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Band of Blogs: Beyonce’s sister goes indie, Hot Chip, Jape remix

Solange Knowles covers Dirty Projectors Beyonce’s younger sister gifts us her own version of Brooklyn band Dirty Projectors’ Stillness in the Move (itself one of the best songs of the year), done in an R&B style. New Hot Chip – Take it in After revealing that the followup to Made in the Dark is to be called One [...]

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Videos: Dublin Flash Mob, BOD, Jape & Vampire Weekend

1. Dublin Flash Mob A Flash mob Irish-style. Watch the video of the impromptu Irish jig outside the Central Bank. 2. Brian O’ Driscoll’s Cantona moment BOD drops an admirable seagull/trawler style answer to a standard dull press question. A must see. 3. Jape 2FM Session Videos Recent Choice Music Prize winner calls into the Donnybrook studio to play [...]

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Jape for Christmas Number One? A Facebook campaign was set up last week with the aim of getting Jape’s new single ‘Phil Lynott’ to number one for Christmas. It would make a refreshing change to have a song with Irish relevance triumph over the latest X-Factor winner at the very least. [Facebook Campaign] Indie Band mean business US [...]

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