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Last Shadow Puppets: Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, 23/10/2008
At a homecoming show before they return to their day jobs in the Arctic Monkeys and the Rascals, Denzil Watson finds Alex Turner and Miles Kane's side project the Last Shadow Puppets' orchestral pop to be absolutely magical
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Wire: Barrymore's, Ottawa, 6/10/2008
Andrew Carver watches veteran punk rockers Wire on a rare outing to Canada theee decades after first forming play an enthralling set of bristly art pop at Barrymore's in Ottawa
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Calexico: Forum, London, 11/10/2008
At a superb show at the Forum in London, Chris O' Toole discovers eclectic and erratic form of charming south-western Americana to be impossible to classify on record or stage
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Killing Joke: Filmore East, New York, 11/10/2008...12/10/2008
At the Filmore East in New York, Russell Ferguson watches Killing Joke, with all four of their original members back together for the first time since 1982, play two very different sets over two nights
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Of Montreal: KOKO, London, 16/10/2008
At the London KOKO, Mark Rowland finds Athens, Georgia-based band Of Montreal's eccentric form of orchestral rock and stage theatricals occasionally becoming too pretentious for their own good, but overall totally riveting
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Tindersticks: Bridgewater Hall,Manchester, 4/10/2008
At an extraordinaru show at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Dixie Ernill witnesses Tindersticks play one of the greatest concerts he has seen in nearly 20 years of regular gig going
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Puressence: Academy, Manchester, 1810/2008
At a gig in their native Manchester in front of a capacity crowd, Dixie Ernill watches Puressence, back with a new album and after a long absence, reclaim their city back from the other current crop of locally-based indie wannabees
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Amanda Palmer: Academy, Sheffield, 8/10/2008
With her foot in plaster after an accident one gig into a European tour, Denzil Watson sees Amanda Palmer, one half of Brechtian punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls, go against the odds and play a fantastic set at the Sheffield Academy
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Emmy the Great: ICA, London, 10/11/2008
Laura Holt watches Emmy the Great play an entrancing set of lyrical-based anti-folk pop at a homecoming gig at the end of a short tour at the London ICA
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Hot Club de Paris: Bodega, Nottingham, 7/10/2008
Liverpool-based trio Hot Club de Paris merge snappy adolescent melodies and dance beats. Sarah Mwangi, however, finds nothing that she hasn't already seen before at the Bodega in Nottingham
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Fightstar: Academy, Newcastle, 23/10/2008
At the Newcastle Academy, Kelly Smith watches the still grossly under rated Fightstar in support to a dull Feeder play an energetic and atmospheric set
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F**k Buttons: Hammersmith Apollo, London, 24/10/2008
At the Hammersmith Apollo in London Chris O' Toole finds promising Bristol duo avant garde F*ck Buttons, on a support date to Mogwai, used to playing smaller venues, struggling to translate their sound to a bigger audience
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Glasvegas: Academy 2, Manchester, 17/9/2008
At the Manchester Academy, Aaron Brown finds much acclaimed and rapidly rising Scottish discordant rockers Glasvegas to be the first band in a long time that he has seen that can translate their big sound to a live stage
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Kids: New Bayou, Ottawa, 30/10/2008
Recently reformed after a thirty year absence, Andrew Carver finds that Belgium punks the Kids have lost none of their fiery energy at the Ottawa date on a short Canadian tour to promote a new live album and compilation
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Jeffrey Lewis: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 16/9/2008
Helen Tipping is riveted by American singer-songwriter and artist Jeffrey Lweis's blend of Crass covers, politics and comic book stories at a show at the Brudenell in Leeds
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