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News: Joanna Newsom announces new live dates

American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom has added a load of new dates to her already much acclaimed tour. In a recent press release, her label, Drag City, proclaimed: With greater velocity…

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Album Review: Parquet Courts – Monastic Living EP

Parquet Courts, the Indie Rock band hailing from New York City, have been trolling the musical community for about a year now since releasing their last album under the moniker…

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Live Review: Sex Witch at Green Man Festival 22.08.15

There had been much curiosity surrounding the identity of the mystery guests who were booked in the Saturday evening of Green Man festival. Names had been thrown around, but no…

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Live Review: Slug at Green Man Festival 21.08.15

As soon as Slug stepped on to the Far Out Stage at Green Man Festival, it was clear their set would be one to remember. Front man and Slug pioneer…

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Album Review: Seluah – Phase III

Seluah’s sophomore album Phase III is one that’ll snake around your brain as you sink into its layered sprawling mass of sound. Advertising itself as a psychedelic/noir album, Phase III…

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Album Review: Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf

It’s always tricky to review an album where the lyrics are primarily in an unknown language, especially in Gwenno’s Welsh mother tongue. Yet with ex-Pipette’s solo debut, Y Dydd Olaf,…

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Live Review: Run the Jewels – The Forum, London 7.6.15

Kentish Town Forum was packed from front to back come 9.15pm, when Run the Jewels took to the stage. Killer Mike (from Atlanta) and El-P (from New York City) are…

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Album Review: Gengahr – A Dream Outside

A lot of the time these days we’re constantly reminded that yes; guitar music is dead, or no; guitar music isn’t dead. Then we have punky bands like The Vaccines,…

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Album Review: Palma Violets – Danger in the Club

The London based Indie Rock outlet Palma Violets broke through to the mainstream with their debut album 180, released in 2013, after a successful lead single and significant promotion from…

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Album Review: Björk – Vulnicura

Very few solo artists are as diverse and experimental as Björk. In a career spanning 22 years (not counting her album released when she was 12), she’s released music ranging…

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