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London Poems: High Street Haiku

Poetic comment on the plight of HMV and Blockbuster.

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London’s Top Dogs

A pack of memorable woofsters.

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In Pictures: Inside The 1960s Oxford Street HMV

Get nostalgic for old time record shopping

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Music Review: XFM’s Best New Bands 2011 @ The Borderline

Last night, the Borderline hosted XFM’s Best New Bands of 2011. But who came out on top?

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Music Review: Chilly Gonzales @ The Borderline

Is Chilly Gonzales the Next Big Thing? This eccentric rapper-turned-pianist may well just be…

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Live Music Review: Gaggle @ The Borderline

The alt-girl choir headlined the Borderline on Saturday as part of the HMV Next Big Thing 2011 series of gigs.

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Preview: HMV’s Next Big Thing

Catch new bands for 2011, with three bands for £10 at venues across London from next week.

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Film Review: London Zombie Flick ‘Colin’

You’re not supposed to give zombies names. It makes it easier to aim for their heads. But this one is called ‘Colin’, and you just can’t help to not want to kill him. Colin shows a unique perspective of what life is like for a …

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Marilyn Manson To Make HMV Appearance

Image / id-iom We rather suspect that the one-time scourge of American decency never recovered from being skewered by that brilliantly emasculating Onion article a few years ago. Still, the former shock-rocker continues to pump out albums, and to celebrate the release of his new …

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Jarvis Cocker Working At HMV

Quick! Put down your sandwich, run to HMV Oxford Street and keep an eye out for some bearded scruff behind the counter, because it’s likely to be Jarvis Cocker, man and legend. Instead of doing some incredibly boring signing event (queue, what’s your name, scribble, …

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HMV Goes Live

The Astoria and Metro are dead, but long live the HMV Apollo. HMV are buying 50% of the Hammersmith venue, and others, in a deal worth around £20m. The Apollo will experience yet another branding-based name change (previously Carling/Labatt’s) to “HMV”, as will the Forum …