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Vampire Weekend have recorded a funny yet bizarre version of Cheryl Cole's 'Fight For This Love'. Vampire Weekend have always struggled with their credibility. Tragically, life gave them a wealthy...
View ArticleStream: Belle & Sebastian Live Show
Belle & Sebastian are to see out 2010 by streaming a live show from Glasgow's Barrowlands. It's been a big year for Belle & Sebastian. The band's appearance at the Matador party seemed to...
View ArticlePeter, Bjorn & John New Album
Peter, Bjorn & John are set to release their new album 'Gimme Some' next year. Uniting three very distinctive songwriters, Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn & John have been suspiciously quiet. The...
View ArticleRockNess Christmas Stocking Offer
The organisers of RockNess have confirmed details of a special Christmas stocking offer. The RockNess festival site may be covered in snow right now, but that doesn't mean work has stopped behind the...
View ArticleStream: New Jamie Woon Track
A new track from dubstep troubadour Jamie Woon has emerged online as a free download. Initially a standard acoustic clad songwriter, Jamie Woon experienced an epiphany when Burial remixed his little...
View ArticleRokkurro - Solin Mun Skina
Watch the latest video from Iceland's Rökkurró, for the song 'Sólin mun skína'. Taken from their second album, 'Í Annan Heim' produced by Riceboy Sleeps' Alex Somers, the band recently played as part...
View ArticleDiplo Prepares Greensleeves Comp
Diplo is preparing to release a new compilation focussing on the output of classic British reggae label Greensleeves. Hailing from Florida, Diplo seems to have an unusual interest in the intersection...
View ArticleThe View Name Third Album
The View are set to release their third album 'The Best Lasts Forever' on March 14th. Taking time off after their disparate second album 'Which Bitch?' Scottish indie rascals The View decided to...
View ArticleToddla T / Roska Team Up
Sheffield dancehall don Toddla T and Roska have announced a team up in a bizarre new video. 2011 promises to be a busy year for Toddla T. The Sheffield dancehall producer has now moved to London,...
View ArticleWatch: Bruce Springsteen Re-Visits 'Darkness'
New footage of a special one off Bruce Springsteen show has been leaked onto the internet. Released in 1978, 'Darkness At The Edge Of Town' ended a period of legally imposed silence on Bruce...
View ArticleCage Against The Machine Recording Session
View ClashMusic's photo gallery from the recording of John Cage's '4:33' for the Cage Against The Machine bid for the UK Christmas number one spot. The all-star session took place at London's Dean...
View ArticleThe Courteeners Forest Show Sells Out
The Courteeners have sold out an upcoming forest show, with all tickets being snapped up in thirty just eight minutes. Led by Liam Fray, The Courteeners are yet another band focussing on the troubled...
View ArticleFortuna POP! London Shows
Fortuna POP! is set to host a series of London shows in the bleak winter months of January. The opening weeks of the year are a wasteland for new music. After gorging themselves on chocolates, cake...
View ArticleGangstarr Album, DVD Due
Seminal rap duo Gangstarr could be set to release more material, despite the death of MC Guru. Gangstarr were an anomaly. The band refused to pander to trends, working on their own style. DJ Premier...
View ArticleArcade Fire - Glasgow
The PA is switched on, the massive speakers lurching into life. The lights go up. Arcade Fire emerge to deafening cheers from the crowd and within seconds they seem more visceral, more urgent than...
View ArticleWin A Samsung Galaxy Tab
The perfectly portable Samsung Galaxy Tab is small enough to fit in a pocket, handbag or Christmas stocking, yet big enough to be packed full of incredible entertainment and communication features. You...
View ArticleBest Of 2010 Albums - The Gaslight Anthem
After 2008’s breakthrough album, ‘The ’59 Sound’, The Gaslight Anthem found themselves pigeonholed as Springsteen wannabes. Sure, he’s a huge inspiration and the band quoted a few of The Boss’ lyrics...
View ArticleCaptain Beefheart Dead At 69
Musician and artist Don Van Vliet, known of course as Captain Beefheart, has passed away aged 69 from complications relating to Multiple Sclerosis. A teenage contemporary of Frank Zappa, Beefheart...
View ArticleBest Of 2010 Albums - Avey Tare
The Animal Collective man’s fi rst solo record is a bleak and swampy, ghostly and disturbing, semiconcept album about a crocodile and the swamp it inhabits. That’s an over-simplifi cation, but it’s a...
View ArticleBest Of 2010 Albums - Laura Marling
The difficult second album was a sensation and a success for the still annoyingly young Laura Marling. Her soft and childlike tone has grown; it has more depth, more feeling and more angst. But the...
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