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Josh Osho: L.i.f.e – review

5250 days ago

Guardian Music — (Island)When ITV come back from the break and Adrian Chiles delivers a line about the performance of the Spanish football team, the music playing underneath is by Josh Osho. The song, Redemption Days, was first released last year, and reached 162 in... more info

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Football songs championship 2012: quarter final 4

5264 days ago

Guardian Music — Can Shakira's Latin flair overcome the solid defensive formation of the Lightning Seeds? It's kick-off time …Guardian music more info

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New music: Dutch Uncles – Road to Roy

5268 days ago

Guardian Music — This Euro 2012 song has far too many key changes to be a terrace anthem, but you have to admire its honestyAs anyone with ears will tell you, the greatest ever football song is (How Does It Feel to Be) On Top of the World, released to accompany Engla... more info

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The Lightning Seeds – review

5380 days ago

Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonAfter a couple of seasons exhausting his festival circuit currency, Ian Broudie's reformed Lightning Seeds were last seen playing subdued versions of Three Lions and Pure in seated concert rooms. This didn't suit Broudie... more info

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Ian Broudie: my greatest mistake

5389 days ago

Guardian Music — The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie ruefully recalls how he turned down the offer of a Beatles and Floyd recording deskWhen you're in a group, everything goes wrong all the time and you get used to guitars breaking, microphones not working and having to... more info

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Mull Historical Society: City Awakenings – review

5411 days ago

Guardian Music — (Xtra Mile)Pastoral whimsy is a large part of Colin MacIntyre's makeup: it's hard to imagine him having the same penchant for eccentric little flourishes – everything from seagulls to recordings of train announcements – if he'd hailed from Manch... more info

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Old music: Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds – Three Lions

5477 days ago

Guardian Music — Now England are officially the best football team in the world, let's reconsider the last time that seemed possibleIn the wake of England beating Spain 1-0, and therefore proving to the rest of football the next World Cup is as good as decided, and o... more info

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Liam Gallagher And Gem Archer Talk Beady Eye, Noel, Japan And More

5552 days ago

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Even with a crackly phone line, 9,000 kilometres and a heavy Manchester accent between us, Liam Gallagher is making himself very clear indeed. Mind you, the 38-year-old Beady Eye frontman has always been an advocate of the direct-as-a-sla... more info

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This week's new singles

5585 days ago

Guardian Music — Cher Lloyd Swagger Jagger (Syco) Music exec: Ciao. We've got to come up with a chart-topping tune for that girl who didn't win X Factor once.Minion: Sorry boss – you're going to have to be more specific. That's most of the country.Music exec: The o... more info

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MENTIONED IN PASSING YESTERDAY....

5737 days ago

The Vinyl Villain — I've lifted the following info straight from the official Lightning Seeds website:-In 1983, Ian Broudie teamed up with ex-Wild Swans singer Paul Simpson to form the duo Care. Care signed to the Arista label and released three singles, My Boyish Days... more info

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