Music
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NewsMatthew Dear teams up with Tegan and Sara to cover Tears For Fears
Canadian indie darlings Tegan and Sara have enlisted the help of Ghostly International founder, producer and songwriter Matthew Dear to help them with their cover of Pale Shelter, by seminal 80s synth-pop band Tears For Fears Read more »| 18 Dec 2013 -
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Dave Sitek remixes 'Sea Legs' for UK redux edition of Run The Jewels
TV On The Radio guitarist and sought-after producer Dave Sitek has remixed a track by Run The Jewels, aka rappers El-P and Killer Mike Read more »| 18 Dec 2013 -
VideosOneohtrix Point Never's Emoji-powered video for 'Boring Angel'
Boring Angel is the rave-influenced opening track from Oneohtrix Point Never's impressive Warp debut, R Plus 7 (reviewed here). Daniel Lopatin, the experimen... Read more »| 18 Dec 2013 -
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LuckyMe's Advent Calendar, with American Men, Rustie and The Blessings
In the run-up to Christmas, Glasgow-founded electronic music and hip-hop collective LuckyMe have been giving away free downloads, and uploadingrare tracks and edits from their ultra-hip roster Read more »| 17 Dec 2013 -
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Nirvana to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Nirvana are among the bands to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Rolling Stone reported on the legendary grunge band's inclusion in ... Read more »| 17 Dec 2013 -
NewsFour Tet gives away a clutch of unreleased tracks
Celebrating hitting 10,000 followers on Twitter, visionary electronic producer Four Tet has been giving away a selection of rare and unreleased tracks and edits to his fans Read more »| 17 Dec 2013
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Videos
Heatsick's new video for Clear Chanel
Coming from his latest EP, Re-Engineering, the new video for Heatsick's Clear Chanel sees video artist Rachel Reupke manipulating the image of a tree trunk as Warwick's gently drifting, warm tech-house sounds drift and play. Read more »| 17 Dec 2013 -
Live MusicHaim / Saint Raymond @ O2 ABC, 12 December
Nottingham’s Saint Raymond, aka Callum Burrows, feels slightly awkward as an opener for Haim; on guitar and vocals, and backed by guitar, bass and drum... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
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Touché Amoré / Self Defense Family / Dad Punchers @ Stereo, 10 December
Boasting two members from our headlining band (Nick Steinhardt on guitar and Elliot Babin on vocals), Dad Punchers blast through a joyous little set of emoti... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
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Gogol Bordello @ Manchester Academy, 14 December
Writing soberly about a Gogol Bordello live show – one taking place at Christmas of all times – feels a bit like getting a cat to use interpretiv... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
Interviews
Kid Canaveral evaluate 2013's festive anthems
With their Christmas Baubles jamboree fast approaching, we ask Kid Canaveral to appraise the season’s crop of festive songs, separating the crackers from the crap... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
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EMA previews Satellites from new album The Future's Void
EMA, aka Erika M. Anderson, released her debut Past Life Martyred Saints (reviewed here) in 2011, following up the 2010 demo collection Little Sketches ... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
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Sunn O))) and Ulver reveal 'Eternal Return'
Legendary doom-noise merchants Sunn O))) have unveiled a new track made in collaboration with Norwegian experimental metallers Ulver. Their full-length album... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
NewsThe Flaming Lips cover Sparklehorse for crowd-funded compilation
A tribute album to Mark Linkous, the creative force behind the much-missed Sparklehorse, is in the works, with a campaign on IndieGoGo currently running to r... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
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The LaFontaines win the Big Apple Award 2013
Following in the footsteps of last year's winners Stanley Odd, Motherwell's The LaFontaines won this year's Big Apple Award, sponsored by Nordoff-Robbins. Th... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013