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The kid can sing. 23-year-old Winston Yellen, better known as Night Beds, possesses a voice of tremulous, outstanding beauty. It’s something he is highly aware of, that much is …
Before we go any further, this isn’t an album by The Smiths. No matter what, any new music released by Manchester’s greatest ever guitarist and all round nice guy …
These days, Yo La Tengo seem happy with who they are. After near enough three decades in existence, who can blame them? And the fact that two thirds of …
There’s plenty of new talent out there to get excited about this year. The likes of Palma Violets, Haim, Tom Odell and Savages have already caused a gaggle of …
Now you’ve been through our extensive Essential Listening 2012 series, which includes all our top choices from a past twelve months of albums, gigs and tracks, here some of …
There’s a raucous commotion drawing in down South West England way. A battering ram to the senses attacking these green isles with glee. It’s Waves of Fury, a five-piece …
It’s not too difficult to imagine Temples emerging from their home studio with ‘Shelter Song‘ tucked carefully under their arms; the duo blinking as they clamber out from beneath …
North East natives Little Comets are managed by former footballer Ugo Ehiogu, soundtrack Radox adverts, and once enlisted a drummer from a failed boyband. Despite that sentence appearing to …
The British music landscape has changed considerably in recent years. In the not-too-distant past there seemed to be some kind of mythical conveyor belt churning out an endless array …
For the past couple of years, there’s been a lot of pressure resting on Kevin Parker’s shoulders. The Antipodean sonic adventurer, better known by the faux-band moniker Tame Impala, …
Years from now, some may call it ‘The 1975 Paradox’. It will apply to those artists that embrace anonymity and cover themselves beneath a blanket of secrecy, only for …
And so the return of 2010’s Mercury Prize-winning wunderkinds The xx. Back with a… not a bang exactly, more so another collection of brooding pop-noir. Well, what else were …
Maybe it’s the volcanicity. For such a small and isolated island, Iceland keeps producing musicians and Of Monsters and Men are the latest act to set sail from their …
Animal Collective is a strange band in setup. With three members based along an imaginary line across the States (LA, Baltimore and Washington DC respectively), and one of their …
On a dark side-street in Liverpool city centre, between the crumbling Victorian warehouse buildings, there is a garden. It’s quite an unexpected find, but then again this is quite …
How could it ever come to pass? All four of the Roses, onstage together again… in our lifetime? This wasn’t in the script. So many of us missed out …