucy Duffield and Abi Browning are a pair of ladies you are probably going to hear an awful lot about in 2012. With La Roux’s Ben Langmaid on production duties, War Of Words’ first two … Read More »
Gary Numan
“Some of the songs were written when I was 19… to sing them at 53 is a tad embarrassing.” Gary Numan talks to Dan Stubbs… Read More »
Foster The People
Foster The People are barely one album into a career that only launched on British shores as recently as May this year, which makes it all the more impressive that Shepherd’s Bush Empire is … Read More »
The Top 50 Albums Of 2011: #10-#2
#10 Battles ‘Gloss Drop’ (Warp) Its gestation may have been troubled, but ‘Gloss Drop’ ended up being a difficult second album in the best possible sense. Battles always promised … Read More »
Battles
You can’t imagine Battles playing a bad gig – not like other bands might – because Battles are three of alternative music’s finest musicians. They quite simply don’t … Read More »
The Year Sensationally Experimental Rock Struck Back
This year, a host of albums emerged high on flowers and trees and birds and stuff. Fleet Foxes, Kurt Vile, Woods, Real Estate, Bon Iver, Atlas Sound, The War On Drugs, Beach Fossils… … Read More »
SWN Festival
Various venues, Cardiff 20-23/10/2011 Read More »
Queen Of Hoxton Launches Fresh Meat
London venue hosts battle of the bands… Read More »
Berlin Festival
Various Venues, Berlin
09-10/09/2011
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The Lines
Rhythm Factory, London
10/08/2011
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Mercury Prize Nominations Revealed
Anna Calvi and Metronomy among nominees… Read More »
Lonelady
Pavillion Theatre, Manchester
06/07/2011
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Viva Brother Reveal New Single
Slough band plot August release… Read More »
Battles Plan New UK Dates
Act for November shows… Read More »
Battles
Heaven, London
08/06/2011
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Battles
‘Gloss Drop’
(Warp)
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June 2011
COVER STORY: Black Lips
ONESTOWATCH: Romance, DOM, Driver Drive Faster, Bleeding Knees Club, Treetop Flyers
FEATURES: Battles, The Antlers, Bon Iver, Tribes
REVIEWS: Arctic Monkeys, Dananananaykroyd, The Antlers, Death Cab For Cutie and many more… View online »
Standon Calling Expands Line-up
Washed Out and more added… Read More »
View Exclusive Black Lips Photos
Unseen photographs of Tribes, Battles and more… Read More »
Honeyfest Festival
Pewsey, Wiltshire
16/04/2011
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Black Dove Experiment
Bull & Gate, London
07/04/2011
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Fenech Soler Announce Single and Tour
Band set for a busy 2011… Read More »