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Album Review: Delphic - Acolyte

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Considering the fact that I’m an Indie lover, ‘Delphic’, a quartet from Manchester defies Indie and gives us proper mainstream alternative music. With cutting edge musicality, infusion of electronic music into beautifully written verses it’s no wonder why these lads

Single Review: Scouting For Girls - This Ain't A Love Song

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I do love hearing stuff coming from the indie scene and when given the chance to hear this new single by indie outfit Scouting For Girls, I was more than excited. 'This Ain't A Love Song' features a harmonic arrangement with

UK Charts: 'Telephone' is number 1 for another week

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Lady GaGa just turned 24 yesterday and to top her birthday celebration off, she enjoys another week at the UK Singles Charts at #1 with her hit with Honey B, 'Telephone'. The track is now number 1 for two weeks

Alex Gardner performs an acoustic version of 'I'm Not Mad'

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Alright ladies, I know a lot of you have been very excited about this young Scottsman. His debut single, 'I'm Not Mad' is now available for download on iTunes and will be officially released tomorrow, March 28th. Yesterday, Alex uploaded

Estelle talks about freak and her new image

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Yes. 'Freak'- the new single by Estelle which was produced by David Guetta is indeed catchy at repeated listens. Although this may not be favourable to some, maybe we'll learn to love Estelle's new style if this is for the

Music Video: Shontelle - Impossible

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Ladies and gents, here is Barbadian singer Shontelle's new video for her latest US single 'Impossible'. The track is the official first single off from her sophomore album, 'No Gravity' scheduled for a Spring release. DOWNLOAD THE TRACK FROM AMAZON

Music Video: Owl City - Vanilla Twilight

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Yes. It's Owl City's new video for his latest single, 'Vanilla Twilight'. It's actually better than 'Fireflies' video to be honest. Although this isn't what I liked to be as a single. Anyway, enjoy it. DOWNLOAD (Amazon)

DAILY BEAT: Robyn - Fembots

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Swedish electro-pop star Robin Miriam Carlsson (a.k.a. Robyn) is back with a smashing track! After being idle in the music scene for 2 year, Robyn's amazing writing skills and brilliant production team came out with a pop stuttering, electro-pop masterpiece

DAILY BEAT: Chipmunk feat. Esmee - Until You Were Gone

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To be clearly honest, I've never been a fan of Chipmunk at all but hearing his new single, 'Until You Were Gone' which features vocals from Dutch pop singer Esmee Denters it changed everything. I have to admit he has

An awesome cover of 'Telephone'

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This cover of Lady GaGa and Beyonce's 'Telephone' is way beyond awesum. The American duo, Pomplamoose also covered Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' last year that reached over 3.5 million views on YouTube. I think it's near greatness as the original although

UK Charts: Tinie Tempah is #1 for 2 weeks in a row

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British rapper Tinie Tempah continues to dominate the UK Singles Charts for the second week in a row with his debut single, 'Pass Out'. Also not moving is last week's #2, Rihanna with her latest, 'Rude Boy'.Justin Bieber grabs

Music Video: Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over

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Florence Welch impresses us again with a new video. The Brit Award winner is re-releasing her new single, 'Dog Days Are Over' on March 22, 2010. Brilliant track to be honest!

Listen to a new Shayne Ward song, 'Crash'

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Manc Series 2 X Factor winner Shayne Ward has been out of the spotlight for quite sometime eh? Recently, there's been a leaked song on the internet involving a new song titled 'Crash'. I'm quite not sure if this is

A new Cheryl Cole B-Side. 'Just Let Me Go'

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Cheryl's new single, 'Parachute' is out on Monday and the CD single will include a brand new b-side titled 'Just Let Me Go'. Again, it's an ace B-side from Britain's current queen of the headlines. Well, the track is quite

GaGa & Honey B: Let's Make A Sandwich (Music Video)

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I know I'm quite late about this since the video premiered over the states approximately at around before lunch time here and since I was in the uni, I wasn't able to get hold of the much anticipated video until

Music Video: Kerli - Tea Party

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Oh well, look who we have here. It's Estonian singer Kerli Koiv's latest music video. Well, it's my favourite track from the 'Almost Alice' soundtrack. And yes, the video is damn fine! The whole Alice In Wonderland theme really fitted

MGMT - Flash Delirium

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The eclectic duo from Memphis are back with their sophomore offering. The duo Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden are preparing to release their second studio album. Although their new album is set for an April release, they're generous enough to

UK Charts: Tinie Tempah rules this week.

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Well, well. It's quite a surprise that Tinie Tempah, another British rap artist suddenly appeared on top of the UK charts. His debut single, 'Pass Out' entered at an impressive #1 this week surpassing competition from Rihanna and Jason Derulo

Daisy's not your 'Number One Enemy'

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16-year-old Dasy Coburn, more known by her stage name Daisy Dares You, surely made heads turn after being included in BBC's Sound of 2010 poll. Counting the late great Kurt Cobain and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O among her