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Patrick Wolf has never done things by the book. Rather than concealing his flamboyant red hair, effeminate dress sense and choir boy voice, the 14 year old boy set out on a journey to prove the bullies wrong. Changing his last name from Apps to Wolf, he left school and home at 16, busking and [...]

It doesn’t look like Kanye is going to be moving out of the public conscious anytime soon. As well as a duet with Clipse and a spot on ‘Poke Her Face’, ‘Ye appears on ‘Magic Man’ with Malik Yusef, Common and John Legend, and has ‘Say You Will’ covered by Mos Def. The guy is [...]

Never has the selling point of a band been so easily summed up for a lazy hack looking for a quick post: British Fleet Foxes.
I am assuming that this latest single from the boys with the hearts of gold comes with a free stick-on beard to stroke whilst listening,  such is the ear-hugging folk loveliness [...]

Earlier today a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to come and see these Aussie stormtroopers live, and this propulsive electro-rock monster was the deal-breaker.
TTT whip up a storm of  noise with a somersaulting vocal take vying for supremacy over the top of it: “The Science of Fear” already sounds like it will [...]

Hi guys. Just a quick note to say that I’m off on holiday for the next few weeks in the US. Visiting New York City and Boston is going to be so much fun, but blogging will be basically non-existent. The trustry Macbook Pro is winging it over with me, but I can’t vouch for [...]

The Big Pink – Velvet
So these boys have been touted in just about every beginning of year “going to be massive” list, and not without good reason.
Don’t be deceived by their name, which will bring to mind The Band and various hairy alt-country types: this is drone-indie of the highest order, with big waves of [...]

The Cool Volume IV- Rejection (Link 2) 72 Mb
So… I have, unfortunately, met the terrible feeling of rejection. As you may or may not know, I decided to apply for college in the US this year and I received the last of my admissions decisions on the 31st March.
We all go through these phases, some [...]