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News: Giving some back: Drew Daniels releases anarcho punk covers set

COMING just weeks after Thrill Jockey put out his politically charged, drifting, textured set Shall We Go on Sinning So That Grace May Increase?, The Soft Pink Truth – Drew…

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Gettin’ under the covers: Death Valley Girls new 7″

LA glam-punkers Death Valley Girls are looking to drill further into that hole in yo’ soul with a brace of cover versions out on limited 7” from this Friday, June…

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LISTEN: LOCK SHOCK – Reclaim Vienna surprise single

LOCKDOWN hasn’t been all bad: we all have friends who’ve suddenly been able to invest time in hobbies and develop themselves, beit gardening, painting or writing. All that extra time…

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Track: Andy Bell remixes bdrmm’s ‘Reason To Celebrate’

IT’S a marriage made in (sonic) heaven: new-skool Yorkshire shoegazers bdrmm have debuted a remix of their current single, “Reason To Celebrate” by Ride man Andy Bell. Working under his…

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See: watch the video for Sea Girls’ latest single, Do You Really Wanna Know?

BOUNCY London guitar popsters Sea Girls have unveiled the video for their latest single, “Do You Really Wanna Know?” For the clip, Italian animator Francesca de Bassa has taken photos…

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NEWS: Classic Creedence set gets half-century deluxe treatment

DELUXE vinyl reissue imprint Craft Recordings are marking the half-century of southern swamp rockers Creedence Clearwater Revival’s classic Cosmo’s Factory with a heavyweight vinyl remaster. The album, set for general…

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Album review: The Wolfhounds – Electric Music

A FEW days ago, I wrote in a review that you can’t keep a good genre down; necessarily, it follows that you can’t keep a great band down. And a…

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NEWS: Haiku Salut to live stream new film score

DERBYSHIRE post-folk trio Haiku Salut have announced a lockdown live stream of a new, alternative score they have composed for the Studio Ghibli animated classic, Spirited Away. Their new accompaniment…

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Album Review: Modern Nature – Annual

JACK COOPER has had a mercurial musical decade. Cast your mind back ten years and you’d have found him in that harbour of all things leftfield, FatCat, plying his trade…

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Album review: Windy & Carl – Allegiance and Conviction

DEARBORN, Michigan, isn’t necessarily a name that trips off the tongue when you think of musical powerhouses; but this little satellite city of Detroit is a quiet mecca for fans…

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