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If you’ve been paying attention, something very interesting seems to be happening in the music world at the moment. Youngsters seem to be everywhere – taking old influences and …
It’s hard not to be suspicious when politicians endorse music. You only have to look back to the Britpop movement – and that thing called ‘Cool Britannia’ – to …
They may sport skinny jeans in press shots, but if their debut album is anything to go by, Peace are bringing back baggy. There’s enough funky drumming, pounding keyboards …
It’s hard not to feel a little sorry for Palma Violets. Four London lads who – like The Vaccines, Arctic Monkeys and The Libertines before them – have been …
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 …
For the uninitiated, Angus Stone is one half of Australian brother-sister folk duo, Angus and Julia Stone. While his first solo album, ‘Smoking Gun‘, was released under the moniker …
The View are sick of being called ‘scallies’. In their early days they were styled – by the press and themselves – as Scotland’s answer to The Libertines; confrontational, …
So, Maximo Park are back. If that’s a sentence that fills you with any sort of measurable excitement, the good news is that you’ll be pleased by what follows …
In the late 80’s, somewhere on the east side of the Berlin Wall, a young girl was developing a love for the world of performing arts, particularly ballet and …
With only charming accents to betray their Belgian roots, The Black Box Revelation are a collision of the best garage rock sounds each side of the Atlantic. Those accents, …
In only two albums, Melbourne natives Little Red have already navigated 50 years of pop music. While their charming debut ‘Listen to Little Red‘ was a fun, 50’s doo-wop …
For such a well-kept secret, it’s quite impressive that LA’s Letting Up Despite Great Faults can already boast of airplay on BBC News and rave reviews from the US …