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7 Of The Best: Marvin Gaye
Some gems from a true soul icon...Marvin Gaye is enshrined in the public imagination as one of the ultimate soul performers, a singer whose love for his fellow man (and, all too frequently, many...
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Rene LaVice Reviews The Singles
Ft. Jessie Ware, Sam Smith and more...Each week Clash runs a Single Column, inviting guest artists to take a gander at the week's releases.Rene LaVice is a Canadian producer, part of the North American...
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Ever Blazing: Clash Meets Major Lazer
Diplo, Walshy Fire and Jillionaire in conversation..."Clash magazine hate everything I do!" are some of the first words out of Diplo's mouth when we pay a visit to his hotel bar on Friday morning....
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Influences: Citizens!
The sounds behind 'European Soul'From the very beginning Citizens! have always sought to make pop songs: big songs, ambitious songs, but always pop songs.New album 'European Soul' finds the band...
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Clash DJ Mix - GRANDMIXXER
A relentless selection of instrumental grime...The narrative surrounding grime tends to focus relentlessly on the relationship between the producer and the MC, often excluding other figures.Yet the DJ...
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First Thought, Best Thought: Ryley Walker
A mesh of contradictions, explored...Ryley Walker is a complete contradiction. An American artist with an English style, a folk performer in a city – Chicago – famed for its punk and left field scenes,...
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Next Wave #629: The Age Of L.U.N.A.
Living Under No Authority...Refreshing, cool, unconventional; it’s difficult to find just one word that encapsulates The Age of L.U.N.A’s charismatic blend of hip-hop with melodic vocals and similarly...
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Clash DJ Mix - Dawn Of Midi
An exploration of African influence...Dawn Of Midi are a Brooklyn trio, a group who seem eager to fuse contradictory traditions into one seamless and inspiring whole.Acoustic meets electronic, samples...
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Next Wave #630: Sam Gellaitry
Vividly imaginative instrumental hip hop...Last summer Sam Gellaitry’s much-lauded track ‘reflectionz’ - a stuttering expression with elements of Far East strings and stuttering percussion – garnered...
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Sitting Here Thinking: Courtney Barnett
“Actually, I'm just an over-thinker.”There's a moment during our conversation when Courtney Barnett abruptly, without warning, stops. The flower shop next door, she explains, is setting off her...
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Good Trip, Bad Trip: Kiran Leonard
Rising songwriter with an eye for detail...Manchester's Kiran Leonard is but a young pup, yet his songwriting – striking of tone, poetic in nature – already has fans in raptures.Blessed with a keen...
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Playlist: Karma Kid Picks Hip Hop
A personal journey...Karma Kid is barely out of his teens, but already the producer's sound – house of a deep and soulful ilk – has grabbed attention.Working with labels such as Future Classic, the...
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Bear's Den Review The Singles
Ft. Bryan Ferry, Erasure, Sam Smith + more...Each week Clash invites a guest act to offer their thoughts on the latest single releases.This time round Bear's Den have agreed to hop into the hot seat....
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Album Stream: Joey Fourr - 'To The Floorr'
Plus: check out a track-by-track guide...Joey Fourr are a little odd. Difficult to place, the trio are not quite pop but not quite left field, they're not quite psych but not quite indie.As we said,...
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Track By Track: Flako - 'Natureboy'
Rising producer introduces his fascinating debut album...Flako - real name Dario Rojo Guerra – has been gestating, evolving for some time now.Earning attention with the warped hip hop of 2012's...
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Clash DJ Mix - Brendon Moeller
Fluid and inspiring dub techno exposition...Brendon Moeller is a continually inspiring voice.A South African ex-pat living in upstate New York, the producer takes a careful, creative look at post-Basic...
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Influences: We Are The Ocean
The sounds behind their new album...We Are The Ocean owe their roots to the post-hardcore scene, to the frenetic, tangle offshoots of punk.Since then, though, the Essex group have shifted and evolved....
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Good Trip, Bad Trip: Little Comets
Tales from the road...It's a tough climate for guitar bands right now.For many, the only route to success is the old fashioned way: pack up the van and hit the road.And that's exactly what Little...
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Track By Track: Only Real - 'Jerk At The End Of The Line'
Niall Galvin introduces his full length debut...West London's Only Real emerged as a vivid, precocious talent.Mp3s lay strewn across blogs, a hallucinogenic fusion of hip hop, psychedelia and laptop...
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Introducing... Samm Henshaw
Rising vocalist with talent to burn...A few weeks ago Clash was invited to check out a new artist.Arriving at the London venue, though, it was clear that word was already out on Samm Henshaw. Fans...
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