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    • Premiere: W.o.W, aka Winston Ophelia Walkering, debuts new video for ‘Reverse Cowboy’

      Jim F, March 5, 2021
    • Premiere: Christine Ott – ‘Landscape’: haunting modern compositional pastoralism

      Chris Sawle, March 5, 2021
    • Premiere: Dumb Whales unleash effervescent new single Pollen

      Arun Kendall, March 3, 2021
  • Track / Video
    • Track: Liam Turner’s ‘Face the Music’ is a laid back cool breeze.

      Arun Kendall, March 6, 2021
    • Conrad Clipper – ‘Heron’s Book Of Dreams’: piano pastoralism from Berlin composer hiding in pseudonymity

      Chris Sawle, March 5, 2021
    • Track: Ritual Cloak – ‘White Noise’: an elegy for a friend in cooltempo electronica

      Chris Sawle, March 5, 2021
  • Album Reviews
    • Album Review: Underground Lovers surprise again with career collection of B for brilliant B sides in ‘Others’

      Arun Kendall, March 6, 2021
    • Album: The Pet Parade – Fruit Bats

      Mark Gannon, March 5, 2021
    • EP: Sadness and Complete Disappointment – Fun

      Craig Young, March 5, 2021
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    • Feature / Playlist: Factory Records – A complete Spotify discography

      Jim F, March 4, 2021
    • Soundtracks of Our Lives: Farmer Dave Scher

      Chris Sawle, January 22, 2021
    • Droppin’ Knowledge: A 10 Song Hopeful Playlist For A Time That Strains Hope

      MD Semel, January 19, 2021
  • Live Review
    • Live Review: Nebula Live In The Mojave Desert (stream)

      Lara Eidi, February 9, 2021
    • LIVE: Avatar Ages – ‘Age of Madness’ Review

      EmmaLouise, January 26, 2021
    • Live Review: Fantastic Negrito – Live at The Downtown Theatre (livestream) – 23.1.2021

      Lara Eidi, January 25, 2021
  • News
    • NEWS: A Certain Ratio announce EP for May, ‘ACR:EPA’; hear a first track, ‘Wonderland’: the Mancunian funk hot streak continues

      Chris Sawle, March 4, 2021
    • See: The video for Matt Emery’s ‘Anxiety Mist’: a samurai waiting for battle as told by solo cello

      Chris Sawle, March 4, 2021
    • Penelope Trappes announces final album in her trilogy; hear the sultry electronic noir of ‘Nervous’

      Chris Sawle, March 4, 2021
  • Not Forgotten
    • NOT FORGOTTEN: Snub TV: when British telly had a decent indie strand

      Chris Sawle, December 24, 2020
    • NOT FORGOTTEN: Mike Flowers and the Easy revival

      Chris Sawle, December 19, 2020
    • Premiere: The Apartments – I Don’t Give a Fuck About You Anymore’

      Arun Kendall, October 9, 2020
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Backseat DownunderMusicTrack / Video

Track: Liam Turner’s ‘Face the Music’ is a laid back cool breeze.

Arun Kendall, March 6, 2021

‘Face the Music, from Queensland native and Melbourne resident Liam Turner, is a laid back cool breeze that manages to meld a jazzy, louche air …

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Track: Brisbane’s Syrup pour out a tasty disco treat ‘Catch Your Flow’

Arun Kendall, March 6, 2021

Funking along at a frenetic pace with a bubbling bass and chunky guitars, ‘Catch Your Flow’ is a sparkling and bright piece of electronic disco …

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Album Review: Underground Lovers surprise again with career collection of B for brilliant B sides in ‘Others’

Arun Kendall, March 6, 2021

Not that long after releasing a superb collection of remixes spanning their career (reviewed by me here), Melbournes Underground Lovers have sprung another surprise album …

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Album: The Pet Parade – Fruit Bats

Mark Gannon, March 5, 2021

Eric D Johnson, aka Fruit Bats, has been releasing the most warmly wonderful folk-rock cosmic-americana for the past 20 years and marks that anniversary with …

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Glasgow Film Festival Review: Rosa’s Wedding

Rob Aldam, March 5, 2021

Families come in many shapes and sizes. Each unit is unique, with a complex mix of inter-dependent relationships and hard-won power dynamics. It’s natural in …

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Conrad Clipper – ‘Heron’s Book Of Dreams’: piano pastoralism from Berlin composer hiding in pseudonymity

Chris Sawle, March 5, 2021

CONRAD CLIPPER is the pseudonymous venture of a Berlin composer and multi-instrumentalist who has a focus on prepared, programmed and played piano. He’s lauded over …

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Track: Ritual Cloak – ‘White Noise’: an elegy for a friend in cooltempo electronica

Chris Sawle, March 5, 2021

CARDIFF duo Ritual Cloak is the meeting of Daniel Barnett, formerly of Samoans, and drummer and producer Andrew Sanders, in which musical space between them …

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Track: Panteon – ‘Nobody’: electric folk lushness from Berlin

Chris Sawle, March 5, 2021

CURRENTLY based in Berlin, singer-songwriter Yvonne Ambrée writes, records and produces all of her music under the guise of Panteon. She’s gradually unveiling her forthcoming …

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Premiere: W.o.W, aka Winston Ophelia Walkering, debuts new video for ‘Reverse Cowboy’

Jim F, March 5, 2021

Portland, ME’s W.o.W. Aka Winston Ophelia Walkering is releasing his new, second single Reverse Cowboy on 12th March, and ahead of it, we’re delighted to …

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Premiere: Christine Ott – ‘Landscape’: haunting modern compositional pastoralism

Chris Sawle, March 5, 2021

THE FRENCH composer and multi-instrumentalist Christine Ott can never be accused of running with the pack in her compositional aesthetic; down the years since her …

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News

NEWS: A Certain Ratio announce EP for May, ‘ACR:EPA’; hear a first track, ‘Wonderland’: the Mancunian funk hot streak continues

Chris Sawle, March 4, 2021
MusicNewsTrack / Video

See: The video for Matt Emery’s ‘Anxiety Mist’: a samurai waiting for battle as told by solo cello

Chris Sawle, March 4, 2021
MusicNewsTrack / Video

Penelope Trappes announces final album in her trilogy; hear the sultry electronic noir of ‘Nervous’

Chris Sawle, March 4, 2021
MusicNewsTrack / Video

Track: Tyne-James Organ’s mellifluous voice graces shimmering track ‘Sunday Suit’ off his newly announced debut album ‘Necessary Evil’

Arun Kendall, March 4, 2021
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Track: HIRAKI – The Alarmist

Greg Hyde, March 3, 2021
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