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Monument Valley

It’s getting hard to write about singer-songwriters. Not that Monument Valley, the musical alias of the promisingly talented Ned Younger at all deserves to be pigeonholed into being just another post-Mumford singer-songwriter –…

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The Collectable Few – Model Behaviour

The Collectable Few, whose debut single ‘Headstrong’ earned a fair bit of radio airtime, are set to release follow-up ‘Model Behaviour’ on December 12th. With guitar pop stuck in a bit of a…

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New Blood – Wakey!Wakey!

Michael Grubbs has taken an odd road to becoming Wakey!Wakey!, from a childhood sat in front of a baby grand piano, to touring with two musicals, to settling in Brooklyn under the wing…

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Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See

Lyrical references to lazerquest, shellsuits, belly button piercings (in the sky), cowboy films, curly straws and dandelion and burdock? Guitar pop with a penchant for an unexpected heavy Queens of the Stone Age…

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James Vincent McMorrow

Think you’re bored of bearded folk now? Meet James Vincent McMorrow, Dublin’s should-be success story. His second single, ‘Sparrow & The Wolf’, due out on June 19th and taken from his already released…

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New Blood – Polarsets

One of the better unknown stars of Radio One’s Big Weekend, Newcastle’s new buzz Polarsets have released their first official single this week, ‘Sunshine Eyes’, which, you may be fascinated to know, does…

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Review // Aaron Wright – Aaron Wright

Not that we’re complaining, but it’s certainly noticeable that the early days of Spring have a habit of bringing folk-y popsters and singer-songwriters out from whichever twee haunts they’ve been hibernating in, with…

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New Blood // The Milk

With a Conservative majority government meeting it’s “putting people out of jobs” quota it’s probably only to be expected that the spectre of the downtrodden genre that is soul music is making a…

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Review // The Strokes – Angles

If ever a band has less need of an introduction, it is The Strokes. It’s understandable, considering that with the release of Is This It in 2001, the five New Yorkers had come…

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New Blood // Peter and Kerry

Formed after the chance meeting of solo artists Peter Lyons and Kerry Leatham – the first being a writer/producer from Southampton working on film soundtracks, the latter being a Ani DiFranco inspired singer…

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Interview // Aloe Blacc

Soul music is a rejuvenating force. When times are hard, soul singers can make a genuine connection to real life struggles and hardships with a smile, credibility and a sense of the effortlessly…

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Review // Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes

Sweden isn’t a place renowned for musical exports. (It’s unarguable, I tested it. I asked five people to name musicians from Sweden; three couldn’t, one nervously named ABBA, and the fifth, bizarrely, said…

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Music // Arctic Monkeys – Brick by Brick

“I wanna build you up/brick by brick”. “I wanna rock and roll/brick by brick”. Not, perhaps, what you’d expect to hear from former man-of-the-people, then desert roaming self-exiled poet Alex Turner of the…

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Review // Ringo Deathstarr – Ringo Deathstarr

My Bloody Valentine. There. Now that’s out of the way. The Texas threesome Ringo Deathstarr’s unwavering love for the shoegazing pioneers, along with all things distorted, is evident right from the off. Off-kilter…

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Review // Moshi Moshi – A Christmas Gift For You

“Bah Humbug, no that’s too strong” declares Summer Camp’s Elizabeth Sankey on their take of ‘Christmas Wrapping’. But is it? For any slightly cynical listener the mere mention of a Christmas song, and…

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Review // Girls – Broken Dreams Club

It wouldn’t be overstating it to say Girls’ debut record, the perfect bittersweet nymphomaniac pop of the awkwardly titled Album, was one of the overlooked highlights of last year. Right from the off…

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Music // Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith

The news that those blood-letting hardcore experimentalists Crystal Castles were borrowing the voice of icon of romanticism Robert Smith brought mixed feelings. It’s an unlikely union, with Smith most famous for perfect pop…

Review // Klaxons – Surfing The Void

Tom Revell reviews Klaxons – ‘Surfing The Void’, the eagerly awaited follow up to ‘Myths Of The Near Future’.

Review // Moshi Moshi Singles Club – Volume 2

Tom Revell reviews the second compilation album from taste-maker label Moshi Moshi, Singles Club Vol 2.

Review // Dead Weather – Sea Of Cowards

Tom Revell guides us through Sea Of Cowards, the latest album from Jack White’s side-project, The Dead Weather.

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Review // Clash Of The Titans

Tom Revell guides us through latest 3D-blockbuster in the making, Clash Of The Titans.

Music // Goldfrapp – Rocket

Tom Revell takes a look at the new video for ‘Rocket’, the lead single from Goldfrapp’s new LP, Head First.

Live Review // Editors

Tom Revell reviews Editors recent visit to Engine Shed, Lincoln; accompanied by James Arnold’s photography.

Review // Yeasayer – Odd Blood

Tom Revell reviews Yeasayers latest LP, discovering an album of peyote-induced campfire anthems.

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