Artist: The ResearchAlbum: I Think She’s The One I LoveLabel: This Is Fake Diy RecordsRelease date: 20/10/08Link: www.myspace.com/theresearchThe Research are a 3 piece band from Wakefield who create poppy-twee music.The most striking element to ‘I Think She’s The One I Love’ is the 60’s girl group backing vocals which work a treat throughout the song, more specifically the chorus. I
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The Research - I Think She’s The One I Love
Bloc Party - Talons
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I've never really liked Bloc Party. When the media were creaming their pants at the release of Silent Alarm I sat listening and hearing nothing new, they had borrowed most of their sound from 80's Post-Punk bands and some DC Hardcore bands and watered it down. Kele's vocals left me cold as well. Apart from [...]
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Let The Right One In
Released: October 24th Genre: Foreign Horror Rating: R Trailer: Click here The Film - A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father. A [...]
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The405 NewsTube#4
Sorry for the late post! Check out the latest installment of our new video newsletter that can be found every Thursday on our new YouTube Chanel!- The 405 Team
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CSS - Move
Artist: CSSSingle: MoveRelease Date: 13/10/08Label: Sub Pop/WarnerLink: www.myspace.com/canseidesersexyIf you don’t already have a good enough reason to like electro-pop, CSS‘ll give you one. The more than appropriate title ‘Move’ does indeed make you want to get up on your feet and it has a truly infectious quality about it-once you’ve heard it once, you’ll want [...]
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Dead Confederate: Nirvana-ish grunge laced with Chris Isaak?
It is rare to find a band who can bring the same emotional intensity as Nirvana did back in the good ‘ol days of grunge, but here is a band that does exactly that. However, Dead Confederate are not just another Nirvana imitator but have created a sound that is all their own.This band effectively [...]
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Fleet Foxes - He Doesn’t Know Why
Artist: Fleet FoxesSingle: He Doesn’t Know WhyLabel: Sub PopRelease date: 20/10/08Link: http://www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes‘He Doesn’t Know Why’ epitomizes what I love about Fleet Foxes. From the multi-part Beach Boys-esque harmonies that open the song to the reflective piano chords that signal its end, everything about the song seems both familiar and fresh. It’s like a summer [...]
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House
Released: November 7thGenre: HorrorRating: RTrailer: Click hereThe Film - On a deserted back road in Alabama, Jack and Stephanie find themselves driving fast and running late. Their world suddenly changes when a strange accident leaves them stranded with no car, no cell phone coverage, and no help in sight. They have no choice except to [...]
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Competition: Freeze Festival
This October London is blessed with one hell of an event that we at The 405 are extremely excited about. The event is called Freeze Festival, which is basically this awesome snow sports and music event happening at Battersea Power Station between the 23rd and 26th of October. It’s got some amazing bands playing like The [...]
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Ra Ra Riot - Ghosts Under Rocks
Artist: Ra Ra RiotSingle: Ghost Under RocksRelease Date: 13/10/08Label: V2Link: www.myspace.com/rarariotThere’s something about Ra Ra Riot that I can’t quite put my finger on. Something that makes them seem like they should have a special place in my heart, like they should be the most important thing. So with their latest missive spinning on repeat [...]
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Blender #3
Fairly short roundup of my favourite things from this week! Including Lee Evans at the 02, Fifa 09 and Bloc Party - IntimacyThis week I’ve been listening to Bloc Party’s newest concoction Intimacy released via their website on the 21st of August and being released in a physical form on the 27th of October. The [...]
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Herman Düne - Next Year in Zion
Artist: Herman DüneAlbum: Next Year in ZionLabel: EMIRelease date: 13/10/08Link: www.hermandune.comWhen first laying eyes on Herman Düne you may think that Dan le Sac has lost weight and Scroobius Pip has grown his hair long. It turns out however, that instead of blurting out commentaries on modern culture over sampled tracks, this duo play a collection of humble country [...]
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Interview: Creative 30:Jiro Bevis
VICE, Volvo, The Independent and Yahoo! have teamed up on a project called Creative 30 which aims to find and celebrate thirty of Britain's most promising young creative people and The 405 were fortunate enough to ask two of the judges a few questions! Heres part two, our interview with Illustrator Jiro Bevis! Jiro Bevis Illustrator Hi Jiro, Could [...]
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Steven Daily - Interview
Born in Riverside California in 1973, Steven Daily did a considerable amount of moving, between California and the American Mid-west, during his formative years. It was during these years that his passion for art was sparked and began to flourish like wildfire. After graduating from Bolsa Grande High School, he attended Riverside Community College, and [...]
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The Faint- The Geeks Were Right (single)
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The Faint released Fasciinatiion, their first album in four years, last month and this is the first single to come from that. As you will have come to expect from The Faint it contains a lot of throbbing, squelchy keyboards and an ass shaking guitar riff coupled with singer Todd Fink's trademark vocodor vocals. The [...]
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Computer Club - Before The Walls Come Down
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Artist: Computer Club Single: Before The Walls Come Down Release Date: 13/10/08 Label: Split Records Link: www.myspace.com/iHeartCC This is the first single to be taken from the debut album of Birminghams latest hype band Computer Club, called 'Before The Walls Come Down'. Right away their similarities to The Editors are quite apparant, not only from a musical stand point but in terms of their...
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60′000 Hits Update!
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Hello! It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating reaching 50′000 hits so this latest landmark has come as a bit of a surprise! Either way, thanks so much to everyone that has visited us, we really appreciate it! Before we get to the customary video we thought we'd share some of our future plans with you [...]
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Interview: Creative 30:Jamie Eastman
VICE, Volvo, The Independent and Yahoo! have teamed up on a project called Creative 30 which aims to find and celebrate thirty of Britain's most promising young creative people and The 405 were fortunate enough to ask two of the judges a few questions! Heres part one, our interview with ICA Music Director Jamie Eastman! Jamie Eastman ICA [...]
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Rolo Tomassi @ The Portland Arms, Cambridge, 29th September
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The setting for this show seems to resemble a living room with a stage, more than it does a proper show venue- something no doubt helped by the interesting choice of wallpaper, but in a way that's nice. There's only about 50 people here, with most of them under and around the age of 18, [...]
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Nitin Sawhney - London Undersound
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Artist: Nitin Sawhney Album: London Undersound Release Date: 13/10/08 Label: Cooking Vinyl Link: www.myspace.com/nitinsawhney You may be forgiven for not knowing who Nitin Sawhney is, for me his name was more familiar than the actual music he creates but trust me when I say he's damn prolific. London Undersound is his eighth album, he's won numerous awards and played all over [...]
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