This Birmingham band's ambitious Afro-pop suggests Wu Lyf's frontman has suddenly hijacked Vampire WeekendHometown: Birmingham.The lineup: Harrison Koisser (vocals, guita...
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by BBG All the pieces are in place. The floral album cover. The lush arrangements that tip their hat to The Jesus & Mary Chain, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, and My Bloody Val...
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Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offPeggy Lee Sans Souci Having heard this sung by Michelle Dockery at the Barbican's Jazz Voice ...
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Musician Chris Holmes seems to attract a curious mix of people, including Barack Obama, Paul McCartney, Beck and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields.
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On October 28th 20011, BBC 4 is having a night devoted to Creation Records.Upside Down: The Creation StoryOn: BBC 4Date: Friday 28th October 2011Time: 9:00 pm to 10:40 pm...
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This Canadian blues wailer should appeal to retro maniacs and period fetishists, but can she actually write a decent song?Hometown: Etobicoke, Canada.The lineup: Al Spx (...
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Inspired by a trip to the Joshua Tree, the new conceptual double album by M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, is likely to polarise fans'I am very happy," Anthony Gonzalez, aka M8...
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This Nottingham band's attempt to revive shoegaze isn't the wispy waffle you might expect – in fact, we really like itHometown: Nottingham.The lineup: Katty Heath (...
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Director of Mysterious Skin and Kaboom is keeping indie pop alive by featuring new music and remixes by his favourite bandsThis week sees the DVD release of two films fro...
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Warm Brains, LondonThere are a million shades to a British indie rock occasionally thought of as uniformly grey, and whether as producer or musician, Rory Attwell has roa...
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(AC30)Anyone growing old waiting for My Bloody Valentine's Loveless remasters to come out will find this compilation a diverting stopgap. Texans Ringo Deathstarr (ouch) r...
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Kompakt / 2000Difficult to know how to write about an LP that has sat in our player for quite a few weeks now and has simply refused to be removed...Yep, 'Oasis' is one o...
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We might have expected it of Prince or Jay-Z, but everyone from Nirvana to Chad VanGaalen has sung in praise of the mimsyOn paper, there's little that links Calgary lo-fi...
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Warp Records / 2003More diversifying from Warp here, this time extending their repertoire to the nether reaches of alt-folk with the debut album from Grav3nhurst, who's 7...
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From an illicit Pixies gig to a Mesopotamian ziggurat, Guardian critics recall their biggest moment of inspiration in their respective fieldsPop: Alexis PetridisCan any g...
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