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Video of Hurts performing new song at Budapest’s Sziget festival as well as Placebo footage too!

Last week we posted about Budapest’s Sziget Festival which featured live streaming video performances from Placebo and Hurts. For those that didn’t get to see it, we’ve got video!

Hurts played a brand new ballad as well the title track from their debut LP, Happiness.

View both as well as Placebo performing their classic Every You Every Me and a chilling cover of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill.
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Posted on August 15, 2012 in Music News, Videos | Tagged Hurts, Kate Bush, Placebo, Sziget Festival |

Under The Covers with 80s Classics

The 80s sound that we all grew up with is making a revival. Modern bands such as New Division, Cut Copy, Glass Candy, Computers Want Me Dead and many more are putting out new records that take the classic 80s synth sounds and make them relevant again. While we are big fans of these new bands, we thought it would be proper to pay tribute to the original 80s classics in our Under The Covers series.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 in Under The Covers | Tagged Chain Gang Of 1974, Elbow, Ivy, Pet Shop Boys, Placebo, Sleepthief, The National |

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