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Addict Music’s Guide To Primavera Sound 2013

With barely enough time to recover from this year's Great Escape festival, we're already packing our bags and heading to Barcelona for Primavera Sound. If you're lucky enough to be joining us, here's just some ...

Addict Music’s Guide To The Great Escape 2013

Spring is here and so is the start of the Festival Season. The first one on our list is the Great Escape - the English festival that basically decides, which bands will headline Coachella in ...

Emerging Artists #46 – FIANCÉ

Try to imagine what it would be like if Local Natives and Grizzly Bear had a child. Impossible you say? Well, I thought the same until I heard the two gems posted on Soundcloud by ...

Latest Music News

Addict Music’s Guide To Primavera Sound 2013

With barely enough time to recover from this year’s Great Escape festival,...

Listen: Crushed Beaks – Tropes

Our favourite noise-pop duo Crushed Beaks have unveiled the title track of their...

Listen: Holy Ghost! – Dumb Disco Ideas

NYC’s slickest electro duo Holy Ghost! are back with a new single, ‘Dumb...

Single Reviews

Frightened Rabbit – Backyard Skulls EP (Atlantic)

Frightened Rabbit fans are being spoiled at the moment. The band has just finished...

Cheatahs – The Swan (Wichita Records)

After first hearing Cheatahs on BBC Six Music, I spent over twenty minutes of my...

Frightened Rabbit – State Hospital (Atlantic)

Whilst making their last album there were still a few gems that the band felt needed...

Album Reviews

Noah & The Whale – Heart of Nowhere (Mercury)

Noah And The Whale have taken an extraordinary journey through their career. They...

Kurt Vile – Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador)

Former War On Drugs man Kurt Vile’s fifth album Wakin on a Pretty Daze has...

Vondelpark – Seabed (R&S)

Better late than never. The London trio that has threatened to blow fresh air into...

Live Reviews

Ryan Adams @ The Royal Albert Hall, London 19/03/2013

You often hear people talk about legendary or magical gigs, where the bands and...

My Bloody Valentine @ Hammersmith Apollo, 13/03/2013

Earplugs are available everywhere”. If all the warnings in the press about MBV’s...

The 1975 @ Borderline, London 18/02/13

The Manchester four piece have been a band i’ve been wanting to see live for...

Features

Emerging Artists #46 – FIANCÉ

Try to imagine what it would be like if Local Natives and Grizzly Bear had a child. Impossible you say? Well, I thought the same until I heard the two gems posted on Soundcloud by FIANCÉ, who sound like they might actually be it. It is still a wonder to me why no-one in the States has picked them up just yet, but I am utterly convinced it is only... Read More of This Article

Interview: Bleached

We had a pint with Bleached right before their gig at the Victoria in Dalston, and had a chat about music, bands, life in L.A and much more that luckily for me hasn’t been recorded or transcribed in this interview. Not only are they talented and part of a great band, but those two girls surprised us with their welcoming manners, their loveliness... Read More of This Article

Interview: FIDLAR

FIDLAR are a Punk band from L.A, this is their interview: How did the band come together? We were formed in the deepest circle of hell, birthed out of the bones of fornicators and gluttons. You’ve listed your music as “Punk, Gospel, and Other.” How would you describe the type of music that you play to the people who haven’t had the... Read More of This Article