The Pierces Review The Singles
Allison assesses the latest tracks….Having seen their previous LP of 2011, ‘You & I’, crack the UK top five, Alabama psychedelic-folk-pop sisters Allison and Catherine Pierce will be hoping their...
View ArticlePremiere: SixToes - 'The Morning After'
Stream their new album in its entirety...Six, it seems, is a lucky number.SixToes have spent six years working on their second album, a process which has seem them swap the big city life for their new...
View ArticleNils Frahm On Films, Festivals And Formats
Berlin composer in conversation…Clash recently went to Sweden, for the Way Out West festival. It was alright, likes. While in Gothenburg, we trekked across town in the absolute pissing rain to meet...
View ArticlePremiere: Joel Gion - 'Apple Bonkers'
Brian Jonestown Massacre's 'tambourine man' steps out front...With the only going psychedelic resurgence continuing to bear mind-blowing fruit, The Brian Jonestown Massacre could justifiably point to...
View ArticleUncommonly Colourful: Adi Ulmansky Interviewed
The culture-clash artist on heartbreak and hopes…Inspired by the traditional melodies of Jerusalem and the glitchy experimentalism of Radiohead, Adi Ulmansky is the candy-coiffured artist from Tel Aviv...
View ArticleOld Gods And New Horizons: Hannah Murray Interviewed
On film projects and Game Of Thrones…Hannah Murray is reflecting on her not-so-pretty role as Gilly in HBO’s fantasy hit Game Of Thrones.“People sometimes say that I look better in real life, which I’m...
View ArticleTaking Things Higher: Kiesza Interviewed
Hiding away no longer…Stumbling into the British psyche in a one-shot, school-assembly-style dance routine, Kiesza, has the dubious accolade of being better known as a dancing meme than as a vocalist....
View ArticlePremiere: Erland & The Carnival - 'Closing Time'
Folk influenced project deliver intriguing new album...In a way, Erland & The Carnival shouldn't exist.Unassuming Orcadian musician Erland Cooper travelled to London almost a decade ago, playing...
View ArticleTears Of Joy: Slow Club Interviewed
On the moving transformation of 'Complete Surrender'...Slow Club have changed. The dynamic duo who plunged around the country with just a guitar and ad hoc percussion have gone – in their place, a...
View ArticleNext Wave #594: Alvvays
Endearing indie pop from Toronto...Toronto's indie-pop hopefuls Alvvays are onstage at Visions, performing to a packed crowd at Oval Space. The lights go up, the guitars come on, and...The sound goes...
View ArticleDare Iz A Darkside: Denzel Curry Interviewed
Illuminating the other side of Florida…Florida, to many of us in the UK, is a holiday destination known for its theme parks, beaches, all-you-can-eat buffets and outlet malls. In rap music, it has...
View ArticleStories 2 Tell: clipping. Interviewed
LA rap crew on their uncompromised sounds…It’s not that clipping. don’t want to be speaking to me. It’s just that they’d rather be doing it in person than via Skype, the three members of the rap group...
View Article7 Of The Best: Live Acts In The World Right Now
Danny Brown, Moderat and more – see them ASAP…Festival season isn’t over just yet, so there’s still plenty of time to catch some amazing performances on stages outside and in the dark. With this...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - La Fleur
Killer grooves from a Watergate resident...If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re probably not at Watergate, one of Berlin’s most highly regarded clubs. However, if you were at Watergate,...
View ArticleAscension Times: In Conversation With The Bug
Kevin Martin on one of 2014’s best albums…The new album from The Bug, ‘Angels & Devils’, is, as its title so expertly implies, a set of two distinct halves.There is the angry, antagonistic Bug, the...
View ArticleThe Clash Film Column: Let The Dame Die
Sin City 2 is the big picture…Who’s expressing to their full capabilities? Not always who you’d expect…- - -That was the week in which…N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton cast an unlikely star.You’d...
View ArticleReggae & Dancehall #35: Wiz Khalifa, Chronixx, Kes
Reshma B with what’s hotter than hot, right now…Your monthly fix…- - -NEWSChronixx has been one of reggae’s most chatted-about talents for the past couple of years now. But last month he got a major...
View ArticleAri Folman On The Congress And Creative Control
Director in conversation…After the critical acclaim that greeted his animated documentary Waltz With Bashir, director Ari Folman’s new film The Congress (review) depicts a dystopian potential future...
View ArticlePremiere: Maybeshewill - 'Fair Youth'
Stream their new album in full...Three albums – that’s what it’s taken Maybeshewill to reach this point.The Leicester post-rock group have been refining their sound, honing their ideas, rejecting and...
View ArticleMogwai's Stuart Braithwaite On Scottish Independence
Salmond, the pound and Trident...On September 18th, the people of Scotland will face the most important democratic decision in their history. Asked if Scotland should be an independent country, the...
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