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  1. You will not be surprised to learn that I'll be banging on about this record in the weeks to come. minoralps.tumblr.com

  2. Tanya Donelly: A few years ago I was asked by my friend Wes (Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding) to take part in The Cabinet of Wonders, a kind of traveling cabaret he created with Eugene Mirman that taps into the local talent pool of…

  3. Last week at Latitude I watched Daughter play to one of their biggest audiences yet. It's always special to be present when an emerging band is so obviously thrilled by a festival crowd's response.

  4. The Village Green festival is the best thing ever to happen in my hometown. Every year I marvel that it takes place in my local park. Every year it gets better. Congratulations to organisers Metal on another successful year.

  5. Via Gorilla Vs. Bear: Chicago duo Supreme Cuts returns with a yearning, sensuous late night house anthem, which ascends to next-level status on the strength of a beautifully haunting vocal turn from Poliça‘s Channy Leaneagh.…

  6. via Clash Magazine: Shot in conjunction with Brighton-based independent film company Novi Films, the clip seemingly uses an idea Rossiter first concocted 15 years ago.…

  7. Still find it odd that this brilliant Swedish band has such a low web profile. Their official site forwards to their MySpace profile. MySpace!​ ​You can however acquire their back catalogue at bandcamp and this new track is on the iTunes.…

  8. Merlin Mann, on this song:​ ...it’s amazing , and it’s just completely haunting, and hey here’s Kathleen making some serious magic playing it live in 2012. Jesus Christ , what a terrific song.…

  9. Debut EP from Call Me Jolene.​ Track 2 - Good Morning, Midnight is my favourite.​ Sophie Pointer, Martin Rossiter, Chris Wright and Travis Oliver.​ Get it here.​

  10. Every single track on Heartthrob is superb and a potential single but if I had to pick just one standout track, it would be this.​ ​ ​

  11. Deborah Harry:​ Then, in 1978, we got this producer, Mike Chapman, who asked us to play all the songs we had. At the end, he said: "Have you got anything else?" We sheepishly said: "Well, there is this old one." He liked it – he thought it…

  12. The catchiest, if not particularly representative track from True Romance - Charli XCX's debut album. The most popular YouTube comments are:​ this video is so tumblr and i see nothing wrong with one dancing around in their undies ​ ​ ​

  13. 'Live A Little' is a song written and performed by Florrie for the Sony XBA-C10 In-ear headphones campaign. The song will be available soon on iTunes. The video was filmed at Shepperton Studios in the UK London.…