Oh, Vampire Weekend. Those quirky, chirpy hipsters from New York City we all know and love are gearing up to release their second album, ‘Contra’, on XL Recordings in January 2010. And they’ve just released the video they filmed to go with the first single to be released from the new album. Called [...]
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My favourite holiday spot as a child was Disney World in Orlando, Florida, because with the sun always shining and the palm trees swaying, it was a world away from what I was used to growing up in the Mid-Atlantic. My parents probably recognised early on that I had boffin tendencies, because I avoided [...]
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Animal Collective is one of the few bands that make me proud to say I’m a Marylander. They may live in New York City now, but we all know they’re originally from Baltimore. And the name of their latest album, ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’? That just so happens to be the venue where I [...]
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One of our biggest tips for success in 2010, Delphic have announced a sizeable UK tour for January 2010.Tickets are on sale now.Thursday 14th January – Norwich – Arts CentreFriday 15th January – Oxford – Academy 2Saturday 16th January – Sheffield – LeadmillSunday 17th January – Bristol – TheklaTuesday 19th January – Brighton – AudioWednesday [...]
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Four Tet, known to his mum as Kieran Hebden, has announced a string of shows for February and March around the UK.Tickets are on sale now.Friday 12th February 2010 – London Dome, Tuffnell ParkThursday 11th March 2010 – Manchester Club AcademyFriday 12th March 2010 – Leeds TJsSaturday 13th March 2010 – Edinburgh Bongo ClubWednesday 17th [...]
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Fresh from being featured on the Twilight: New Moon Soundtrack, Band of Skulls have announced a UK tour for early February 2010.Tickets are on sale now.Thursday 4th February 2010 – Leeds A Nation Of ShopkeepersFriday 5th February 2010 – Liverpool EVOLSaturday 6th February 2010 – Glasgow King TutsMonday 8th February 2010 – Newcastle ClunyTuesday 9th [...]
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I seen and written about New York phenomenon the Phenomenal Handclap Band many times now since the summer, but I feel like my love for this band and their catchy tunes isn’t going to wane anytime soon. The latest? The band has out now an album of remixes of ‘You’ll Disappear’ and [...]
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Texas’ very own Spoon have announced a trio of UK shows for February 2010.Tickets are on sale now, priced between £15 and £16.50 each.Sunday 14th February 2010 – Glasgow King TutsMonday 15th February 2010 – Manchester Academy 3Tuesday 16th February 2010 – London Electric Ballroom
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Asobi Seksu – TransparenceI don’t know much about Asobi Seksu, having first been drawn to them thanks to “Thursday” being featured in an episode of Skins series 2. However, I do love this video for their new single – echoing summer perfectly, it’s gentle and hazy, reminiscent of those lazy Sunday lunchtimes in muddy fields [...]
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Muse have announced a duo of stadium shows to round off next summer.Tickets for both shows go on sale tomorrow morning (Thursday 19th November) at 9am from this link, or Friday morning at 9am (20th November) from everywhere else. Expect more dates to be added as each one sells out – they sold out two [...]
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On your side of the Atlantic, it was Steve Lamacq I believe who first tipped the xx as one of the bands to make waves in 2009. On this side, Pitchfork sang the praises of the band’s debut album in late summer, practically ensuring that hype would be following the band around wherever they [...]
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There’s no hiding it anymore – winter’s here. The sunshine has packed up and gone down south, and summer’s long gone.We’ve got another 7 months until 2010’s festival season gets truly underway, so what can you do to pass the time until the next time you can watch the sun rise over the stone circle, [...]
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The beautiful First Aid Kit are back on the road again in February and March next year, playing some smaller venues around our fair country.Tickets for some dates are on sale now, whilst others go on sale on Friday (20th November) at 9am. Catch the guys at:Friday 19th February 2010 – Edinburgh – Sneaky PetesSaturday [...]
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Thirty Seconds To Mars continue their rise to stardom with the confirmation that they will play their biggest UK tour to date in February 2010. Tickets are priced at £22.50 for London and £20 for all regional dates, Tickets will go on general sale at 9.30am on Saturday 21st November.Friday 19th February 2010 – Nottingham [...]
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Last week, I introduced you to Delphic – a trance quartet hailing from Manchester. It would appear that Mancunians are very much on the ball musically of late, since Dutch Uncles, the indie stars I’d like to introduce to you today, similarly spawn from the Northern city.Dutch Uncles are signed, rather intriguingly, to Germany’s biggest [...]
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Remember back in the day when everyone was grouping The Killers with The Bravery? Those old-school times when we didn’t know just what Brandon and co would achieve? Well, The Bravery have a shiny new song from their forthcoming third album, Stir The Blood. Sounding suitably dark and Depeche Mode likd, it’s quite angry, but [...]
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Kyte – Eyes Lose their FireIt’s been a while since I last mentioned this lot. Hailing from Leicestershire, they make dreamy shoe-gaze stuff that is perfect for winter evenings sat in by the log fire. They’ve been making rather big waves in Japan of late, and whilst this video isn’t exactly brand new I love [...]
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It has become a worldwide cult, and whether you’re Team Edward or Team Jacob (I’m all for the Cullen), one thing’s for sure, you’ll be seeing New Moon, the second instalment of the Twilight saga, in cinemas in this week (squeel!). Of course, I can’t give you a head’s up on the actual film yet, [...]
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Slowly climbing the US indie scene, Pomegranates have just been signed to the rather good Heist Or Hit Records here in the UK, home to TGTF favourites The Answering Machine (coverage)and LoveLikeFire (coverage).They say:Shimmering self-professed “art-pop”…A youthful, open-eared quartet enlivened with a kick-ass record collection, ceiling-less imagination, ragged guitars, and songwriting chop
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Jess introduced Ingrid Michaelson a few weeks back, and we were fortunate enough to get a few questions answered from the lovely New Yorker…To many of us in the UK you’re a rather unheard of name. What’s your favourite part of coming over here?Ever since I was a child I have been quite the Anglophile…so [...]
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