Listen Up! No. 48: Sky Larkin - Still Windmills

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Guitar chops manlier than, well, Brian Molko for one. But not as manly as Sleater-Kinney.

Listen Up! No. 46: The Vaccines - If You Wanna

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Fighting off high-fidelity production values since 2010.

Listen Up! No. 45: The Wombats - Tokyo

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Clearly not content with picking up their Inbetweeners royalties and being the parting shot at every indie disco within a 5 mile radius of Camden underground, the scouse trio are back, hoisting themselves excitedly above a steaming mound of public indifference and determindly planting an I Heart The 80s flag whilst gibbering away about nothing in particular, again.If I said it wasn't as good as the new Klaxons effort, you'd probably know roughly what to expect.

Listen Up! No. 44 - The Vaselines - I Hate The 80s

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Hated the 80s, wasted the 90s, missed the 00s, but now Cobain's favourite ex-lovers are back. The new record (Sex with an X) drops next month - here's a welcome taster.

   Vaselines - I Hate The 80's by subpop

Listen Up! No. 43: Happy Birthday - Too Shy

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"I'm too shy" sighs Kyle Thomas from new Sub-Pop signings Happy Birthday. I don't believe it - an indelible vocal melody high up in the mix says otherwise - but I sing along anyway.

  Happy Birthday - Too Shy by subpop