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Before we start, let’s clear one thing up: Gengar: A poison/ghost Pokemon belonging to the original Red/Blue generation of games. Gengahr: Your new favourite four piece band who, incidentally, always have a Gengar plushie on their amp when playing live. A few months ago Gengahr floated on to my radar with a frankly jaw-dropping performance […]
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As the opening fuzzed chords of ‘Blue Velvet’ emerge from behind the incense cloud billowing around the stage, the audience found themselves taken far away from the cold, May evening and off into the beach-side retreat where Childhood’s musical influences reside. Throughout their 50 minute set, it feels like we’re already enjoying the summer break […]
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Childhood are performing at Southampton venue Lennons in May. Get your tickets now.
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The Strokes have a habit of keeping us all guessing what they’ll do next. After Is This It? everyone expected a natural progression in Room On Fire—but instead they gave us a completely different beast. No one really ever expected a follow up to First Impressions Of Earth after such a long time and such […]
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It seems like a long time since Happiness first took us into the greyscale world of Hurts. It came with a flair for dramatics, a severe case of taking itself far too seriously at times and emotional outpourings aplenty but regardless it was a brilliant album. Three years later we happen across the darker, unexplored side […]
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The second single of Peace’s forthcoming debut album In Love, sees the re-recording of ‘Follow Baby’. Perhaps a little bit of a frivolous move as the new recording has limited alterations; it almost seems fitting that Peace precede their album release with the track that made it all possible in the first place. And certainly […]
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From what we’ve heard of Swim Deep thus far it seems that these Birmingham boys are masters of summer escapism and whisking you off along with them. ‘The Sea’ continues with this growing trend and now I’m firmly in the belief that Swim Deep’s debut album will be the soundtrack to your summer. Swim Deep […]
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Hurts finally emerge from their European adventures to bring the first glimpse of what the few years away have brought. ‘Miracle’ marks the beginning of Hurts’ Exile era and, as the album title suggests, it’s a whole lot darker than anything its’ predecessor brought to the table. Swapping their synths and grandiose pop sound—‘Miracle’ edges […]
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Continuing in traditional style, NME have put together four of this year’s brightest indie stars onto one billing. Almost exactly a year since it last appeared, Bournemouth’s O2 Academy will play host to the NME Awards Tour on 20th February. Described as one of their hottest line-ups yet it promises new music aplenty with Peace, Palma […]
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For one day a year XFM take over the Camden Barfly to put on the XFM Xposure All Dayer; a whole day dedicated to the up and coming artists that are expected to do great things by the end of the year. It has quite a formidable history of guests with previous years exposing artists […]
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White noise isn’t something you’d often find yourself wanting to listen to; most of us would actively avoid it forever if we could. But when the current UK electro-powerhouses Disclosure and AlunaGeorge get together—‘White Noise’ ends up becoming far more appealing. The two duos have brought their strengths together and balanced out one another’s weaknesses […]
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It’s been two years since Miles Kane first flew solo releasing Colour of the Trap. In the space of those two years guitar music has died, been reborn, died and is in the process of getting saved again—and ‘Give Up’ is definitely one of the tracks that will be able to breathe some life back […]
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There’s one thing Dutch Uncles can never be accused of and that’s a lack of thought. Their third album, Out of Touch in the Wild, is clearly crafted with a sharp intelligence enforcing each note and a clear astuteness behind every lyric sung. It seems that with this album, Dutch Uncles, have earnt their place […]
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It takes a lot of confidence to name your second single ‘Step Up For The Cool Cats’, let alone put a picture of a guy in full gimp gear as the cover. Apparently Palma Violets have plenty to spare then because that’s exactly what they’ve done. Running in the same vein as ‘Best of Friends’; […]