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Webcuts Favourite Tracks of 2010 – Part 2

So that was 2010. What does Webcuts remember most about it? It's hard to say, really. The landscapes shift, the memories flickr and 365 days blur into one long unending soundtrack. One thing our favourite tracks of 2010 all had in common was that they appeared like one night stands that lingered a little longer than usual, almost all of them attached to a singular memory of the song being performed, either from a distance or elbows resting on the stage in mute admiration, or maybe just there emanating from a speaker aimed direct into our inner consciousness, refusing to budge.

By Craig Smith|2021-02-25T01:59:39+00:00January 3rd, 2011|Categories: Features|Tags: 2010, Arcade Fire, Best Of, Deerhunter, Frenchkiss, Inertia, LCD Soundsystem, Les Savy Fav, Maximum Balloon, MGMT, Remote Control, Shock, The Morning Benders, Twin Sister, We//Are//Animal, Wild Nothing|1 Comment

Way Out West Festival – Gothenburg – 13-14 August 2010

Way Out West Festival – Gothenburg – 13-14 August 2010

As regular as clockwork, and now for the third year running, Webcuts returned to Slottsskogen in Gothenburg, Sweden for the annual Way Out West Festival. With so much eclectic talent spread across the three days it was impossible to walk away empty-handed. No matter what your taste in music were, all bases were covered. This year, Electro-wizards Chemical Brothers, alterna-rock heroes Pavement, living legends Iggy Pop & The Stooges, hometown boy Håkan Hellström, rap overlords the Wu-Tang Clan, and the mesmerizing M.I.A. were just a few of the acts to thrilled the sell-out audience, and to keep the photographers on their toes...

By Craig Smith|2021-03-08T07:40:53+00:00August 25th, 2010|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: Anna Ternheim, Chemical Brothers, Christopher Sander, Die Antwoord, Festival, Iggy Pop, La Roux, Laura Marling, LCD Soundsystem, Lykke Li, M.I.A., Marina & The Diamonds, Panda Bear, Paul Weller, Pavement, Surfer Blood, The National, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Stooges, The xx, Way Out West, Wild Nothing, Wu Tang Clan|1 Comment

Splendour in the Grass – 2010 – Woodford

Splendour in the Grass – 2010 – Woodford

It's Summer festival time in Europe, but over in Australia it's Winter and Webcuts was there to brave the chill and celebrate Splendour in the Grass' tenth birthday with 32,000 others at the new Woodford location in Queensland. Over the three day weekend our reviewers witnessed a phenomenal selection of old and new favourites including -- Ash, Band of Horses, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Cloud Control, The Drums, Grizzly Bear, Jonsi, LCD Soundsystem, Paul Kelly, Pixies, School of Seven Bells, Scissor Sisters, The Strokes, Tame Impala, The Vines, Yeasayer, and believe it or not, a whole lot more!!

By Garry Thomson|2020-12-27T09:47:14+00:00August 11th, 2010|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2010, Ash, Australia, Band of Horses, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Broken Social Scene, Cloud Control, Festival, Frightened Rabbit, Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip, Jonsi, LCD Soundsystem, Mumford & Sons, Paul Kelly, Pixies, School of Seven Bells, Scissor Sisters, Splendour in the Grass, Tame Impala, The Drums, The Strokes, Yeasayer|2 Comments

LCD Soundsystem – Interview with James Murphy (Static, 2010)

LCD Soundsystem – Interview with James Murphy (Static, 2010)

During their recent visit to Australia for Splendour in the Grass we caught up with LCD Soundsystem's main man James Murphy who gave us reason to put away the hankies for LCD's much reported demise - "It’s not necessarily the last record. I would make another record. It’s more the end of this part – three records that go together, an arc. We became a bigger band than I ever expected. Something needs to stop, for me, for us all to be happy." He also waxes lyrical about making the record in the LA of his imagination, growing up and wanting kids, his Greenburg soundtrack experience and his many and varied future projects.