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Angus & Julia Stone Down The Way

Angus & Julia Stone Down The Way

(4 stars)19 Mar 2010

(Flock Music) Building up a fanbase stretching from their Australian homeland to the States, via gigs in the Scottish Highlands (their debut album, A Book Like This, was co-produced by Travis’s Fran Healy in his London living room), young siblings…

Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement

Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement

(5 stars)25 Feb 2010

During the 90s Pavement were cult kingpins of the burgeoning US indie-rock scene, and leader Stephen Malkmus was an idol for the brainy post-Cobain brigade. Several excellent albums garnished the era (from Slanted and Enchanted to Terror Twilight), and…

All Tomorrow's Parties: The Film

All Tomorrow's Parties: The Film

An onscreen celebration of the alternative music institution

15 Oct 2009

A young man, at the head of a throng of people, kneels in front of a performing drummer, his hands either side of the drummer’s floor tom. The man is shouting, nay pleading with the drummer through a variety of emphatic hand gestures. Growing more…

Five Reasons To Go See: Phoenix

Five Reasons To Go See: Phoenix

Under-rated alt-rock French sorts comed to Glasgow

15 Oct 2009

1. They’re fashionably unfashionable Throughout the course of four staggeringly brief but perfectly formed albums Phoenix have proved themselves masters of a studied laissez-faire and baffling nuanced lyrics rendering them thus far impervious to the…

Scarce

Scarce

Not even a coma can get in the way of rock 'n' roll

1 Oct 2009

Rock’n’roll is peppered with hard luck stories, but few bands have had the rug pulled from under them quite like Scarce. In the mid-90s, the Rhode Island trio were on the cusp of great things – signed to A&M, critical acclaim, successful tours including…

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Ashby De La Zouch Fake Festival
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A showcase of tribute acts and covers bands. Featuring Coldplace, Kazabian, Blondied, Jamirrorquai, Resession, The Hedge Pigs and The Inspired.
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2 Jun Jun 2, 12.30pm, doors Baths Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
The Boy With Tape On His Face
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Multi award-winning comic Sam Wills aka The Boy With Tape On His Face takes his show on a tour of the UK. Sam's piercing blue eyes stare out over a rectangle of gaffer tape as he holds his audience spell bound. He deftly unfolds the tangents of his delightful brain process, deliberately preparing each scene and eventually letting the audience in by finally breaking the suspense with each hilarious and unpredictable manoeuvre. Drawing on a heritage that includes silent film, mime, magic…
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1 Jun Jun 1, 8pm Guildhall Theatre at King's Lynn Arts Centre, King's Lynn
8 Jun–29 Jun Jun 8, 29, 9pm E4 Udderbelly At Southbank Centre, London SE1
21 Jul Jul 21, 7.30pm Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
28 Sep Sep 28, 8pm–11pm, doors 53 Degrees, University Of Central Lancashire Students' Union, Preston
12 Oct Oct 12, 8pm Pyramid at Pyramid & Parr Hall, Warrington
14 Oct Oct 14, 8pm Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate
16 Oct Oct 16, 7pm, doors Slade Rooms at Little Civic, Wolverhampton
7 Nov Nov 7, 8pm, doors 6.30pm Komedia, Bath
10 Nov Nov 10, 8pm West End Centre, Aldershot
11 Nov Nov 11, 7.30pm, doors 6.45pm The Glee Club, Cardiff Bay
The British Expeditionary Force
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Featuring Justin Lockey of Yourcodenameis:milo and Justin Burrows of My Architects, The British Expeditionary Force produce a sound akin to My Bloody Valentine crossed with Brian Eno and Sigur Ros.
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2 Jun 7pm
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65daysofstatic
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The Sheffield rockers are touring with high octane performances of songs from their collection of studio and live albums including Escape From New York. Their multi-instrumental music style has always incorporated progressive guitar styles but more recently evolved to include keyboards. The group are relatively fresh-faced having only emerged onto the music scene in 2001. Their early music consisted mainly of remixes and mash ups of songs by artists including Christina Milian, Natasha…
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12 Jul Jul 12, 7pm, doors The Cockpit, Leeds
Akala, Sic’Nis, HLI, Miss C Brown
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London-born rapper Kingslee Daley performs alt hip hop and grime.
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8 Jun Jun 8, 9pm The Drum, Birmingham
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