Apr 27, 2010

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25/04/2010 | Alphabeat – O2 Academy, Oxford

Only a band like Alphabeat could divide the prepubescent front row kids from their obliging parents, with a sea of drunken twenty-something year olds. Despite a short set, they successfully pack it full to brimming with their retro 80’s style pop songs, trumping it only with their Ritalin requiring energy. Whilst Stein pays homage to the bands roots, sporting a vinyl laced hat,...

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Mar 25, 2010

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Alphabeat – The Beat Is

Alphabeat’s first album (This Is Alphabeat) was something of a guilty pleasure.  Filled with tunes oozing with pop, they were irresistible sing-a-long songs that had dance at their heart. The Beat Is seems however, to have nosedived in the direction of the Black Eyed Peas, switching sickly sweet for synthed bass. That being said, the songs are perhaps the dance anthems of the...

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