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Classic Albums: Daft Punk - Homework
We’ll always find romance in the retrospective, conveniently forgetting the flaws and removing the rough-edges, but where Britain was buoyantly flouncing and bouncing to a decidedly Britpop beat,...
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The Penniless Podcaster: Amy Redmond
Technology has completely altered all previous forms of communication. Why call when you can Skype? Why visit the library when you can purchase a Kindle with 3 million historic books? And why listen...
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A Letter From... Cornwall #1
There's a lot of misconceptions about the South-West music scene. Having lived here for coming on two years now (that's a scary thought), I'm beginning to understand why. With the lack of venues to...
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Start Your Own Label: Hannah Holland
Independent labels are about creating a family / crew of like minded artists, a sound and idea. A driving belief in your music and attitude, a base for your audience to come enjoy other similar...
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Untrue: Burial
Sometimes we surprise even ourselves. With the new Burial EP ('Kindred') leaking out of the ClashMusic stereo, someone pointed out that we had - in fact - already interviewed the reclusive London...
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Rock And Rules - Joan Baez
Folk queen and civil activist Joan Baez has spent a lifetime making her voice heard. Here’s what she has to say. Find your sound I listened to music when I was little and just fell in love with it. I...
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Extract: In Search Of The La's
Despite only releasing one complete studio album (which they promptly dis-owned) Liverpool group The La's still loom large in British music. Perhaps it's due to their famous champions - Noel Gallagher...
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West Side Story - Tyga
Cussing. Boasting. Mummy: The sacred triptych of hip-hop. Chuck in some territorial posturing (our coast is better than your coast!), big name guest appearances and a video which jizzes a party-popper...
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Fashion East: Lulu Kennedy
Lulu Kennedy, "You could almost hear an echo of all the punk bands that played there over the years." For those of you who live in a cave or have failed to notice the headlines, London Fashion Week is...
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AWOL Marine: Perfume Genius
There’s a moment on the new Perfume Genius ‘Put Your Back N 2 It’ where everything – voice, lyrics, arrangement, production – seem to pull together, as tight as the head of a pin. ‘AWOL Marine’ ends...
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Singles Round Up - 20th February
Welcome to this week's rummage through some of the singles released this week, 20th February 2012. Covered this week are Gang Colours, A$AP Rocky, Deaf Club, Kasabian, Benjamin Francis Leftwich and...
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Ones To Watch - NZCA/Lines
Unless you’re pretty sured up on your Peruvian geoglyphs, you won’t have the foggiest where the idea for Michael Lovett’s disemvowelled NZCA/Lines tag comes from. Perched outside a modest café in the...
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Label Profile: Erased Tapes
In an ideal world, a record label should be a place for like minds to meet, to spark off new ideas and break through barriers. Erased Tapes certainly does that. Splitting its time between London and...
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Wears The Trousers: Roundhouse Rising
Wears The Trousers! was a short panel which took place on Saturday (February 18th) as part of Roundhouse Rising. Analysing the influence women can have on the music industry, the panel brought...
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10 Things You Never Knew About... Patti Smith
Patti Smith’s debut ‘Horses’ is widely considered as one of the most startling debuts in rock history. We delve into the lesser-known history of the Godmother of punk rock… 1. Patti Smith’s first gig...
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DJ Disasters: Clouds
Every DJ has one. A night when everything that can possibly go wrong does - and it does so in spectacular fashion. ClashMusic brings you DJ Disasters, featuring some of the most respected figures in...
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A Letter From... Manchester #1
2012 is going to be a really exciting year for Manchester, there's lots of interesting stuff going on in every direction, bands/artists and labels all getting on with their own things, creating their...
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My Better Self: Tennis
Tennis make pop songs – that much is obvious. The band’s debut album ‘Cape Dory’ was chock full of them, with Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore famously sketching out material when sailing across the...
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Rock And Rules - Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf has been a rock heavyweight for almost forty years. It’s time now to share his life experiences. PLEASE YOURSELF You have to make yourself happy. That hasn’t always held true for me, because...
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A Winged Victory For The Sullen
Formed almost by chance, everything A Winged Victory For The Sullen put their name to has a great sense of deliberation. The band's brooding, slowly evolving music sits somewhere between avant garde...
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