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Nov 10, 2009 • Introducing Dear Acetate, from the same Hertfordshire towns that have spawned the likes of Gallows and Friendly Fires.
Could Brooklyn band the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart be the next big thing in indie-pop? The four-piece are certainly having a go at it as they release yet another EP of sparkling shoe-gaze songs and hit bigger venues than ever before on their forthcoming UK tour.
Music is equally as apt to be a social mirror as sport. We like to think it is one step ahead, a leader of social change rather than a reaction. With music, it has oft been said, you can change the world.
Tom Arkell casts a knowing eye over four of this week's singles, from Girls, the Cheek, Brakes, and Holly Miranda.
It’s the greatest drinking game ever invented. Every time you recognise an influence: drink. Fun, easy, and vomit-inducing capering. Fortunately, you’ll be so out of your head by the time you finish, you might not mind.
This is Casablancas creating a portfolio piece, saying "look, this is what I can do. I don't need the Strokes".
The most impressive thing about Reality Kill The Video Star is how Williams has made it out to be a step forward, a boundary-pushing leap into the unknown, when really this is exactly the sort of thing you would have expected him to come up with.
The band will play eight dates, starting in Cambridge on February 7 and ending in London on February 16.
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Nov 4, 2009 • Offerings from Royksopp, Camera Obscura, Snow Patrol, Dead Confederate and Daniel Merriweather (with a little help from Adele).
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Nov 4, 2009 • Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You. No, we're not being overly welcoming, that's the title of Lightspeed Champion's - aka Dev Hynes' - eagerly awaited second studio album.
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Nov 3, 2009 • Want one of our Spotify invites? Let us know!
"There's a gay porn version we were really pushing for that was incredible, like nothing else. But at the same time, it's really beautiful – about two people who love each other."
