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Next Wave #592: YC The Cynic
Golden-era hip-hop with a twist...Homeboy Sandman is talking to Clash about YC The Cynic, one of New York’s most exciting up-and-coming rappers.“I was hosting at an open mic night called All That on...
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The American Dream And The Blues
A history of finding freedom…Blues artist Janiva Magness – The Blues Foundation’s 2009 B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year in 2006, 2007 and 2009 –...
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Notes From The Road: Courtney Barnett
Tales from her European jaunt...DIY is perhaps the oldest, most effective model of them all.Packing your things, getting out on the road... it's the easiest way to get your music heard - the most fun,...
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Foundations: J Mascis
His guitar heroes explored...Emerging from the hardcore era with renewed eclecticism, J Mascis proved that the white heat of punk could absorb other influences.Fusing all manner of styles into one...
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Album Premiere: Sébastien Tellier - L’Aventura
Frenchman’s delectable new LP…Couple of weeks ago, we had Gallic synth-pop godhead Sébastien Tellier review the singles. He didn’t like Sia very much. But we like him, and to really frame that support,...
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Rapture & Verse #35: The Hip-Hop Latest
BADBADNOTGOOD, Hawk House, Shabazz Palaces...Azealia Banks has decided to mend some fences with some Twitter apologies. Flavor Flav thinks his next step should be as the frontman of a rock/funk cover...
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Refuse To Die: The Rise Of INVSN
Dennis Lyxzén discusses his latest venture...For a while there, Swedish hardcore icons Refused really were f*cking dead. And that meant that for most us, life was – one way or the other – going to...
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Clash DJ Mix - Anushka
Brighton pair provides the goodies…Max Wheeler and Victoria Port represent the bodies and brains behind Brighton-based, Brownswood-signed duo Anushka. The pair’s debut LP, ‘Broken Circuit’, came out...
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Playlist: Eugene McGuinness
Selecting some influential favourites…Celebrated British singer-songwriter Eugene McGuinness is back with a new LP for Domino, ‘Chroma’. The set features none other than Tom Herbert and Leo Taylor on...
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Boyhood's Daddy: Richard Linklater Interviewed
The director in conversation…Regarded as a defining voice of Generation X following his early films Slacker and Dazed And Confused, Richard Linklater’s subsequent filmography has included a mainstream...
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Independent Label Market: Beggars Arkive Essential Playlist
London edition takes place this weekend…The Independent Label Market is almost upon us – assuming “us” is you, and you’re in or around London and able to make it down to Old Spitalfields Market on...
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How Do You Solve A Problem Called 5 Seconds Of Summer?
Do we have to?Without wanting to sound like someone’s clueless dad – to be fair, I am a dad, but not as clueless as my progeny almost certainly think – I pay very little attention to what’s hitting the...
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The Clash Film Column: Metal Fingers In Your Body
Transformers! Mostly...Yeah, we’re riffing on Add N To (X), whatcha gonna do about it? (That link is pretty NSFW, BTW.)- - -That was the week in which...Katniss was revealed to be one of the most...
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Cosmic Anarchy: Mica Levi On Under The Skin
Composer in conversation…Mica Levi is a hugely versatile and engaging talent: a graduate of the prestigious Guildhall School, idiosyncratic bandleader of energetic experimentalists Micachu And The...
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Jamie N Commons Reviews The Singles
London singer vets the latest 'hits'...Now, nobody ever said that being on a track featuring Jay Z meant you’d reached the highest high available to any recording artist. But, such an occasion does...
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Cocteau Twins: The Complete Guide
As two classic LPs are reissued...Two of the most bewitching entries in 4AD’s back catalogue have been repressed on vinyl for the first time since their original release – and as ‘Blue Bell Knoll’ and...
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Premiere: Digitaria - Night Falls Again
Check it out now...Focussing on two ex-pat Brazilians - Daniela Caldellas and Daniel Albinati, to be precise - Digitaria first came together a decade ago.Yet it's their current two piece format which...
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In Conversation: Icona Pop
Charting success with Aino Jawo…Icona Pop kicked their heels for a wee while, stewing in their hometown of Stockholm, awaiting the call to stardom. But when the call came, the pair of Aino Jawo and...
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Clash DJ Mix - Mystic Bill
A true underground legend...The Chicago sound, pure and simple. That’s what this week’s exclusive Clash mix is all about, and its maker – Mystic Bill– is one DJ and producer who knows the sound better...
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Richard Lester Discusses A Hard Day's Night
Director on a seminal rock-doc…Richard Lester can’t really understand why people are still interested in his groundbreaking film that captured The Beatles at the tipping point of modern pop culture....
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