So about three weeks ago now we were at the Bugged Out weekender at Butlins Bognor Regis. After writing up a couple of interviews, we swiftly got swept up into the tornado that is DEADLINE and left you readers on tenderhooks as to what the rest of our weekend was…
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Tags: bugged out!, dj friction
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Camden’s Purple Turtle has gone through a transformation, shaking off its death mental past 2012 sees it become the place to be and last nights Tins On Toast launch party proved that. Replacing the Cyberdog wearing attendees were indie kids in tight jeans and leather jackets spinning to the best…
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Tags: Camden, Dexter, nme, Purple Turtle, Tribes
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There are two angles of appreciation to come at with Blondes, each equally valid, but it’s only in the combination and transcendence of them that you’ll arrive at Blondes’ brilliance. You can look at their background and make-up: two guys meet at college and combine studies in electronic music making…
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Bee Gee’s but more dignity, less vocal taste, slimmer flares and similar soul. A run through of watery top of the pops re-runs, the homogenised 60s medium, crab crawling marigold pincers into fussy ears with home-making objectives. The same kinda thing Ariel Pink does is here pulled off with wider…
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Tags: alternative, Form & Control, Hippy-Pop, Manchesters Night & Day Cafe, The Phenomenal Handclap
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Back in the days of Myspace, on a band’s profile they could choose up to three genres to align themselves with. In amongst such varied styles as Tropical Punk and Spoken Word there was one called Melodramatic Pop Song. The latest album from Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, is…
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Tags: Melodramatic, Mike Hadreas, Perfume Genius, pop, Put Your Back N 2 It
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So you must be living under a rock right now if you’d not realised that We Have Band’s blockbustering new record is out rather soon. Before that, you’ve hopefully seen their lovely video for lead single ‘Where Are Your People’. It’s a lovely mixture of electronic-wizardry and perfectly-twanged angular guitars,…
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Tags: behind the scenes, indie, latex, making of, naive, ternion, video, We Have Band, where are your people?
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So, Blondes are a pretty big deal right now. If we were bold chaps, we’d say they’re the biggest deal in music aside from the next issue of Notion’s coverstars (ooh who are they? WE’RE NOT TELLING YOU, SILLY!). We’ve had their self-titled record on repeat in the office, we’ve…
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Tags: blondes
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If you’ve ever wondered what Lemon Jelly would sound like if they listened to Super Furry Animals then this album is for you. Die Hard possess a warm fuzzy quality, giving the impression that it was recorded in the bath or underwater. Mostly, it sounds like it’s destined to be…
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Tags: Die Hard, glasgow, Here Goes The Rage, Lemon Jelly, Super Furry Animals
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In support of his debut EP, Man Made supports Howler on their UK & European tour throughout January & February 2012
Mad Made is the work of nineteen year-old singer songwriter Nile Marr, who heads out as support to Howler this January on a full UK and European Tour.
At…
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Tags: Acoustic, alternative, Badly Drawn Boy, Bright Eyes, broken social scene, Howler, Man Made, Nile Marr, Songwriter
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ZOMG! LFW AW12 is dawning upon us already; it seems like only yesterday that we were running from Somerset House to various ambiguous West London venues snapping and iPhone noting this Spring/Summer’s fashion, coffee cups permanently fused to our hands.
We cover lots of bits and bobs during Fashion Week…
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Tags: Beaty Heart, chantelle fiddy, Hannah Holland, history of apple pie, jen long, jon mcclure, Roundhouse Rising
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