In America, One Direction’s 'What Makes You Beautiful' has entered the Hot 100 at Number 28, the highest placed British debut since The Verve’s 'Bittersweet S...
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This Bristol band are baggy meets shoegaze: shaggy, perhapsHometown: Weston-Super-Mare.The lineup: James MacLucas (vocals), John Paul Beaumont (guitar), Adam Hastings (ba...
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Member of Frank Zappa's original Mothers of InventionJim "Motorhead" Sherwood, who has died aged 69, was a member of Frank Zappa's original Mothers of Invention. He appea...
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Their first since “Underneath” in 2001…
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O2 Arena, LondonIn the middle of the crowd, a gaggle of about 40 people is squatting down, beckoning others to do the same. Onstage, Kasabian are playing "Fire", the fina...
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This Leeds band, who want to be known by their initials, throw some Loop, Spacemen 3 and early Verve into their untamed mixHometown: Leeds.The lineup: MB, EG, MJ, SS and ...
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Singer of the eloquent soul ballad Get It While You CanThe sublime tenor voice of the American soul singer Howard Tate, who has died aged 72, lit up a string of immaculat...
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Damon Albarns supergroup The Good The Bad The Queen made its live comeback in London on Thursday evening 10Nov11 with a gig in aid of Greenpeace The Blur rocker teamed up...
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Gorillaz, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green and others could benefit from innovative ideas around their musicOne of the worst conference cliches currently floating around the...
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Multi-instrumentalists Kitty, Daisy & Lewis released three albums (including one re-release) in three years since they began 2007. After taking 2010 off from releasing a...
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Five stern-faced young men, who brilliantly sound like they belong on a mist-shrouded hillsideWho are they?Five stern-faced, anguished young men who stand atop mountains,...
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I wasn't even born when the Stone Roses released their debut album in 1989 – and I've been reminded of the fact ever sinceIn March 2000, style magazine the Face pr...
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Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonIt's not often Trilok Gurtu finds himself upstaged. For more than three decades, the Mumbai-born percussionist has been one of the most charis...
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Daryl Hall (born October 11, 1946) is an American rock, R&B and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocal...
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Set for an October 25 release on Verve Forecast / DH Records, Smoking In Heaven, the new album from the multi-instrumental three-piece band Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, has been...
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