The excellent Hunx & His Punx are touring the UK in April.
Dates as follows…
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Don’t know what angle to go with here. I could talk about how the fact Florence always sounds like a wailing widow means her vocals are perfect for playing the role of anonymous diva to club remixes’ throbbing machismo (by The xx, Seiji, Boy 8-Bit and now Breakage). Alternatively I could talk about how it’s Friday, and that means this song will have you gagging for the night like a dog does for steak. Do what you like with this because Breakage certainly has, revving up his dubstep steamroller and flattening the track into something as irresistible as it is thuggy.
Wild Palms are giving away the B-side to their new single to all and sundry. It’s a cover of Human Behaviour by Bjork and you can get it after the break.
Dum Dum Girls
Bandicoot- Jurassic Warfare
8/10
Stepping into the footprints left by Be Your Own Pet, Bandicoot’s bratty punk rock sounds ever so similar to the Tennessee teens. The difference is that Bandicoot actually sound like a genuine punk band; rough, unpolished and with loads of teenage angst. Be Your Own Pet, while fun, sleazy and chic, always sounded like they were faking it, just a little bit.
Last night I met a man in a bar who really likes Morrissey. There are bands that I really like – for example: by a combination of accident and desire, I’ve seen loveable scamps Art Brut a moderately unhealthy seven or eight times.
The popular ass “boom boom” from Santo Domingo has won American Apparel’s best bottom competition. She will soon be flown to Los Angeles, home of the Am Appy HQ business campus, where she will participate in an exclusive photo shoot. Do yall think she deserved to win, or is her ass ‘overrated’?
Sup guys. We’re the Pavements– a band from back before the pre-Ben Gibbard era, before modern indie distribution channels existed. We play alt rock. The alt-est of 1990s alt rock. Guitars. Drums. Guy with a dopey voice. Earnest Lyrics. Yelling. I’m sure you’ve heard bands that sound like us, but these days our sound isn’t always ‘in.’ Fortunately we’re coming back and hitting the indie rock festival circuit. It is highly lucrative to unretire, because people will pay u a lot of money 2 reconnect with ur brand.
(Photo: Carine Thevenau)
Resident Advisor detailed the rise of Canyons.
Martyn assembled a new podcast for XLR8R.
Class Actress debuted their new video at Pitchfork.
… And Gorillaz’ Bruce Willis-featuring video for "Stylo" premiered on YouTube.
"You only get to appreciate what you do when you're not doing it," says bassist Rob Canning, slurping on a tea. "and now we're back, we're buzzing to go."
PART ONE: WELCOME TO 2008
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Legendary rock photographer Steve Gullick has a retrospective at Manchester’s KRAAK Gallery running from March 12th til March 27th, featuring shots taken for NME and Melody Maker as well as his...
To accompany the review of Tune-yards’ Monday gig at Cargo, a few tasty shots of Think about Life, Trash Kit and New England native Merrill Garbus aka tUnE-yArDs.
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We have collected some truly heinous examples of recent album covers, from Empire Of The Sun’s Star Wars travesty to the banal evil that is Razorlight’s Slipway Fire. Discretionary...
Album art in this gallery was selected based on several simple traits: strong concept, fine graphics including creative typography and general lushness. The first three of ‘The Best Record...
Placebo pictures: just in - some photos of Placebo and Brian Molko from last week’s gig at the Glasgow SECC.
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