SXSW 2013 - Round Up
Clash heads to Austin...SXSW is a hell of a lot more than a mere music showcase event.For starters, in terms of sheer scale the Austin, Texas jamboree is nigh on impossible to beat. Put simply, if...
View ArticleSwan Song - Andre J
An ideal last day on EarthHow would you spend your last day alive? NYC promoter, creative and muse Andre J will be getting purified.Where would you like to wake up? On a reservation with the Two-Spirit...
View ArticleOpera Di Peroni - Live Gallery At Factory 7, London
Kwes puts his stamp on operaPhotos by Tom McNeilage
View ArticleTheir Library - Night Works
Literary influences explored...Gabriel Stebbing has always been inscrutable, difficult to define.Previously a member of Metronomy, the London based artist turned solo under the name Night Works....
View ArticleKeeping Things Simple: Todd Edwards
Catching up with the Garage legend prior to his Snowbombing appearance It might raise an eyebrow or two to learn that one of the founding fathers of UK Garage is native to New Jersey rather than a West...
View ArticleDavid Bowie: Where Are We Now?
His perfect return and what it means...‘The Next Day’ is an LP that never planned on a ceremonious arrival. On David Bowie’s sixty-sixth birthday, ‘Where Are We Now?’ seeped on to the internet and for...
View ArticleKodaline: St. Patrick's Playlist
The luck of the Irish...St. Patrick's day is intended as a celebration of Irish culture.It's a time when people across the world re-discover their roots and get in touch with the ancestral influence of...
View ArticleNumber One - Dev Hynes
The most in-demand Englishman in New YorkThe vast majority of twentytwo-year-old Londoners would probably count losing their virginities and developing the endurance to drink ten pints without falling...
View ArticleStream: James Yuill - These Spirits
LIsten to it first on ClashMusic...James Yuill has always been independently minded.Sitting somewhere between folk troubadour and bedroom producer, the London based artist recently decided to take his...
View ArticleTo Our Knees: Low
Jeff Tweedy, Pom Poms and Life Lessons: Lauren Down catches up with LowThere's a moment on Low's new album, towards the end of 'Amethyst', where Alan Sparhawk sings “Oh time, it pulls out your eyes” -...
View ArticleVic Galloway - SXSW (Day Four)
The latest from Austin...By the time you get to Saturday at SXSW, everyone is a little frayed around the edges... After 4 days and nights of music, sunshine, constant walking, supping tequila-based...
View ArticleOTW #486: LE1F
Audacious, ballroom-inspired rapWhen Frank Ocean posted an open love letter to a man on his Tumblr last July, the hip-hop community took the unusual step of applauding this young black man in voicing...
View ArticleBeauty Never Fades: Yo La Tengo
"To me, it's all a surprise..."If all you ever knew of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew was gleaned from their various album reviews throughout the years, including for their latest 'Fade',...
View ArticleDown The Line: Edwyn Collins
"Edwyn’s working at speed - with alacrity...”Edwyn Collins doesn’t hang around. His solo career – if, indeed, you can label his output with such a workmanlike term – is marked by about turns, new...
View ArticleOTW #487: Drowners
Revamped Brit Pop GarageDrowners are proving that not even a mathematician can quantify how this four-piece Britpop garage band from New York could gain so much notoriety and attention in so little...
View ArticleNew York Punk - 2013 Edition
Sheena's still a punk rocker...Punk is a part of New York as much as the abnormally sized slices of pepperoni pizza, organic hipster coffee shops and overly aggressive taxi drivers. However, punk isn’t...
View ArticleLianne La Havas - Live Gallery At The Ritz, Manchester
Following her 'Forget' EPPhotos by Haydn Rydings
View ArticleStereophonics - Live Gallery At O2 Academy, Leeds
Kelly and co. hit LeedsPhotos by Danny Payne
View ArticleEels - Live Gallery At O2 Academy, Leeds
Touring 'Wonderful Glorious'Photos by Danny Payne
View ArticleWhy I Love... New York: PVT
A quick guide...So, yeah: Clash Loves New York.The Big Apple has stolen our hearts, and - if a quick scan at our iTunes is to be believed - our record collection as well. Our latest issue is devoted to...
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