NME - 21 June 2014

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Kasabian
They’ve just released their fifth LP ’48:13’ and they’re about to headline Glastonbury. Joining Tom and Serge backstage in Ireland, Greg Cochrane finds the last decade’s rock’n’roll survivors ready to own this summer
La Roux
Phil Hebblethwaite unpicks the drama behind Elly Jackson’s split from recording partner Ben Langmaid, and the futuristic disco masterpiece that was born out of it...
Parquet Courts
Liz Pelly meets the prickly DIY foursome in Brooklyn and fins that their latest record reveals more about the band than ever before
From The Vaults: Nick Cave, 1984
It’s 30 years since Cave’s first solo album was released. We revisit Don Watson’s classic NME interview
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