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The Rivers: 'She Gives It Around'
The Kooks have got a lot to feel responsible for. There are so many copycat bands around at the moment, either marginally better than said band or infinitely worse, and Brighton's The Rivers fit somewhere in between, albeit with a much better vocalist in Tom Borsberry.
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Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair's sumptuous Indian saga was a surprise hit, especially in the US, in the early years of this decade.
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Maurice
An unnecessary re-release of a truly superb film is brought to us on the platter of FilmFour's newly developed, though predictably old school, "Classic Collection" label.
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Heat And Dust
The long-running collaborative pairing of Merchant Ivory films and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala began with the adaptation of her own Booker prize-winning novel into the fitfully interesting film, Heat And Dust.
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Vampire Weekend: 'Oxford Comma'
Vampire Weekend are one of the most exciting new bands around at the moment and share not only the fact that they are from New York with The Strokes.
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American Dad: Season Three
Now in its third season, Seth MacFarlane’s animated comedy series following the adventures of Stan Smith - lowly CIA agent, ‘weapons expert’, family man and staunch defender of the American way - is starting to feel a little tired.
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Skins: Series Two
This second series of E4’s stylish, Bristol-set flagship drama, depicting the lives of a group of sixth-form students, picks up six months on from where Series 1 ended.
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Tom Baxter: 'Tell Her Today'
‘Serious’ acoustic singer-songwriters blending in a smidge of piano and strings are ten a penny at the moment. In this climate, unfortunately, Tom Baxter becomes just another normal-sounding name with normal-sounding songs.
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Old Time Relijun & Charlottefield (Brighton)
Charlottefield are rapidly becoming one of the best bands in Brighton, and their blend of post-hardcore and distorted indie-rock is sure to see them making waves across this fair country's indie-rock bastions, but tonight’s real delight is the headliners.
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Tokyo Police Club: 'Tesselate'
Tokyo Police Club have been saddled with this ‘hotly-tipped’ tag for a while now, and, frankly, it does them no favours, as latest single 'Tesselate' proves.
