The perfect mix of smooth, ’80s-influenced electro and a subtle yet overpowering score by Cliff Martinez, the Drive Official Motion Picture Sountrack is one of the best OST releases of the year, with College’s A Real Hero, featuring Electric Youth, and Kavinsky’s Nightcall, featuring Lovefoxxx, particular highlights, though even the more scene-sculpted tracks hold their own. A must buy if you’re a fan of the film, and if you’re not, get it anyway.
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Supporting Death Cab For Cutie is a great honour and a wonderful opportunity, but with such a masterclass set to follow, warming the crowd to their own beats was always going to be quite the challenge for The Head And The Heart, but they pulled it off. More
A triumphant return, though certainly not after taking any time off, LA four-piece Dawes’ sophomore LP is another sumptuous mix of down-tempo and alluring energetic Americana-folk. Starting with a bang on Time Spent In Los Angeles, the faster songs take most of the plaudits – If I Wanted Someone and How Far We’ve Come especially – but really the whole thing is a very rounded and impressive collection.
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When Vice throw a party, they want you to think it’s going to be the coolest thing in the world. More
Until their weekly Monday club night was ended by the closure of the end early 2009, Durrr was the coolest thing on the block. More
The Promise is a double album of previously unreleased material recorded by Springsteen during the period in which his album The Darkness on the Edge of Town was compiled and released. The background information surrounding that album – which was released in the aftermath of legal troubles and at a point when Springsteen was questioning his meteoric rise to fame – are well documented. More
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At last making the sort of impact they deserve in the UK, Tokyo Police Club took to the stage for one of their biggest London shows in front of a packed crowd at Heaven. More
Making a name for themselves at this year’s SXSW after building a hefty amount of early buzz at CMJ in 2009, Neon Indian took to the stage at a sold out Cargo a couple of weeks ago, triumphantly returning to the venue where they made their UK debut almost a year ago to the day. More
Cream, Goldenvoice and Loudsound have joined forces to create what is hoped to become one of London’s most exciting and new outdoor electronic dance festivals. More
