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The Wytches @ soundcloud
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We had a truly great time at The Great Escape last weekend, notwithstanding that inevitable moment that occurs at the end of every visit to Brighton when you stand up to leave and realise that a) your wallet is empty; b) you’re wearing your friend’s clothes / a stranger’s clothes / no clothes; and c) you can’t actually stand up, [..]
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Hookworms @ soundcloud
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A few weeks ago we hit Sheffield, birthplace of Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Warp Records, The Human League, and, er, Reverend & The Makers, for a dynamite weekend event called Detestival. It was two days of heavy, hairy and occasionally avant-garde guitar-based mania. Ranging from raging rock’n’roll duo Wet Nuns to pulverising psyche-noise four-piece Bo Ningen. On day one, fairly early [..]
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Dancing by Nancy Elizabeth ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ is a phrase that goes back to the 16th century, enshrining the right of a homeowner to do what they please in the privacy of their own home without the intrusion of either stranger or State. As Pitt the Elder eloquently put it in 1763: “The poorest man may in [..]
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Last year Indiana five-piece Murder By Death managed to score the fourth largest music-related Kickstarter of 2012, raising a tidy, if not quite Amanda Palmer-bothering, $187,047 – almost double their original target. Presumably they’ve pumped at least some of that cash into this charming animated short for ‘Lost River’, one of the best tracks from last year’s ‘Bitter Drink, Bitter [..]
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As the prevalence of smartphones increases, as does the prevalence of dickheads blocking your view at gigs as they shakily attempt to record it for posterity. This not only shows complete ignorance of the presence of other audience members, but also of the fact that it’s virtually impossible [..]
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May 08, 2013 The Roundhouse
Without You My Live Would Be Boring – The Knife, Pan’s People and Pushing Buttons I wonder if the Knife aren’t enjoying being famous any more. Perhaps ‘Heartbeats’ and ‘Silent Shout’ launched them onto a wider scene than they feel comfortable with, and now they’re trying to dismantle as [..]
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