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		<title>Hercules &amp; Love Affair (and the best of DFA)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hercules And Love Affair, the musical odyssey of DJ Andy Butler and the likes of Antony Hegarty from Antony &#38; The Johnsons, are the current stars of the dance scene.  Their sound is so sleek and shiny that it makes you want to don your rollerskates and glide right back to the 70s. Only, this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=112&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Glasvegas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 17:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan McGee, the man who gave the world Oasis and The Libertines, has found the latest diamond in the rough. Scottish band Glasvegas are a four-piece that manages to combine all that was good from the Ronettes-era with all that is bad from modern-day Glasgow to brilliant effect. Despite their obvious influences that range from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=111&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blood Red Shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brighton duo Blood Red Shoes have postponed their Scandinavian tour dates due to exhaustion. The band apologised to fans via their Myspace page and promised to return as soon as they were able. “This is due to us feeling completely exhausted after a very long tour and we know that if we played these shows we wouldn&#8217;t be at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=108&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lyrics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fans have said that finding accurate song lyrics is harder today than five years ago, according to a new survey. With downloads becoming more popular, the old fashioned method of reading words from the sleevenotes is not always available. However, the survey for The National Year Of Reading has found that that many fans still want access [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=106&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burial has emerged as the new favourite to win this year&#8217;s Nationwide Mercury Prize, according to bookmaker William Hill. Radiohead led the betting on the daythe 12-strong shortlist was announced, the anonymous dubstep producer &#8211; who ironically was once rumoured to be Thom Yorke - has moved into the lead.  Burial has been compared to urban artist Banksy for his desire to keep his true [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=103&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ludacris</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has rejected support from US rapper Ludacris on new track, &#8216;Politics&#8217;. Even though the hook is positive (&#8220;The world is ready for change because Obama is here&#8221;) other lyrics attack his Democratic rival for the nomination, Hillary Clinton, as well as Republican candidate John McCain and current President George Bush. The lyrics include: &#8220;McCain don&#8217;t belong in any chair unless he&#8217;s paralyzed/Yeah I said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=93&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting alone backstage as his band prepare to open for The Jesus and Mary Chain in Australia, a jet-lagged Alan Donohue sips red wine from a beaker. Wearing slippers over his socks and a &#8216;Meat is STILL Murder&#8217; tee shirt, he is still the embodiment of awkward indie cool that we fell in love with in 2005. It has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=90&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Operator Please</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t even think we&#8217;ve seen most of England yet. There are so many places we haven&#8217;t been yet.&#8221;  Amandah Wilkinson, lead singer of Aussie five piece Operator Please, is pretty excited ahead of their mammoth UK tour that starts at next weekend&#8217;s Camden Crawl. Actually, that&#8217;s an understatement. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be full on! We&#8217;re in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=85&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fucked Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fucked Up &#8211; The Chemistry Of Modern Life Posted on Wednesday, 3rd September 2008 Fucked Up frontman Damian, for the uninitiated, is a complete rock n roll beast. Their recent gig in London was shut down because Damian, aka Pink Eyes, decided to moon the audience after repeatedly launching his hefty self into the crowd. And they were only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=80&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Verve</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Verve &#8211; Forth Posted on Wednesday, 3rd September 2008 ‘Forth’ is a title that may suggest a band striding majestically into the future, but The Verve’s latest effort is little more than the band looking smugly over their shoulder. But, bearing in mind the strength of their back catalogue, this isn’t as bad as it sounds.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=robfacey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2296425&amp;post=77&amp;subd=robfacey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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