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Escaping the party with the xx

When asked for three words to describe the xx’s music, lead singers Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim are confounded. It comes as little surprise that they struggle with this conundrum.

Epigram talks to Metric

Matt Grimble chats to lead singer Emily Haines and guitarist Jimmy Shaw following the release of their new album Fantasies

 

 

 

 

The times they are a-changing

As the founders of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay await a court verdict and YouTube takes the decision to remove premium music videos from UK viewers, Laura Snapes asks if Spotify is the life raft that the music industry’s been waiting for.
“We should be thanking the heavens for the advent of Spotify”

Metropolitan hermit

It’s easy to draw parallels between The Antlers’ latest release and Bon Iver’s much-loved 2008 debut. The reactions towards Hospice have become intrinsically intertwined with the backstory that inspired the record, much like with For Emma, Forever Ago for which Justin Vernon retreated to a cabin for several months.

PJ Harvey hits all the right notes

Laura Snapes witnesses a captivating show at the Union from a duo whose return after thirteen years is extremely welcome
PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH, April 18, Anson Rooms

Karin Dreijer Andersson talks Fever Ray and The Knife

Josh Holliday meets the Swedish siren in London before a show with fellow Scandinavians Röyksopp at the Royal Festival Hall

Review: Primary Colous

The Horrors, May 4 2009, XL Recordings
3.5 Stars

Review: Outer South

Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, May 4 2009, Merge
3 Stars

Review: Duke Pandemonium

Marmaduke Duke, May 11 2009, Warner
4.5 Stars

Review: Wall of Arms

The Maccabees, May 4 2009, Polydor
4.5 Stars

Review: MANNERS

Passion Pit, May 18 2009, Columbia

The return of Animal Collective

Interview: James Galley talks to the American avant-garde pioneers as they come back to Bristol for another show at the Trinity Centre
“Animal Collective is a friendship thing before it’s a music thing”

Review: IT’S BLITZ!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, April 6 2009, Polydor
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