Coming out of nowhere and adding a whole new meaning to the term 'freak-folk', Espers have been hailed by many as a redefining collective with enough creativity and new-age folk sensibilities to bring an under-privileged genre into the indie lime-light. Throwing off such claims and the invetiable hype that ensued, the band stuck to their guns and have so far delivered four albums, the newest be...
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Shred Yr Face Week: Interview With Espers
Shred Yr Face Instore Show Cancelled
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The Shred Yr Face in-store show set for this Sunday, November 8th has been cancelled due to irreconcilable logistical issues for the three bands. Whilst that one date of shows has unfortunately been forced into cancellation, the rest of the tour is still looking bright, with dates recommencing the very next day at the Farm House in Canterbury on Monday, November 9th.
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New Pixies Live EP Up For Free Download
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Fancy some free Pixies live music in these chilly November months? Then why not head on over to the official Pixies website where a free four track live EP is currently downloadable for absolutely nothing. The EP is a sampler of their Doolittle 20th Anniversary Reunion and subsequent tour.
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Vampire Weekend Add Extra London 2010 Date
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Vampire Weekend have added one single extra headlining London date onto their February 2010 UK tour. The tour supports the bands forthcoming 2010 album Contra, due on January 11th here in the UK and 12th in the US. The UK tour starts in Cambridge on February 7th and initially finished on the 16th at the Brixton O2 Academy.
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Video: Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able
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After producing an album that's almost guaranteed to go down as one of the best of 2009, Grizzly Bear have now delivered a contender for best video of 2009 coupled alongside Veckatimest highlight Ready, Able. Directed and created by Alison Schulnik, the stop-motion claymation flick is an absolutely unique visual treat as every part of the created scenery and characters twitch with unseen altera...
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Video: Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk
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Marking the bands first ever video in their short but promising career, Two Door Cinema Club are set ro release the single 'I Can Talk' later this month. Come November 23rd the Kitsuné Maison label, I Can Talk will see an actual single release but before hand, we've been given this Megaforce-directed barely three minute slice of clever camera-effects to feast on before the actual release comes ..
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Shred Yr Face: A Video Look Through The Yrs
In honour of Shred Yr Face and as part of our Shred Yr Face week here at Strange Glue, we've decided to take a visual look back at some of the fantastic SYF names that have toured together through the years.
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MP3: Mercury Program Restarted 7 Years On
Florida's The Mercury Program have been absent from our ears for the better part of a decade now. The drought has ended now since the band have a new album due imminently and they've been kind enough to give us a free-of-charge MP3 to pass on to you guys.
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Video: Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
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For his new video for the single Further Complications taken from his latest full-length of the same name, Jarvis Cocker has taken it upon himself to show you his playful side for once, for the entire length. A huge white background, some boxes and moving walls and 100% Cocker and his dodgy dance-moves take up most of the three minute-twenty second flick and whilst the indie-rock behind is grea.
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Japandroids To Hit UK In 2010
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Vancouver-twosome Japandroids are set to hit the UK tour in February of next year, confirming six dates in all. They're currently about to travel over here for a November tour with fellow noise-makers A Place To Bury Strangers but have announced these 2010 headlining dates three-months before they begin.
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The Hype Begins On New M.I.A Record
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When it comes to an artist like M. I. A, all you need is a sentence to send fans and critics into a spiral of excitement and hurried news articles. Well start the engines and gather the passengers as the hype-train is about to begin it's journey upward into the clouds as none other than Diplo, ex-boyfriend and producer of M.
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Biffy Clyro: Only Revolutions
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Reinvention is always going to prove a tricky concept. No band have proven so divisive in the Strange Glue offices than Biffy Clyro, with some claiming that they have "turned their backs on an entire cult-following and sound for number one hits and soulless music".
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Julian Casablancas Lines Up December UK Tour
Julian Casablancas has a solo album on the loose and to celebrate, the man will head out on a short tour the UK this December. He begins in Manchester on December 11th, hitting Glasgow, Dublin and London twice at the Forum on the 15th and 16th.
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EMI Win; Bluebeat Forced To Take Down Online Beatles Catalogue
It was just two days ago when we wrote on these very pages about the EMI label suing online music site Bluebeat due to them selling The Beatles back-catalogue for as little as 15p per song and with no authorisation to do so.
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The Low Anthem Plot 2010 UK Tour
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Fantastic on CD, brilliantly shot videos and great at Festivals, The Low Anthem can do no wrong in 2009 and they plan to finish off the year with news of another tour set for the UK in January and February of 2010.
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Pavement To Release Compilation Record In 2010?
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Pavement guitarist Spiral Stairs AKA Scott Kannberg recently had a chat with NME and said some very interesting things about what may be released throughout the Pavement reunion. We already know that they're not planning any new material but Kannberg has given us a little sparkle of hope with words about a compilation CD featuring some early radio sessions.
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Mogwai Prep Live Album And Film
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Mogwai are set to release a new live album as well as a Vincent Moon and Nathanael Le Scouarnec (of La Blogotheque fame) directed live film documenting the proggy masterminds on stage. The movie is called Burning and was filmed in Brooklyn, though it'll be debuted at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival in Denmark on November 13th.
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Delphic Announce 2010 Début
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Electronic Mancunian collective Delphic have revealed details of a their forthcoming début album after two successful single releases. ´ Acolyte is due on January 11th of 2010 and was produced alongside Berlin techno-wizard Ewan Pearson. The record stands at ten songs in all and speaking about what to expect, Delphic member Matt Cocksedge said: "With a lot of dance albums, you search out th
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Flyleaf: Memento Mori
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It's difficult to describe Flyleaf without using the words "Evanescence" or "Paramore". Essentially because they sound like the personality of Evanescence was infused into Paramore and told to play. As with most bands who can sell a million records despite the fact that no one's ever heard of them, they happen to be a Christian band, although like most Christian bands seeking to appeal to the m...
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