Summertime means something smooth and mellow. And here's an Italian cratedigger with music to hit the so-naff-it's-cool spotHometown: Lecce, Italy.The lineup: Giorgio Tum...
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Adding to music from Badly Drawn Boy and Saint Etienne, Tim Minchin and Mark Steel join the comedy stage while Max Somerset of The Sorcerer's Apprentice will turn tricks ...
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This year's bands will hope to walk in the footsteps of festival alumni Mumford & Sons and Amy WinehouseIts early days amounted to a gaggle of obscure indie kids playing ...
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Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offCharlie Haden Quartet West Sophisticated Ladies The great American bassist and bandleader Cha...
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At the height of their fame, the Monkees teamed up with Jack Nicholson to film the psychedelic classic Head – and destroy their careers in the process. So how do th...
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Bellowhead and John Grant also playing Oxford bash
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Veronica Falls, Hadouken, Toddla T, Saint Etienne, Villagers, MNDR, and Bo Ningen are among the names just announced for this year's marathon Camden Crawl (30 Apr-1 May, ...
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SAINT ETIENNEABC, GLASGOW****
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Sonic Youth, Manchester & LondonHow best to see in the new year? With friends, and hot wine? Or perhaps with some of the most uncheery rock acts of the last 30 years? Unl...
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Podcast: Bob Stanley from Saint Etienne comes in to tell us why the band have released so many tracks about Christmas. Plus the team pick their favourite festive tunesAle...
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From Elvis to Shakey, from Cliff Richard to Mark E Smith, every pop star worth their salt has sung a song of Santa at some point. But there is an art to the festive ditty...
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On 7 February The Radio Dept. are to release a singles compilation on Labrador. The band also play London's Scala on 5 December 2010... and have just been confirmed as...
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