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Interview: Lucy Rose

Blossoming artist Lucy Rose talks to Sam Briggs about her own brands of folk, tea and jam.

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Interview: All the Young

Rising Stokies discuss leaving home with Alex Edgerton.

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Panic Playlist

So this is it. It’s that time of year again

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Local Spotlight: The Smoking Years

The Smoking Years are the University of York’s very own alt-folk darlings

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Review: Admiral Fallow

“There’s a lot more of you than we were expecting” is the first thing frontman Louis Abbott told the audience

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Review: Boddika

Tuesday 15th April saw Boddika and his unique brand acid bass hit York for the fourth instalment of the It’s A Bass Thing club night

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El Perro Andaluz

Highly accomplished contemporary music, but not fun to listen to

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Photo Credit: Mick Hutson/RedfernsAdam ‘MCA’ Yauch: 1964-2012

Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch was simply ‘irreplaceable’, his contributions to music, film and human rights are staggering (as you can see from the length of this obituary) and he is a man whom will never be forgotten

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The Glaswegian quintet hitting the roof.Interview: Admiral Fallow

Louis Abbott’s emotive lyrical ability, the band’s diverse instrumentation and their raw song writing talent, making them stick out in the throng of vaguely interesting indie rock/folk acts mulling around the blogosphere.

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Comment: A Record Is For Life

Launching this year’s Record Store Day, John Lydon said: “A record is for life. A download is a lack of life. A poor substitute for a real wife.”

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Review: Odd Future

Nowadays, Odd Future are a group that really need no introduction.

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Review: Bastille

“A little bit Owl City” is never the most comforting prior information to be given before heading to a gig

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Local Spotlight: Alice Ostapjuk

Her voice is bloody lovely. Seductively innocent yet as distinctive as music idol Cyndi Lauper

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Photo Credit: Ket MajmudarFestival Spotlight: Latitude

Latitude’s tagline, “More than just a music festival”, summarises it pretty perfectly

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Photo Credit: weekendblogFestival Spotlight: Bestival

Curated by Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank, Bestival is the closest to the “Glastonbury feel” at a festival that isn’t Glasto itself

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