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Micachu + more for Haitian benefit show, plus other charity bits
Watch: Los Campesinos! - 'Romance Is Boring'
Animal Collective, Bat For Lashes and Florence up for Brit Awards
Four Tet - There is Love in You
Beach House - Teen Dream
Yeti Lane - Yeti Lane
Owen Pallett's track-by-track guide to Heartland
In Photos: Wolfmother @ Manchester Academy
Watch: Musee Mecanique - 'Like Home'
Watch: Two Door Cinema Club - 'Undercover Martyn'

Micachu + more for Haitian benefit show, plus other charity bits

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:38 AM PST

Micachu, Polar Bear and Chapter 24 have been announced to play a very hastily organised (for obvious reasons...) benefit show for victims of the Haitian earthquake and aftermath TOMORROW, in London.

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Watch: Los Campesinos! - 'Romance Is Boring'

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:04 AM PST

Watch the new, slightly violent, video for Los Campesinos!'s 'Romance Is Boring'.

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Animal Collective, Bat For Lashes and Florence up for Brit Awards

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:27 AM PST

Animal Collective, Bat For Lashes, Florence + The Machine, as well as a couple more of 'OUR' acts, have been nominated for a variety of Brit awards, some more surprising than others, in truth.

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Four Tet - There is Love in You

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:12 AM PST

Good news, list fans; when the age-old 'Best album opening trio' debate rears its inevitable head once more, we now have a new contender to add to its hallowed ranks: There is Love in You begins with an absolute stormer of a triple whammy. Opener 'An

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Beach House - Teen Dream

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:10 AM PST

Sedate of pace, warm and soulful of texture, gentle of volume, and with a slightly background-ish quality that's frequently punctured by the magic of singer Victoria Legrand's almost supernaturally improved larynx; Teen Dream is a comforting record, not a demanding one, and there's no shame in...

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Yeti Lane - Yeti Lane

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST

They say the sum of the whole is greater than the individual parts and Yeti Lane are living proof of that old chestnut. Having spent seven years as part of critically acclaimed post rockers Cyann & Ben, the trio had to quickly employ a back-up plan culminating in a drastic change of direction...

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Owen Pallett's track-by-track guide to Heartland

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:11 AM PST

Wondering what the hell all this business about 'Lewis' and 'Spectrum' is on Owen Pallett's new opus Heartland is? Yeah, well this track by track guide won't exactly tell you, but fascinating stuff nonetheless, plus you're likely to learn at least one new word.

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