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Wild Beasts, 3\5

Ladytron, Speeding Up

The Liverpudlian goth synth-rock specialists are currently crossing the Balkans and preparing for a flurry of European festivals, meaning they will not play the UK again til November - but new album Velocifero is still getting the repeat listens with us...

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Saturday, 3 May 2008, Night & Day
High Voltage presents...
Doors 8pm, tickets �5 adv from www.ticketline.co.uk! with very special guests to be announced and High Voltage DJs till 2am

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James Yorkston & The Athletes, When The Haar Rolls In

His compositions deserve repeated listening not just because the rolling lyrical delivery means at least one witticism per verse will be missed...

Other Albums Released This Week: Mugison :: The Slowdance :: Various Artists ::

Beck, Apollo

Appearing to have regressed to his 90s long hair-flannel shirt slacker days, it is obvious from the opening salvo that Hanson simply does not want to be here...

More Live: Brian Jonestown Massacre :: The Cave Singers :: The Music :: Exit Calm :: The National :: Goldfrapp ::

Best Demo - July

The Empire State
Taking leaves from the rock anthem history books to embolden and improve upon, The Empire State keep their influences underneath their own sound like a pattern seen through tracing paper...

More Demos: Metonia :: Obviously 4 Believers :: Gnu and The Shrew :: Orphans And Vandals :: The Plague Doctors ::

The Ting Tings, Shut Up And Let Me Go

Catchy repetitiveness and popularity often means excessive overplay, which has the ability to ruin even the best of pop songs. But something about Shut Up And Let Me Go seems inexhaustible...

Other Singles Released This Week: The Black Affair :: The Early Years :: Sportsday Megaphone :: Crystal Castles :: Nacional ::

iLiKETRAiNS' Elegies To Lessons Learnt

This series of tragedies is brought to life by a hapless plasticine figure that looks like the crude creation by the most disturbed kid in reception...

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