You’ll have to forgive me: I didn’t have any album covers on hand today, so instead I just decided to take a picture out the window and pretend it was an albu...
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Stabbing violins, plenty of coos and aahs, and a sound that's Prefab-cum-Scritti-cum-ABC – they had us at eight secondsHometown: Stockholm.The lineup: Adam Olenius ...
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As Google celebrates the 96th anniversary of the guitar legend's birth, Michael Hann picks his three favourite electric guitarsAnyone who has seen Google's rather brillia...
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From the luscious Les Paul to the glorious Gretsch, here are my three favourite electric guitar models. What are yours?Les Paul would have been 96 today. And even now, ne...
→ Posted 9 June 2011 12.44pm — Comment on this
'Rousing orch-folk' is what we noted when we saw this lot play live. Yes, we took notes. We don't do that for just any bandHometown: London.The lineup: Ralph Pelleymounte...
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The subject of yesterday's post - Scritti Politti - would find fame and fortune after departing Rough Trade Records for Virgin Records.A similar outcome befell Aztec Cam...
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I've been included in a Top 100 list!!!Now its not the sort of list that ranks everyone from 1-100, so whether the organisers of the Top 100 indie music blogs for student...
→ Posted 15 February 2011 6.00am — Comment on this
“Do It Again,” a track from Scottish songwriter Edwyn Collins’ seventh solo album Losing Sleep, features Franz Ferdinand dudes Alex Kapranos (+ mustache...
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The little fella pictured above is the reason I have a charity button over on the right hand side of this blog.Readers from way back will know the story, but I make no a...
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Frankie and the Heartstrings are flying the flag for the surprisingly fertile Sunderland scene. They tell Dave Simpson how classic kitchen-sink dramas and the miners' str...
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Former Orange Juice frontman's first LP written and recorded since his stroke in 2005 will feature star-studded lineupEdwyn Collins has written his first new album since ...
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These Home Counties lads play grandiose music with a rustic charm, like Coldplay jamming with Mumford & SonsHometown: Wheathampstead.The lineup: Will Baguley (drums), Sim...
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