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Oceansize - Heaven, London [Live]
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STS9 - Ad Explorata [Album]
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Last year, MC Lars made a vague dent in the British airwaves with 'Guitar Hero Hero,' a song about how kids thought they were guitarists because they... Consensus seems to be that Basia Bulat has produced a winner with her second album "Heart Of My Own." Certainly the stateside press are talking...

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Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own [Album]
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Norah Jones returned in late 2009 with her fourth full length album “The Fall” and with it came a new found sound and sense of maturity. It seemed... Despite searching for a while, I could only come up with a limited amount of rather tedious information about My Lost Youth. Upon discovering their... Following the unveiling of Dunkelwerk’s debut album "Troops" in 2005 loyal fans had to face a lengthy 4 year wait for the next album. Then in...
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Race Horses - Man in My Mind [EP]
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Ardentjohn - Album Launch, London [Live]
Bull and Gate, 30th January 2010



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