Simple Things Festival – Bristol, 6/5/2012
For a two-year old, Simple Things is probably one of the coolest I know. The Bristol festival was a myriad of snaking queues and mega-hipster revelry in its first year and on this May Bank ...
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Emerging Artists #36 – 2:54
Hannah and Colette Thurlow are the two sisters who make up new garage rock band, 2:54. Their name comes from the precise moment of a Melvins song that they find irresistible, and their sound from a variety of pop, scuzz rock and punk influences. They’ve been making music together as 2:54 for almost two years, and in that time have played with... Read More of This Article
R.I.P. Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch (1964 – 2012)
May the 4th 2012, Adam Yauch aka MCA from the Beastie Boys has lost his battle with cancer. It would be easy to go off in this article about the type of cancer Adam had or the massive achievements which were had by arguably the greatest hip hop group of all time, but I’m not. Every website around the world is doing that right now, this is more... Read More of This Article
Emerging Artists # 35 – Simian Ghost
Simian Ghost are a Swedish three-piece who make wonderfully frank pop music, and have already shown their musical range within the space of one EP and album release. Released last autumn, their ‘Lovelorn’ EP fit snugly into the general chillwave sound of the time, but the band’s sound took an unexpected and pleasant detour towards Peter,... Read More of This Article
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Night Works – I Tried So Hard (Gold Panda & NZCA/Lines Remixes)
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