by Sam Shepherd
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by David Meller
Judging from the promo images, The National’s Scott Devendorf – with his orange aviator sunglasses and broad smile - is the most content member of the...
by Kate Bennett
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by David Meller
The Boy Least Likely To – instrumentalist Pete Hobbs and lyricist Jof Owen – recently returned with The Great Perhaps, their first official album in...
by Edward Randell
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by Andy Baber
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by David Meller
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by Laurence Green
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by Helen Clarke
If anyone knows about the ups and downs of the music industry, it’s Kate Nash. Back in 2007, at the age of 19, her single...
by Laurence Green
It’s not every up and coming guitar act that gets Killing Joke’s legendary Youth on board to produce their material. But then, Brit five-piece Echotape...
by Laurence Green
The music industry could do with more people like Nerina Pallot. Actually, scratch that – the world could do with more people like Nerina Pallot....
by Jack Dutton
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by Laurence Green
Up and coming East London outfit Autoheart remain wonderfully difficult to pigeon-hole. Their debut single The Sailor Song was a trembling, tender piece of string-soaked...
by Laurence Green
Backed with a bevy of praise from pretty much every publication you care to name, it’s hard to envision a world where Random Impulse –...
by Laurence Green
You wait years for a hyper-talented US alt-girl-group, and then two turn up at once. And for those that prefer things a little louder than...
by Martyn Young
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by Laurence Green
In a world where 90% of new female singer-songwriters sound like they’re trying to be the next Ellie Goulding or Laura Marling, Arlissa remains a...
Falstaff @ Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes
La donna del lago @ Royal Opera House, London
Ariadne auf Naxos @ Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes
Philharmonia/Salonen @ Royal Festival Hall, London
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