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Next Wave #603: TÃLÃ
Inspired by a chaotic culture clash…What’s in a name? For TÃLÃ (meaning ‘gold’ in Farsi, ‘palm tree’ in Sanskrit, and a clap or rhythmic pattern in Hindi), it’s as multi-layered as the music that comes...
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Classic Clash Cover Feature: Kanye West
On '808s & Heartbreak', from 2008…Having kicked off our series of Classic Clash Cover Features with Foo Fighters around the time of their ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace’ LP, today we turn...
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The Pop-But-Not Progression Of Perfume Genius
‘Too Bright’ for the underground…On the surface, Seattle and Bristol don’t seem to have much in common. Yet, somewhat strangely, for Mike Hadreas the city has become a home from home.“I like Bristol a...
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The Wounded Woe Of Withnail And I
Misery becomes him… As the classic comedy returns to cinemas, we discover that there’s a whole lot more to Withnail And I than the common perception of snappy quotes and messy drinking games.- - -- -...
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10 Things I Hate About Pop: Charli XCX
Issue 98’s cover feature…One can forgive Charli XCX for losing heart back in 2013, when her inventive and critically acclaimed major label debut, ‘True Romance’, went on to sell badly. But instead,...
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High Tide, Low Tide: The Vaselines Interviewed
As new album 'V For Vaselines' gains full release...In their initial, all too brief, existence, The Vaselines blazed a trail countless others would follow.The Scottish group - hinging on Eugene Kelly...
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Hardly Hard To Find: The National Interviewed
Scott Devendorf in conversation…New York five-piece The National has risen from off-radar also-rans to a globally known indie phenomenon over 15 years and six studio albums. The band’s latest LP,...
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Moderate Rock #1: The Month In Metal And More
Words from the heavier end of modern music…New column! We figured it was about time, what with all the other music we were putting on these here web pages, to lean towards the heavier end of what we...
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Rock And Rules: Candi Staton
Keeping her young heart running free…For Rock And Rules, we speak to artists who’ve seen it, done it, bathed in it and pulled themselves out before they’ve shrivelled to nothing. They tell us some of...
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A Celebration Of Spaced At 15
Didn’t they all do well…Blogs have been buzzing of late with articles marking the 20th anniversary of Friends, which first broadcast on September 22nd 1994. But honestly, it was another show of the...
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A Winged Victory… Play Mr And Mr
They’re not an item. Not like that…A Winged Victory For The Sullen is Adam Wiltzie, also of Stars Of The Lid, and Dustin O’Halloran, previously of Devics. The band’s eponymous first album of 2011 was...
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Clash DJ Mix - Fauntleroy
Industrial, opaque, sombre, tear-jerking and satisfyingly heavy in turns...Mystery techno, you say? Don’t mind if we do.That’s right, the latest exclusive Clash DJ mix comes from shadowy techno figure...
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In Conversation: Gorgon City
Kye ‘Foamo’ Gibbon talks ‘Sirens’…It’s been a massive year for house duo Gorgon City, aka Kye Gibbon (‘Foamo’) and Matt Robson-Scott (‘RackNRuin’). Having been actively producing dance tracks for...
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The Clash Film Column: Blocks Rocking Seats
Tetris at the movies? And more…Be fair, it’s got every chance of being the best video game adaptation yet…- - -That was the week in which…It was announced that a film is to be made based on the...
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Next Wave #604: Jetta
Pop with its sights on stadiums…This time last year 24-year-old Liverpudlian Jetta was cooking up some serious chart-busting pop tarts in the studio with Pharrell. He’s the ultimate head chef, surely?...
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Sleater-Kinney: The Complete Guide
As Sub Pop preps a seven-LP set…Wild Flag may have called it a day, but fans crying out for more of Carrie Brownstein’s uniquely phosphorescent output should receive a shot in the arm thanks to this:...
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A Cross-Cultural Affair: Shintaro Sakamoto And Yo La Tengo
From Tokyo to Hoboken, and back…One act, loves the other. So, here’s cult Japanese psychedelic musician Shintaro Sakamoto picking his standout Yo La Tengo tracks, and James McNew of the New Jersey...
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In Conversation: Kristin Hersh
On addressing raw, uncontrollable emotions…A prolific writer, Kristin Hersh has never shied away from documenting her darkest moments through song. Pioneering college rock and laying the foundations...
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Dan Wilson Reviews The Singles
Semisonic singer on La Roux and Only Real…Dan Wilson is a name that fans of 1990s hit singles might be familiar with, as the singer served as frontman for Semisonic until their hiatus of 2001, a band...
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Caribou: An Alternate Labour Of Love
Talking ‘Our Love’ with Dan Snaith…Most three year-olds (probably) spend their downtime watching Peppa Pig and eating their own hair, but Dan Snaith’s (aka Caribou) daughter has already undergone a...
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