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When Javelin were in the UK a couple of months ago we asked them if they fancied writing one our 'My Life In Records' ...

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In Photos: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang @ Whelans, Dublin photogallery on Ragged Words

By all accounts - and we'll have a written one over the next few days - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy was in sensational form in Dublin over the past couple of nights, bringing his Cairo Gang into town...

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Review of Tokyo Police Club – Champ by

As opening salvos go, Tokyo Police Club’s A Lesson In Crime EP was as twitchy and raw as they come when it arrived back in 2006. It was that year’s Modern Age, and arriving...

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Debut albums so rarely come as complete as She Was Coloured In, the first effort from Irish electro duo Solar Bears that has had Ragged...

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Review of Mystery Jets - Serotonin by

Hailed for the past six years as one of the saviours of British indie, Twickenham boys-done-good The Mystery Jets have returned with an album that not only lives up to the gentle expectation...

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When former Mercury Rev man Jason Sebastian Russo swapped Brooklyn for the considerably smaller English village of Steventon early last year, Common Prayer's debut album There Is A Mountain...

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Review of Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers by

For a subgenre that has so drastically altered the landscape of UK electronic music over the past few years, dubstep has been slow to begin building up a legacy of quality full-length releases....

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In Photos: Cut Copy @ Tripod, Dublin photogallery on Ragged Words

You can read all about Cut Copy's bizarrely brief set at Tripod here but Ragged Words didn't...

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Caught Live: Cut Copy @ Tripod, Dublin

A bizarrely brief set from one of our favourite upbeat, antipodean electro acts left the crowd decidedly nonplussed in Dublin’s Tripod on Tuesday. While some welcomed the shorter set,...

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Review of Tired Pony – The Place We Ran From by

Seeking a brief escape from Snow Patrol and time to record his "long desired country album", Gary Lightbody has done what all the superstars do these days - form a supergroup. It’s...

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Review of Album Review: Javelin - No Más  by

It's unlikely too many albums released this year will prove half as much fun as Javelin's full debut No Más. In fact, unless Goldie Lookin Chain return - and are actually funny this time...

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Review of Ólafur Arnalds - ...and they have escaped the weight of darkness by

If you're planning on not being moved by Ólafur Arnalds second album of orchestral compositions, well then you'd better go find yourself a thick skin. ...and they have escaped the weight...

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Dustin Payseur isn't just another Brooklynite armed with a fuzzed-up guitar and a penchant for lo-fi recording. His self-titled debut album as ...

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Review of The New Pornographers – Together by

How much you enjoy this, the fifth effort by charmingly off-kilter Canadian Power-Pop supremos, the New Pornographers, will depend greatly on how much you enjoyed their previous record....

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Review of Album Review: Cathy Davey - The Nameless by

Having racked up comparisons to just about every flighty-voiced female singer, from Joni Mitchell to Bjork, not to mention a Choice Music Prize nomination and Meteor Music Award for her roundly-...

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Review of Phosphorescent - Here’s To Taking It Easy by Phosphorescent

Up until last year’s Willie Nelson covers record, To Willie, Phosphorescent – essentially the recording...

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Review of Track X Track: Future Islands - In Evening Air on Ragged Words

This week sees the release of In Evening Air, the fantastic new album from Baltimore synth-poppers ...

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Review of Villagers - Becoming A Jackal by Villagers

From the very start, you know you're in serious company. Whether you've been sitting patiently in Ireland waiting for this album since the very first Villagers gig some 18 months ago, were...

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Two albums that have really caught this writer's ear of late were released on the same label (Captured Tracks), on the same day (May 24) and for a short pre-sale period, available on sexy,...

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One From The Vault: The Raspberries – Raspberries/Fresh album cover on Ragged Words

There are times when we music fans want to hear something layered, complex and musically inventive – the sort of music that allows one to lie back with an open mind and marvel at the...

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Video (of the year?): Rafter - No Fucking Around

We've been meaning to listen to Rafter's Animal Feelings - released a couple of months back on Asthmatic Kitty - and here's the perfect excuse, an absolutely fantastic video for 'No Fucking Around'. Artists and directors take note - this is how it's done. Thanks to Nialler9 for posting this last night.

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29 Jul 2010
Win Jens Lekman tickets! Download a brand new song!
Win Jens Lekman tickets! Download a brand new song!

There’s rarely a dull moment when Jens Lekman is around, and this Bank Holiday Sunday sees the return of the likeable Swede to Irish shores as he kicks off a brief European tour at Dublin’s Whelans. Thanks to our good friends at Foggy Notions, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to the show, which will see Lekman headline a triple-bill that also includes...

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29 Jul 2010
Battles to headline ATP's Release The Bats
Battles to headline ATP's Release The Bats

New York heroes Battles, currently in the studio recording their highly anticipated new album, have announced their first UK date for some time as headliners for ATP's annual Hallowe’en extravaganza Release the Bats.

One of only two live shows this year - the band also play a hometown a few days earlier, Battles will be joined by Beak >, The Field, Walls DJ set & Tweak Bird in London's Forum on October 30.
 
Tickets, at £22 a piece, are...

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28 Jul 2010
Video: Caribou - Sun

One of the standout tacks on Caribou's excellent Swim,  'Sun' deservedly gets a cracking video

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28 Jul 2010