A NEW DECADE

NEW YEAR. NEW START. FRESH NEW ARTISTS

FOALS - JAMES BLAKE - ADELE - KURT COBAIN - KINGS OF LEON - QUEEN

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UK: £3.99 EURO: €4.49ISSUE 19 FEBRUARY 2011

THE NEW COMERS TO THE MUSIC SCENE

ADELEALL ABOUT THAT VOICE

COLD WAR KIDS NEW ALBULM ‘MINE IS YOURS’

FREE MUSICOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE

WANDA JACKSON ON ELVIS AND ME

ONE TO WATCH - ELLIS HEDGES

START THE YEAR WITH A BANG

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CONTENTSISSUE 19

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FEATURES

FASHION

36 JAMES BLAKE DD

42 COLD WAR KIDS

46 ONES TO WATCH

58 FOALS

60 CHASE AND STATUS

62 ADELE HITTING AMERICA FILM + GAMES

GIG GUIDE

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10 UNSIGNED NEWS

15 OUR BLOGS

18 TOP 10 CHARTS

20 IN THE WORKING

21 OUR FAVORITES

23 TOP TWEETS OF THE MONTH

24 COVER STORY: ELLIS HEDGES

REGULARS

82 LASTEST REVIEWS

86 TOP GAMES

90 BEST OF 2010 (FILM + GAMING)

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68 GRAMMY PREVIEW

69 BRIT AWARDS PREVIEW

70 WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH

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it suits them so if you don’t like it then deal with it because I like it. While listening to them I decided to do some research on them and found they come from the same area as me ‘Bir-mingham’ that made me de-

A NEW SOUNDAN UPCOMING BAND

As it’s a new year, we at Unsigned Mag-azine thought we

would find a new and up-coming band to start your new year of with a bang. With some heavy looking in the office were com-pletely in love with this

IN THE PHOTO LEFT TO RIGHT: LUKE THOMAS, JAMES LEWIS AND HARRY BRAMWELL

why they are in suits which give “WHICH GIVE THEM

”cided to do some re-search on them and found they found

found they come from the

A BAND TO ROCK THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

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this band for that whole day until I threw the speak-ers out of the window.

The band call themselves ‘suited’ I suppose that explains the reason why they are in suits which give them the Plan B look but it suits them so if you don’t like it then deal with it because I like it. While listening to them I decided to do

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walking past heard the noise and really liked the music coming from them. After that they started playing in the clubs in Birmingham and then hit the big time with a club in London. After the success of the London club the band went back to Bir-mingham where they were then approached by a record producer from Columbia

A NEW SOUND

same area as me ‘Birmingham’ that made me decide to then interview with them just for you guys at Unsigned.

Later that week the band arrived at the of-fice where we started to have a chat about their upcoming success. The band con-sists of band members Luke Thomas, Har-ry Bramwell and James Lewis who all come from the lively Birmingham area who all faced a tough climb to where they are now.

The band formed in late November 2003 in Luke’s garage to play some random tunes when people walking past heard the noise and really liked the music coming from them.

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walking past heard the noise and really liked the music coming from them. After that they started playing in the clubs in Birmingham and then hit the big time with a club in London. After the success of the London club the band went back to Bir-mingham where they were then approached by a record producer from Columbia

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