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Optimus Alive! 2011 In Photos
Optimus Alive! went down in Passeio Marítimo de Alges in Portugal over the weekend. Headliners included Coldplay and Jane’s Addiction. The riverside fest had a nice mix of nostalgia (Stooges, Blondie)...
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Mercury Prize 2011 Nominees
This year’s shortlist for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year was announced in London this morning. A group of industry experts will select the winner, who will be announced in a ceremony...
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Anna Calvi –“Wolf Like Me” (TV On The Radio Cover) (Stereogum Premiere)
The British wailer Anna Calvi, whose self-titled debut album has already turned up on a few year-end best-of lists, has lately been doing an unhinged live cover of TV On The Radio’s “Wolf Like Me.”...
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Anna Calvi –“Suddenly”
Two years after her debut, self-titled album, British songwriter Anna Calvi has announced that her second album, One Breath, will be released this October. So far the only songs available have been...
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Anna Calvi –“Fire” (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
You say you don’t like it, but I know you’re a liar/ ’Cause when we listen to this Bruce Springsteen cover by Anna Calvi… fire. Calvi’s cover of the 1977 Boss track is the B-side to her new “Suddenly”...
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Anna Calvi –“Papi Pacify” (FKA Twigs Cover)
Though Anna Calvi is a successful, Mercury Prize-nominated singer-songwriter, she has also made a nice habit of covering other artists. In the past we’ve heard her take on TV On The Radio’s “Wolf Like...
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Anna Calvi & David Byrne –“Strange Weather” Video
When we found out that Anna Calvi would release Strange Weather, an EP of cover songs ranging from Suicide to fka Twigs (the latter of which you can already listen to), one of the most exciting details...
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The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
This week’s list walks the line between calm, serene, stately beauty and extreme blood-splooge trash. Both can be awesome! And both are perfectly legit music-video approaches. But this week, we’ve got...
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Anna Calvi & David Byrne –“I’m The Man, That Will Find You” (Connan Mockasin...
Strange Weather, the new EP from the powerful British singer Anna Calvi, collects a bunch of covers, and some of those covers, including her take on Keren Ann’s “Strange Weather,” are duets with...
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Mercury Prize 2014 Shortlist Includes FKA Twigs, Damon Albarn, Bombay Bicycle...
The shortlist of nominees for the 2014 Mercury Prize has been announced! And, once again, the list confirms what we’ve always known: The Mercury Prize is much, much cooler than the stupid thing we’ve...
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Anna Calvi –“Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy” Video
We haven't heard from Anna Calvi, the intense and powerful British singer, since the release of Strange Weather, the 2014 covers EP where she teamed up with David Byrne. And Calvi hasn't released a...
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Anna Calvi –“Hunter”
Last month, the British musician Anna Calvi returned with news of her first new album since 2013's One Breath. At the time, she shared "Don't Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy" from it, a song about breaking...
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Anna Calvi Scored The New Season Of Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders, the UK crime drama about warring gangs in 1920s England, has featured music from contemporary artists like Nick Cave and PJ Harvey. And now British singer-songwriter Anna Calvi has...
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The 1975, slowthai, Black Midi, Fontaines D.C. Among 2019 Mercury Prize Nominees
Every year since 1992, the British Phonographic Industry and British Association of Record Dealers have awarded the Mercury Prize to the best album out of the UK and Ireland. Recent winners have...
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Anna Calvi –“You’re Not God”
Anna Calvi wrote the original score for Peaky Blinders season 5, which wrapped up back in September. She's scoring the next season, too, though it isn't expected out until at least 2021. In the...
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Anna Calvi –“Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy” (Feat. Courtney Barnett)
Back in 2018, the tough and intense British singer Anna Calvi released her album Hunter. Since then, Calvi has moved onto other projects, like scoring the most recent season of Peaky Blinders. But...
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Anna Calvi –“Eden” (Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg)
A couple weeks ago, Anna Calvi returned with news of a new project called Hunted, a series of reinterpretations of songs from her 2018 album Hunter. We've already heard one song from it -- a version of...
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Anna Calvi –“Swimming Pool” (Feat. Julia Holter)
Tomorrow, the intense and confrontational UK artist Anna Calvi will release her new project Hunted. It's not a straight-up album, exactly. Instead, Hunted is a record full of reworkings and...
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Anna Calvi, Beach Slang, SAD13, & More Contribute Previously Unreleased...
Anna Calvi, Beach Slang, SAD13, and more are contributing previously unreleased tracks to a benefit album for the Alzheimer's Association's yearly Longest Day fundraiser. The Longest Day: A Benefit...
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Save Stereogum: An ‘00s Covers Comp
I started Stereogum in 2002 with a LiveJournal and a dream (to get free CDs). Seriously though, I started this site to discuss new music with strangers on the internet. Without all of you who comment...
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