Glasvegas

The Mercury Prize Honors Most (But Not All) Of The Best British Albums Of The Past 12 Months

noah | July 21, 2009 10:00 am
noah | July 21, 2009 10:00 am

twosunsBat For Lashes’ Two Suns, Florence & The Machine’s Lungs, and the self-titled debuts from Glasvegas and La Roux are among the nominees for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, awarded annually to the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland. While there are some glaring omissions as always (um, Micachu?????), digging around for videos by the nominees revealed a couple of new-to-me acts—the hip-hop artist Speech Debelle, the experimental jazz outfit Led Bib—who proved intriguing on first listen. The nominees, and representative videos, after the jump. More »


Glasvegas (A.K.A. That Band You Sort Of Liked From That Rhapsody Ad) Has An Album Out Now

Dan Gibson | January 6, 2009 12:00 pm
Dan Gibson | January 6, 2009 12:00 pm

Our look at the closing lines of reviews of the week’s biggest new music continues with a look at reactions to the self-titled album by Glasvegas, which arrives in stores today:

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What Was Your Most Disappointing Purchase of 2008?

Dan Gibson | January 2, 2009 3:00 am
Dan Gibson | January 2, 2009 3:00 am

I hate going back to the 2008 well (especially after Skillz has wrapped everything up), but until 2009 coughs up some more news, this is what we’re stuck with… looking back on 2008 and thinking about what music didn’t live up to our possibly inflated expectations.

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noah | December 15, 2008 10:45 am
noah | December 15, 2008 10:45 am

The Guardian meets a few people who inspired pop… More »


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