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Staff Spotify Playlists #1 – Mark Salmon, Photographer
In the first of a fortnightly Friday series of Staff Spotify Playlists, photographer Mark Salmon shares his musical delights for Counteract readers to enjoy.
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Introducing: JAWS
Birmingham is churning out a lot of promising bands right now, and it looks like new band on the scene JAWS are going to be another one.
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Introducing: Death at Sea
It’s easy to get caught up in the aesthetics of a lot of artists right now, but Liverpool based Death at Sea have got a polaroid authenticity that a lot of bands try (and fail) to attain.
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Introducing: Alt-J
Shortcut symbols, keystrokes and Apple; they aren’t called triangle but Alt+J.
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Introducing: Bleached
There is no doubt that when Mika Miko brought their reign of reckless abandon to an end way back in 2009, tears were shed.
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Introducing: Corelli
Corelli have the power to make anything sound romantic. They could sing about putting a shelf up if they wanted, it would still pluck on your heart strings.
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Introducing: Channel Cairo
As far as introductions go, finding out that a kidnapping contributed to a band’s name is a shocking one, and a tale we are sure they won’t tire of telling.
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Introducing: Outfit
Straight from Liverpool, home of the Beatles, we bring you Outfit, a five-piece so good that we just had to share them.
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Introducing: Shields
Working with the Double Grammy Award-winning Adrian Bushby, (who has worked with Foo Fighters, Muse, Maximo Park and Placebo to name a few) their sound is distinctive and catchy – once you hear a track, you’re guaranteed to be humming along for the rest of the day.
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Introducing: Gardens & Villa
After the collapse of a post-punk band, Gardens & Villa dropped their roots in 2008 and grew just like a well watered shrub would be expected to in sunny California. Which, coincidentally is where the five piece hail from.
