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Black Sky Thinking
Bega's Belief: On Camp, Cheese & Why We Should Enjoy Guilt-Free Pleasures
"The secret's out," it begins, "the nation's guiltiest pleasure is one hit wonder 'Mambo ...
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Jungle Clearing: Musicians Who Dream Of Excising Their Google Traces
Cover, featuring two models, of Jungle's The Heat EP I have my own theory about Google's ...
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White Power And Black Pop: The Real Problem With 1Xtra's Power List
Suckered in the morning, wise by teatime but still at sundown an old graze stings again, ...
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Blurred Lines & Crossed Wires: Aidan Moffat On Robin Thicke
…and suddenly they burst through the windows, shattering the thin glass as they sweep in ...
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Mr Agreeable
Mr Agreeable: Not Just Coldplay Abscond With His Goat
Waking up to a breakfast of poached kippers, egg-white omelette, braised cucumbers, parsn...
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The Quietus Essay
Fictions Built Upon Fictions: The Decline Of Totality In Pop
A new kind of music is sweeping the nation's youth. Its sound is deliberately alien and i...
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The Quietus Essay
A Revolution In The Head: The Other Side Of Monty Python
The thing is, rock bands can reform when they're 70 and play the old songs in a lower key...
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Black Sky Thinking
Miliband Aid? Why Our Politicians Need Media Untraining
Mounting criticism of Ed Miliband's leadership comes as no surprise after a series of unf...
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Why Metallica Headlining Is Exactly What Glastonbury Needs
I wonder how many Metallica fans felt it was crushingly inevitable that the band would he...
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The High Cost Of Being In A Band, By Palehorse
I recently posted some fag packet figures on the Palehorse Facebook page (footnote 1) abo...
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