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June 7, 2010 in
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Hamish Gibson ::
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Class has almost been disregarded from music in recent times. Even the more respectable artists have opted for a more spontaneous style, choosing ‘the moment’ over thoughtfulness. Sometimes though you find an exception. Something which does more than fill up...
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June 7, 2010 in
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Following last year’s single ‘The Magician’, Washington Irving (www.myspace.com/washingtonirvingband) have released their debut EP, ‘Little Wanderer, Head Thee Home’. This EP is what WI have spent years honing, and combines the majesty of Arcade Fire with the wild dancing of...
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May 20, 2010 in
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Alex Yau ::
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A band that cites Joy Division, the Manic Street Preachers and Depeche Mode can’t be bad, right? Broken Links are a band who list these bands as their influences and incorporate a post-punk sound to the mixture.
Opener “Reinvent” starts off...
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April 3, 2010 in
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Mark Gibbs ::
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Over the past year, the name of Tiger Please has managed to grow seemingly exponentially. What was once "that Cardiff band I heard on Myspace" has now gone on to receive a record deal with Walnut Tree Records on the...
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March 10, 2010 in
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Amy Lazell ::
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Rising star Rodina releases her new double A-side on the 15th March 2010. The singer, real name Aoife Hearty was born in Ireland but raised in Yorkshire and has developed an ever-increasing profile, as her angelic voice and mixture of jazz and soul sounds have made the music industry sit up and take notice.
Already having being compared to the likes of Morcheeba' and Astrud Gilberto, Rodina's new album is set to make waves, especially when taking into account, the collaboration throughout the album with the 'Haggis Horns', noted for playing alongside Mark Ronson,...
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February 23, 2010 in
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Sarah Creed ::
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When embarking on listening to the newest release from Colin David MacLeod (aka the Boy Who Trapped the Sun) I wasn’t expecting anything particularly special.
Here's yet another youthful folk-inspired singer/songwriter hoping to be the next Newton Faulkner or Jose Gonzalez, I thought to myself. Yet I was quickly and happily proven wrong within minutes of listening to the opening track 'Home'.
Full of depth, beautifully...
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February 2, 2010 in
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Amy Lazell ::
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What strikes you first about Kakuzi is their unique sense of musicality and ability to leave you almost unsettled.
There isn't a fixed genre to this band, which is obvious given their various influences, which range from Muse to Faithless. Kakuzi have worked hard to create a sound that is uniquely theirs, and if 'Sun Kissed Planet' is anything...
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January 20, 2010 in
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Alex Yau ::
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Coldplay, Keane and The Fray are probably the bands that most people will associate with the combination of piano and guitar music.
Ever since those words about "saving lives," "being bedshaped," or "skin and bones" were uttered into the charts, it's not suprising that these would be the acts most seen as combining the two instruments. However, Isaac's Aircraft sound nothing like...
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January 20, 2010 in
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Norwich, it should be a cultural hive ‘“ disconnected from the rest of the nation, boxed in by feral broadland. You could write a symphony about Magdalen Street, a sonnet praising The Golden Triangle.
Yet for some ungodly reason bands pop up and then suddenly disappear as quickly as the came, barely making a mark in the consciousness of avid music fans up and down this fair nation. You find former band members either...
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December 26, 2009 in
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Hamish Gibson ::
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Fall Be Kind is a confusing record. While it teases at originality and innovation, it constantly holds a base of archetypal Animal Collective by fusing together layers of sonic ambience and tropical rhythms.
Panda Bear's haunting and echoing vocals ring throughout, just like you'd expect, yet there are elements of the EP that make you think the band might be hesitating from full on progression. And that's not what we've come to learn...
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