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Artist of the Week: Wolf Alice
Congratulations to Wolf Alice! The London rockers are our Artist of the Week and are accorded bragging rights in perpetuity. You voted the quartet artist of the week...
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Spend a Minute with Woman’s Hour
Name: Woman’s Hour. Fiona Jane (vocals), Will Burgess (guitar /vocals), Josh Hunnisett (synth/percussion) and Nick Graves (bass).
Where They’re From: London,...
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London’s Wolf Alice Show Their Teeth
Name: Wolf Alice (Ellie Rowsell, Joel Amey, Joff Oddie, and Theo Ellis)
Where They’re From: London
When They Started: 2010
Genre: scatterbrained rock
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Five Women Out to Save British Rock
Words by Laura Studarus
It’s not that we doubt the British music scene. (After all, My Bloody Valentine just put out an excellent new album earlier this year—so...
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Dean Blunt Is an Experimental Electronic Enigma
Name: Dean Blunt
Where He's From: London, England
When He Started: 2009
Genre: experimental lo-fi electronica
For Fans Of: Ariel Pink, James Ferraro, Ian...
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X-ReSpects: An X-Ray Spex Tribute Concert June 30th
"Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard but I think, Oh bondage! Up yours!"
If this mantra is already close to your heart, you might want to skip...
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Goth Or Not?: 10 Bands With a Touch of Darkness
Words by Laura Studarus
Today is World Goth Day! (It is also Morrissey’s birthday; a fact that we have chosen to pretend is more than a happy coincidence.) A...
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Grab The Moment With London’s Still Corners
Words and Interview by Laura Studarus
During the 2011 London riots, Still Corners’ Greg Hughes was at work on the follow-up his band’s recently released debut,...
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Stream Nicole Moudaber’s Unrelenting Techno Album, Believe
Nicole Moudaber's debut album, Believe, is tailor-made for techno-heads or those who have forgotten the power of the continuous groove. Fans of EDM's modulations might...
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Jessie Ware — “Imagine It Was Us”
England has a new queen. Jessie Ware addresses a legion of party going cohorts in the clip for "Imagine It Was Us" from Devotion. This soul pop star continues to prove...
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Look on the Bright (and Dark) Side With Io Echo
Words and Interview by Laura Studarus
Io Echo frontwoman/multi-instrumentalist Ioanna Gika has never found the world to be a small or simple place. Although perkier...
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Hey, More Fresh Afrobeats from DeeVS
"Atinga" begins with a waist-agitating beat that is almost immediately punctuated by electrically-charged piano stabs. The London-based Ghanaian rapper DeeVS then jumps...
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Soundtrack a Day in the Sun With Echopark
Name: Echopark (Antonio Elia Forte to his friends)
Where He’s From: London, England via Lecce, Italy
When He Started: Birth
Genre: Pop for playful...
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Deadmau5 & Imogen Heap — “Telemiscommunications”
Canadian progressive-house producer Deadmau5 collaborates with Imogen Heap in "Telemisscommunications." Over the down beat electronic song, Imogen's tiny voice conveys...
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Passport Approved: 10 of Our Favorite Multinational Bands
Back in the day when snail mail was a thing (remember that?) The U.S. Postal service ran a service where you could apply to get a pen pal from another country. While the...
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US VIDEO PREMIERE: Daniela Brooker’s a “Heartbreaker”
Buxom cutie pie Daniela Brooker has got pipes for days. Like the kind that sorta reminds us of Kelly Clarkson (in only the best of ways...). Daniela fares better though,...
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CRIM3S Has Tunes So Addictive It Should Be Illegal
Name: CRIM3S
Where They're From: London, England
When They Started: 2011
Most Similar: Salem, Crystal Castles
Sounds Like: Grungy rave
Sadie and Isaac...
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ICON: There’s No Dodging Artful, Ever
Artful Dodger were one of the first UK garage acts to achieve chart success in the late '90s. Vocal-based hits such as "Please Don’t Turn Me On," "Woman Trouble" and the...
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Donae’o Brings the “Fire”
Donae'o is a bit of a UK underground music ledge. From the garage-meets-grime sounds of 2002's "My Philosophy (Bounce)" to the UK funky vibes of 2009's "Party Hard", the...
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Giving In to the Bright Light of Alex Clare
Words and Interview by Laura Smith. Photo by Dirty Souf Yankee.
One can argue that commercials carry a lot of clout when it comes to making a music career, but it...