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On my radar: Hayden Thorpe's cultural highlights | Musique Non Stop

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Saturday, September 6, 2014

On my radar: Hayden Thorpe's cultural highlights

The Wild Beasts frontman on Dave Eggers, God's Own Junkyard, KORG's Gadget app and the best sourdough pizza place in London

Hayden Thorpe is the singer, guitarist and songwriter of rock band Wild Beasts. Growing up in Kendal, Cumbria, Thorpe met guitarist Ben Little and together they formed the duo Fauve. In 2004 drummer Chris Talbot and bassist Gareth Bullock (later replaced by Tom Fleming) joined the band, which was renamed Wild Beasts. Signed to Domino Records, they released their first album in 2008 and their second, Two Dancers, was nominated for the Mercury pize on 2010. The band's fourth LP, Present Tense, is out now, and they are playing Unknown festival in Rovinj, Croatia, on Wednesday 10 September.


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by Kathryn Bromwich via Electronic music | The Guardian

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