Sport is often a clean-cut, disappointingly attitude-free undertaking, but not tonight. Roller derby’s skating queens are ice-cool, heavily made-up skating
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With debut album Serious About Men just around the corner, The Rubberbandits have plenty on their mind, not least the
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From the outside, Ash seem to be in a period of flux. Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack was recently and somewhat
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It’s been a stunning year for north Wales act The Joy Formidable. Debut full-length The Big Roar – launched back
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When Scroobius Pip launched his debut solo album Distraction Pieces this week, he also declared war on the major record
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2008′s Choice Music Prize winners Super Extra Bonus Party have slipped into a slow, inconclusive coma over the past couple
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Baltimore has become a hotbed of indie/alternative music over the past few years, producing the likes of Beach House, Future Islands, Dan Deacon and folk starlets Wye Oak. Having started playing music together as kids, duo Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack never expected to turn Wye Oak into anything more than a bit of fun, but now find themselves touring Europe and taking full advantage of the current trend for twee, touching folk musicians; a happy musical accident. AU caught up with Jenn to discuss the band’s third release, Civilian, and just how far this happy accident can go…

Don’t be fooled by the name: Laserdisc Nights 2 is Le Galaxie’s debut album, and a long overdue one, too.
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