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The Drums – On A Roll

“We don’t really have an agenda, and we don’t really have any goals. We don’t plan to evolve or progress in any way”

The Gaslight Anthem: simple pleasures

“Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, no-frills rock, y’know? Don’t bore us – GET TO THE CHORUS!”

Logikparty

"Having fun has been massively influential!”

Flashback: Maradona tests positive for ephedrine, June 25, 1994

"By the time World Cup 1994 rolled around, the Argentine was a veteran who had already tasted the most glittering highs and the bitterest lows that a life at the pinnacle of his profession could offer."

Escape Act

"The creative process is over. Now we have to think like a business and sell the product.”

David Holmes – Best in show

"I wanted to make my own samples, and that led me to hitting the streets of New York with my DAT machine and recording every freak I could get my hands on!"

Flying Lotus

"I can hear phases of grief through the record”

Pulled Apart By Horses

"Hopefully the fans are not coming expecting some St. John’s Ambulance nightmare"

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"We count our lucky stars that bands like The Killers, Ryan Adams, The White Stripes and Tiësto love T+S"

American: the Bill Hicks story

Meet the directors behind the new biopic

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[album] Benni Hemm Hemm – Retaliate

What’s in the water up there? Benni Hemm Hemm is the latest son of Iceland’s small but prodigious musical scene. Retaliate, his debut release in English, is an outstanding five-track EP of perfectly formed grandiose songs, tapping into such assorted themes as vampire bloodlust and gold pioneering. The story goes that Benni recently relocated to Edinburgh and opted to ...

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