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  • The 405 meets Big Deal
  • 405 Retrospective: Edition One
  • The 405 meets Dungeonesse
  • Top 5 Songs About Robots
  • The 405 meets Big Deal
  • 405 Retrospective: Edition One
  • The 405 meets Dungeonesse
  • Top 5 Songs About Robots
  • The 405 meets Big Deal

    by Rosie Lord, 24 May 2013

    In California, June Gloom is the period at the end of Spring when the sun goes in, and the collective mood of the state drops. "I guess you don't really get that here… because the weather is always terrible" laughs Kacey Underwood. He's not wrong, as we sit in a little pub on a typically cloudy London morning. [read more]

  • 405 Retrospective: Edition One

    by Larry Day, 24 May 2013

    Welcome to our new monthly column, the 405 Retrospective. Each month we'll aim to take a stroll down memory lane and remember some of the great music of the past – with so much music being released every week, we often forget that there's countless artists, records and songs already out there, just waiting to be rediscovered. [read more]

  • The 405 meets Dungeonesse

    by Gareth O'Malley, 23 May 2013

    Collaborative projects are always interesting, and Dungeonesse's self-titled debut album is the sound of two people stepping well outside their respective comfort zones. Jon Ehrens and Jenn Wasner don't see their new project as a self-contained band; they're more like a songwriting team for hire, or so Ehrens told me in my email interview with him. [read more]

  • Top 5 Songs About Robots

    by Tom Baker, 23 May 2013

    All music in the future is going to be made by robots. Did you know that? I mean, I know some of it already is, but I mean actual robots. Those androids that covered 'Ace of Spades' were a little loose, but they'll only get better. Stronger. Faster...ahem. I for one welcome our new cybernetic overlords, and humbly submit this pantheon of tunes about shiny metal mechanical people for their (and your) binary assessment. [read more]

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