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School of rock: K is for kinky

5832 days ago
Guardian Music — Too often the preserve of cyber-goth misery, kinkiness has nonetheless had a few good champions in music – Rob Halford, we salute theeIs the world of kinkiness well represented in song? From the Kinks themselves, and their generous appreciatio... more info
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Why Dan Treacy inspired me start Creation Records

5833 days ago
Guardian Music — The shambolic genius behind Television Personalities made me realise that I could run a label. Yet this great songwriter still hasn't been fully recognised for his contribution to musicDuring filming for the forthcoming Creation documentary (produced... more info
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Pink Mountaintops @ The Borderline, May 11th.

5834 days ago
Music Mule — What? Pink Mountaintops Pink Mountaintops are Steve McBean’s (of Canadain band Black Mountain fame) psychedelic, noise pop side project. Mojo magazine recently described them as ‘The Velvet Underground to Black Mountain’s Black Sabbath’. That... more info
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THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY (Day 2) : TRASHCAN SONATAS

5836 days ago
The Vinyl Villain — When JC mentioned that he was looking for guest writers to fill these fine pages, I was fairly keen to get involved. My own wee blog, Plain Or Pan is becoming increasingly popular. I often wish more people would’ve been with me from the start,... more info
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24 hour arty people

5849 days ago
Guardian Music — It's the Big Bang of art and pop music: Andy Warhol's explosive collision with the Velvet Underground.Behind the impenetrable void lurked an outsider's rage. As a working-class gay man from Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol had an incredible drive to assimilat... more info
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Fricke’s Picks: Spanish Electricity at SXSW

5854 days ago
Rolling Stone — It was only 9 p.m. on opening night when I hit my first pay dirt of this year’s SXSW in Austin: Capsula a kinetic trio from Bilbao, Spain — singer-guitarist Martin Guevara and bassist Coni Duchess, the band’s founding couple, are originally fro... more info
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{MP3} Zera Marvel (Riyl Neko Case - Mazzy Star) - “Birds And Bullets Flew” (Self, April 8)

5855 days ago
Songs:Illinois — Namedropping Opal and Mazzy Star probably won’t get me very far with the younger generation but you can’t listen to Zera Marvel’s songs and not reference those bands. Another generation might point to Velvet Underground or before that Billie H... more info
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The JD Set Introduces The Novocaines

5858 days ago
Undercover, Australia — Perth band The Novocaines draws its inspiration from The Velvet Underground and The Stooges. more info
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AC/DC: Let There Be Respect

5858 days ago
Guardian Music — AC/DC should be treated as a great rock band - not held, as they are by 'critics', on a scale between single-cell creatures and homo erectusNext week AC/DC return to these shores for their first UK gigs since a one-off in Hammersmith in 2003. They wi... more info
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The Shortwave Set:
Danger Mouse, Van Dyke, Cale

5859 days ago
JamBase — The Shortwave Set Replica Sun Machine Available Now The Shortwave Set Sweet of sound, tart of lyric... besotted with the sun speckled '60s and bang up to date - Q [4/5] The Shortwave Set traveled from South East London to California on borrowed... more info
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