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Don’t be fooled by the bright colours emblazoned across the cover of “Present Tense”. What lies within could not be further from brightness or anything resembling happiness. With “Present Tense”, Wild Beasts have crafted a dark, foreboding “pop” album – the synths that really made their presence felt on … Read on
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Her arrival on stage sets the tone for the night. Tightly choreographed, visually arresting, entirely odd, and utterly thrilling. St. Vincent, aka Annie Erin Clark, dances. Not in the traditional boogie robots sense, nor even in the Thom Yorke religious rapture sense. St. Vincent dances like a ballerina … Read on
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Drawn to the communicative and bonding qualities of ‘folk’ but explorative beyond its stylistic connotations; enough of a pack member to want a band yet also keen to imbue a sense of solitude through her music, Elle Mary is an artist who operates best when balancing conflicting instincts. It’s what … Read on
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Throughout rock-history, those bands who have withstood the test of time tend to fall into certain categories. There are the innovators, the veterans, the unsung heroes, and then the all-time greats. With 31 years on and off in the business, Guided By Voices have, in their own little ways, … Read on
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Oh my good Lord, turbo-garage princes Mistoa Poltsa have conjured a new EP tantalisingly entitled ’You Could Tell It Was Alive When It Died’ featuring four blistering bundles of juice that will make you wish you hadn’t worn you’re new vest. Listen you silly…
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Tonight Matthew is a monthly night of star spangled live music as we invite some of our favourite Manchester bands to walk through the smoke and perform as a chosen musical hero(s).
It’s basically like Stars In Their Eyes for rockin’ Manchester bands. Matty Kelly might come down.
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An antiphon is a call-and-response style of singing, from Gregorian chants to sea shanties. In the case of Denton, Texas’ favourite sons Midlake, it’s the perfect title for a bold response to a new phase in the band’s illustrious career, with a re-jigged line-up and a newly honed sound … Read on
As 2013 got under way four childhood friends were given a wake-up call by the spotlight on the music scene in their native Birmingham and decided to build on their formative years of gigging and songwriting and take their music seriously to form Dumb.
“The whole limelight on Birmingham … Read on
Fat White Family feel subversive or transgressive even before you move beyond their name, although what exactly there is left to subvert in this twerking, dope-on-daytime-TV day and age we’re not sure. “Fat” suggests they’re siding with society’s marginalised, any skin-colour referent in a band’s monicker always seems like … Read on
DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE!
BY JENNY WILSON
“Be realistic, demand the impossible!” was a graffiti painted by the 1968′s student radicals over a Paris wall during the uprisings.
I love this beautiful and noisy expression. It makes totally sense – what else can one do when you’re a citizen in … Read on
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