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Premiere: No Pain In Pop - 'The Bedroom Club III'
A preview of the label's new compilation...South London imprint No Pain In Pop has led a rather curious journey.Focussing on breaking music and new talent, the label has uncovered all manner of...
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Their Library: Peaches
Literary influences explored...Peaches is perhaps best known for her shock tactics.But then, when you call an entire studio album 'Fatherfucker' that's perhaps understandable. Forever pushing the...
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Next Wave #651: Pixx
Folk melodies delivered in a dream-like haze...Suburbia is a strange hinterland, a blank space between the bright lights of the city and the pastoral climes of the countryside. It's a curious...
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Bambooman's Guide To Leeds
A flourishing Northern powerhouse...Leeds is a Northern powerhouse.A huge student city, the area boasts a thriving networks of clubs, promoters, DJs and producers, resulting in one of the country's...
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Influences: Kelpe
As 'The Curved Line' approaches...Kelpe is a curious presence amidst British electronic music, building upon the advances of Warp's 90s run but retaining a kosmische edge.Working to his own tastes and...
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In Conversation: MS MR
Testing the borders of pop...Pop has changed.Where once the genre, the tag was, somewhat sadly, something to be avoided – call it R&B, call it electro, call it anything but pop – it now seems to be...
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Clash DJ Mix - Jamz Supernova
1Xtra DJ unleashes a fiery Carnival-ready setCarnival is just around the corner (literally... if you live in West London) and with the streets getting warmed for the influx of 38 sound systems, 60...
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Clash DJ Mix - Pirupa
Toasting his new Rebellion-sponsored EP...Italian-born Pirupa is in his stride.The DJ is continually in demand, peppering the summer season with high profile slots and more than a few visits to the...
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Next Wave #652: LISS
Frozen Nordic soul with just a touch of electronics..."This is our first interview, it's really strange," says 19- year-old frontman Søren Holm, speaking to Clash on the phone from the band's writing...
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Heartless Bastards Review The Singles
"Props to all of them!"Reviewing somebody else's art is a hard ask.Realising that someone poured weeks, months of their life into something, only for you to rip it apart... if we're honest, it keeps...
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Foundations: Destroyer
Dan Bejar reveals the albums that inspire...Destroyer have spent almost two decades running away from themselves.The Canadian group are prone to enormous aesthetic shifts between albums, with the...
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Behind The Scenes: Charlie Puth
As new single 'Nothing But Trouble' is constructed...It's no exaggeration to say that the Roland 808 changed the way music was made forever.The beat that lies beneath both Acid House and golden era...
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Ascension: Happa Interviewed
Cherubic Leeds producer opens up...Happa has come of age. Now, that could be some glib statement about the Leeds' producer's career, but as it happens we're being deadly serious – he's come of age. “I...
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Album Stream: Family Machine - 'Houses That You Lived In'
The Oxford band's first full release in seven years...Family Machine emerged from an Oxford music scene brimming with talent.Releasing their debut album, the band seemed set for big things. But then?...
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Deeper Connection: Beach House
"It comes from within you..."Everyone has felt that gut feeling. That feeling that something is right. That feeling that it's the right time. In the case of dream pop duo Beach House, that means a new...
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Open Up: Leftfield Interviewed
"I like this and I don't care what other people think.."For any artist, producing new material after a decade long break can be a tough ask. But for Leftfield, these complications were compounded by...
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Album Stream: Cut Ribbons - 'We Want To Watch Something We Loved Burn'
Welsh darlings introduce their debut album...Cut Ribbons are a curious proposition.Capable of crafting hook-laden, immediately contagious songs, the Welsh group also have a literary bent. Switching...
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Panic Zone: The Explicit Rise Of N.W.A.
How N.W.A.’s early chaos changed hip-hop...As the N.W.A. biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’ hits UK cinemas this Friday, the initial chaos surrounding the group’s arrival - as well as their messy...
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Clash DJ Mix - The Heatwave
Soca-themed mini-mix...In its purist, most raw form, Caribbean music can be the most exciting thing you'll ever hear.Blasting out on a system, a tin of Red Stripe grasped firmly, the bass overwhelming...
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Give It All: Foals Interviewed
"We're joined at the hip – it's a gang, a brotherhood."“Oh you read the press release, then?”Yannis Philipakis has had a day of it. A day of being probed about his lyrics, his approach to making music....
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