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What can you expect when you first visit a site with a slogan like “The Collective Family would rather have their music heard, not sold”? Well: *227 Artists *32 Labels & *333 Releases all waiting to be discovered! For today we picked two bands from their vast catalog, but no doubt there will be...
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I fell in love with a band. I fell in love once and almost completely. Well… actually I didn’t only fall in love once, it happens to me every now and then. The remarkable thing in this case, however, is that we’re talking about a post-hardcore band. ‘Say what?’ Post-hardcore, apparently, although they’re quite...
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Some covers I’m really enjoying at the moment: Lisa Li-Lund – Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake Cover) Why? – Close to Me (The Cure Cover) Florence and The Machine – Galaxy of the Lost (Lightspeed Champion Cover) Maritime – Boy From School (Hot Chip Cover) Page France – Girl From the North Country(Bob...
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Let’s pretend that it’s Summer Tricky – Hell is Around the Corner The New Pornographers – Streets of Fire Nada Surf – Happy Kid Hot Chip – Boy From School (Acoustic) Babyshambles – Pipedown Jose Gonzales – Heartbeats Richard Hawley – Some Candy Talking (Jesus & Mary Chain cover)...
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Battles – Atlas Sigur Ros – Untitled 3 Morrissey & Siouxsie – Interlude The National – Slow Show Death Cab for Cutie – A Lack of Color These New Puritans – Elvis Black Lips – Not a Problem My Bloody Valentine – Sometimes Spiritualized – Anyway That You Want Me The Futureheads – The...
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I’m on a train. It’s the first ever Thalys high-speed train to Paris and it’s just started moving. I’m waving goodbye to my mom outside the window. This is the first time I’ve ever truly left home. The first time I’ve ever travelled alone, and I’m terrified. This is it. I’ve left home, and...
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Some things are best left unsaid. Parenthetical Girls – Love Connection Pt. I – from ‘Grrrls’, which you could buy here but it’s currently sold out! Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Love Connection Pt. I (Cover) – from Etiquette
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21 Love Songs 1. Yeah Oh Yeah! – monica y carlos 2. Busby Berkeley Dreams – the american icons of rebellion 3. Time Enough For Rocking When We’re Old – evripidis and his tragedies 4. When The Open Road Is Closing In – iji 5. I Think I Need A New Heart – steinbeck...
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