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J. Cole: From Fayettenam To DreamVille
Clash heads to the rapper's homecoming...“You've come all the way here for J. Cole?” It's difficult to tell whether the US customs officer is excited or trying to catch me out. “You have this?” he...
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Track By Track: Beacon - 'L1' EP
Brooklyn duo with a Ghostly sound...By turns visceral and delicate, melodic and powerfully bleak, Beacon are almost impossible to pin down.Perhaps that's why Ghostly International sought out the...
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The Top 100 Albums Of Clash's Lifetime: 50-41
Into the top half of proceedings…Clash was born in 2004. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, and imminent 100th issue, we’re counting down the top 100 albums that pretty much everything we do is based...
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The Top 100 Albums Of Clash's Lifetime: 40-31
Strictly amazing albums…Clash was born in 2004. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, and imminent 100th issue, we’re counting down the top 100 albums that pretty much everything we do is based on. These...
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The Top 100 Albums Of Clash's Lifetime: 30-21
So close to the top 20…Clash was born in 2004. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, and imminent 100th issue, we’re counting down the top 100 albums that pretty much everything we do is based on. These...
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Clash's Fuss-Free Top 40 Albums Of 2014
Suppose this image gives it away…Most of the time when you get these lists, there’s just masses of text to deal with. Intros that last for months, explanations of how Publication X came to this result....
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Exclusive: New Music + Q&A With The Orb
Titanic dub force prepare new retrospective...An ever-expanding phenomenon, The Orb’s history is often distilled down to just one moment, a handful of tracks.Yet the group’s recent history has resulted...
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Clash's Top Films Of 2014
Our critics’ favourite flicks…Absolutely nobody needs a lengthy intro for a best of the year type list, so let’s keep things simple:1. Each contributor had an entirely free vote for their film of the...
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Clash's Top Mixtapes Of 2014
Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Raury, Little Simz and more...The mixtape format continues to bleed into album territory as the free release becomes a way of experimenting with new sounds away from the...
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The Clash Cover Features Of 2014
From Earl to FlyLo via Lana and Sir Elton…Missed any of Clash’s cover features of 2014? You haven’t, because they’re all linked here. Check the full articles for credits.- - -Earl Sweatshirt“I’m so...
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Reggae & Dancehall #39: SOJA, Dre Island, Ghetto Youths
Your final dose for 2014…Reshma B’s latest update from the world she knows so expertly…- - -NEWSThe Nominees for the 57th Grammy Awards were announced this month, with six in the running for Best...
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Clash DJ Mix - TALKTOME
...luscious, electronica-infused houseThere’s not a whole lot of information floating around about rising producer TALKTOME, the latest talent to provide an exclusive DJ mix for the Clash series, but...
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Playlist: Amine Edge & DANCE Pick Hip Hop
Breakthrough production duo craft a playlist...Innovators behind the so-called G-House sound, Amine Edge & DANCE have spent 2014 entertaining dancefloors around the globe.The year in which the duo...
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The Top 100 Albums Of Clash's Lifetime: 100-21
Marking our 10th anniversary…If you’ve been paying attention over the last month on this here site, you’ll have seen us marking both Clash’s 10th anniversary and 100th issue with a chart of the...
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A Princely Appointment: Clash Meets 3RDEYEGIRL
On ‘PLECTRUMELECTRUM’ and the Purple One…One of the most iconic solo artists of his – or indeed any other – generation, Prince also likes to fade into the background. Through his work with projects...
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Good Trip, Bad Trip: Paul Smith
Maxïmo Park man’s tour tales…Clash’s Good Trip, Bad Trip asks interviewees to reminisce on some of their best – and worst – touring experiences, and recall the colourful characters they’ve met on the...
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Upstairs, Downstairs: Revisiting 'The Basement Tapes'
Bob Dylan, The Band, new beginnings…November 2014 saw the release of the latest addition to Bob Dylan’s ‘Bootleg Series’, a supplementary range of albums that have gathered rare or unreleased material...
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Post-Women's Work: Viet Cong Interviewed
On one of 2015’s early standouts…The eponymous debut album from Viet Cong is one of my favourites of this nascent 2015. Reviewed here, the record connects a series of dots to form a complete image in...
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Good Trip, Bad Trip: Circa Waves
Stay away from the pig guts…Good Trip, Bad Trip invites artists to recall memorable on-the-road adventures – both the good stuff, and the bad.Here, we’ve Circa Waves’ Sam Rourke filling us in on the...
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The Clash Film Column: Jazz (We've Got)
Whiplash is our pick of the week…Do we need remakes? Kinda. Just not all remakes, eh…- - -That was the week in which…Gone Girl team David Fincher, Ben Affleck and Gillian Flynn are plotting a remake of...
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