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My Best Fiend (No 1,204)

4470 days ago

Guardian Music — A new Warp signing! But don't expect another Aphex Twin – this is guitar music of a hazy, heavenly kindHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Frederick Coldwell (vocals, instruments), Kris Lindblade (vocals, instruments), Joe Noll (drums), Paul Jenkins (ke... more info

Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs – review

4526 days ago

Guardian Music — (V2)You don't need to know a thing about Mercury Rev to appreciate what a wracked place the band was in when it recorded its 1998 masterpiece, Deserter's Songs. Almost every note communicates emotional fragility and nostalgia for lost love, lost yout... more info

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Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

4561 days ago

Guardian Music — I love this idea of the darkest, calmest hour, far from the fury of the wild night, as the devils lie down and the morning light has yet to arriveMaybe it's been the changing light, the cold, quiet shift to dark mornings and long, drab evenings that... more info

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My Morning Jacket – review

4563 days ago

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonOnly four songs in and the PA cut out, the sirens blared and the Roundhouse was evacuated. Had Kentucky's My Morning Jacket tripped the inhouse prog alarm, or had the venue overloaded trying to work out what sort of band they are? E... more info

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Readers recommend: songs about ancient history – results

4568 days ago

Guardian Music — Thanks to your herculean efforts this week, we can dust off and put on display a rich list of historical recordsIt's been a week of excavation, a playlist painstakingly pieced together with valuable and neglected fragments covered by millennia of dus... more info

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Summer loving: cool stuff to do around the UK

4658 days ago

Guardian Music — Here is our pick of the UK's most stylish guidebooks, in-the-know websites, top places to party and absorb cutting-edge cultureMUSIC FESTIVALSWilderness Festival, Cornbury Estate Deer Park, OxfordshireThis charming new festival features headliners Go... more info

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Driver Drive Faster!

4701 days ago

Bridging The Atlantic — Ever since I relented and joined the Apple cult, John Hilcock's weekly New Noise podcast has proved essential listening. The sheer diverse array of sounds on offer in each morsel amaze, challenge and entertain at every turn. Probably the greatest tha... more info

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MERCURY REV FOR WILDERNESS FESTIVAL PLUS EXCITING MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS

4706 days ago

Altsounds — FROM THE PRODUCERS OF THE SECRET GARDEN PARTY & LOVEBOXÃ‚Â… WILDERNESS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES MORE BIG NAMES & EXCITING MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS Mercury Rev perform 'Deserter's Songs' The Secret Garden Party present Where The Wild Things Are The ... more info

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