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Released: 2004 In the years since The Killers’ debut album Hot Fuss was released so many people have adopted extreme…
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Released: 2005 If you want a more detailed insight into Vashti Bunyan’s early career, Rob Young’s spellbinding book on the…
Local Natives – Time Will Wait for No-One review
In hard times having a sense of unity is important. After a decade of largely trouble-free existence as a band…
Blur – The Ballad of Darren review
September, 1993. A furious, London-living quartet are being interviewed by the Melody Maker’s Stud Brothers in a pub near Stamford…
100 Greatest Tracks of the 00’s #52 Broadcast – Come On Let’s Go
Released: 2000 When asked by Ben Thompson of Mojo about a potential scene developing in the West Midlands made up…
Disclosure – Alchemy review
Life in the music industry is a precarious one in the twenties, and to paraphrase the venerated British character actor…
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #53 – B15 Project – Girls Like Us
Released: 2000 By the start of the 21st century what had become known as UK Garage had been totally commercialised,…
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #54 Trashcan Sinatras – Weightlifting
Released: 2004 In a game stuffed full of liars telling their lies the biggest one is always the false piety…
PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying review
For Polly Jean Harvey repetition is the scourge of creativity. During the process of making her last album, 2016’s The…
The Voice Of Unreason 