Just say no to drugs?unless, of course, drugs make your band better. p> by Saxon Baird [PSYCHEDELIC U.K. POP] The music of the Clientele is very English and very sad. Its songs are full of regretful reflections and a longing for the return to fleeting moments of happiness. Despite the somber tone, lead singer and primary songwriter Alasdair [...] Related posts: The Jesus Lizard Thursday,...

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Filed under: News , UK Pop group Squeeze are to be honoured with a blue plaque at the site of their debut gig. They first performed at Greenwich Dance Hall in 1975, an event set to be marked this month. The plaques, a common fixture around the UK , commemorate the homes of famous figures or sites of historical interest. Squeeze's two main songwriters, Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, both hail...

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... Sitting awkwardly at a piano she bashed out slightly scrappy but charming Spektor meets Allen pop songs. We instantly fell in love with her in the way that all great romances start ? you have to forget analysis of why, it just is. Skip forward a couple of months and following Myspace liaisons we caught up with Nash at a singer songwriter?s event at Brighton Komedia. Kate performed about four...

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Emerging British pop singer Tinashé has finally released the official video for his debut single, "Mayday." A video with a gorgeous acoustic version of "Mayday" has been making the rounds for a while, but here is the video that features...

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UK pop starlet Ellie Goulding's debut album, Lights , was released earlier this week in the UK, and the promotional work for it keeps going. Posted today to Goulding's Myspace page were two videos showing her hand her band recording takes of Lights' lead singles, "Starry Eyed" and "Under the Sheets," for a special session that would go straight onto vinyl, without any editing. The resultant vinyl...

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