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News: Mando Diao Share New Single and Announces London Show As Part Of European Tour
Track: Melbourne’s Hooper Crescent experience a little jaunty ‘Karaoke Love’ ahead of ‘Essential Tremors’ album release.
Premiere: ‘Don’t You Dare Go All Sentimental On Me’ – open up the False Peak Records Advent Calendar window as Dänmark are back with another brooding delight ahead of the label’s 5th Summit Instore Crawl
Say Psych: News: Manchester Psych Fest announces first bands for 2024 edition
Premiere: Stream Taylor Pearlstein’s stunning new EP Perfect Blue, out tomorrow
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News: Mando Diao Share New Single and Announces London Show As Part Of European Tour

Craig Young November 30, 2023

The Swedish rock-icons Mando Diao keep on rockin’ 20 plus years down the line and are more motivated and active than ever before. Just working on their latest studio album in English ”Boblikovs Magical World” which took them to all the main festivals during the past two summer and generated the top radio smash-hits ”Frustration” …

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Track: Melbourne’s Hooper Crescent experience a little jaunty ‘Karaoke Love’ ahead of ‘Essential Tremors’ album release.

Arun Kendall November 30, 2023

Melbourne art pop band Hooper Crescent are developing an impressive body of highly original tracks that are about to be released in an album, ‘Essential Tremors’, due out on 5 February 2024 through Spoilsport Records and Earth Libraries. As a taster, they today release the single ‘Karaoke Love’ which is a jaunty, spiky slice of …

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Premiere: ‘Don’t You Dare Go All Sentimental On Me’ – open up the False Peak Records Advent Calendar window as Dänmark are back with another brooding delight ahead of the label’s 5th Summit Instore Crawl

Arun Kendall November 30, 2023

It’s that time of the year again when the illustrious False Peak Records deliver a tempting Advent Calendar of delights in the lead up to Christmas – 24 mysterious offerings released progressively over the next month. We are very honoured to premiere the first treat in the form of the new single from the enigmatic …

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Say Psych: News: Manchester Psych Fest announces first bands for 2024 edition

Le Crowley November 30, 2023

Manchester Psych Fest announces Baxter Dury, The Horrors, Temples, NewDad, Mdou Moctar, Juniore and more in the first wave of its bands for their 2024 edition which will take place on 31 August 2024 in venues across the city. Following on from its 10th birthday earlier this year, Manchester Psych Fest 2024 will bring Baxter Dury and The …

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Premiere: Stream Taylor Pearlstein’s stunning new EP Perfect Blue, out tomorrow

Gareth O Malley November 30, 2023

A couple of weeks back, we wrote about ‘The Difference’, the current single from Brooklyn’s Taylor Pearlstein, signalling the release of her new EP. The full thing is almost here in its full cinematic glory, Pearlstein’s knack for arrangement and storytelling prowess showing that she’s a cut above the rest when it comes to the …

Live Review plus Gallery: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 11.11.23.

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News: Beartooth move London headline show to OVO Wembley Arena

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