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INTERVIEWS:

THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE Part one:

Perhaps only Mark E Smith could rival this man in the foreboding stakes. Anton Newcombe’s reputation lends a picture of him being irascible and abrupt, and the stories of him treating interviewees from an askance stance and being downright insulting are many. Moreover, lest the...

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Brian Jonestown Massacre Interview Part Two. In which GIITTV deputy editor, Miss Fliss, broaches the subjects of creativity, self-discipline, being ‘insane’, and originality with notorious Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman, Anton Newcombe - whilst Bargain Hunt is on the hotel TV. You’ve got a very active mind. read more

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CHEW LIPS

Review and Interview @ Friends of Manchester Festival, Jabez Clegg, 30/01/2010 Moody, energetic and thoroughly enjoying themselves, Chew Lips translate an album which is minimalistic, contained and well-measured (and being touted as one of the best of the year only twenty-five days into 2010) into read more

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The Stopmotion Men

On hearing The Stopmotion Mens latest currently unreleased EP, I immediately marked them down as a band to watch out for in 2010. I caught up with them as they edge closer to the release of their EP to discuss the EP and their plans read more

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FEATURES:

Abbas Ali's Top Movies of the Noughties

So, with a new decade stretching before us, and a host of end of decade polls, I figured I'd add my own 2 cents on the subject. After scooting around, and reading various lists of the best films of the noughties (rubbish word for the decade, but it's all we have), I noticed a few glaring omissions. The Times published a very popular list, which ranks highest in the google search. No 24 Hour Party People? No Igby Goes Down? Ahem. Ok, the latter is my a person fav of mine rather than a general classic, but a British list should surely include a film which documents the most important musical and cultural movement of the past 30 years in the post war UK. Anyway, this is my list of the best movies from the past decade, and in it I have tried to balance what I think are objectively the best movies, while adding a few of my own personal favourites, and including some of the incredible contributions of world cinema, the likes of City Of God, and Infernal Affairs (though to be honest, I'm still learning and discovering the wonders that foreign language films have to offer, and consider myself an ignoramus on the subject, despite knowing a bit). Bear in mind, this is IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, and please feel free to let me know what you think, what I've missed and what I've clearly over-rated! Thanks guys...

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All Tomorrow’s Parties – A Decade Under The Influence

It was almost a month ago to the day; writers spanning the vast breadth of musical fields, nay, the vast breadth of our globe, are united in the frenzy of constructing lists to decisively summarise the last ten years. Defining the decade and whatnot. Admittedly I too played party to this orgy of archive, although whilst I do not claim to offer a watertight compilation (despite many peers coming close), there is at least one name I’d class as synonymous with recent musical history. For me, it’s admittedly insurmountable to imagine the shape of today’s indie music scene without the nurture of one core collective. This last decade may surely be defined by All Tomorrow’s Parties.

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Bill Cummings' Tip Tape for 2010

Inspired by Simon Catling's rather fine Tip tape of a few weeks back, I have compiled my own list of myspace links, videos, streaming and free downloads from some of my artists to watch in 2010. Some of the acts here have caught my attention on the basis of one track(in those cases its more a track tip), in most cases I've run the rule over the acts, live and on forthcoming and recent long playing releases, they all share one thing the hope and sometimes the expectation that they will release interesting stuff in the next year. I hope you Enjoy!

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Women in 2010

Female musicians have a lot to contend with: they’re expected to appeal, but if they intend to target a certain niche they must not flaunt their sexuality for fear of being labelled ‘manufactured’. Additionally, although many use it as a marketing strategy, the feminist and all-female ethos behind the 1990’s Riot Grrrl uprising is now nearly impossible to recreate due to male supremacy in music management, production and promotion. There are female musicians out there, hundreds of them, that are underrated and underexposed simply because they are women, and the prospect of entering such a restricted industry is too overpowering to bare or fight against. Nevertheless, some are fighting, and their talent shouldn’t be forgotten or ignored. These are the women I think you should keep a mean eye on during 2010:

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REVIEWS

LIVE

These New Puritans, worriedaboutsatan - The Deaf Institute 03/02/2010

Call it a Horrors-style rejuvenation if you must, but the fact is there's always been something interesting about These New Puritans. After a not unreasonable amount of hype towards the tail end of 2007, the Southend four-piece found themselves unfairly derided in some circles as read more

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Etienne De Crecy, Dirty Vegas - KOKO 03/02/2010

I missed Joe and Will Ask?, I assume they were fucking phenomenal, because when I arrived the place was still pretty empty and most people were milling by the bar. Saying that though, Koko's particularly shit when it's a bit empty, so if it read more

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Dag for Dag, Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Manchester, Deaf Institute 02/02/2010

With brother / sister, boy/girl combos, what’s the first thing that springs to mind? The Carpenters? The White Stripes? The Kills? In descending order, ahem. Well, you can add to that list Stockholm-based combo Dag For Dag, who made their way to Manchester’s Deaf Institute read more

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Rotating Leslie, Narration - The Half Moon 14/01/2010

I last saw Rotating Leslie in 2006. Think I caught them on one of my regular visits to The Luminaire when I was scouting for new bands just by attending various venues faithfully. I remembered the insistency of their Fire! Fire! single, which I still read more

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Tawny Owl and the Birds of Prey, Cold Hands - Old Blue Last 02/01/2010

Only two days into a new decade and I find myself travelling down with great trepidation to catch one of my favourite local bands, Cold Hands, tear it up in the big smoke. Kicking off a Norwich double-bill of sorts (stage-mates for the evening come read more

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ALBUMS

The Unwinding Hours- The Unwinding Hours

On their myspace profile The Unwinding Hours modestly point out that it may or may not be of interest to you that they used to play in a band called Aereogramme. For most that will probably be of significant interest, because shortly before their demise read more

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Shabby Rogue- By Hook and by Crook

Single releases can sometimes be completely misleading. Either they take you into a sludge pool of desperately arranged filler, or lead you into a garden of otherworldly confusion. The first single to come from By Hook and by Crook ‘My Life As A Secret Agent’ read more

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Frightened Rabbit- The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

Frightened Rabbits last full length album, 'The Midnight Organ Fight' was well received by critics and fans alike with myself personally thinking it was a touch of genius, blending indie, pop and folk sensibilities with a lyrical content that was emotional and relate-able whilst still read more

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The Who- Greatest Hits/Greatest Hits Live

After a quite literally electrifying performance at Superbowl XLIV (that’s forty four right?) The Who are to release another Greatest Hits collection. Whilst disc 1 is almost a carbon copy of 2007 Best Of Album Then & Now, disc 2 is a brilliant collection of read more

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Field Music- Field Music (Measure)

One of Field Music's main strengths for me has always been the coherency with which their albums are constructed, often flowing seamlessly from one track to the next and with a sense of some over arching narrative or theme throughout. So it seems ironically fitting read more

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The Electric Pop Group- Seconds

The Electric Pop Group is, in essence, the Aamot brothers from Gothenburg. Their self-titled self-released debut album was released back in 2006 and met with a fair degree of critical acclaim, resulting in them being scooped up by the Matinée sugar refinery. Their read more

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Charlotte Gainsbourg- IRM

When I first heard Charlotte Gainsbourg, star of such films as Antichrist and The Science Of Sleep, was working on a new album, I braced myself for a bundle of pretensions in line with the similarly circumstanced 2001 album from Brigitte Fontaine, Kekeland (the tracks read more

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The So So Glos- Tourism / Terrorism

Reminding me of a lewd cross between The Libertines and Black Lips, Brooklyn’s The So So Glos are a good time band, the kind of group that rock that party until the early hours, and then in the first throes of the sunlit morning you read more

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Jaga Jazzist- One-Armed Bandit

Six albums in and Jaga Jazzist’s latest album, ‘One-Armed Bandit’, arrives to take listeners on a one hour trip to the cosmos and back. Leaning their acid-funk fusion heavily into the winds of progressive rock has pushed the nine-piece into new sonic territory. A gamble? read more

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The Sunshine Underground- Nobody's Coming to Save You

Back in the hazy years of 2006-2007, when The Sunshine Underground were first beginning to make their mark on the music industry, Britain was in the oppressive grip of the NME driven scene-craze 'Nu-rave,' under which banner The Sunshine Underground were unfairly labelled. Unfairly not read more

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Andrew Vincent- Rotten Pear

When it comes to critical analysis of music I often feel as though most albums are only as effective as the emotions which they stir within me as a listener, and generally albums aim for one consistent tone throughout. A large percentage of my collection read more

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These Monsters- Call Me Dragon

For some reason we are in the midst of a post-rock UK explosion. This could be down to a lack of suitable vocalists, or even a surplus of technically proficient musicians. Already in the last twelve months or so I’ve been impressed by the likes read more

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cliffordandcalix- Lost Foundling

Experimental. Whenever that word is used to describe a musical composition I tend to find that my balls begin to shrivel and then my jaw tightens. I find myself feeling nauseous, with a sudden urge to flee. Panic sets in. Harking back to the olden days read more

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Los Campesinos!- Romance is Boring

“You're pouting in your sleep/I'm waking still yawning/We're proving to each other/That romance is boring” Romance is Boring runs off on a different tack to its precursor, ‘We Are Beautiful We Are Doomed’. The pretentions gone; the fun is back. The title track runs off read more

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The Album Leaf- A Chorus of Storytellers

Over the last decade The Album Leaf have enjoyed a steady rise in popularity which peaked with 2006's Into The Blue Again, as composer and multi-instrumentalist Jimmy LaValle became synonymous with his trademark style ambient post rock steeped in electronica. He serves up more of read more

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Sam Amidon- I See The Sign

I first became aware of Sam Amidon shortly after a break-up with my girlfriend. His 2008 album 'All Is Well' seemed revolutionary to me, containing folk sensibilities with Amidon wearing his heart on his sleeve throughout the release and it was something I found myself read more

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The Wednesday Club- Katapult

The Wednesday Club are a four piece comprised of three songwriters, and some other guy. That fact alone is evident throughout this 30-minute record as your mind is taken through 15 short tracks that are about as diverse as Harrow. Influences are drawn like a read more

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Beach House- Teen Dream

I decided to grab a copy of Beach House's new album Teen Dream for review after seeing them in just about every 'Tips for 2010' list you could care to mention. Although this Baltimore psyche-bliss duo consisting of Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand have been read more

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Jud Vandy- Children Lost In Fantasy Part 1

The artwork for Jud Vandys 'Children Lost In Fantasy Part 1' is bright yet bleak and abstract which portrays the contents of the album perfectly. Opening track 'Edison Fair' is a rousing and aggressive start driven by marching drums, distortion seething in and out while read more

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SINGLES

The New Loud- Can't Stop Not Knowing

Can’t Stop Not Knowing is the debut EP from Milwaukee three piece The New Loud- and a frenetic and sometimes intense one at that. Interestingly, the band were recently stopped mid set in New York for literally being too loud, and while their many layers read more

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Los Campesinos!- Romance is Boring

I am potentially making a mockery of my all-countries-equal ethos, but all the same Aleksandra, who shares vocal responsibilities on “Romance is Boring” with staple frontman Gareth, makes it impossible not to hear Los Campesinos!’s forthcoming single and think, “I swear there’s an American woman read more

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Marina & the Diamonds- Hollywood

While comparisons to Florence + the Machine are otherwise dubious, Marina & the Diamonds certainly has one thing in common with the redhead; no matter how shameful my addiction, I nevertheless find myself falling for her music hook, line and sinker. Debut single “Hollywood” attests read more

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Paperplain- Entering Pale Town

Nineteen year old singer songwriter Helen Page is a timid little creature, her voice almost apologetic in tone. So shy, she operates under the brittle moniker Paperplain. A lot of comparisons are bound to be made to the likes of Alessi's Ark and Laura Marling; read more

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Jesca Hoop- Feast of the Heart

Sullen beats and a single bass-line set to the distorted vocals of a jubilant if emphatic frontwoman; this is exactly the kind of thing I’ve come to expect of Brooklyn resident Elizabeth Sharp. Except in this case, the captivating noise is not coming from Ill read more

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Hurts- Wonderful Life

Hurts have been causing quite a stir at the beginning of this new decade, listed in the BBC Sound of 2010 alongside the likes of Delphic, Everything Everything and Two Door Cinema Club. Their new single is their track ‘Wonderful Life’ remixed by Arthur Baker. read more

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Mirrorkicks- Anything

It must be hard to stand out as a guitar pop band these days eh? How to make an impact, how to fight your way to the front and gain attention amongst the sweaty throngs of Myspace bands, without being completely consumed by the influences read more

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Lou Rhodes- There for the Taking

Since her 2006 nomination for the Merc-whatever music prize, Lou Rhodes has been really rather busy. Having received widespread acclaim for “Beloved One”, the folkster released her second solo album “Bloom” little over a year later. Rhodes then found time to reform her old trip-hop read more

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Jack Cleverly- Things You See

Jack Cleverly, first things first blood. Y’all gotta open up those pipes. Remember the film Sister Act II: Back In The Habit? Of course you do it’s a classic, featuring an early appearance by Lauryn Hill. Anyway remember there’s a famous scene where Whoopi Goldberg’s read more

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Toro Y Moi- Blessa

Toro Y Moi is the side project of Chazwick Bundick, from The Heist. However, his side project is quickly becoming the feature as his solo popularity slowly rises. The sound he makes is catching onto the dreamy lo-fi wave that seems very popular at the read more

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The Stopmotion Men- What Now?

The Stopmotion Men, a three piece band from Cardiff, Wales have been progressing nicely in the Welsh alternative scene since their inception in 2006 gaining support slots to the likes of The Automatic and The Feeling amongst others alongside airplay on South Wales Radio and read more

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