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The BFI's Flipside label has surpassed itself yet again, re-releasing and beautifully restoring, on very high quality Dual Format DVD & Blu-ray discs, two classic late 1960s British cult films...
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When asked about his song writing craft for an interview disc to promote his 2002 record For Every Solution There's a Problem (a collection of previously unreleased material), the late, great prod...
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With all the manufactured pap around it's easy to get passionate about hard-working music acts that don't seem to get the recognition they deserve. Some do (Arctic Monkeys etc) while others se...
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The 1950s are often overlooked in the celebration of pop music as they are overshadowed by the revolutionary nature and the exuberance of the 1960s. The hallowed music of the 60s has been mined for al...
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...Rhino Vinyl Reissues
In 2004, Iggy Pop was asked by a leading UK music magazine to compile a CD of tracks that had influenced him and The Stooges during their formative years. Iggy proffered a list...
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You don't have to think about it too long before you realise that Scotland is responsible for a wealth of excellent music. From 80s Edinburgh based indie-popsters The Shop Assistants to Glasgow...
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Roger Armstrong's Ace Records is the best British reissue label par none, specialising in golden age rock 'n' roll/blues/ r&b/do-wop/funk/soul/freak beat re-releases and compilation CD...
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Glasgow's finest band come with enough West Coast harmonies to belie their harsher Scottish roots. Picking one track from each of their albums through the years we aim to arrive at their ultimate ...
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Lauded by the great and the good for their post-folk, experimental indie-pop psychedelia (or, perhaps not, depends on who you read), Animal Collective has veritably vaulted towards the upper reaches o...
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Since Serge Gainsbourg's death at the age of 62 in 1991, the international reputation of the iconic French singer, songwriter, actor, director, painter, gifted tunesmith and brilliant lyricist (co...
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The 70s gave us many great things: the tank top. Larry Grayson. The Wonder Woman TV series, starring the fabulous Lynda Carter. Compulsory bugger-grips for every adult male face. And then there was th...
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One of the most imaginative bands of our time have a wealth of songs at their disposal, but which showcases the band at their peak? Picking one track from each of their albums through the years, we ai...
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In a decade signified by big hair, bright colours and John Hughes films several bands delivered key records and a few solo artists created signature albums. Therefore these five, though obvious, are c...
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With few of the 90s bands releasing anything resembling a 'classic' (although fans of Radiohead's Kid A might disagree), it was left for a new crop to emerge amidst the talent-show talentl...
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Grand Prix - Teenage Fanclub
Glasgow's finest produced the 90s' most underrated album and their best with this 1995 effort. Full of catchy melodies, signature guitar pop and pitch-perfect harm...
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There's a reason New York lives up to its reputation. It's that little bit extra. The wider streets and sidewalks, the taller buildings, the grander bridges. Live music's no different. It&...
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...Who's that ghost? What's that monster?
There are already many games involving horror movies, most of which stipulate that the players consume a certain amount of cheap liquor at specific in...
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DIANA DORS
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary and My Wife's Lodger.
Buxom movie star Diana Dors embodied British rock'n'roll flash before such an entity as British rock'n'roll eve...
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Attempted 'chart revolution' draws near
After six months brewing, the 'Storm the Charts' download week starts Sunday 27th June. See below for a full list of the tracks aiming to take o...
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Two Limited Edition Designer Tees to giveaway
Them:Youth has teamed up with Channel 3 to bring you this limited edition tee from Channel 3.
This tee is hand screen-printed with flicked on white cosmo...
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Magic music moments don't come along that often on film (Click on the links for video). While many utilise or give birth to great soundtracks it takes a special kind of director to use music creat...
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Many films have great soundtracks; a collection of other people's songs chosen with love by a director who clearly knows how music complements his or her work. Spielberg uses John Williams, Camero...
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"We are not groupies" - so says Penny Lane (Kate Hudson) in Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous(2000) about a young Rolling Stones journalist touring with the band S...
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It's competition time!
For a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Yeasayer on 6th July at plug in Sheffield, just answer this simple question.
What was the title of Yeasayer's second album
P...
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The Big Chill House, on Pentonville Road, has fast become one of London's Meccas for electronic music ranging from dubstep to hip hop, 80s-referencing synth pop to intelligent dance. The venue, wh...
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In May last year the BFI launched Flipside, a new label presenting off-beat, bizarre and dazzling British films in new, remastered high-quality editions on DVD and Blu-ray. The first three releases in...
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It's competition time!
For a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Dum Dum Girls in Leeds this Saturday 15th May, simply answer the following question.
Q. On what record label did Dum Dum Girls r...
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Hailing from sunny, sunny Bournemouth, classy three-piece, The Fanclub land somewhere on the thin line between Editors and The Smiths. With youth on their side, they've already nailed a very confi...
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2010, a year with its arms wide open to the movement behind electro music and everything that's coming with it. Last year saw the rise of names like Crookers, Fake Blood and Steve Aoki smashing th...
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A state-of-the-art studio in Lancashire has extended a unique loan scheme which helps bands get a leg up in the industry.
Based in Heywood, Astar Studios provides musicians with interest free loans of...
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A global event which aims to celebrate the continuing contribution of music stores kicks off this Saturday.
Record Store Day will see a thousand record stores across 18 countries and four continents c...
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It has become a byword for both musical innovation and eardrum shredding noise, from Aphex Twin to Squarepusher. But Warp Records, which is 21-years-old this year, was actually started by two guys in ...
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It's the Soundblab Awards
So the results are in, the winners have been chosen and a certain publication has spunked most of its budget for the year on a tawdry celebration of commercial rock in fr...
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Head Strong
No sooner had Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory packed up the psychedelic circus tent of 2008's Seventh Tree then the rumour mill began grinding once more about where Goldfrapp will ventur...
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Celebrating the Same Old Scene
Lists, awards, best ofs, and worst ofs. If you've been paying regular attention to the music mags, sites and blogs over the last couple of months, then chances a...
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Top tips lists are mostly rubbish, aren't they? Some nincompoop telling you what you're going to be listening to over the coming year, what will be the soundtrack to your nights out, your days in, the...
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