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News: Massive Attack’s Climate Action Music Festival Set to Rock Bristol – more details and line up announced

Jim F May 3, 2024

Bristol is gearing up for a groundbreaking event this summer as Massive Attack’s climate action music festival, ‘Act 1.5’, takes center stage on August 25th, 2024, at Clifton Downs. Powered by Ecotricity x Grid Faeries, this all-day extravaganza promises to be a game-changer in the fight against climate change, aiming to be the lowest carbon …

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Album Review: Wilding scatters a joyous irreverent hue into the universe with his scintillating new album ‘Whatever I Am’

Arun Kendall May 3, 2024

The Breakdown Wilding is back in better form than ever, with an album laced with his trademark irreverent sense of humour and a draftsman’s eye for details of the vagaries of the human condition. Half A Cow Records – 9.0 it’s been nearly four years since one of our favourite artists, Naarm/Melbourne’s Wilding, released ‘The Death …

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News: Mannequin Death Squad want to play it ‘Safe And Warm’ with DZ Deathray’s Shane Parsons, along with news of release date for upcoming album

Andrew Fuller May 3, 2024

Australian punk duo, Mannequin Death Squad have teamed with DZ Deathray’s Shane Parsons in latest single, ‘Safe And Warm‘. It is the third song the band have released since their debut album broke in 2022. ‘Safe And Warm‘ sees the band pursue their signature firebrand style, with a raucous and fast-paced song that is certainly …

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Track/Video: Producer/composer Àbáse previews his re-energised new album ‘Awakening’ with the elevating afro-funk of ‘Menidaso (My Hope)’.

John Parry May 2, 2024

Hungarian keyboardist and producer Szabolcs Bognár aka Àbáse has been on the ‘one to watch’ list for a while now. A cornerstone in the Budapest nu-jazz/ afro-beat scene as a band leader, his first solo album, ‘Laroyê‘ in 2021 turned muso heads in his direction with its seamless weave of soulful beats, West African vibes …

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Live Gallery: Chelsea Cutler Live At The Metro Theatre, Sydney 02.05.2024

Deb Pelser May 2, 2024

Sydney’s Metro Theatre comes alive with the vibrant and heartfelt sounds of Chelsea Cutler

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