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My teenage obsession with Ian Curtis

5308 days ago
Guardian Music — Growing up in Macclesfield in the early 80s, I attended the same school as the late Joy Division singer. But my passion for their music soon became an infatuationMacclesfield, 1980, a few months after Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, had ... more info
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Why Jarvis Cocker represents the future

5311 days ago
Guardian Music — The singer's field recordings for the National Trust are the most radical, forward-thinking music of the yearRock and pop music, and assorted mutant sub-genres, is so everyday, so available, so not as special as it once was before it became so much a... more info
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Singles out this week

5312 days ago
Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK LCD Soundsystem Drunk Girls (EMI) Not, in honesty, the greatest single to be run up the LCD Soundsystem flagpole – and I write this before the chorus has begun its inevitable tread round those Ibiza Uncovered-style shows that zoom ... more info
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Konono No 1 | World music review

5313 days ago
Guardian Music — Scala, LondonNdjili is an overcrowded and hectic suburb not far from Kinshasa airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it's here that Konono No 1 spent much of their career, playing in local bars and scouring the second-hand market for ca... more info
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Hince And Moss Form A Band

5316 days ago
Kate's reportedly formed a band with boyfriend,The Kills' Jamie Hince.It's claimed they have recorded a cover of a Velvet Underground alongside three other musicians and are recording more material... more info
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Kate Moss Forms Band With The Kills' Jamie Hince

5317 days ago
Gigwise — The couple record a Velvet Underground cover... more info
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Jamie Hince Forms New Band With Kate Moss

5317 days ago
Rollo & Grady — [ nme ] The Kills’ Jamie Hince has reportedly formed a new five-piece band featuring his girlfriend Kate Moss. The guitarist’s new group with his supermodel partner have reportedly started recording sessions, having laid down a cover of a song by... more info
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the first thursday batch of updates

5321 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — spacedsaviour said... shampoo - we are shampoo shampoo - girl power http://spaced3saviour.blogspot.com 405lines said... Teenage Fanclub - Howdy! Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway http://405lines.blogspot.com mp3hugger said... indie mp3s you can h... more info
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tuesday afternoon updates

5322 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Sir Charlie Palmer said... Outburst – The Wailers Peel Session – Tortoise 31.08.96 http://sircharliepalmer.blogspot.com music499 said... REM - Reveal Ramones - Subterranean Jungle http://music499.blogspot.com Mister Moods said... BR... more info
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Hey, what's that sound: Glockenspiel

5330 days ago
Guardian Music — Often associated with school music rooms, the glock has grown up with a generation of indie-pop musicians and avant-garde auteurs. Just don't call it a xylophone ...What is it? Tiny hammers, tiny strips of metal, and a sound that can sooth or shatter... more info
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