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The xx – Coexist Released 10th September 2012, Young Turks The British trio’s debut won the Mercury Music Prize in 2010 but the band didn’t disappoint with their follow-up. Debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart, the album also sparked success with the singles ‘Angels’ and ‘Chained.’ Statistics: 23% of contributors included the […]
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Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city Released 22nd October 2012, Interscope Following up to 2011’s Section.80 comes Kendrick Lamar’s first major label release good kid, m.A.A.d city. The twenty five year old’s record peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 Chart in America, and featured other well known rappers including Drake, Dr. Dre and Jay Rock. Statistics: […]
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Hot Chip – In Our Heads Released 11th June 2012, Domino Number nine on The Edge’s countdown is Hot Chip’s fifth studio album, their first release since 2010’s One Life Stand. The record reached number fourteen on the UK album charts and has yielded three singles; ‘Night & Day,’ ‘How Do You Do?’ and ‘Don’t Deny […]
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Grimes – Visions Released 12th March 2012, 4AD Kicking off The Edge’s countdown of the Top 10 Albums of 2012 is Visions, the third album from the Canadian solo artist, Grimes. Solely recorded over a three-week period using Apple’s GarageBand software, the album achieved a peak position of sixty seven in the UK charts but was […]
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Submit your entries of Christmas covers or originals to us!
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What are your top ten favourite albums of 2012? Let us know for The Edge’s list!
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If you haven’t heard of her already, Gabrielle Aplin is the YouTube-superstar, turned up-and-coming young artist, set to release her debut album this January. She’s already played as a support act for big names such as Gotye and Emeli Sandé but in the wake of her coming album, it seems Gabrielle Aplin’s star is set to […]
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Four new tracks from the indie, rock and electronic genres.
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It’s been a while, but here are some new tracks to indulge in.
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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) seems to have carved a path for him by making easily accessible dance music without having to contain himself to set genre, and ‘Your Love’ is a a further example that he understand the realms of popular dance music. Starting with a multitude of sounds in the intro, the song […]
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I for one was pleasantly surprised by Animal Collective’s 2008 extended play Water Curses, featuring four texturally-rich tracks including ‘Cobwebs’ and ‘Seal Eyeing’, both of which seeming to represent somewhat of a change of direction for the experimental four-piece American band – although previous efforts such as Feels (2005) and Strawberry Jam (2007) were equally […]
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The alternative hip hop trio embark on their first studio album, including collaborations with Danny Brown, EL-P and Diplo
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Not content with releasing and promoting their fourth studio album Plumb earlier this year, Field Music have decided to record a covers CD, entitled Field Music Play…, and an accompanying October tour, calling at Southampton Cellar on the way. Plumb was released 13th February, and features some of the duo’s most progressive and ambitious work […]
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This is probably one of my most highly anticipated gigs. I discovered the Eagles of Death Metal (EODM), via the drummer’s (Josh Homme) other band Queens of the Stone Age (QOSTA). After becoming duly obsessed with them I set my sights on anything Homme was involved in which led me to EODM. A band which […]