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It sounds so fresh you could be fooled into thinking Spring just came around. Mapei’s finger-clicking positivity has come out of nowhere. She is relatively unknown, but the Rhode Island-born artist raised in Sweden follows her nordic countrymen in making pop music with a soul. She had success in 2008 with ‘Video Vixens’, and was […]
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In the midst of a heavily electronic zeitgeist, the past decade has experienced a reactionary rise in the output of folk music. For this the first names that come to mind are indeed the likes of Mumford and Sons, Ben Howard and Jake Bugg; however, in spite of Mumford and Sons taking the world by […]
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The Wombats have returned with their first official single since 2011 album This Modern Glitch, and the reception it’s received so far suggests that they’ve been sorely missed…
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Lisa Klein takes a listen to Birdy’s second album in comparison to her stunning debut
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Whilst most of us are wondering how long it will take to see the arrival of The Maccabee’s forth album, following the release in 2012 of the Mercury Prize nominated Given To the Wild, guitarist Felix White has surprised us all through The Maccabee’s Facebook page by announcing that he has been silently busying himself […]
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2013 has been a big year for gothic rockers Fearless Vampire Killers, what with headlining the Red Bull stage at Download festival, opening for the 2013 Kerrang tour and recording their second album in America with William Control. Somehow, in the midst of all that, they’ve found time to record spooky new single ‘All Hallows […]
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American sisterly rock band Haim beat Justin Timberlake in the UK album charts.
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British boyband The Wanted have announced that they will be embarking on a world tour in February 2014. They will play a number of shows across Europe and North America, kicking off in Cologne, Germany, before performing in 13 UK cities in March, including London, Birmingham and Belfast. Although it’s the band’s biggest tour to date, it’s […]
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“Paper Trails” is a cerebrally seductive offering from Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington, it will feature on their forthcoming LP Psychic, which can be streamed in full here. The track sees a contemplative Jaar croon in an introspective and lugubrious manner over Harrington’s adroit instrumentation. The two artists truly bring out a scintillating quality in each other […]
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On this new album, Yuck’s signature energy and sincerity seem to have evaporated, and that is really a shame.
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As a piece of pop music this number is no bad piece, nice repetitive rhythm, catchy chorus that is as sticky as a treacle covered badger and potential, with a bit of remixing, to become a club classic that could effortlessly end a good night out. Staring through cynical spectacles ‘Let It Rain’ feels like […]
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“this album has plenty saving graces to keep it afloat… whether you’d rather hear the original or this semi-facsimile is up to you.”
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Panic! at the Disco’s latest effort is nothing in comparison to their stunning debut, but still worth a listen.
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Essex based singer-songwriter Arthur Walwin’s has steadily been gaining a loyal following over the past year with the support of radio DJs including Fearne Cotton and Nick Grimshaw, and ‘Someone Who Knows’, the first single from his forthcoming debut album is a polished and radio-ready pop-rock number that should widen his fanbase even more. Walwin […]