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Byline: Andrew Cowen

With their magpie instincts, deep grounding in rock's rich tapestry and post-rave sensibility, Primal Scream are the archetypal modern rock group.

No matter that they've been around since most of today's movers were in short trousers, Bobby Gillespie and his band of merry wastrels have the knack of staying close to the zeitgeist and pushing their art forward.

Lumbered with the acclaim of the classic Screamadelica which crystallised Britain's youth culture at the close of the 1980s, they have nonetheless continued to release ...

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