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by Luke Slater
Seminal British Brett Anderson-led band Suede are to reform, albeit for one night only, specifically for a show at London's Royal Albert Hall. This is very much good news, and undoubtedly music to many people's ears.»
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by Luke Slater
Watch the new video from the keyboard pop trio.»
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by Luke Slater
Here's a band you probably haven't heard anything about for a while - The Besnard Lakes. Well, fear not any more, for we have a double whammy of news relating to that very band for you. Wonderful.»
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by Luke Slater
Easter may well be a little while away yet, Essex's finest, These New Puritans have started a little Egg hunt of their own, of sorts. The band have hidden (hidden being the key word here, as you will have probably guessed) tickets for their UK tour aaaaaaaaalllll around the country. »
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by Luke Slater
The BBC have admitted errors of judgement in their recent campaign and tie-up to promote U2's most recent LP, No Line On The Horizon, earlier in the year. »
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by Luke Slater
Good news fans of tinkly dance music! Brilliant duo Autechre are releasing a brand new album in the a couple of months' time, entitled Oversteps, their first since 2008's Quaristice, and their tenth in total.»
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by Luke Slater
Another entirely free download, an exclusive one too. We spoil you.»
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by Luke Slater
Fed up of speculative album news stories after the Joanna Newsom affair of yesterday? Well, tough, because we've got more, this time M.I.A. related, aaaaaaaaand a video to accompany it. Proof. Of something.»
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by Luke Slater
Watch Darren Hayman perform 'Gravity Of The Situation', originally by Vic Chesnutt.»
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by Luke Slater
Goodies. That's what Brooklynite hipsters (no, really) Dirty Projectors have in store for you today, with the news that they're to release yet ANOTHER 7", with two tracks (unheard, of course) taken from the Bitte Orca sessions, bound to be genuinely great at the very least.»
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by Luke Slater
Rock-out psych-out merchants Wooden Shjips are to release the second in a possibly endless series of records, name Vol. 2, following on from the first in the series, Vol. 1. Easy to get your head around this one, ennit?»
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by Luke Slater
Indie seminary Lou Barlow has announced a veritable spate of dates for a European and UK tour in the coming months. »
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by Luke Slater
Way back when we announced that Peter Gabriel was to release a song-swap album, covering the works of Bon Iver and various others, like the Magnetic Fields, we were at least mildly intrigued and at most massively fascinated.»
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by Luke Slater
The artist who goes by the name of Lightspeed Champion, as a tribute to The King, has recorded a version of his 'Devil In Disguise' and, fortunately for us lot, has made it available to download, for free, for the next few weeks. Thanks, Dev!»
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by Luke Slater
As if you hadn't heard enough about Animal Collective in the past 18 months or so! OK, it's a possibility. Regardless of that, we're going to bring to you a new video for 'Brother Sport', taken from the world acclaimed Long Player that is Merriweather Post Pavillion.»
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by Luke Slater
London folkette Laura Marling has revealed details about her forthcoming second album, which will be titled I Speak Because I Can. Well, a few details, anyway.»
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We're back! In a slightly slimline form. Still sexy, though.»
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by Luke Slater
You should be well aware by now that every year the BBC polls a pretty huge collection of movers and shakers in the music industry, asking them what their tips are for the coming year, under the name of 'The Sound of [Insert Year Here]'. First comes the longlist, then comes the final five, and with it, naturally, a winner.»
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by Luke Slater
We're all pretty stoked for Liars' new record, Sisterworld, the band's first full-length since 2007's self-titled. What is more, now, is that the expanded version of this record will contain work by some of the indieverse's brightest shining stars, believe it or not!»
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by Luke Slater
As far as lists of "artists we would love to actually get the chance to see live, in this country", the artists who now goes by the name of DOOM is pretty near the summit. »