The professional debut of this jaunty indie pop band on Merge Records puts them to the test. Is Hospitality something special, or just another chewed up Belle and Sebasti...
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Music gives us moments when – with a lyric, a chord change, a note or a drumbeat – a hand seems to come out and take our ownFor weeks now, the walls of London...
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Find out what our readers selected as the best music of 2011. You won't believe what's at number oneThe internet is a wonderful thing. It can give a voice to the voiceles...
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Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Sean Michaels recalls stumbling over a melancholy masterpiece in the depths of the Canadian winterIn 2001, I was 19 ...
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Prince Edward Island a London based outfit with a Scottish singer(they are also known for their work with John Mouse) their nuanced sound is redolent of everyone from A...
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Chris Salmon on a new site that tips you off to some of the best unsigned bands, and moreWhile we all know that there's plenty of new music to be found online, trawling a...
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There's nothing an indie kid loves more than 12" from Scotland.
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Architecture in Helsinki is an Australian band based in the inner Melbourne suburb of Northcote. The group consists of Cameron Bird, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Per...
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Belle and Sebastian examine a day in the working man's life with "Come on Sister" and Tapes 'n Tapes dive into fantasy with "Badaboom."
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When I think of bookishness in music, it's not of Katy Perry or will.i.am, but something more awkward, more earnest, the type of music that stays inside on a sunny dayI r...
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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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Whatever it is about Scotland that makes its songwriters singularly smart devotees of pop music, it has continued unabated for some time. Alongside the power-pop titans o...
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(Records Records Records)In their eight years together, the Broken Family Band never achieved more than cult success, and this debut from their former frontman Steven Ada...
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Once a vehicle for like-minded stars, these days supergroups allow unlikely friends to indulge their experimental sideI have a tone on my phone that announces the arrival...
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