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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 …

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NOTTING HILL post-punk legends Folk Devils are back with a strictly limited 10″ for Preston’s rather lovely Optic Nerve Recordings – their first new music …

HERE’S a cocktail recipe for a fine and refreshing musical draught.  Take Louisa Roach, better known for her political-mod pop alter-ego She Drew The Gun, …

THEY’VE been quietly releasing a track a day all week over on their Bandcamp page; and today Hoboken’s finest, Yo La Tengo, have gathered all …

UNORTHODOX former Sub Pop noiseniks No Age have got through some virusy distribution teething troubles and finally their new album Goons Be Gone, their second …

LARAAJI, the ambient musician, laughter therapist and even one-time stand-up born Edward Larry Gordon – who has even rubbed celluloid shoulders with Antonio Fargas, aka …