Monthly archive August, 2009

The XX: The XX

It’s so exciting, I need to go for a lie down. Wow.

Calvin Harris rants on Twitter: part 2

Rah rah rah, I got a bad review, boo hoo, feel sorry for me. PS Buy my album.

Kill It Kid: Kill It Kid

As a wave of Tom Waits and Anthony Hegarty (Anthony And The Johnsons) influences are sweeping the country, conventional indie is taking a sound beating and is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

Young British Artists: Small Waves EP

From the city that gave us the likes of Joy Division, Morrissey and the Gallaghers, now emerges Young British Artists.

New Radiohead track appears online

As if to make up for the atrocity of the Harry Patch song (NB: that's not the official title), a new Radiohead track entitled These Are My Twisted Words has appeared on Youtube.

The Verve split up – again

Just for a change, Wigan's the Verve have called it a day

The Twang: Jewellery Quarter

Phil Etheridge and his rough-around-the-edges troupe star in Surprising Second Album Shocker.

Twilight Sad announce tour

Etheral Scots the Twilight Sad have announced an Autumn tour in support of their to-be-released second album.

The Maccabees to hit the road

The London indie-poppers will tour from the end of September, starting in Bristol and ending in Leeds, with the band's first Brixton Academy show in the middle somewhere.

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club: Love On An Oil Rig

This Cardiff four-piece, with quite a mouthful for a band name, are set to release their second album entitled Love On An Oil Rig.

First listen: Athlete's Black Swan

We had a listen to the fourth studio album from Athlete, and noted down our thoughts along the way.

Interview: Frank Turner

With a new album on the horizon, Mark Grainger caught up with ex-Million Dead singer Frank Turner to find out more.

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