Florence and the Machine

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Florence and the Machine, Arctic Monkeys and more also reviewed

5 Jan 2012

Music snobs love to flame Florence and the Machine these days. But as ‘No Light No Light’ (Island) ●●●● proves, Welch does epic, pagan pop pretty much perfectly. Her only crime is that lots of people now like it. They’d no doubt sneer at the recent…

Florence and the Machine's hangover cure

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15 Sep 2011

Florence and the Machine's new single, 'Shake It Out', is like a hangover cure. Singer Florence Welch has previous said she was looking to find the perfect antidote to a night's drinking in song, and says the writing process for her latest single…

Florence and the Machine's hangover cure

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24 Aug 2011

Florence Welch wanted to find the "ultimate hangover cure" in song. The Florence and the Machine singer has been working on her as-yet-untitled second album - the follow-up to 2008's 'Lungs' - and is proud of the way it's turned out as it is…

Florence and the Machine finish second album

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16 Aug 2011

Florence and the Machine's new album has no "weak" tracks. The 'Dog Days Are Over' hitmaker - whose real name is Florence Welch - has completed recording on the follow-up to her 2009 debut LP 'Lungs', and producer Paul Epworth is delighted by what…

Florence And The Machine set recording date

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18 Feb 2011

Florence And The Machine are to start record their album in "April or May". The 'Dog Days Are Over' group have been writing their second album since autumn last year, and guitarist Rob Ackroyd said the group are now poised to enter the famous Abbey…

Florence and the Machine's double Q win

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25 Oct 2010

Florence and the Machine was the big winner at this year's Q Awards, taking home two prizes today (25.10.10). Florence Welch was named Best Female and also got the gong for Best Track for her hit single 'You've Got The Love' - a cover version of a…

Florence and the Machine reveal album details

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16 Aug 2010

Florence Welch is heading back to the studio in October. The Florence and the Machine star has started listening to an "eclectic mix" of different artists in preparation to start recording the follow-up LP to 2009's critically-acclaimed debut…

Florence and the Machine's toilet beginnings

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9 Aug 2010

Florence Welch's "fluke" music career started out in a toilet. The Florence and the Machine frontwoman - whose debut album 'Lungs' was one of the best-selling records of 2009 - admitted she first met her manager Mairead Nash when she sang an Etta…

Florence and the Machine's 'dream' nomination

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5 Aug 2010

Florence Welch says being nominated at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards is "a dream". The singer and her band Florence and the Machine are up for four accolades at this year's ceremony but she admits while being in the running for prizes is…

Florence and the Machine have their MOJO

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5 May 2010

Florence and the Machine and Kasabian dominate the nominations in this year's MOJO Honours List. 'Rabbit Heart' singer Florence Welch is up for four prizes, including Best Live Act and Best Album for her debut 'Lungs', at the annual awards ceremony…

Muse, Eminem and Kasabian are T in the Park 2010 headliners

The Prodigy, Jay-Z and Vampire Weekend also on Balado festival bill

23 Feb 2010

Muse, Eminem and Kasabian will headline the main stage at T In The Park 2010. Other major acts on the bill include Black Eyed Peas, The Prodigy and Jay-Z. The festival dates are Friday 9th. Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th July 2010. The campsite is…

Florence and the Machine - Florence Welch interview

2 Dec 2009

Florence and the Machine’s frontwoman Florence Welch is a surprisingly normal 23-year-old, albeit one blessed with the looks of a 19th century beauty and the best singing voice of her generation. So why is she so mired in doom and gloom? Jonny Ensall…

Hear this! - Upcoming gigs and albums Autumn 2009

10 Sep 2009

SEPTEMBER 14 Sep Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 After ‘retirement’, Glastonbury and gigs converting Coldplay fans to the joys of rap music, his masterful album trilogy is now complete. 14 Sep Muse The Resistance The band’s fifth album, it’s tinged…

2009 Mercury Music Prize shortlist on show

Regardless of who triumphs, contenders' nomination is gain enough

24 Jul 2009

This past year has seen Elbow prove to all just what a Mercury win can do to a band's career. Though toiling for near 15 years in relative indie obscurity, seemingly destined to never play the arenas their songs merited, their 2008 victory for fourth…

2009 Mercury Prize shortlist announced

Kasabian, The Horrors, Bat For Lashes and others. Plus Spotify playlist

21 Jul 2009

The shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize - the annual £20,000 award for the best album by British and Irish artists - was revealed this morning. The twelve albums nominated were announced by Lauren Laverne at The Hospital club in London's Convent…

Mark Ronson to join Duran Duran at Edinburgh Castle

14 Jul 2009

Duran Duran have confirmed that young music producer Mark Ronson will perform with them at Edinburgh Castle this Thursday, one of two UK appearances this year. The announcement follows their collaboration in Paris last June, when Ronson re-worked…

T in the Park: Goes pop

25 Jun 2009

Nick Cave battered Kylie to death with a rock and in doing so resurrected pop. For when the implausible twain married larynxes – on 1995’s hit murder ballad, ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow’ – it caused a schism in the pop continuum. By 1996, the prince of…

T in the Park: Soundtrack to the weekend

25 Jun 2009

Friday The whole festival starts in considerable style with The Maccabees and ‘No Kind Words’ before shifting in gloriously mental fashion with ‘Roulette Dares’ by The Mars Volta so sing along now … ‘Exoskeleton, junction at the railroad delayed!…

Further T in the Park 2009 tickets released

5 Mar 2009

T in the Park organisers will be releasing further tickets for the music festival. The tickets will go on sale tomorrow morning, Friday 6th March at 10am and will be on sale via Ticketmaster on 08444 999 990 and also online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Further additions to T in the Park 2009 line up

25 Feb 2009

The Streets, Florence and The Machine, Ladyhawke and Foals have been announced as further additions to the bill of T In The Park, which takes place on Fri 10, Sat 11 and Sun 12 July 2009 in Balado, with other headliners including Kings of Leon on…

Songs of the Year 2008

11 Dec 2008

‘Skinny Love’ Bon Iver One man’s heartbreak becomes our joy from the album of the year. ‘Like the Rest of Us’ Atmosphere The leftfield dwelling purists may sneer but this is beguiling, introspective hip hop brilliance. ‘Run Run’ Those Dancing Days…