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At V Festival way back in 1998 I stood in torrential rain, watching theaudience perform what would be their one and only album. It was one of the most enjoyable sets of that era.…
I enjoyed Jake Evans' contribution to Bad Lieutenant - the short lived band he formed in 2009 with New Order members who weren't Peter Hook. When they kind of morphed into the resurrected New Order in 2011, he left the band.…
Inexorable beats and looming heartache fill the songs of Polica, a band from Minneapolis that performed at Webster Hall on Friday night.…
So much to enjoy about the Calvi.
I've no idea what the background to this video is. It is better not knowing. After all, a 1980's charity single lip synced by random celebrities is all you need to know. Also, it features the biggest celeb crush of my life.…
I'm old enough to have grown up with synth pop from Sparks, Tubeway Army and Ultravox. I hear bits of this in CHVRCHES music and more beyond. One of this year's great albums.
What a huge surprise for this streetmusician and us! We were filming him singing the song smalltown boy by Bronski Beat, when suddenly Jimmy Somerville (the original singer) comes up and joins him singing!…
Looks like I haven't posted this before. A big oversight. One of the songs of the year.
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Footage from At The Edge Of The Sea - David Gedge's curated festival, which is now an annual late summer event in Brighton, opened by Cinerama and closed by The Wedding Present.
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The Blush EP is amazing.
Please do enjoy our new video for Warrior Lord. It's my favorite song on the record and my most favorite Poliça video. — POLIÇA (@thisispolica) October 7, 2013 My favourite band. I may have said this before.
What a transformation.
The album comes at the end of October. In the US only at the moment. Sad face.
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The definitive CHVRCHES song. So far.
Track 1 from Poliça's new album, Shulamith. Pre-order it at thisispolica.com, and if you haven't bought last year's Give You The Ghost get that right now.
The brilliance starts with the 'Sony Phone' thing and never stops. Added bonus - Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years. Contender for video of the year. Memo to Kate Nash - if you want to pretend you're 15, do it like this.