Author: Alice Allan
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Wild Beasts at The Union (21/11/11)
It’s not often that a Mercury-nominated band play at The Union, less than ten minutes walk from my house. So the night started with the least stressful journey to a gig ever, and my expectations were high for Wild Beasts’s performance. The band released their third album Smother this year, following the success of their […]
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Jay-Z & Kanye West- Watch the Throne
A collaboration of rap’s biggest names; can two great minds think alike?
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Rastamouse The Album – Makin’ A Bad Ting Good!
“Are you ready to rock steady easy crew?”
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Vetiver – The Errant Charm
Hazy, lazy Indie-folk from San Francisco’s Vetiver
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Pete and the Pirates – One Thousand Pictures
Indie-rockers Pete and the Pirates release One Thousand Pictures- is it any good?
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The 2011 Mercury Prize – The Nominees
Amidst the electronic haze of this year’s Mercury Prize, one beautifully natural album shines through.
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Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Is Fleet Foxes second album as brilliant as their debut?
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Jamie Woon- Mirrorwriting
Jamie Woon releases his long anticipated debut album Mirrorwriting.
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London welcomes Elbow with ‘Open Arms’
Alice Allan takes a trip to London to indulge in the delights of Elbow at the O2
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The View- Bread and Circuses
As the days get longer and warmer, will we be enjoying The View?
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EDGE goes 90s: U2 – Achtung Baby
Is the album that changed the path of U2 worth a listen or should it remain in the shadow of it’s massive hit single ‘One’?
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I Am Kloot bring Northern Skies to the South
The EDGE’s Alice Allan takes a trip to Bournemouth to sample the delights of I Am Kloot
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The Boxer Rebellion- The Cold Still
Can The Boxer Rebellion achieve mainstream success with their third album The Cold Still?