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  1. THE Q&A CRAWL: SEX HANDS

    Posted on 28th March 2012 | 08:53 AM | View Comments

    One of the things you should know about Sex Hands is that they've abandoned their MySpace. "It makes our blood boil!" they declaim on their poor, abandoned corner of Justin Timberlake's empire. We sort of like that. MySpace makes our blood boil, too.

    Decamp, then, to Sex…

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  2. THE Q&A CRAWL: RACE HORSES

    Posted on 27th March 2012 | 09:24 PM | View Comments

    You only have to listen to ‘Pony’ by Race Horses to understand them: “I was playing buffoon,” sings Meilyr Jones in its very first bars, “with a bunch of pianos in my boiler room.” Not only does this kind of whimsy feel quintessentially Welsh – Race Horses seem to attract…

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  3. THE Q&A CRAWL: KWES

    Posted on 27th March 2012 | 12:11 PM | View Comments

    Kwes has already had a career most producers would kill for: having worked with the likes of Zero 7, the xx and Speech Debelle, he carved a niche out for himself as experimental pop's go-to man at the faders. He has toured with various bands, but it's only recently that…

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  4. THE Q&A CRAWL: KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS

    Posted on 26th March 2012 | 08:10 AM | View Comments

    Don't believe your TV: Greece isn't finished yet. The glamorous electronica of Keep Shelley In Athens is glorious enough to justify as many German bail-outs as that fine nation could possibly require. No, really: we trust Angela Merkel is listening.

    The slight wrinkle in this fool-proof plan…

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  5. THE Q&A CRAWL: FEAR OF MEN

    Posted on 23rd March 2012 | 10:02 AM | View Comments

    We guess 'androphobia' wasn't a very good name for a band. Counterintuitively, fifty per cent of Fear of Men are made up of males - which we suppose must make for uncomfortable rehearsals. Not that you can hear it in their brightly brilliant songs, all bell-like guitars and beautiful harmonies.…

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