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August, 2009

Oneida – Rated O

Never an act to shy away from pushing boundaries, they must be just about the only band on the planet who are only ever completely out of their comfort zone when they appear to be in it; constant evolution is a way of life for Oneida.

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Pelican announce new full length album

Pelican have confirmed a new full-length album for release this year, their first on Southern records, and featuring a whole host of star contributors.

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Muse reveal cover art for new album…

Muse have confirmed the tracklisting, and revealed the cover art for their upcoming album The Resistance.

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Edges – A New French Electronic Generation

If you’re in the market for a French electro compilation, you could (probably) do worse than this.

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Truck Festival (Truck 12) – Oxford 25-26 July 2009

Truck successfully manages to grow a little larger every year whilst still keeping its warm, small, distinctly family and quite local feel. Jude Clarke reviews.

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Alela Diane – To Be Still EP

The quality of Alela Diane’s work allows her to also transcend any attempt at positioning or typecasting, especially on this showcase EP of her latest work says Alex Cocks.

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TLOBF Interview: Esteban

Andy Johnson catches up with the masters of desert funk at one of many dates on their seemingly endless mammoth tour to talk about what Esteban’s all about – music, lyrics, aesthetics, mentality..

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Julian Plenti – Is… Skyscraper

Does the world need another solo project or vanity project from a successful band member? Well, if they all sound as interesting as Paul Banks in his Julian Plenti guise, bring ‘em on says Andrew Grillo.

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Har Mar Superstar returns!

After a five year hibernation since 2004’s The Handler, Har Mar Superstar, sexy as ever, is ready to unleash Dark Touches on the masses.

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The Fiery Furnaces announce UK live dates & Silent Record

The Fiery Furnaces have announced some UK tour dates for October, plus plans to release a silent record…

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Analog Africa No. 5 – Legends of Benin

From Germany-based label Analog Africa comes this fascinating insight into the funk music of 70s Benin.

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Listen to The Big Pink’s debut album NOW!

Six weeks before their debut album is release, The Big Pink are giving you a chance to listen to the album NOW with some fancy web widget inside!

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Arctic Monkeys: Web Transmission & Crying Lighting [Video]

Arctic Monkeys: Web Transmission & Crying Lighting [Video]

On Thursday last week the Arctic Monkeys broadcast a special web transmission. You can now view two videos from that broadcast, plus the video for Crying Lightning inside!

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OMD to record acoustic session for Absolute Radio

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark will record and film an acoustic session for London’s Absolute Radio.

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HEALTH announce secret London show

Pre-order HEALTH’s new album Get Color through Rough Trade stores to be entered into a drawer to win one of only 140 tickets for a special HEALTH event in London.

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Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine

Molina claims to have written six albums in the last three years, all of them waiting for release. Providing he keeps the quality to the standard of the first half of this album, he’s going to remain a very hard man to ignore.

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