Bands
Bird Names: Off Kilter Chorus
They've got sporadic blasts of horn, off kilter riffs, mysterious whistles and boy-girl vocals that provide a nice alternative to angsty winter shouts while not sounding at all twee, try hard or nauseautingly chipper. Read on »
Tegan & Sara
"Sara swung the mike away, bent down and said, "fuck you." Being a support act can really suck. At the same time, I loved touring with all the bands so it kind of makes up for it. It's just drunk people trying to get their moment. They have no musical talent so they just insult people." Read on »
British Sea Power
"He’s Doctor Jekyll, I’m Mr Hyde. There’s a sort of good and evil... nah, I’m not sure, I don’t know what he means!" Read on »
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One Thing: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
We're kicking off a brand new series here at Neu!. Having spent the best part of the morning stumbling over names, we've finally settled on "One Thing", for that's what it is: a bunch of bands telling us the one thing they think everyone should know about them. A sort of mission statement, if you will.
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Beck’s Launch Green Box Project
The Green Box Project will help fund a total of 1,000 pieces of independent art.
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Air France: It Feels Good To Be Around You
You just swan off for three years, then you come marching back and expect us to take you back with open arms? Who do you think you are? Oh. Well. Go on then.
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Loney Dear: What Have I Become
Some days we feel that we could add 'Swedish' as a legitimate menu bar item on Neu and be done with it, but then with tracks as good as this offering from Loney Dear to catch up on, who could blame us.
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Field Day: Times & Planner
You'll catch us being more than a bit obsessed with the tombola in Victoria Park on Saturday, but otherwise we might be watching everyone from Wild Beasts through to Star Slinger and Electrelane.
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One Thing: Pure X
We're kicking off a brand new series here at Neu!. Having spent the best part of the morning stumbling over names, we've finally settled on "One Thing", for that's what it is: a bunch of bands telling us the one thing they think everyone should know about them. A sort of mission statement, if you will.
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MGMT Curate LateNightTales, Cover Bauhaus
Do you ever forget MGMT exist? We're hardly short of bands who sound More Than A Bit Like the unicorn licking duo, but seems there's activity in the offing with the band set to curate the latest LateNightTales compilation.
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Watch: Young Man Reveals Debut Details, New Video
Colin Caulfield will release the debut album for his new "concept project" Young Man this autumn; 'Ideas Of Distance' is due out on 27th September, via Frenchkiss Records.
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jj: We Can’t Stop (Feat. Ne-Yo)
As part of the Adult Swim Singles Program, Ne-Yo sent over a new, original song which was then sent on to jj to play with. The result is 'We Can't Stop' - which you can check out here.
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Music Math: Modeselekor + Thom Yorke = This (& Shipwreck)
German duo Modeselektor are lucky types. They don't get to boast just one Thom Yorke collaboration on their forthcoming album 'Monkeytown' - they get two.
