Few chart-topping groups today are fronted by a duo of male and female vocals. Even fewer of these duos and fellow band members, I suspect, have been close friends since secondary school – and beyond. And yet this seems to be an appropriate history for a group as intimate as The xx, who this week […]
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Festival Review: Melt! Festival: We survived the sleepless floor
Melt! festival is everything you’d expect from an electronic festival not far from Berlin, in the up-and-coming student haven of Leipzig. Infamous for its weekend-long illegal parties that span on into midweek, Leipzig has become Germany’s ‘New Berlin’, an alternative for the too-cool old ravers, disillusioned with the ongoing gentrification in the capital city. And […]
Reviewed: Mercury Prize Shortlist 2015
The Mercury Prize shortlist, announced on the morning of 16 October, was terrifyingly close to being double its usual size. So The Guardian joked, anyway. This year’s shortlist includes seven debut albums, including the a host of expectedly unexpected inclusions. The winner will be announced at the Awards Show on Friday 20 November, hosted by Lauren […]