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		<title>The Beat Happening&#8217;s Last Stand!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After six issues, fifteen spectacular gigs, and a whole lotta love, The Beat Happening is taking an indefinite hiatus from the world of publishing and partying. But to ensure that we go out with a bang, we&#8217;re holding a very &#8230; <a href="http://thebeathappening.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/the-beat-happenings-last-stand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebeathappening.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4041553&amp;post=227&amp;subd=thebeathappening&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After six issues, fifteen spectacular gigs, and a whole lotta love, The Beat Happening is taking an indefinite hiatus from the world of publishing and partying.</p>
<p>But to ensure that we go out with a bang, we&#8217;re holding a very special party with rather limited entry, with balloons, party poppers and a shite hot line up!</p>
<p><strong>THE OLD BLUE LAST, GREAT EASTERN ST, LONDON<br />
WEDNESDAY JULY 8TH, DOORS 7.30PM<br />
£4 ENTRY PLEASE</p>
<p>ART BRUT (DJ SET)<br />
PETE &amp; THE PIRATES (DJ SET)<br />
VELOFAX (DJ SET)</p>
<p>+ LIVE:</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>THE COOLNESS</strong><br />
Sleazy electro rock + neon + so much irony that nobody&#8217;s sure if they&#8217;re being ironic any more = the ultimate party band. A Coolness gig is like a party in Prince&#8217;s pants, and you&#8217;re all invited!</p>
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<strong>STIG NOISE SOUNDSYSTEM</strong><br />
Live breakcore with mariachi-stylee brass, they&#8217;re pretty much unclassifiable. Signed to Wrong Music, home of Shitmat and DJ Scotch Egg, they&#8217;ll make you pull dance moves you never knew existed&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong>IS TROPICAL</strong><br />
Featuring members of indie urchins Ratty Rat Rat, Is Tropical are the musical equivalent of the Strokes and Holy Fuck having a food fight with pineapple chunks, before deciding to settle their differences over a coconut daquiri and a rollup.</p>
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<p><strong>THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESSO</strong><br />
One man, one spandex suit, and one keyboard. When their powers combine, they become the most ridiculous lounge-hip-hop act you&#8217;ve ever seen. Rob Da Bank likes him too.</p>
<p>Our guest DJs will be spinning some old school rock n&#8217; roll, electro, hip hop and funk throughout the night to keep those feet a-dancing til the fat lady sings!<br />
<strong>Seeya there, and thanks for the memories everyone!</strong></p>
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		<title>The Beat Happening Sessions presents&#8230;Selfish Cunt + R O M A N C E 27/03/09</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Beat Happening Sessions presents… SELFISH C**T LIVE SET AND INTERVIEW + ROMANCE Friday 27th March, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London Hot on the heels of the Beat Happening Bash, which in 2009 saw the likes of Micachu &#8230; <a href="http://thebeathappening.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/the-beat-happening-sessions-presentsselfish-cunt-r-o-m-a-n-c-e-270309/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebeathappening.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4041553&amp;post=194&amp;subd=thebeathappening&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-195" title="selfishc" src="http://thebeathappening.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/selfishc.jpg?w=500&#038;h=237" alt="selfishc" width="500" height="237" /></span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">The Beat Happening Sessions presents…</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">SELFISH C**T LIVE SET AND INTERVIEW</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">+ ROMANCE</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Friday 27<sup>th</sup> March, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Hot on the heels of the Beat Happening Bash, which in 2009 saw the likes of Micachu &amp; the Shapes, Chrome Hoof, Screaming Tea Party, Art Brut, Capitol K, Goldielocks and Bearsuit performing or spinning tracks at their monthly events at the Camden Monarch, comes the Beat Happening Sessions. Following the event’s successful launch, which saw Pete and the Pirates take to the stage for an acoustic set and live interview, comes the latest instalment in the shape of glam-punk anarchists <strong>Selfish C**t</strong></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">The concept is simple: the band performs a live set, and then the writers of Beat Happening magazine interview the band on stage. Following the interview is a live audience q &amp; a. What makes your favourite band tick? What inspires their lyrics? What do they prefer, jam or marmalade? Ask them yourself at the Beat Happening Sessions. The added twist is that the interview will then be published in the subsequent issue of Beat Happening magazine, one of London’s most reputable new music magazines, which in the past year has seen its pages adorned by the likes of Nick Cave, Mars Volta, Battles, Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Led by the flamboyant and always provocative Martin Tomlinson, <strong>Selfish C**t </strong>have been courting controversy and amassing a cult status as being one of the most explosively confrontational acts to have emerged in the UK in recent years. From being listed by The Guardian as one of the forty most important bands in the country, to hitting headlines for publicly brawling with Pete Doherty, to being banned by a number of venues around the capital, the band have a wealth of stories to tell. With a new record on the horizon and some major tour dates lined up, to hear their side of story, up close and in the flesh, is a unique occasion.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Support comes from London’s much-hyped gloom-merchants, <strong>Romance</strong>. Having recently been featured on the front cover of not just PIX magazine but the NME, the band are being hailed as one of the spearheads of a new goth movement involving the likes of White Lies and Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. This could be an all-too-rare opportunity to see them in a small venue before they go stellar.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Tickets are £7 and VERY limited &#8211; buy one here:</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">The Beat Happening Sessions</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Friday 27<sup>th</sup> February, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Tel: 0207 4852659</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Doors: 7.30pm</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Tickets: £8adv </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">+18 only</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">www.myspace.com/ixnewyork</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">www.myspace.com/isthisromance</span></span></strong></p>
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		<title>The Beat Happening Sessions presents&#8230; The Laurel Collective and Ex-Lion Tamers, plus the newest side-project from Art Brut</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Beat Happening Sessions presents… LAUREL COLLECTIVE LIVE SET AND INTERVIEW + EX-LION TAMERS + FUCLHER, SMITH AND DANCE (ART BRUT) Friday 27th February, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London Hot on the heels of the Beat Happening Bash, &#8230; <a href="http://thebeathappening.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/the-beat-happening-sessions-presents-the-laurel-collective-and-ex-lion-tamers-plus-the-newest-side-project-from-art-brut/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebeathappening.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4041553&amp;post=185&amp;subd=thebeathappening&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Beat Happening Sessions presents…</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">LAUREL</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> COLLECTIVE LIVE SET AND INTERVIEW</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">+ EX-LION TAMERS</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">+ FUCLHER, SMITH AND DANCE (ART BRUT)</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Friday 27<sup>th</sup> February, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Hot on the heels of the Beat Happening Bash, which in 2009 saw the likes of Micachu &amp; the Shapes, Chrome Hoof, Screaming Tea Party, Art Brut, Capitol K, Goldielocks and Bearsuit performing or spinning tracks at their monthly events at the Camden Monarch, comes the Beat Happening Sessions. Following the event’s successful launch, which saw Pete and the Pirates take to the stage for a acoustic set and live interview, comes the second instalment in the shape of London-based art pop sensations <strong>The Laurel Collective</strong>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The concept is simple: the band performs a live set, and then the writers of Beat Happening magazine interview the band on stage. Following the interview is a live audience q &amp; a. What makes your favourite band tick? What inspires their lyrics? What do they prefer, jam or marmalade? Ask them yourself at the Beat Happening Sessions. The added twist is that the interview will then be published in the subsequent issue of Beat Happening magazine, one of London’s most reputable new music magazines, which in the past year has seen its pages adorned by the likes of Nick Cave, Mars Volta, Battles, Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Laurel Collective</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">, hailing from Italy, Nigeria, Wales and England, create 80’s-influenced experimental alt-rock, jam-packed full of melodic eccentricity to melt hearts – having been compared to the likes of The Mystery Jets and ‘a weeping Morrissey being shot out of a canon’, they’re one of the most exciting new bands on London’s indie scene &#8211; Steve Lamacq certainly thinks so, having last summer made ‘International Love Affair’ his single of the week on BBC 6 Music. Beat Happening will be chatting to them on-stage about their plans for the year ahead.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Support comes from London’s much-hyped <strong>Ex-Lion Tamers</strong> – named after the Wire song of the same name, they’re proudly carrying the baton for scuzzy lo-fi post-punk into 2009. Finally, following The Laurel Collective’s set and interview will be a showcase of <strong>Fulcher, Smith and Dance</strong>, the newest project to come from <strong>Art Brut </strong>members, Mikey B and Jasper Future. Like a new romantic Joy Division, their songs drip with heartfelt passion and burst with energy.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Entry is 5 English pounds, on&#8217;t door.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Beat Happening Sessions</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Friday 27<sup>th</sup> February, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Doors: 7.30pm</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Tickets: £5 &#8211; buy your here: </span></strong><a href="https://fan.musicglue.com/sale/saleproducts.aspx?productid=61e7ab9e-53ee-4c2" target="_blank"></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/thelaurelcollective</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/weareexliontamers</span></strong></p>
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		<title>Wanna quiz Pete &amp; the Pirates?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    The Beat Happening Sessions presents…   PETE &#38; THE PIRATES   + THE BOBBY MCGEES + PEVIN KINEL (VELOFAX)   Friday 30th January, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London   Hot on the heels of the Beat &#8230; <a href="http://thebeathappening.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/wanna-quiz-pete-the-pirates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebeathappening.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4041553&amp;post=175&amp;subd=thebeathappening&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">The Beat Happening Sessions presents…</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">PETE &amp; THE PIRATES</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">+ THE BOBBY MCGEES</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">+ PEVIN KINEL (VELOFAX)</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Friday 30<sup>th</sup> January, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Hot on the heels of the Beat Happening Bash, which in 2009 saw the likes of Micachu &amp; the Shapes, Chrome Hoof, Screaming Tea Party, Art Brut, Capitol K, Goldielocks and Bearsuit performing or spinning tracks at their monthly events at the Camden Monarch, comes the Beat Happening Sessions.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">The concept is simple: the band performs a live set, and then the writers of Beat Happening magazine interview the band on stage. Following the interview is a live audience q &amp; a. What makes your favourite band tick? What inspires their lyrics? What do they prefer, jam or marmalade? Ask them yourself at the Beat Happening Sessions. The added twist is that the interview will then be published in the subsequent issue of Beat Happening magazine!</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Kicking off the brand new event are Reading four-piece <strong>Pete &amp; the Pirates</strong>. Their punk-tinged folk-rock has seen the support the likes of Vampire Weekend and be hailed by Steve Lamacq as ‘the best new pop band of the year’, and their debut album, <em>Little Death</em>, was met with critical acclaim all round. With a new single imminent, and a second album on the horizon, the Beat Happening Sessions provides the perfect way to find out what they have in store for 2009.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Support comes from Brighton’s oddball antifolk duo, <strong>The Bobby McGees</strong>, whose twisted but twee lyrical stylings have been described as ‘Belle and Sebastien with domestic violence’, and from Velofax’s <strong>Pevin Kinel</strong>, a walking advert for the loop pedal; his rich layers of improvised instrumentation are jaw-dropping, as is his acapella version of Aphex Twin’s ‘Windowlicker’.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">The Beat Happening Sessions</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Friday 30<sup>th</sup> January, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Doors: 7.30pm</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Tickets: £8 adv, available here:</span></span></strong></p>
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		<title>Beat Happening&#8217;s Albums of the Year: The Scribes Have Spoken&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s that time of year again folks, where we start looking to the year ahead, full of wonder about what lies in store. Unless you know already. But before we look ahead, a cursory glance over our shoulder is &#8230; <a href="http://thebeathappening.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/beat-happenings-albums-of-the-year-the-scribes-have-spoken/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebeathappening.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4041553&amp;post=164&amp;subd=thebeathappening&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;"><strong>Yes, it&#8217;s that time of year again folks, where we start looking to the year ahead, full of wonder about what lies in store. Unless you know already. But before we look ahead, a cursory glance over our shoulder is required, if only just to make some sort of sense of what&#8217;s actually happened in the past year &#8211; it&#8217;s a bit of a haze to be honest. 2008&#8242;s seen some monumtal records released, whichever side your bread&#8217;s buttered on, from the modern classic that is TVOTR&#8217;s <em>Dear Science</em>, to Fucked Up&#8217;s crossover hit <em>The Chemistry of Common Life</em>, as well as some captivating debuts from the likes of MGMT, Glasvegas, Fuck Buttons, and lots more. Some of us humble scribes at Beat Happening compiled a short list of our five favourites of the year&#8230;.</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-165" title="mattlaid" src="http://thebeathappening.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/mattlaid.jpg?w=95&#038;h=102" alt="mattlaid" width="95" height="102" /></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Matthew Laidlow</span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">House Made Of Glass</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><em></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Death By Panda</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">(Self released)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Most bands struggle to release stuff every few years of any quality. Death By Panda have released three albums this year, all for free, and consistently deliver something that sounds like Explosions In The Sky meeting broken Brian Eno electronics.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/deathbypanda</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Notes From Life On The Wire With A Wrecking Ball</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Capitol K </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">(Faith and Industry)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">I don’t know why more people haven’t heard this album. It’s ridiculously accessible and doesn’t contain tracks that are 200BPM fast and sample squirrels. The masses are missing out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/capitolk</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Mars People Meets The Trinitron</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Trinitron Meets The Mars People</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">(Self released)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Randomly sent to me via Myspace to review for another website, this record is completely bonkers but in a tripped out psychedelic guitar instrumental way. Getting praise where they hail from, LA, world domination must be happening for their soon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/tmtmp</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Put Your Slippers On</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Tim and Sam’s Tim and Sam Band With Tim and Sam</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">(Full Of Joy Records)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">For anyone who likes Tunng, you’ll adore this release from a band who should easily pick up more fans in 2009. A good record to put on when you’re feeling hung over from the night before.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span class="searchmonkey-displayurl"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">http://www.myspace.com/timandsamstimandthesambandwithtimandsam</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span class="searchmonkey-displayurl"><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Filling Up The City Skies</span></em></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span class="searchmonkey-displayurl"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">Pretty Lights</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span class="searchmonkey-displayurl"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">(Self Released)</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span class="searchmonkey-displayurl"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;">I literally got introduced to this album a few days ago and I can’t stop listening to it. Using all sorts of styles from hip-hop, dubstep and house there will be something for everyone. A free download of their latest album is available.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span class="searchmonkey-displayurl"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/prettylights">www.myspace.com/prettylights</a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span class="searchmonkey-displayurl"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-166" title="plumscalastairs" src="http://thebeathappening.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/plumscalastairs.jpg?w=68&#038;h=102" alt="plumscalastairs" width="68" height="102" />Plum</span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Woodard</span></em></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">S</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">eventh Tree</span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Goldfrapp</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">(Mute)</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">A huge sidestep from how we previously knew and loved Goldfrapp, this was a perfect fresh start to 2008. And where it <em>was</em> different, it was stand-alone fabness on its own merits.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/goldfrapp</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">Only by the Night</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Kings of Leon</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">(RCA)</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">A true coming of age for the hairy mumblers, the Kings waved this record awesomely in our faces at Glastonbury. The ultimate in autumn releases, my sex was massively on fire. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/kingsofleon</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">Oracular Spectaculor</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">MGMT</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">(Columbia)</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I’m way past puberty but Andrew Van Wyngarden still had me gazing at the album’s record sleeve for way longer than is acceptable for a bird in her mid-twenties. Easily the soundtrack to 08 and not far off being that of the decade: ZING!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/mgmt</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">Attack and Release</span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Black Keys</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">(Nonesuch)</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I’m a perve when it comes to unbridled seventies throw backs of a musical nature. Proggy, fuzzy, psych and sexual, Attack and Release was my very own tarantula on wax.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/theblackkeys</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">Stainless Style</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Neon Neon</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">(Lex)</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Gruff Rhys and Boombip’s one-off (or is it..?) was bizarre and a little bit daft, but mildly epic by way of compulsion. With Har Mar and Yo Majesty! bunging in their tuppence worth of cavorts, <em>Stainless Style</em> is a modestly seminal piece-a moosik heestory.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/neonx2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-167" title="cian" src="http://thebeathappening.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/cian.jpg?w=89&#038;h=96" alt="cian" width="89" height="96" />Cian Traynor</span></em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">In Ear Park</span></em></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Department of Eagles</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">(4AD)</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Everything that the members of Grizzly Bear have done since 2006&#8242;s <em>Yellow House</em> makes them seem increasing like a genuine super group, but this tops it all: stark song-writing, immaculate production and soulful vocals. Timeless. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/deptofeagles">www.myspace.com/deptofeagles</a><br /></span><strong><em></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">For Emma, Forever Ago</span></em></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Bon Iver</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">(4AD)</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Along with Fleet Foxes, this is easily the breakthrough album of the year. Although everyone knows the story behind it by now, the end result of Justin Vernon&#8217;s solitary sojourn in the Wisconsin woods is set to endure for a long time.</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/boniver"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;">www.myspace.com/boniver</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Microcastle/ Weird Era Cont</span></em></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Deerhunter</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">(4AD)</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">A well-produced, wonderfully cohesive synthesis of rock&#8217;s most adventurous and comforting moments</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">www.<span>myspace</span><span>.com/<span>deerhunter</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Self-Titled/Sun Giant EP</span></em></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Fleet Foxes</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE"> </span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">(Bella Union)</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Possibly the most talked about band in 2008, Fleet Foxes stand out as the year&#8217;s biggest success story. Reverb-soaked vocals and shimmering baroque arrangements provide an uplifting release of endorphins every time.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">www.my<span>space</span><span>.com/<span>fleetfoxes</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Swimming</span></em></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">French Kicks</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">(Vagrant)</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">Warm harmonies and a singular song-writing motif sustain <em>Swimming</em>&#8216;s cosy atmosphere – perfect for some winter time listening.</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-IE">www.myspace.com/frenchkicks</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-169" title="dave" src="http://thebeathappening.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/dave.jpg?w=72&#038;h=96" alt="dave" width="72" height="96" />David Hellqvist</span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></em><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">(www.davidhellqvist.bogspot.com)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Antidote</span><span style="color:black;"></span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Foals</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">(Trangressive)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">This is immaculate punk funk from one of Britain’s most promising bands. Clever Oxford lyrics, bouncing rhythm beats, screeching guitar melodies and the guts to leave two massive tracks – ‘Hummer’ and ‘Mathletics’ – off their debut album <em>must </em>be applauded. Bring it on, boys!</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/foals</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Intimacy</span><span style="color:black;"></span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Bloc Party</span><span style="color:black;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">(Wichita)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">They might number 49 in NME’s top 50 Albums of the Year list, but just because Rosie, 14, from Swindon (or whoever reads the NME</span><span style="color:#444444;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-US">)</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">, doesn’t ‘understand’ <em>Intimacy</em> doesn’t make it shit. No, this is a great comeback from one of Britain’s bestest and cleverest bands. Just listen to Russell’s furious guitar on ‘One Month Off’.</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/blocparty</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Glasvegas</span><span style="color:black;"></span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Glasvegas</span><span style="color:black;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">(Columbia)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">This is – together with Foals’ <em>Antidote</em> – the debut album of the year. For many reasons: the Scottish accent, the black clothes, the painstakingly honest lyrics and the beautifully put together wall of sound. Just a shame James Allen </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">had to be such a cock on Never Mind the Buzzcocks…</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/glasvegas</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">For Emma, Forever Ago</span><span style="color:black;"></span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Bon Iver</span><span style="color:black;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">(4AD)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Med</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">ia hype? Sure, but he deserved every bit of it. Makes me want to break up with my girlfriend, move out to a cabin in the forest outside Birmingham, drink shitloads of whiskey and write nine sentimentally perfect tracks. But it’s not gonna happen &#8211; it’s too cold and I’ve just bought a box set of The Wire’. Let’s just listen to the record once more, shall we?</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/boniver</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Dear Science</span><span style="color:black;"></span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">TV On The Radio</span><span style="color:black;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">(4AD)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Dave Sitek has been dipping his producer fingers into many a great record this year – including Foals – and he managed quite well with his own bunch as well. Golden Age, Family Tree and Dancing Shoes are not only eclectic, eccentric and electric, but</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"> also just plain bloody fantastic. Good enough reason, eh?</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">www.myspace.com/tvotr</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p>
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<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><em><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-170" title="jack" src="http://thebeathappening.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/jack.jpg?w=105&#038;h=96" alt="jack" width="105" height="96" />Jack Howson</span></span></span></em></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><em><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></em></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><em><span lang="EN-US"></span></em></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><em><span lang="EN-US"></span></em></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Alegranza</span></span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">el Guincho </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">(XL)</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">Amazing to think this is the work of just one man. Intelligent, original but mostly just unadulterated fun.</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">www.myspace.com/elguincho</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><em><span lang="EN-US">Self titled</span></em><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">The Muslims </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">(1928 Recordings)</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">Only properly ingested this EP-plus latterly, but now I’m hooked hard with a pure and almost dumb devotion to this Strokes meets Stooges rock ‘n roll. They’ve since re-branded themselves The Soft Pack. More’s the pity.</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">www.myspace.com/thesoftpack</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Dear Science</span></span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">TV On The Radio</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">(4AD)</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">The kind of album David Bowie wishes he could still make. Or Prince, for that matter. If only I could dance, I would to this &#8211; often.</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">www.myspace.com/tvotr</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Alas, I Cannot Swim</span></span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Laura Marling </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">(EMI)</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">Entirely penetrative &#8211; it bored its way deep inside my consciousness. Not particularly original, of course, but lyrically it is staggeringly mature.</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">www.myspace.com/lauramarling</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">For Emma, Forever Ago</span></span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Bon Iver</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">(4AD)</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">Magical and impossible to completely get to grips with. There is nothing about this record that I don’t adore, from the cover onwards.</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Helvetica;">www.myspace.com/boniver</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-171" title="jons" src="http://thebeathappening.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/jons.jpg?w=50&#038;h=50" alt="jons" width="50" height="50" />Jon Sebire</span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Waited Up Until It Was Late</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Johnny Foreigner</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">(Best Before)</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">A gloriously angular collection of the guitar led maelstrom those endless demos and singles promised. Beautiful, free and devilishly ramshackle.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">www.myspace.com/johnnyforeigner</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 12pt;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><br />
<span style="font-size:small;"><strong><em>Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!</em></strong></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;">Nick</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"> Cave</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"> and the Bad Seeds</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">(Mute)</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">With the success of Grinderman the Bad Seeds were somewhat overshadowed last year, but with this transcendent collection proved they are still Caves spiritual home and most vital inspiration.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">www.myspace.com/nickcaveandthebadseeds</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Shield Your Eyes</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Shield Your Eyes</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">(Run For Your Life)</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Like a Greek riot Shield your eyes run amok across your cochlea with a debut album of caustic sonic terrorism that heralds the dawn of something special.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">www.myspace.com/leavethetapesrunning</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 12pt;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Black Diamond</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Buraka Som Sistema</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">(Enchufada/Fabric/Sony BMG)</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">The MIA approved sound of the streets from Africa via Lisbon. An album that simply makes you want to move. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/burakasomsistema" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0025ba;"></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/burakasomsistema" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:small;">http://www.myspace.com/burakasomsistema</span></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 12pt;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Sunday at Dirt Devil</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Isobel Campbell &amp; Mark Lanegan</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">(V2 Co-Operative Group)</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">This is the sound of your dreams fucking as the sun comes up on a night of green chartreuse abuse. Two of the best voices in music.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/isobelcampbell">www.myspace.com/isobelcampbell</a></span></span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;"></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[  We here at Beat Towers have issues. Four of them to be precise; in a world where the likes of Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Northern Rock are collapsing, it’s a miracle that little old Beat Happening is still &#8230; <a href="http://thebeathappening.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/beat-happening-isse-four-lands/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebeathappening.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4041553&amp;post=156&amp;subd=thebeathappening&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">We here at Beat Towers have issues. Four of them to be precise; in a world where the likes of Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Northern Rock are collapsing, it’s a miracle that little old Beat Happening is still alive, like a humble cockroach getting on with its business in the <span> </span>midst of a nuclear war.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Issue four arrives officially on Monday 24<sup>th</sup> November (check the stockist page to find out where), although you can get a sneak preview here from Sunday 23<sup>rd</sup>, or if you venture down to Brick Lane, you will find some early editions in Rough Trade East.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">This issue contains a just incredibly frank interview with <strong>Deerhunter</strong>, as well as a surprisingly insightful interview with <strong>Andrew WK</strong>, and some great interviews with <strong>Mogwai</strong>, <strong>Shitdisco</strong>, <strong>Deerhoof</strong> and <strong>El Guincho</strong>, and <strong>The Spinto Band</strong> – we also have the low-down on Bestival, Nail the Cross, Jersey Live and Branchage Film Festival, and the capital’s coolest gigs past and future.</span></span></p>
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		<title>The November Fenchurch Beat Happening Bash and Other News&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  THE FENCHURCH BEAT HAPPENING BASH!   Saturday, November 8th @ The Monarch, Chalk Farm Rd, Camden, 8pm-2am   EZRA BANG &#38; HOT MACHINE www.myspace.com/wearehotmachine   MATHS CLASS  www.myspace.com/mathsclass   MAYOR McCA  www.myspace.com/mayormcca   GOLDLIELOCKS (DJ SET)  www.myspace.com/goldielocksmusic   SELFISH &#8230; <a href="http://thebeathappening.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/the-november-fenchurch-beat-happening-bash-and-other-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebeathappening.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4041553&amp;post=146&amp;subd=thebeathappening&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong>THE FENCHURCH BEAT HAPPENING BASH!</strong></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong>Saturday, November 8<sup>th</sup> @ The Monarch, Chalk Farm Rd, Camden, 8pm-2am</strong></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong>EZRA BANG &amp; HOT MACHINE </strong></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wearehotmachine">www.myspace.com/wearehotmachine</a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong>MAYOR McCA</strong></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong> </strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mayormcca">www.myspace.com/mayormcca</a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong>GOLDLIELOCKS (DJ SET)</strong></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong>SELFISH CUNT (DJ SET)</strong></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong> </strong>ww.myspace.com/ixnewyork</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">November’s instalment of the Fenchurch Beat Happening Bash comes hot on the heels of, well, the October one, obviously, which saw the likes of <strong>Bearsuit</strong>, <strong>Gentle Friendly </strong>and <strong>Miss Odd Kidd</strong> rocking the stage of the Monarch, as well as a headline DJ set by the almighty <strong>Chrome Hoof</strong>. Many boozes were drunk, many lips were kissed, and many heads were sore the next morning – but that’s the price you pay when you step into Beat Happening territory.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">And it’s all happening again, this time with the amazing blues/anti-folk/rapsmith that is <strong>Mayor McCa</strong>. Hailing from Canada, the man has the same number of limbs as you or I, but is infinitely more adept at using them; playing the drums, guitar, keyboard, harmonica, and clarinet, he’s basically the best one man band you’ll ever see. Recent support slots with the likes of Daniel Johnstone, Regina Spektor and Foals confirm them as people of rather fine taste.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><strong>Maths Class </strong>are next up. Their punk spin on the math rock phenomena of recent times has seen them win an army of fans, and Beat Happening were witness to one of the greatest gigs of the year, a double-headliner with Rolo Tomassi in Maths Class’ own flat at the unofficial afterparty of this year’s Great Escape festival. The police were called, but not before the boys belted out a twenty minute adrenaline-fuelled blast of digi-punk. They’ll be massive soon.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Headlining the live bill is Brooklyn’s <strong>Ezra Bang &amp; Hot Machine</strong>; having toured earlier this year with the legendary Public Enemy, they’re over in the UK and have been winning a legion of new converts, having been described in such terms as ‘an extremely camp version of Chuck D’, and ‘like Grace Jones fronting Rage Against the Machine’, and quite simply, ‘scary’.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">With the much-talked-about British rapper (and November’s Mixmag coverstar) <strong>Goldielocks </strong>behind the decks between bands, and some very special guests, in the shape of London&#8217;s favourite/least favourite (delete as appropriate) glam-punk anarchist, <strong>Selfish Cunt</strong>, popping down for a headline DJ set later on, it’s going to be the best Fenchurch Beat Happening Bash yet. That’s a promise.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">THE FENCHURCH BEAT HAPPENING BASH, SATURDAY 8<sup>TH</sup> NOVEMBER @ THE MONARCH, 40-42, CHALK FARM RD, CAMDEN, 8PM – 2AM</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">Tickets are £5 and available from <a href="http://www.monarchbar.com">www.monarchbar.com</a></span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial;">In other news, the dates for the next couple of Fenchurch Beat Happening Bash&#8217;s are confirmed&#8230; first off is our Christmas extravaganza on December 20th at the Monarch, with The Wizard &amp; the Frog confirmed along with a DJ set by Men In Masks (none other than telly&#8217;s Jeff Leach), with more acts to be confirmed. Then there is January 10th, line up still TBC.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial;">Beat Happening will also be hosting an event on January 17th at the Roxy, near London Bridge, for the London Short FIlm Festival, with a screening of the documentary &#8216;One Man In a Band&#8217;, as well as independent music video screenings and some extra special live performances&#8230; watch this space for more news.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial;">Last, but not least, in this news round-up, Beat Happening Issue 4 will be hitting the streets of London from November 10th&#8230;.</span></strong></p>
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		<title>The Branchage Beat Happening Sessions!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beat Happening has jetted over to the paradise island of Jersey, treasure trove for drug smugglers, money launderers and the rich and famous. Why? Because the first Branchage (pronounced &#8216;Bron-carge&#8217; International Film Festival is about to begin, with the opening &#8230; <a href="http://thebeathappening.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/the-branchage-beat-happening-sessions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebeathappening.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4041553&amp;post=137&amp;subd=thebeathappening&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beat Happening has jetted over to the paradise island of Jersey, treasure trove for drug smugglers, money launderers and the rich and famous. Why? Because the first Branchage (pronounced &#8216;Bron-carge&#8217; International Film Festival is about to begin, with the opening gala screening of James Marsh&#8217;s &#8216;Man On Wire&#8217;, the documentary about World Trade Centre tightrope-walking nutjob Phillipe Petit. And Saturday sees Beat Happening hosting The Beat Happening Sessions in the festival&#8217;s Spiegeltent, with live music and poetry from the likes of The Midnight Expresso, The Wizard and the Frog, Pevin Kinel and more!</p>
<p>As partners of the festival, we&#8217;ve also played our part in producing the festival programmes, and so that we spread the word of Beat Happening, we&#8217;ll be busy for the next few days thrusting them into the hands of anyone who cares to take one!</p>
<p>Musical highlights over the next few days include (apart from the BH Sessions) Grant Gee&#8217;s documentary &#8216;Joy Division&#8217;, Vice Films&#8217; &#8216;Heavy Metal in Baghdad&#8217;, Warp FIlms&#8217; &#8216;My Sexual Failures&#8217;, as well as a Warp Records Party with Broadcast DJs, The Oscillation and Velofax. Then there&#8217;s the Bordee de Branchage, a burlesque party with fan dancers and former Beat Happening interviewee Paloma Faith. And The Wicker Man, screened in a seven hundred-year old castle, with a live score by The Memory Band. It&#8217;s going to be a little bit good we think.</p>
<p>Anyhow, must dash, I have four thousand programmes to give away.</p>
<p>Love and kisses, Chris Beat Happening.</p>
<p>PS NEWSFLASH!!! The Beat Happening Sessions at the Branchage Spiegeltent this Saturday will be a fancy dress event. Worry not, it&#8217;s not an obligation, but the winner of the best fancy dress costume will bag themselves 2 free film passes for the rest of the festival! Howzabout that folks???</p>
<p>The theme is: ROCK STARS! So why not get yourself a papier mache beehive on your head and go as Amy Winehouse, or slip on your blue suede shoes and do a turn as Elvis, or perhaps cut your arm off and come as the drummer from Def Leppard!</p>
<p>The Beat Happening Sessions will be taking place at the Spiegeltent, The Weighbridge, St. Helier, on Saturday 27th September, 3pm &#8211; 6.15pm, and will be followed by the Bordee de Branchage&#8230; be there!</p>
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		<title>Where can you find Chrome Hoof, Bearsuit, Gentle Friendly &amp; Miss Odd Kidd all under one roof?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NO, IT&#8217;S NOT TOYS R US, IT&#8217;S THE FENCHURCH BEAT HAPPENING BASH! CHROME HOOF (DJS) MISS ODD KIDD (LIVE) BEARSUIT (LIVE) GENTLE FRIENDLY (LIVE) With Fenchurch being London’s finest purveyors of streetwear, and Beat Happening magazine always at the cutting &#8230; <a href="http://thebeathappening.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/where-can-you-find-chrome-hoof-bearsuit-gentle-friendly-miss-odd-kidd-all-under-one-roof/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebeathappening.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4041553&amp;post=130&amp;subd=thebeathappening&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>NO, IT&#8217;S NOT TOYS R US, IT&#8217;S THE FENCHURCH BEAT HAPPENING BASH!</p>
<p><strong>CHROME HOOF (DJS)</strong></p>
<p>MISS ODD KIDD (LIVE)<br />
BEARSUIT (LIVE)<br />
GENTLE FRIENDLY (LIVE)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">With Fenchurch being London’s finest purveyors of streetwear, and Beat Happening magazine always at the cutting edge of the capital’s music scene, a titanic alliance returns to bring you the most exciting indie line up in the Big Smoke with the Fenchurch Beat Happening Bash!</p>
<p>Since first hitting the streets of London in April of this year Beat Happening,<br />
London’s newest indie magazine, has been earning itself a reputation as one of the coolest publications in the capital, having its finger to the pulse, its ear to the ground, and its nose to the grindstone as it has sought out the newest leftfield stars of the future. Then came the first Fenchurch Beat Happening Bash, which saw the likes of Micachu, Capitol K and Shitdisco gracing the Monarch for a night that was a sell-out triumph!</p>
<p>As ever, Beat Happening magazine has hand-picked a mouth-watering live line up of the coolest up-and-coming bands, with the much-hyped oddball math-pop duo Gentle Friendly, John Peel’s favourite noiseniks Bearsuit and up-and-coming rapper and sometime Goldielocks cohort Miss Odd Kidd, as well as a headline DJ set by prog-disco titans Chrome Hoof!</p>
<p>All are acts that sum up the spirit of Beat Happening magazine; talented, exciting and progressive in nature, all are known for performing mind-blowing live shows, and the Fenchurch Beat Happening Bash will be no different!</p>
<p>On a final note, everyone in will be entered into a Fenchurch tombola, in which you can win some snazzy new Fenchurch gear! Howzabowzabout that?</p>
<p>Tickets are £6adv and available from www.monarchbar.com</p>
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		<title>Beat Happening caught by Style Snapper at Bestival!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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