The 405

Artist: Calexico
Album: Carried To Dust
Label: City Slang
Link: www.myspace.com/casadecalexico
Maybe it’s the fact that in a month or so i’ll be heading into that crazy place we call Mexico but this album really speaks to me and it really shouldn’t. It’s not that I don’t like the band, the split they did with Iron & Wine was pretty good but on [...]

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Travis - Ritz, Manchester (28/09/2008)
It’s ten to nine and I’ve arrived late, mainly because I wanted to miss the support group and mainly because I missed the early bus. It’s pretty packed in with smug marrieds and templates for thermal clothing catalogues and I begin to wonder if I’ve stumbled into the wrong gig.

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We’ve only been around for about 5 months now but in that time we’ve had some pretty damn good posts. So to celebrate that fact we’re going to take a look at the top 5 most popular posts we’ve had so far. 
Enjoy!
1. Our review of Deerhunter - Microcastles was a huge success. Maybe it was because we reviewed way [...]

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We’ve only been around for about 5 months now but in that time we’ve had some pretty damn good posts. So to celebrate that fact we’re going to take a look at the top 5 most popular posts we’ve had so far. 
Enjoy!
1. Our review of Deerhunter - Microcastles was a huge success. Maybe it was because we reviewed way [...]

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Here’s the exclusive video of Ra Ra Riot’s song ‘Too Too Too Fast’ which is taken from the forthcoming album The Rhumb Line (out on the 13th of October!). The next single, ‘ Ghost Under Rocks’ will be out later next month!
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Let us know what you think below!
www.myspace.com/rarariot

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The 405 would like to wish founder/president Aaron Hunt, a very happy birthday as he has reached the staggering age of 21 today!

Feel free to leave your birthday wishes for Aaron below!
- The 405 Team

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Artist: The Streets
Album: Everything is Borrowed
Label: 679
Link: http://www.the-streets.co.uk
Did anyone really like The Streets last album? I don’t think so. Not even the residual goodwill Mike Skinner built up with A Grand Don’t Come For Free and it’s blockbusting single ‘Dry Your Eyes’ stopped the backlash. There was just too little to like about the celebrity [...]

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Artist: The Lucky Face
Single: Underneath The City Lights
Label: White Label
Link: www.myspace.com/theluckyface
Sometimes timing is the key to having a great song. If your song is intrinsically linked with Summer, in terms of it’s vibe then you have to release the song at the right time or at least know people are going to hear it at the right time but [...]

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Ok, so this isn’t actually an album review but a very brief three track sampler EP review! Either way I felt this had to be reviewed.
If the name evades you basically Old School Tie are a kind of post-rocky band straight out of those badlands they call Birmingham. They cite Oceansize as big influences (great [...]

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Artist: The Keyz
EP: Superstar Gazer
Label: None
Link: www.myspace.com/thekeyzuk
I will shamefully divulge to you that if I get sent an album/single/EP by a band that has a crappy name or awful artwork I generally find it hard to muster up the enthusiasm to shove that circular disc into my laptop. It feels like I’m feeding a beloved pet [...]

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