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September, 2011

Photos: Beirut + tUnE-YarDs – O2 Academy, Brixton, London 16/09/11

Zac Condon’s indie-folk outfit played a sold out show in South London last week, alongside wailing femme tUnE-YarDs. Paul Bridgewater was there to capture it all.

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Watch: Toddla T feat Wayne Marshall – Streets So Warm

Toddla T‘s Watch Me Dance is a brilliant record. It’s not big and it’s not particularly clever, but it’s bloody good fun. ‘Streets So Warm’ is a standout – a thumping, dancehall-tinged track carried by Wayne Marshall‘s rhythmic, vocodered vocal. Watch the video above, and just give a bit of thought to have fucking brilliant [...]

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Listen: Amanda Mair – Doubt

‘Doubt’ is a bristly number, coated in the frosty eighties tinged production of label mate Philip Ekström (of The Mary Onettes). A vocal that belies her teenage years, with ‘Doubt’ Mair takes another bold step forward towards being an artist to watch out for in 2012.

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[Premiere] Watch: Dutch Uncles – The Ink

[Premiere] Watch: Dutch Uncles – The Ink

Manchester’s Dutch Uncles invite us to witness the band’s slightly unorthodox morning routine, in their video for latest single, ‘The Ink’.

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Three Trapped Tigers might have the best music video of all time

The video for ‘Reset’ is a combination of ridiculous animation, some sort of mystic space story, and Matt Berry (him out of The IT Crowd). And it’s amazing.

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Berlin Festival, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin 9-10/09/11

With a promising lineup and strikingly unusual location, Berlin Festival seems like a stuffily organised and controlled experiment in fun, writes John Rogers.

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Atlas Sound – Te Amo // Song Of The Day #329

Bradford Cox has been elevated towards semi-deity status in the eyes of some of those who like their pop music served with a generous portion of pseudo-mysticism. ‘Te Amo’ is today’s Song Of The Day.

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Siinai – Olympic Games

From the title onwards, Finnish hypno-rockers Siinai’s debut comes across as a soaring musical tribute to the Olympic spirit in its purest, ancient form, the grandiosely heroic vibes whipped up by the throbbing ‘motorik’ rhythms and soaring synths suggesting the quartet’s seriously bidding to provide the official soundtrack to London 2012.

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Sigur Rós confirm ‘Inni’ details

Sigur Rós have confirmed details of their forthcoming live album and film ‘Inni’.

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Photos: Howling Bells – Electric Ballroom, London, 15/09/11

The Australian four piece bring the doom and gloom back to London. Burak Cingi sends us these pictures.

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Watch: Girls record live in-store

While the majority of you were out having fun last night, Girls aired online an in-store performance right from Nashville, view inside to catch up. Just don’t go doing it again!

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Tracks of the Week: 17 September 2011

Our human blog-music aggregator, Matthew Britton, trawls the darkest sewers of Soundcloud, reporting back to TLOBF with his findings. One day, maybe a band covered here will play an actual gig in front of human people.

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Other Lives, Dam Mantle added to SWN festival line-up

Other acts including Born Blonde, Loved Ones, Mechanical Bride and The Good Wife add to the impressive Swn bill.

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Download: Twin Shadow – Changes

Nope, this isn’t a cover of the 2Pac song. Nor is it a David Bowie homage. Or a Black Sabbath tribute. Or… a… Gareth Gates… remix. But it is a one-off, stand-alone new single from NY’s Twin Shadow.

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Listen: Peggy Sue talk Acrobats

Having long been a champion of the London-based trio Peggy Sue, Jon Hillcock catches up with Katy, Rosa and Olly to talk about the early days, their individual roles within the band and of course the captivating new record Acrobats.

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Hudson Mohawke, Washed Out, Erol Alkan set to play Bristol In:Motion

Bristol’s annual autumnal club night outing In:Motion announce a scorcher of a bill for ‘Field Day Night’.

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