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Beach House Make Jools Holland Debut

May 23, 2012

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words – Rob Pollard Last night, Beach House made their first appearance on Jools Holland, airing their new track ‘Myth’. It was a quality performance from the Baltimore band whose latest album ‘Bloom’ is a step up from the excellent ‘Teen Dream’, their third record released in 2010. That album saw Beach House receive long […]

Manchester City – Champions

May 14, 2012

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written by Robert Pollard With both Manchester City and Manchester United going into the last match of the season with a chance of lifting the 2011-2012 Barclays Premier League trophy, it promised to be a great final day of the season. However, what ensued will go down in football history; a day of the highest […]

My Response to BBC Question Time – 10th May 2012

May 11, 2012

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written by Robert Pollard Question Time, the BBC’s flagship political debate programme, often riles me. In the interest of fairness, the Question Time team attempt to assemble a panel of experts from across the political spectrum, meaning we at home have to endure the kind of right-wing zealots whose opinions make me shudder. I get […]

Santigold on Jimmy Fallon

May 2, 2012

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written by Robert Pollard Last night on Jimmy Fallon, Santigold performed ‘Disparate Youth’ – a cracking song taken from her new album ‘Master of My Make Believe’. Here is a link to Pitchfork’s video of her performance on Fallon.

Laura Marling – To be a Woman

May 2, 2012

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written by Robert Pollard – Photo by Sam Ellis The recent Record Store Day provided us with many special edition releases from artists across the musical spectrum. It’s a celebration of musical diversity; a show of support for our favourite artists and small, independent record stores. It’s growing in popularity and, although it seems like […]