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Best albums of 2011, No 6: James Blake – James Blake
In a year in which we questioned our obsession with all things retro, James Blake pulled off the unthinkable, taking dubstep, soul and even barbershop to create a new musical languageThis year's most...
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The Guardian first album award 2012: our shortlist
Here are the 10 contenders for one of British pop's 50 most covetable awards. But who is your favourite?Once again, it's time for the Guardian first album award, our prize for the best British debut of...
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New music: Trimbal - Confidence Boost (Harmonimix)
James Blake returns to remixing with this bare-bones interpretation of a song by the former Roll Deep rapperReading on mobile? Watch hereBefore the release of his soulful self-titled debut, James Blake...
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Pitchfork Music festival Paris speaks the international language of indie
The music website ran a festival in the French capital – and it was a shock for those more used to mud and intoxicationIn Paris, even the abattoirs are chic. The Grande Halle de la Villette, with its...
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Clubs picks of the week
Hydra: R&S Records | Boomtown Fair | Mala In Cuba Live | Rise | Muzika!Hydra: R&S Records, LondonSince Belgian techno label R&S was reactivated in London in the late noughties, it's taken...
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The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music?
In anticipation of the Southbank Centre's year-long The Rest is Noise festival, conductors, musicians and artists share their favourite classical works from a century of musical turbulenceMarin Alsop,...
View ArticleMusic Weekly podcast: Slade, Bowie, Roxy Music … it's the glam special
Yes, platforms at the ready, for our wrestlers in makeup!Alexis has been up to Liverpool to revel in Tate Liverpool's new Glam exhibition, and he talks to the curator, Darren Pih. Plus, our guests...
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The Measure: what's hot and what's not
Yes please: Jackie Collins on Pinterest, Thomas Tait and Janet Jackson. No thanks: shots, winter and the 1980sGoing upJanet JacksonSpotted at Milan fashion week. We smell a comeback and we're digging...
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Deptford Goth: Life After Defo – review
(Merok)Several factors militate against this debut album by Daniel Woolhouse, aka Deptford Goth. There's that name – doubly off-putting and untrue: Woolhouse does not live in Deptford, nor is he a...
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James Blake: Overgrown – review
(Polydor)The abiding mood of James Blake's second album may be one of melancholy, but in every track there is a glinting nib of beauty wound into the melody or set at odds to it, something to cling on...
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This week's new live music
Steve Mason | Rachel Zeffira | James Blake | Sam Leak's Aquarium | José James | ExperimentalStudio Des SWR Featuring Kairos QuartettSteve Mason, Glasgow, Manchester & LondonIn the best of all...
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James Blake: 'I thrive on not knowing what's coming next'
Former dubstep DJ James Blake wowed critics and baffled dance fans with his tender 2011 debut. Now, the refreshingly frank Londoner tells Tom Lamont about the pressures of the music industry and how...
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James Blake: Overgrown – review
(Atlas)As album number two begins to trickles in, it seems little has changed since James Blake's first, eponymous album joined the dots between dubstep and Nick Drake. The London producer with the...
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James Blake at Heaven: live stream from 9pm BST tonight
To celebrate the launch of his second album, Overgrown, we're live-streaming James Blake's Heaven gig tonight (Tuesday 9 April) from 9pm BSTReading this on mobile? Click here to viewThis week James...
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James Blake – review
Heaven, LondonJames Blake is not the first artist to marry a confessional singer-songwriter sensibility to the more outré tropes of cutting-edge electronica. However, he is close to unique in managing...
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The joy of Festival No 6
Thanks to shrewd programming and its unique location in Portmeirion, last year's inaugural Festival No 6 was an instant hit - here's how it all came togetherReading on mobile? Click here to view...
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The best albums of 2013 (so far) - the critics' choice
Our music writers reveal the records they can't stop listening to this year, from John Grant's Pale Green Ghosts to These New Puritans' Field Of Reeds. Plus: readers recommend their own favourite...
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New music: Trimbal - Confidence Boost (Harmonimix)
James Blake returns to remixing with this bare-bones interpretation of a song by the former Roll Deep rapperReading on mobile? Watch hereBefore the release of his soulful self-titled debut, James Blake...
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Pitchfork Music festival Paris speaks the international language of indie
The music website ran a festival in the French capital – and it was a shock for those more used to mud and intoxicationIn Paris, even the abattoirs are chic. The Grande Halle de la Villette, with its...
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Clubs picks of the week
Hydra: R&S Records | Boomtown Fair | Mala In Cuba Live | Rise | Muzika!Hydra: R&S Records, LondonSince Belgian techno label R&S was reactivated in London in the late noughties, it's taken...
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