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NEWS: ‘One-man Beatles’ Emitt Rhodes dies aged 70

IT HAS been reported from the States that the psych-pop singer-songwriter once dubbed ‘the one-man Beatles’, Emitt Rhodes, has died at the age of 70. Californian-born Emitt moved through a…

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SEE: Ed Harcourt returns, ‘Drowning in Dreams’

FOLLOWING his last album, 2018’s Beyond The End, dashing singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt has announced his ninth studio album, which is due in mid-September, will also be a set free of…

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SEE: Max Cooper – ‘Swarm’: infectious IDM with an environmental edge

FOR me, Max Cooper has been one of those people whose tracks come on during Mary Anne Hobbs’ 6Music show in the car, and I think: “Wow, what was that?,”…

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Meet: Charley Keigher of King of the Slums

KING OF THE SLUMS came snarling out of inner-city Manchester in 1986, full of condensed vignettes of raw city living, distorted violins and a deep, dark vision. After a hiatus, they're back, with current round-up of recent work, 'Our Favourite Trainers', available now - we caught up with creative kingpin Charley Keigher for a chat - he also gave us a couple of exclusive photographs. Do read on ...

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ALBUM REVIEW: Gunther Wüsthoff – ‘[to|dig]ital’: deep tronica from the Faust man’s vault

BUREAU B is one of those beautifully interesting labels – nein, curators – out there on the fringes, lovingly delving in the depths of the crates, remastering and compiling, making…

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TRACK: IYEARA bring the darkwave to Mark Lanegan’s ‘Playing Nero’

IF THERE’S any musician out there currently writing and recording who you can say has absolutely lived it, that accolade must surely go to former Screaming Trees man Mark Lanegan.…

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PREMIERE: See The Citrus Clouds’ ‘A Pastel Sky’: a marvellous shoegaze rush

PHOENIX, Arizona is a place for amazing skies: we know this from that famed Orb sample of Rickie Lee Jones in childhood wonderment as used on their ambient-tech crossover hit,…

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TRACK: Mary Lattimore – ‘Sometimes He’s In My Dreams’: ethereal delicacy with Slowdive’s Neil

IT’S a collaboration to make any lover of ethereal soundscapery’s mouth water. Last heard of, solo, with her luscious Hundreds of Days set back in 2018, Los Angeleno harpist Mary…

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TRACK: Nick Faber – ‘Soon You’ll Be Mine’: bringing back the bayou

SOMETIMES inspiration hits in the most unexpected circumstances: a chance trigger, if you will, that sets you on a new course. And so it was with Fabyl and Appleseed Cast…

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SEE: Emily Barker – ‘The Woman Who Planted Trees’: bell-clear Americana

EMILY BARKER, the British-based, Wallander theme-gracing singer-songwriter, has released a beautifully animated lyric video for her track “The Woman Who Planted Trees”, ahead of her new album, A Dark Murmuration…

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