Music Beats Mines is a three-month festival of music, poetry and the arts, to raise funds for MAG to clear landmines, weapons and other remnants of conflict. All money will go towards helping conflict-affected communities recover. Next Saturday in Liverpool sees a gig featuring the likes of Welsh wonder-kids Gallops, our favourite purveyors of electronica [...]

The Primavera Sound Diaries 2010
This time last week I was a sweaty mess of half wrecked excitement somewhere in the centre of Barcelona. Now I’m sitting with the sniffles alone in my bedroom trying to figure out how to consolidate one of the best festivals of my life into a word count below that of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Fuck Buttons – Koko, London 20/04/10
Fuck Buttons stand, like excitable children either side of a desk of gadgety goods, goading each other with each layer they add to the hectic mix of beats.

TLOBF Interview :: Fuck Buttons
Our last full interview of 2010 sees Dan Marner interview one of the bands of the year: Fuck Buttons, who talk influences, live reviews and why they can’t fly together…

10 Years Of ATP – Butlins, Minehead 11-13 December ’09
Perhaps the finest distillation of “essence of ATP” to date, that magical alchemy that manages to draw together a wide and varied mix of bands, musicians and artists and create something wonderfully special.

TLOBF Albums of 2009
It’s what you’ve all been waiting for folks… The year’s best albums according to us, The Line of Best Fit…
Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
“I’m not a religious man but I could easily evangalise for Fuck Buttons. Their light pours out of me.” Daniel Marner reviews the triumphant second album ‘Tarot Sport’.

Fuck Buttons return, new album and tour announced
Fuck Buttons name new record ‘Tarot Sport’ and announce extensive UK tour throughout September and October. A note from the band inside.

ATP vs The Fans Strike Back – Minehead, 8th-10th May 2009
We give you All Tomorrow’s Parties from two perspectives. Boy and girl. Adam Elmahdi and Kate Price give a detailed look at last weekends “The Fans Strike Back” event.

ATP vs The Fans Strike Back. The Brainlove Chronicles.
Before we run our extensive review of last weekends ATP shenanigans, we asked John Brainlove’s to jot down some thoughts about the weekends happenings. Look out for a full review, plus a bumper photo feature coming very soon!!
TLOBF 2008 :: Gigs of the Year
Eight of TLOBF’s most obsessive gig-goers list their picks of the year’s live music. Bon Iver, Tom Waits and Neil Young all feature…
TLOBF.COM :: 2008 Readers Choice Album Of The Year
This year, we’re getting YOU, yes, YOU the reader, to vote for the albums YOU think are the best 2008 had to offer. There is a massive prize up for grabs too!
Battles / Fuck Buttons / Dirty Projectors – London Astoria 14/05/08
A sonic feast for the ears, eyes and senses. Ama Chana witnesses a god-like triple bill at the Astoria.
HEADLINES
- Best Coast announce UK headline tour, new album due in Spring
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- Kanye West and Jay-Z rumoured to be appearing in Shoreditch today
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