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On March 14th, winner of the Best Female Solo Artist in 2011 at the Brits, Laura Marling graces Southampton’s Guildhall. The English folk musician continues her UK tour, preceding dates around Europe in addition to earning herself a position in the line-up for the hugely anticipated Californian based festival; Coachella. Aged just 22, Marling has […]
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For the uninitiated, the inimitable Burial is something of a hallowed name in certain circles. His first two albums Burial and Untrue, released on Hyperdub in 2006 and 2007, marked him out as the forefather of a new sound. Combining elements of garage, R&B and dub and imbuing them with his own melancholic ambience, he […]
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After an arduous two decades, executive producer George Lucas and director Anthony Hemingway finally get to tell the heroic legend of the gallant and courageous Tuskegee Airmen’s gruelling struggle against the German Luftwaffe and the cruel institutional racism within the American military. Despite noble intentions, the film’s poignancy is plagued by predictability as clichés, one-dimensional […]
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Are you in a band? Then we want to hear from you!
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Chimes of Freedom was brought out to celebrate 50 years of Amnesty International and is made up of seventy-six Bob Dylan covers. Proceeds made from sales of the album are going towards the charity. A diverse range of artists contributed to the album, from pop-queen Kesha, to 92 year-old folk singer Pete Seeger. Even to […]
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Anyone who’s seen Joss Whedon’s cult space western hit Firefly ought to know the appeal of a story about a group of bounty hunters travelling all over the universe, finding paying contracts that lead to all sorts of intriguing escapades, all so they can earn enough to get food on the table. When one follows […]
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In a world where technology is allowing us to become increasingly introverted, yet still retain an air of social community through Facebook, Twitter and smart phones, we’ve lost sight of some of the simple pleasures: having friends round for a binge on Ribena and a WWF Smackdown face-off. Couch multi-player is becoming obsolete as gaming systems progress and are […]
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‘Gold On The Ceiling’ is the third track on The Black Keys‘ latest album, El Camino and is a vast change from the blues/surfer feel that the previous album Brothers brought. The hooks over the main melody provide a simple, yet edgy-rock-n-roll feel with pace which sounds like it’s the musical love child of The Doors and The […]
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1. Kenetics – Toothache A young group of five hailing from North London, Kenetics are manufacturing a quirky brand of lo-fi indie that has brought success to bands such as Foals and WU LYF, also sounding similar to Rapids!, featured in a previous Angle article. Toothache starts off very professionally and builds into a catchy single, with […]
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There are so many reasons to pick up The Edge this month… here are all of them!
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Double digits, my friends! Hopefully you’ll enjoy this newest edition of The Angle, compiled as always by university students. Check out our group if you want to offer any suggestions yourselves. 1. PAPA – ‘I Am the Lion King’ Here we have a new Californian three-piece immediately producing some warming rhythms. Seeming styled on its […]
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David Gordon Green, director of Pineapple Express and the disappointing Your Highness brings us yet again another run-of-the-mill, forgettable crude comedy. Loosely based on the far superior 80’s hit Adventures in Babysitting, The Sitter follows the child-hating Jonah Hill as he is given the task of looking after three mischievous (and one homicidal) children, who […]
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Once more, we return with a rather eclectic mix of tracks for you to sink your teeth into. Enjoy the selections for week 9 of The Angle! 1. Grimes – ‘Genesis’ Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, is a Canadian artist who dabbles across various genres yet sounds like none of them. What could be best described […]
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On February 7th, the 2012 Kerrang! Tour storms into the Guildhall. The tour is now running on a slightly reduced lineup with the announcement of the removal of Sum 41 due to a back injury suffered by frontman Deryck Whibley. Regardless, this gig promises to be special, with New Found Glory, The Blackout, Letlive and […]