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Spacemen mp3

- Source: Plain or Pan?

If Pete Frame were to do one of his Rock Family Trees on fuzzed-up druggy drone rock he'd inevitably land up ( * by way of Spiritualized, Spectrum and even (The) Verve)) at Spacemen 3.

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Jonathan Wilson - Gentle Spirit

- Source: BBC Music

It's ironic that Gentle Spirit was released on the very day the London riots escalated, for had the shoplifters and arsonists been spinning this at home, they'd never have ventured outside.

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The Very Guest Of…Brian Wilson

- Source: Pop Dose

In celebration of the former Beach Boy's 69th birthday, Popdose offers up a super-sized version of "The Very Guest Of and takes a look and a listen back at 15 occasions when Brian Wilson has stepped into the background and offered his decidedly distinctive vocals to the songs of other artists. 1.

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Interview: David Burn of Detroit Social Club

- Source: There Goes the Fear

I was obviously delighted when we got told about it, not because of any football reasons although I am a football fan – it was more as a writer, you want for your music to be heard by as many people as possible, and knowing that there's about 4 or 5 million people watching every match on a Saturday and on Mondays – it's obviously a lot of people hearing your music – and there might not be any financial gain or anything, but that's second to knowing that on a Saturday afternoon there's people in pubs up and down the country listening to your tune.

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Richard Ashcroft - United Nations of Sound

- Source: Pitchfork Media

The Verve's third and presumably final era (2007-2009) yielded a quality Verve album-- it's just that it was made by the Big Pink. The success of the London duo's A Brief History of Love proved there was still a demand for those bygone qualities-- anthemic choruses, stadium-rattling drums, and a cosmic grandeur-- that made the Verve's Urban Hymns a late-1990s totem.

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Singles Round Up - 19th July

- Source: ClashMusic.com

This week sees the (oh I wish he hadn't bothered) return of Richard Ashcroft as RPA & The United Nations Of Sound, a further gem from Jamie Lidell's 'Compass', James Murphy breaking out the silky vocals, Four Tet bathing us in the suitably titled 'Angel Echoes' and Pendulum ploughing their familiar furrow, creating dance music for moshers.

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