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Wild Ones: dOP
"We love to play with English people. We love to joke with them..." dOP are a trio of energised Parisians. Slightly unhinged, they spend most of this interview enthused about their show this Saturday...
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Craig Finn On... Frightened Rabbit
"funny, grim, and gorgeous all at once..."Critics are lying to you.Really, the only people who understand - who genuinely understand - musicians are in fact other musicians. So when Frightened Rabbit's...
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Destined For Dance Floors: Darwin Deez
"I enjoy being able to dance around the house in my jammies."Back in 2010, Kitsuné compilations sound-tracked the debauched nights in indie heartlands across the country. In fact, electro-pop music...
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The Blinding Success Of The Lumineers
“What makes The Lumineers stand out from the pack? If I have to answer then we’re not doing a good job.”Austin City Limits Festival spans a large proportion of the 350-acre Zilker Metropolitan Park...
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Singles Round Up - February 4th
Two Door Cinema Club take the hot seat...At heart, Two Door Cinema Club make pop songs.Sure, second album 'Beacon' might contain orchestral flourishes and moments of daring ambition but deep down the...
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The Blood, The Sweat & The Tears: Biffy Clyro
Drummer Ben Johnston speaks about how he almost broke Ayrshire’s finest rock band.On hearing that tickets for Biffy Clyro’s April show at London’s 20,000-capacity O2 Arena had sold-out within a matter...
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Rapture & Verse #19
The opening weeks of 2013...Happy new year to all our Facebook likers, tweeters, and secret lemonade drinkers. First up, no vids this month if your itchy mouse finger is already scrolling downwards -...
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New Alphabet: Eels
"We just got lucky...”In 1999 some of my parent's more musically discerning friends handed me a copy of 'Beautiful Freak.' I was 12 but they had clearly had enough of me blabbing on about boy bands and...
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First Thoughts: Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Immediate reaction...Talking to Clash last summer about his project with Soulsavers, Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan revealed that he wanted the new Mode album to have "more of a rawness about it" compared...
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The Art Of Noise: The Twang - 10:20
Proto-rap, moody neighbours, and the terrible scheduling of Christ’s crucifixionTrue beauty is often found in the most incongruous of places. And especially on album covers. Matthew Bennett delves deep...
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Paris Is Burning - Woodkid
The most ambitious man in the world?What’s in a name? The key to Woodkid is in this self-moniker, just like the wrought-baroque keys inked on his forearms tell a story too. Woodkid’s first album, ‘The...
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Reggae & Dancehall #17
The monthly goings on...The monthly goings on in Reggae & Dancehall...NEWS Of course February is REGGAE MONTH& as the month kicks off with two legendary artists’ birthdays - DENNIS BROWN on the...
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OTW #474: ItsNate
Lyrical insouciance making a mark in a broader, more polished realmYou can’t be a British rapper, yet unaware of the stigma behind it. Whether North London spitter ItsNate is - or isn’t - is...
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Kraftwerk: Autobahn
A tribute from Kompakt...Kraftwerk's influence on pop culture is almost incalculable.To make a comparison to rock music, Kraftwerk's role in channeling the voice of electronic instruments is the...
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Fashion Issue - Woodkid - Christopher Owens
Issue 82 / March 2012 Featured in this issue… FASHION ISSUE Woodkid The Most Ambitious Man In The WorldWhat’s in a name? The key to Woodkid is in this self-moniker, just like the wrought-baroque keys...
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ClashMusic Dj Mix Podcast - Last Magpie
A whirlwind tour of the undergroundEnigmatic producer Last Magpie takes us on a whirlwind tour of the underground for the latest Clash DJ mix, with some welcome stop-offs in Sweden and the US. Judging...
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Waiting For Something To Happen: Veronica Falls
"They’re not supposed to be gloomy songs."There’s barely a write-up of Veronica Falls that doesn’t venture into “Goth tinged” adjectives, yet talking with singer and guitarist Roxanne Clifford couldn’t...
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Why I Love... Kraftwerk
By Fujiya & MiyagiKraftwerk's influence extends far beyond electronic music.The German group's approach, their methodology has been adopted by countless artists from across the musical spectrum....
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Their Library: James
Literary influences explored...James are a deeply mis-understood band.For those of a certain vintage, the Manchester group are associated with barmy, tie dye clad students who continually sat down (at...
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OTW #475: Bake
DJ and label head for All CapsIs it possible to reminisce of a year just past? If so, 2012 will go down as Bake's Year Zero. It was the year that he stepped out the bedroom and into the clubs as a DJ...
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