FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

"Kiss with a Fist" is the debut single by indie pop band Florence + the Machine. It is featured on their debut 2009 Mercury Prize-nominated album Lungs. It is also featured on the original motion picture soundtrack to 2009 dark comedy film Jennifer's Body, the 2008 film Wildchild, as well as NBC comedy Community (Season 1, Episode 12 - "Comparitive Religion"). The single was released through Moshi Moshi Records on June 9, 2008 in the UK and was then released four months later on October 6, 2008 through IAMSOUND Records in the US. The B-side to "Kiss with a Fist" is a cover version of the Cold War Kids song "Hospital Beds".

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Hmm. Tonight Alvin Stardust is playing…..verrrrrrrrrrrrrry tempting…but i think maybe Telepathe/Pens/Chew Lips are a good bet too…hmmm. hmmm. hmml pick n mix your own pops… Telepathe! <!--break--> Mon 24th Nov Lexington – Pop! Quiz! – starts 8pm - £1 per person to enter – up to 6 in a team. Not up it’s arse indie but a mix of...
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Seems appropriate that a tune called "Drumming Song" would contain some manic percussion. Here, it’s tweaked by London bass enthusiast, Diplo crony, and fellow redhead Boy 8-Bit, who chisels it into an dewy, clanging 4/4 club track. Florence And The Machine’s’s Lungs is out now via Universal Republic, buy it on iTunes right here.   _RLT.render('...
Several years ago my favorite movie in the world was Who’s Harry Crumb, a long forgotten detective movie starring John Candy, a guy whom, for whatever reason, I couldn’t get enough of growing up. Shit, was that dude funny. Anyway, the movie’s climax was soundtracked by this really gnarly Bonnie Tyler track (not an oxymoron) named "Holding Out For Hero" (the big guy!)...
Who: Florence And The Machine Location: London, UK elbo.ws Ranking: #38   Thoughts: It seems every month or three we get a hot new lady from the other side of the pond invading our iPods and blasting through every Urban Outiftters in town. Who knows where this little trend started but with a list of invading artists that include the likes of Lily Allen, Kate Nash, Estelle, Amy...
Sometimes hooks are so mangled from their original form that singing along becomes impossible. As if that would prevent us from trying. To little success, we tried arching our lungs over the cut-up voice of Florence Welch here, though even met with failure it’s still lodged in our brains. The xx resung the rest of the tune for their 2-steppy sorta cover/remix, where xylophone and harp seem...
So, this year I thought I’d have a go at doing a Festive Fifty, folllowing in the footsteps of the great John Peel and some other estimable bloggers. However, it’s been a bit of a strange and unsatisfying exercise. I’m sure that when it comes to deciding the top 50 albums and songs of the year, magazines and other multi-staffed media outlets decide on their lists by a...
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Laneway Festival February 1, 2010 Britomart Square, Auckland Last week our Melbourne friends told us that the Laneway Festival is one of the least respected festivals in Australia, we were surprised, but it meant we entered the first Auckland Laneway festival with a hint of scepticism. We’d been told stories of forty minute-queues to see bands, poor facilities and an even poorer...
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