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Jamie xx Working With Drake
British producer Jamie xx is set to produce material on Drake's forthcoming album. One of the most exciting young producers in the UK, Jamie xx has enjoyed a rapid rise. Initially only tackling...
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Ones NOT To Watch 2011
You've seen our tips for 2011 but what of those other names currently being bandied around? Here are four artists we’ll be avoiding for a while - we suggest you do the same. What follows are bands...
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The Big Pink Turn To Hip Hop
The Big Pink are working on their second album, teasing fans with a possible hip hop influence. Formed by two outcasts from the noise scene, The Big Pink began as an attempt to re-claim a classic...
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Coldplay For Bilbao BBK
Coldplay have been named as the first headliner for Spanish festival Bilbao BBK. Held in Spain, Bibao BBK is part of a new breed of continental festival. Long lagging behind British events, festivals...
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Drake Live
This past Saturday rap’s brightest young star, Drake, brought his UK tour to the capital, for a string of headlining shows at the Hammersmith Apollo. The Canadian rapper previously postponed his debut...
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Caribou For Primavera Sound
Caribou are amongst the latest additions to the line up for Spain's Primavera Sound. One of Europe's premiere events, Primavera Sound is assembling a typically diverse line up for 2011's line up. The...
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Tom Waits To Release Chapbook
Tom Waits has teamed up with a variety of homeless charities to publish a new chapbook. One of the most respected songwriters working today, Tom Waits retains an allusive persona. Rarely granting...
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Broadcast's Trish Keenan Passes Away
Broadcast singer Trish Keenan has passed away following a battle with pneumonia. Emerging from Birmingham, Broadcast contain an otherworldly mixture of vintage electronics and sublime songwriting....
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Ones To Watch 2011 - The Vaccines
So it’s that time of year again - there’s snow on the floor, logs on the fire, and more importantly, bands everywhere are checking to see if they’ve made it into the Clash 2011 list. Well, The...
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Download: Ben Ottewell Album Preview
Gomez singer turned solo artist Ben Ottewell is offering fans a special free download. Gomez turned bedroom balldry into an art form. Famously scooping the Mercury with their home recorded debut album...
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James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream Live
Watch James Blake performing 'The Wilhelm Scream' live at the BBC's Maida Vale studios. The cover star of the current issue of Clash Magazine James Blake's debut album due on Atlas/A&M on February...
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Skream / Benga Hit Radio 1
Skream and Benga hit Radio 1 last night (January 13th) for a very special broadcast. Dubstep is continuing its assault on the mainstream. Almost exactly five years ago to the day Mary Anne Hobbs...
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Hometown Hero: Adele Interview
Inspired by her epic journeys across the States and the loves she left behind, Adele is back with a new album of tender countrified yearning. But you’d never know it from talking to her... Adele...
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Track Of The Day 17/1 - Cloud Nothings
The opening months of the year witness music fans suffering a deluge of lists proclaiming the 'Brightest Hopes' or 'Ones To Watch'. Yet critics have rarely been known for their clairvoyance. Too often...
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Daft Punk Reject Third Twin Rumours
Daft Punk have strongly denied any supposed links to the DJ collective The Third Twin. Daft Punk have always had a strained relationship with the internet. Using the web to spread information, the...
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Tributes Continue For Broadcast's Trish Keenan
Tributes are continuing after the tragic death of Broadcast singer Trish Keenan. Formed in the mid 90s, Broadcast spun oblique influences in new directions. Mixing primitive electronics with wyrd folk...
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Dwayne Omarr - Multi Funk
Bostonian Omarr, multi-instrumentalist and a go-to guy behind the scenes down the decades, is a space-funk jitterbug, wowing ’em with talkbox wizzyness, buzzin’ synthesizers, gloopy R&B, and...
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Wild Beasts Work On New Album
Wild Beasts have spoken about ongoing recording sessions for their third album. Guitar music right now has rarely been in so grey and moribund a state. Bands seem unsure what direction to go in, and...
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The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
There are times during this record when it’s hard not to be reminded of R.E.M. in full jangle mode. Think somewhere between ‘Green’ and ‘Out Of Time’ and you’ll not be far wrong. But who’s that in the...
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White Lies - Ritual
As the massive, final chorus of first track ‘Is Love’ spreads its wings and soars majestically into inky skies, you get a hair-prickling feeling that finally, White Lies may have justified their own...
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