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Escaping the party with the xx

Mon, 19th Oct 2009

When asked for three words to describe the xx’s music, lead singers Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim are confounded. It comes as little surprise that they struggle with this conundrum.

Epigram talks to Metric

Fri, 1st May 2009

Matt Grimble chats to lead singer Emily Haines and guitarist Jimmy Shaw following the release of their new album Fantasies

As the founders of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay await a court verdict and YouTube takes the decision to remove premium music videos from UK viewers, Laura Snapes asks if Spotify is the life raft that the music industry’s been waiting for.
“We should be thanking the heavens for the advent of Spotify”

Metropolitan hermit Tue, 20th Oct 2009 It’s easy to draw parallels between The Antlers’ latest release and Bon Iver’s much-loved 2008 debut. The reactions towards Hospice have become intrinsically intertwined with the backstory that inspired the record, much like with For Emma, Forever Ago for which Justin Vernon retreated to a cabin for several months.	PJ Harvey hits all the right notes Fri, 1st May 2009 Laura Snapes witnesses a captivating show at the Union from a duo whose return after thirteen years is extremely welcome PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH, April 18, Anson Rooms
Karin Dreijer Andersson talks Fever Ray and The Knife Fri, 1st May 2009 Josh Holliday meets the Swedish siren in London before a show with fellow Scandinavians Röyksopp at the Royal Festival Hall	Review: Primary Colous Fri, 1st May 2009 The Horrors, May 4 2009, XL Recordings 3.5 Stars
Review: Outer South Fri, 1st May 2009 Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, May 4 2009, Merge 3 Stars	Review: Duke Pandemonium Fri, 1st May 2009 Marmaduke Duke, May 11 2009, Warner 4.5 Stars
Review: Wall of Arms Fri, 1st May 2009 The Maccabees, May 4 2009, Polydor 4.5 Stars	Review: MANNERS Fri, 1st May 2009 Passion Pit, May 18 2009, Columbia
The return of Animal Collective Fri, 1st May 2009 Interview: James Galley talks to the American avant-garde pioneers as they come back to Bristol for another show at the Trinity Centre “Animal Collective is a friendship thing before it’s a music thing”	Review: IT’S BLITZ! Fri, 1st May 2009 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, April 6 2009, Polydor

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