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Dropping his iPhone was the best thing that ever happened to Reef Younis.
Friday, January 20th, 2012
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The best shows are most often those where artist and audience fall into a frenzied feedback loop of mutual appreciation.
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Tags: Hudson Mowhawke
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Black Sabbath, System of a Down, Mastodon, Faith No More. The list of influences on this Bristol chaos-rock trio reads a bit like the inventory of a T-shirt stall on Camden Market.
Friday, November 25th, 2011
Tags: Turbowolf
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I am a proper vinyl junkie. I own four different versions of ‘The Perfect Prescription’ by Spaceman 3. I have an initial pressing of Albert Ayler’s debut album, ‘Spiritual Unity’.
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Tags: Kristina Records
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Playing the guitar is like paying taxes – only the ballsy don’t bother doing it.
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
Tags: Big Deal
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Peaking Lights' zonked out dub record '936', released earlier in 2011 via the Not Not Fun label, is said to be the most demanded record at London's Rough Trade East store. That's what we've been told, which might be a li...
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Tags: Feeding Time, Peaking Lights
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There’s a German saying for something that doesn’t knock the speakers off their feet: “It’s not exactly the yolk of the egg, is it?”
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Tags: Japanese Voyeurs
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Garage bands are meant to be lazy and shambolic.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Tags: Fresh & Onlys, Issue 29, Primavera Sound
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This Saturday [August 6 2011], Field Day Festival will turn 4 at Victoria Park, London. What's more, it's got its best lineup yet, including The Horrors, John Cale, Warpaint, Omar Souleyman, Wild Beasts and Factory Floor...
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
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Since Leslie Feist released breakthrough album 'The Reminder' in 2007, Jay-Z has mentioned he'd like to work with her, '1234' has been an advertiser's dream sound-bed and James Blake has made one of her tracks his own. B...
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Tags: Feist, Video
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Instead of introducing you to the debut of some hot new band, here's a majestic guitar-slashing, feedback-grooving record by an old band you won't have heard of.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
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Parties and showbiz are not what’s delayed ‘Leisure Seizure’.
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Tags: Cover Feature, Issue 28, Tom Vek
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For all of those heading to Rockfeeback and Sexbeat's Mini Radfest tomorrow, to see Abe Vigoda, Dam Mantle, Eagulls, Sauna Youth and Fear of Men [above], here's a mixtape made by the folks behind Dalston show to get you ...
Friday, June 17th, 2011
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Montreal’s No Joy could only exist now.
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Tags: Issue 27, No Joy
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One for the guitar geeks – the folk who ignored Ian Brown’s poetic tone but marvelled at John Squire’s bowl-cut.
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
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EMA is Erika M. Anderson, whom attentive fans of lo-fi American noise will know as the former leader of Gowns, a band so drug-fucked they’d make Spacemen 3 look like The Monkees.
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Tags: EMA
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Co-presented by London DIY promoters Sexbeat and Rock Feedback, the Radfest all dayer is back on June 18th, with a new home and scaled down setup, although only slightly.
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
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Creating new album 'Belong' was a breezy affair for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Tags: Issue 26, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
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Urban festival Stag And Dagger returns to London on May 19 and Glasgow on May 21 with its best lineups yet, featuring the newly announced Toro Y Moi and Wire.
Friday, April 15th, 2011
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There’s only one moment tonight when Southend five-piece CLOUT! don’t look like the most original and enviably learned band you’re likely to come across all year.
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
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The clear message from La Sera’s debut album of 2010 is that Katy Goodman (also of Vivian Girls) has been gunning for what can only be worryingly described as a more "mature" sound.
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
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Reef Younis is an obsessive fan who respects the power of goodbye.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
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Not many films are brave enough to confront the dying throws of a passionate marriage. Take Sam Mendes out of the equation and Hollywood directors rarely stray into such downbeat territory, but the riches are there for a...
Monday, February 21st, 2011
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It’s what everyone says about him, but it’s true: Micah P Hinson is an unlikely country folk singer.
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
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Grinderman have been tagged misogynistic, miserable and boozey. . In truth, the Bad Seeds side project couldn’t be happier or with more depth.
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Tags: Grinderman
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