Category: Indie
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Everything You Need To Know About Cassette Store Day
“Music sounds great on cassette. I have a big collection of original albums on cassette from artists like Dylan , The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, MC5 & Suicide. I also have great compilation tapes I made to play on Primal Scream tours. Cassette is a cool medium to listen to music on. Warm and fat.…
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The Top Ten Jack White Collectables
(And no, a Christmas card from Jack to Dan Auerbach isn’t on the list, although I hear a Jack White piano is in production – where all the Black Keys will be removed). Ever since I heard Bowie’s Space Oddity, I have wanted my own Stylophone. Actually, that’s probably not true. Space Oddity may be…
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Atoms For Peace – Live at Camden Roundhouse
Thom Yorke has acted swiftly to make up the lost earnings he will have suffered from withdrawing his Atoms For Peace album from Spotify. Although the more cynical might suggest a morning paper round might cover the loss of income, Yorke has decided to choose another route: becoming a shopkeeper. Well, not actually a shopkeeper.…
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So, Just How Much Could You Spend On A Full Set of White Stripes Vinyl?
White Stripes Release New Double Live Album “Nine Miles From The White City” Despite having split up in 2011, The White Stripes have released a new double live album this week. Marking the tenth anniversary of their magnum opus “Elephant”, the red and white vinyl album “Nine Miles From The White City” is a recording…
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The Flaming Lips Play “The Most Important Show Ever” – Live at Camden Roundhouse
The most important show ever? Well – actually that’s just a “sacred obligation” between Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne and last night’s audience at The Camden Roundhouse, where the Lips played last night. Let me explain… It had been a tough couple of days for The Flaming Lips. First, they postponed Monday’s Roundhouse…
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The Flaming Lips Cancel Show In Possible Blow To My Dancing Onstage Dream
The Flaming Lips show at The Camden Roundhouse was cancelled last night due to an unspecified “illness”. However, according to the Roundhouse’s website, tonight’s show may still go ahead: “The second show on Tuesday 21 May is unaffected at present. However, should illness persist, the promoter may need to reschedule the second show too. More…
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Look Out For…Sweet Billy Pilgrim: Download Their Album For Free. Yes. Free.
Regular readers will know that my favourite album of last year was Sweet Billy Pilgrim‘s “Crown and Treaty”. I wasn’t the only one. Mojo Magazine slotted it neatly into their Top 50 albums, calling it an instant five star classic, and it made many other end-of-year lists. Simply put, it is a towering work of…
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Look Out For…Temples: Live Review
“The best new band in Britain” declared Noel Gallagher about Temples on the recent Russell Brand show on XFM. Gallagher has form with such proclamations, having praised eight of the last three most successful new artists in the UK, including Jake Bugg. But if Noel Gallagher is sometimes profligate with praise, on this occasion…
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Record Store Day: How was It For You?
Yesterday, a large number of men were on their knees, crouched over a glossy picture, filled with an ecstatic mixture of lust, anticipation and relief. That’s right, it was Record Store Day and we were all looking at our new purchases. How was it for you? I was pretty happy with my haul which included…
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British Sea Power Panda To The Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Live Review
On the day that the last Orchestrator of British Sea Power (via the Falklands conflict) was buried, it was fitting that British Sea Power (the band) marked the occasion by laying unnecessary waste to a Shepherd’s Bush Empire that was minding its own business and retreating into an exclusion zone with a stunning live show…
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Jake Bugg Live!
With a number one debut album to his name, Jake Bugg‘s success has been quite something to behold, especially as it has come at a time in his life when a boy of his age should be outside kicking a ball around: he’s still only nineteen years old. His Dylan-and-Simon-and-Garfunkel-tinged debut album earned him plaudits and support…
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Suede: New Album “Bloodsports” Live At Rough Trade East
It’s great when an innovative and much loved British artist comes out of hibernation after ten years of silence with a great new album. But that’s enough about David Bowie, let’s talk about Suede… Suede have quietly managed their own comeback this year – and, like Bowie, have produced a great new comeback album with…
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Inspiral Carpets Secret Gig at Pretty Green, Covent Garden
Secret gigs are great fun, even in the days of Facebook and Twitter. There’s the uncertainty – is it genuine? Or will I stand in line for an hour for no discernible reason until I am forced to skulk off before anyone notices? Will it really be the band I think it will be? The…
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New Song of The Day: Pixie Carnation: Keep It Coming
For those of us who feel there’s just not enough Swedish-tinged-Arcade-Fire-meets-indie-folk-pop in the world, the day just got better. Pixie Carnation are from Malmo, Sweden and are releasing their debut album in May. If you can’t wait that long, there’s a chance to catch them live as they are playing Shoreditch‘s Xoyo venue on 22nd…
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The History Of Apple Pie – Live At Rough Trade East
The History of Apple Pie made an in-store appearance at Rough Trade East last night to celebrate the release of their debut album Out Of View. The History of Apple Pie have a quirky name, but a fantastic sound that combines a wall of sound guitar with lush (or should that be Lush?) vocals with…
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