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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Shaun Curran</title>
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		<title>Suede plays it anew with &#8216;Bloodsports&#8217; album</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloodsports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Anderson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, Suede was in the process of fizzling out to a backdrop of apathy. For a band whose initial brilliance inadvertently help kick-start Britpop in the 1990s, it all seemed unedifying.]]></description>
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		<title>Marr&#8217;s new message</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Johnny Marr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer Sonic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Smiths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What I&#8217;ve done is revert to type. I&#8217;ve gone back to my nature.&#8221; It has taken 26 years, but Johnny Marr is finally ready to embrace his past. It is a legacy of immense weight: The five years he spent as guitarist and co-songwriter with The Smiths, the most influential and enduring British indie band [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuji Rock is more than just music for first-timers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fuji Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuji Rock Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unsure what to expect and feeling out of my comfort zone — I&#8217;d never even been to Japan before last week — I attended my first ever Fuji Rock Festival with a mixture of excitement, intrigue and apprehension — how would it compare to the dozens of festivals I had been to in Britain, Europe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tame Impala</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fuji Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuji Rock Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tame Impala]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve been to Japan as visitors before, how does this trip compare? Kevin Parker (vocals, guitar): It was pretty similar to this, just being overloaded by visual stimulation and generally wowing at all the things in the culture. Japanese audiences are &#8230; whenever you talk about Japanese audiences around the world you always talk about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toro y Moi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fuji Rock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve played Japan before, were they festivals? Chaz Bundick: The first two times were at festivals. We haven&#8217;t done club shows in Tokyo yet, that&#8217;s pretty hard. I&#8217;m not really sure about what goes into it, but I imagine it&#8217;s difficult with us being American coming over to Japan. With festivals it&#8217;s less of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travis returns with &#8216;Where You Stand&#8217; after five-year break</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hostess Club Weekender]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t sell as many records as Travis have without dividing opinion. Like most bands that smash through the commercial ceiling — 1999&#8242;s breakthrough second album &#8220;The Man Who&#8221; sold 2.7 million copies in the U.K. alone — the Scottish four-piece count as many scorn pourers as they do devotees to their radio-friendly indie-rock. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After breakthrough covers, James Blake proud that &#8216;Overgrown&#8217; belongs to him</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 15:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[electronica]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[postdubstep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retrograde]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For most, the passage from underground dubstep sensation to critically acclaimed, Bon Iver-collaborating, Kanye West-endorsed artist is the kind of career path you can only dream of.]]></description>
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		<title>Bugg scores with working-class familiarities</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/09/music/bugg-scores-with-working-class-familiarities/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bugg-scores-with-working-class-familiarities</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[indie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Bugg]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Summer Sonic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I hadn&#8217;t been anywhere before last year, I&#8217;d hardly left England. And now I&#8217;m going to Japan. I never thought I&#8217;d be going to a place like that. I think it is going to blow my mind.&#8221; Jake Bugg is getting used to going places. Twelve months ago he was an aspiring yet effectively unknown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicolas Jaar: My job is to make music that hasn&#8217;t been heard</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/04/music/nicolas-jaar-my-job-is-to-make-music-that-hasnt-been-heard/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nicolas-jaar-my-job-is-to-make-music-that-hasnt-been-heard</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicolas Jaar, the precociously talented American-Chilean underground electronic artist, makes music that defies conventional description. Of course, that is exactly what the 23-year-old Ivy League graduate aspires to. &#8220;For me, it would be boring if you could say to me &#8216;you make this type of music&#8217;. I would feel like I&#8217;m not doing my job. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama Shakes tap the roots of Southern blues-rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alabama Shakes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a question: what do Russell Crowe, Robert Plant, Jack White and David Byrne all have in common? Incredible talent, fame and money is the obvious response, but the answer is that all four count themselves as part of the growing legion of Alabama Shakes fans, the Southern American four-piece who spent 2012 spreading their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patti Smith hopes 2013 is about rebuilding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Great East Japan Earthquake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the time you read this, Patti Smith will have been in Japan for nearly a week. The iconic poet, author, painter and &#8220;Godmother of Punk&#8221; hasn&#8217;t yet played a gig with her band; that will come later. First, Smith is reconnecting with a country with which her affinity runs deep. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always loved Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Chip &#8216;embrace fun&#8217; on new album</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2012/06/21/music/hot-chip-embrace-fun-on-new-album/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hot-chip-embrace-fun-on-new-album</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I like Zapp, not Zappa&#8221; goes &#8220;Night and Day,&#8221; the lead single from London electro-pop quintet Hot Chip, and in one small yet significant statement the five-piece&#8217;s attitude to music is shouted loud and proud. As manifestos go, it is brilliantly apt in proclaiming a preference for soul-funk band Zapp over avant-garde rocker Frank Zappa. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maccabees rise above indie&#8217;s fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So indie-guitar music in Britain is in the doldrums, is it? Try telling that to The Maccabees. In a world of Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna, the London five-piece are bucking the trend for young white British boys armed with a six-string. Not only is third album &#8220;Given to the Wild&#8221; their finest by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritualized forgets the past and moves on with &#8216;Sweet Heart Sweet Light&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is just four days before Christmas but Jason Pierce seems oblivious to festive cheer. The leader of influential space-rockers Spiritualized, sitting in the home studio where he has spent the last two years creating the band&#8217;s forthcoming seventh album &#8220;Sweet Heart Sweet Light,&#8221; has issues on his mind. &#8220;What makes me upset is, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zulu Winter brings brains to their beats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;That sounds very English, doesn&#8217;t it?&#8221; says Zulu Winter frontman Will Daunt of his refusal to get carried away by the fact his band has spent the start of 2012 as many critic&#8217;s tip for the top. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to sound like a miserable git, but we really haven&#8217;t done much yet.&#8221; Five school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calvi sings out in a big way</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Endorsed by Brian Eno, asked on tour by Nick Cave and doused with critical acclaim, Anna Calvi is the little woman with the big voice winning admirers at her every turn. London born Calvi&#8217;s eponymous debut, a beguiling mix taking cues from goth-pop, classical composers and film soundtracks, has captured imaginations across the globe. Though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendly Fires to indulge pop pleasures on tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friendly Fires are happy to finally be back on home turf. It&#8217;s no wonder, the year has been predominantly spent living out the tale of their song &#8220;Hawaiian Air,&#8221; the highlight of second album &#8220;Pala&#8221; that typifies the trio&#8217;s dance-pop vision while bemoaning the monotony of tour travel. Consequently, drummer Jack Savidge is content to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chad Valley&#8217;s summer project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extra incentive, as if any was needed, to get down to the Friendly Fires shows in Osaka and Tokyo comes in the form of opening act Chad Valley, the moniker of British solo artist Hugo Manuel. Over the last 12 months, Oxford-born Manuel has via the Cascine label released two E.P.s &#8212; &#8220;Chad Valley E.P.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andy Bell glad to finally bring Beady Eye to Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andy Bell may be in Stockholm but his thoughts remain focused on Japan. The guitarist&#8217;s new band, Beady Eye, consists of the former members of Oasis who were left standing following Noel Gallagher&#8217;s acrimonious departure two years ago. The quartet were in the process of launching their fledgling outfit when the Great East Japan Earthquake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vaccines bring shot of rock to Fuji</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even before the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake caused concert cancellations en masse, The Vaccines had to start pulling out of overseas tour commitments due to singer Justin Young&#8217;s throat operation. Now &#8220;100 percent better,&#8221; the band will show the audience at this year&#8217;s Fuji Rock Festival what has made them Britain&#8217;s most talked-about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Years in the making, Warpaint to hit Fuji</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even when enjoying some downtime in her Los Angeles home, Jenny Lee Lindberg still feels as if she is &#8220;whirlwinding around.&#8221; But then, it has been that sort of year for the bassist in Warpaint: her band has spent 12 months carrying the &#8220;next big thing&#8221; tag. &#8220;We&#8217;re away for another seven weeks,&#8221; she says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The National break past indie&#8217;s borders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Formed in Brooklyn, New York, via Cincinnati, Ohio, The National have taken an equally oblique route to success. Twelve years into a career where every strand of recognition has been painstakingly hard-earned, The National&#8217;s exquisite melancholy has resonated long enough to transform any cult-status concerns into credible chart contentions. Bassist Scott Devendorf acknowledges as much. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleigh Bells</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Few bands defined 2010 like New York girl/boy noise-pop duo Sleigh Bells. Residing in uber-trendy Brooklyn, championed by both the blogosphere and M.I.A. (who signed the pair to her NEET label), and oozing the sort of elegantly wasted glamour they would sell by the truckload if they could bottle it, Sleigh Bells have been one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preaching to the converted</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicky Wire is reminiscing. For the self-professed &#8220;nerdy historian&#8221; of Manic Street Preachers, the wistfulness is not misplaced. New album &#8220;Postcards From a Young Man&#8221; is Manic Street Preachers&#8217; 10th: a landmark under any criterion, but Wire is keen to accentuate what a milestone it is for a group of childhood friends from a deeply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here be Vampires</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[V ampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio exudes a happy demeanor, albeit a slightly weary one. Weary thanks to an unyielding touring schedule that finds him traveling to San Diego midway through an extensive tour of the United States; happy because there can be no reservation that his band have dominated 2010 from its very first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Klaxons</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Klaxons divide opinion like few others. Emerging in 2006 to a crescendo of hype, they were held up as leaders of the nu-rave movement even before their debut album &#8220;Myths of the Near Future&#8221; was busy thrilling and irritating in equal measure. It led to much debate. The two opposing camps argued whether Klaxons were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philip Selway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, rock-star side projects have not fared particularly well. More often than not they are a self-indulgent mess or an ill-advised ego-trip, having little worth to anyone other than devoted disciples. So what to make of the news that Philip Selway, the unassuming Radiohead drummer, is to release his first solo album nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LCD Soundsystem bring some edge to Fuji Rock Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Share your experience at Fuji Rock with The Japan Times Be sure to check out our live online coverage of the 2010 Fuji Rock Festival at tokyo.japantimes.co.jp. We&#8217;ll feature interviews with some of the acts, reviews of all the major performances and lots of visuals. Feel free to take part in the coverage by sending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caribou asserts latest album is &#8216;uniquely mine&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Snaith is a remarkable individual. Not just because of his astounding, cerebral, diacritic music that, nearly a decade and five albums later, is seeping into the minds of people searching for, as one recent reviewer put it, &#8220;electronics for grownups.&#8221; The amiable, unassuming man behind the Caribou moniker is also the distinguished owner of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Drums</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading the way for a generation of American groups that are more indebted to the sounds of the U.K. than anything on their own doorstep, The Drums arrive for their first Japanese tour riding on a wave of incessant hype. The Florida-born, Brooklyn-based four-piece have been adorned with the &#8220;next big thing&#8221; tag, having been [...]]]></description>
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