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vinayjoshi · 51 articles

My aim in writing is basically to not be a dick. I'm a 21 year old student studying Classics in Edinburgh, and I try to listen to a lot of music. Check out http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Midweek-Mixtape/150089088381775 - a radio show where we try and celebrate music, any music, that we love. So let's grab a glass of red and throw on a record shall we? @Vinay_K_Joshi

Freebie Friday #4: Halls Mixtape

avatar By , published on 9 November 2012 09:39 pm
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Beginning with a ghostly choral motif, repetitive and engorging, this mix from Sam Howard aka Halls does exactly what you’d want it to. No, it’s not going to set the world …

Freebie Friday #3: Notorious XX

avatar By , published on 2 November 2012 04:23 pm

Music? For free? Yes please. #3 – Wait What’s ‘Notorious xx’ Half of Youtube seems to be made up of mash-ups ranging from the expressive and interesting to the shoddy …

Foals – Total Life Forever (2010) (Record Club)

avatar By , published on 22 October 2012 04:00 pm
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Somewhat schizophrenic, an emotional, involving album that can make you dance or make you weep. Antidotes, Foals’ acclaimed debut, really put the pressure on. Soaring to #3 in the UK …

Freebie Friday #1: Jamie XX Essential Mix

avatar By , published on 19 October 2012 07:00 am
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Welcome to Freebie Friday – the new regular, lovingly given by Spilt inc. to you, the oh so deserving reader. Here you’ll find a weekly musical gift, free to download or listen …

Halls – ‘White Chalk’

avatar By , published on 28 September 2012 02:55 pm
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Whilst Halls is a project created by the solitary 21 year old south Londoner Sam Howard, describing ‘White Chalk’ as a solo work would go nowhere near explaining its magisterial, …

Confessions of a Ben Folds Five Fan – The Return of Ben Folds Five

avatar By , published on 10 September 2012 08:11 pm
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I’m hugely excited for the release of The Sound of the Life of the Mind, Ben Folds Five’s September comeback LP, but that is an irksome admission; try as I might, …

Steel Trees – ‘Deathbed HeadSmash’

avatar By , published on 5 August 2012 07:34 pm
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Yorkshire 3-piece Steel Trees are just starting to make waves in the metal and rock underground scene of North England, but judging from new single ‘Deathbed HeadSmash’, for the life of …

Reasons You Should Have Gone To Graceland

avatar By , published on 26 July 2012 09:55 pm
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Perhaps it’s a sign of my ever increasing age but I’ve really started to enjoy Paul Simon lately. I know, he’s not very cool, it’s music your dad likes. But there …

Song Of The Week: Santigold – The Keepers

avatar By , published on 13 July 2012 09:00 am
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Slurring like a drunk Marina Diamandis, Santigold has returned with a lovely little groove in trademark dominating style. The tribal pop jam ‘The Keepers’ has been voted this week’s Spilt Inc. …

Battle of Who Could Care Less

avatar By , published on 13 July 2012 08:00 am
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“Fine pewter portraits of / General Apathy and Major Boredom singing / Whatever and ever Amen” So here we are again. Another university year done, nearing the end of school terms, …