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Alice Levine Reviews The Singles
On cowbell technique and production-line sass…Hi, Alice Levine! Thanks so much for doing the singles for us this week. We like your Radio 1 show – brightens our weekends, so it does, when it airs on...
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Premiere: Aqualung - '10 Futures'
Exclusive album stream + track by trackWith more than a decade’s worth of music trailing behind him, Aqualung– real name Matt Hales – comes equipped with no small measure of baggage.Thankfully, the...
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Solo, Still Super: Clash Meets Gaz Coombes
Supergrass man on getting experimental…Gaz Coombes is full of surprises. But then, that’s how he likes it. Following a two-decade career with Supergrass, the songwriter’s approach to his solo output is...
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Spotlight: Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Ten years on, it remains an indie landmark…In February 2005, four Londoners put out a record that’d change not only their lives, but also the whole indie scene in the UK. ‘Silent Alarm’ might not have...
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Classic Clash Cover Feature: The Prodigy
From issue 35…As The Prodigy announce their return in 2015 with the single ‘Nasty’ and new LP ‘The Day Is My Enemy’ – out on March 30th (news) – Clash turns the clock back to 2009, and issue 35, when...
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Your Favourite Album Of Clash's Lifetime Is...
The votes are in, and Kanye’s not top…Clash recently concluded counting down the 100 greatest albums of its 10-year lifetime. No genres off limits, no restriction on the number of times the same artist...
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Clash DJ Mix - Dark0
...loaded with manic rhythms and epic synth workHard-hitting producer Dark0 opens the lid on underground UK rap and grime for the latest exclusive Clash DJ mix.Flying the instrumental grime flag high...
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Crossing The Cosmo: Tinashe Interviewed
Boldly taking R&B into the future...When the Mayan calendar ended precariously two years ago, we all survived the mythologised end of the world, and the Age of Aquarius dawned. Which, according to...
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7 Of The Best: Simple Minds
With a little help from some famous friends...In the late 70s, Glasgow was a fading industrial hub.The city’s shipbuilding industry was in sharp decline, and – amid rising unemployment and few...
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Premiere: The Phantom Band - 'Fears Trending'
Complete with a track by track guide...As the old saying goes: you wait ages for an album from The Phantom Band to turn up and then two come along within a few weeks of one another.Well, it’s not that...
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Their Library: Mary Timony of Ex Hex
The classics never go out of style…Mary Timony has been through more bands than you’ve had hot… wait… hot… days, in December? Suppose it depends where you live.The point we’re trying to make here is...
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Björk: The Complete Guide
The progression of a one-off artist…Björk just released a new record, called ‘Vulnicura’. It’s very good. But then, you expect that from the Icelander – she might not always be consistent from album to...
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The Clash Film Column: Robot In Disguise
Ex Machina is our pick of the week…Oh you silly, silly man…- - -That was the week in which…A man who modelled himself on The Wolf Of Wall Street’s Jordan Belfort was convicted of fraud. Which offers a...
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Track By Track: JP Cooper - 'When The Darkness Comes' EP
A swift guide...Hailed by Zane Lowe as a tip for 2015, things seem to be falling into place for JP Cooper. It’s the least the songwriter deserves. Spending years honing his technique, refining his...
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7 Of The Best: Aphex Twin
As chosen by worriedaboutsatan, Fink, WIFE and more...Richard D. James. Caustic Window. Polydon Window. AFX. Aphex Twin.Call him what you like, the producer has become a by-word in electronic...
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alt-j - Live Gallery At O2 Arena, London
A standout show from a standout group...As remarkable as it seems, it’s almost four years since alt-j shuffled into the Clash office for a Next Wave shoot (or Ones To Watch, as it was previously...
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Kodaline Review The Singles
Warning! “Cheeseometer” reaching right into the red…Another week, another willing victim – well, victims– in the hot seat for our singles column. Here, we’ve strapped down Kodaline’s Vinny May Jr and...
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Follow The Leader: T.I. Interviewed
Atlanta rapper commits to a better tomorrow…Hip-hop isn’t short of its crack-dealer-to-rapper entrepreneurial figures, those who have come from nothing to something and want to constantly remind...
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Next Wave #619: Absolutely Free
Enchanting, experimental sounds from Toronto…For most bands, hosting an event to launch their new single consists of nothing more exotic than a gig at The Lexington. Not so for experimental Toronto...
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Next Wave #620: Sea Change
Crystalline, melancholic, gorgeous…I was a bit struck dumb, to be honest. It was relatively early doors at The Great Escape (2014 edition), but not so early that I couldn’t sink an ale at Brighton’s...
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