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Elbow
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Ostensibly to discuss their latest opus The Seldom Seen Kid, musicOMH.com hooked up with lead singer and BBC 6Music DJ Guy Garvey. But somehow the conversation strayed on to James Blunt and the possible extra-terrestrial origins of Richard Hawley...
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The Feeling
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With his band The Feeling going back to their musical roots in the Swiss Alps, Dan Gillespie Sells comes down hard on the critics - but is thankful for his band's success.
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Los Campesinos!
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With Los Campesinos! enjoying a successful debut, Aleks Campesinos! talks about her love of playing live, source material for their songwriting and the band's love of diverse instruments. |
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Justice
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As Justice plan an all-out assault on America and consider their second album, Xavier de Rosnay talks about the joys of unexpected musical success and playing live. |
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Moby
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Renegade Soundwave and Meat Beat Manifesto? You heard it here first. Some short answers to short questions about Last Night from the quite short, but multi-million selling, electrohead.
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The Orb
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The Orb's mastermind Dr Alex Paterson goes through the pain barrier to talk about the band's return to form, the quest for new sounds and antics with Take That on Top Of The Pops.
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Hercules And Love Affair
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DJ, producer and Hercules lynchpin Andrew Butler on channeling gods through gay disco, why dance music is an art form, working with Antony Hegarty and the vulnerabilities of the world's strongest mythical man.
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R.E.M.
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Michael Stipe is all about focus these days. Rulebooks on how to make R.E.M. records were ripped up and scattered like confetti in the wake of the band's 35-minute-long new release, Accelerate. As the band get ready to celebrate 30 years in the business, what's changed?
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Fuck Buttons
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Street Horrrsing boys Andy Hung and Ben Power on toys and their noise as they tour the USA with their unique mix of drone, pop melodies and prog.
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Camille
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With the lyrics of her third album Music Hole written mainly in English, the Paris-born body slapping enthusiast explains the language switch, why she references Mariah and Celine and whether Sébastien Tellier is a good thing for France's Eurovision prospects.
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autoKratz
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A pair of cockney lads on ultra-hip French label Kitsuné? Plus ca change! David Cox and Russell Crank big up Japanese electronica, explain that fashion isn't everything and somehow work Bat Out Of Hell and Menswear into answers.
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Gogol Bordello: Eugene Hütz
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Singer, actor, gypsy punk revolutionary and moustache modeller Eugene Hütz, who we're sure isn't really all that terrifying, sings us answers to questions. And pre-empts some. Just don't ask him about Madonna...
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Speck Mountain
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As the Chicago-based dream pop foursome release their sleeper debut Summer Above, they explain why record labels are still important and why Bret Easton Ellis has more to do with their music than might initially seem feasible...
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Guillemots
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Fyfe Dangerfield and MC Lord Magrao talk about second album Red and falling asleep at fashion parties...
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The Fall: Mark E Smith
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The famously infamous The Fall legend, whose autobiography is out soon, on collaborations, hirings and firings and Mouse On Mars collaboration Von Südenfed
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Nick Cave
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The Bad Seeds chief heads into his 50s in prolific fashion. Following 2007's Grinderman project and a couple of film soundtracks, 2008 began with a new Bad Seeds album, DIG!!! LAZARUS, DIG!!! - the group's most impressively textured record to date.
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Alec Empire
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The electro terrorist and sometime Atari Teenage Rioter gives the lowdown on new album The Golden Foretaste of Heaven, new label Eat Your Heart Out, working with Patrick Wolf and explains why Berlin, not London, is where it's at these days.
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Robyn
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Sweden's cartoon-sized DIY pop princess - and hard nosed label CEO - on her comeback, working with The Knife, major labels, building her own company, her gay audience - and her secret weapon...
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Tiësto
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The Dutch superstar DJ takes a brief pause from his hectic schedule to talk about his world tour, production work and playing to the masses.
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frYars
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Ben Garrett, 19, has been likened to Patrick Wolf and is set for a Goldfrapp support tour. Ahead of the release of his second EP, The Perfidy, Garrett talks about working with Luke Smith of Clor, how he comes up with his lyrics and what he's planning for his live shows.
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Asobi Seksu
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Singer, songwriter and tamer of big keyboards Yuki Chikudate gives her take on UK audiences, Brooklyn living, musical influences and orders a stop to utterings of "nu-shoo"...
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Yoav
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The Israel-born South African nomad explains his method for making dance music with an acoustic guitar, recalls touring with Tori Amos and offers an outsider's eye view of the musical Mecca that is London Town.
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Simian Mobile Disco
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Jas Shaw takes a tea break out from the studio to talk about the duo's ambitions, their performance ethic, past and future projects and the joy of analogue.
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St Vincent
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Oklahoma native Annie Clark on marriage proposals, holidays amidst electric rainstorms, French literary influences and her debut album.
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Sons & Daughters
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The other Glaswegian band signed to Domino explain how producer Bernard Butler transformed their sound for new album This Gift.
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Stephen Fretwell
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On public reactions to solo male singer/songwriters, working with ex-Smashing Pumpkin James Iha and his second album Man On The Roof.
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British Sea Power
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Guitarist Martin Noble talks about the band's third album, Canvey Island and natural phenomena
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