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News: Mdou Moctar Release Full Concert Performance ‘The Agadez Folders: Live At Sultan’s Palace’

Last year, the members of Mdou Moctar convened in Niger to complete their then-unfinished album, Funeral For Justice, and to capture a series of live sets in the region surrounding Agadez,…

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News: Bonobo Shares New Track ‘Expander’ Via Ninja Tune

Released via NinjaTune, “Expander” cuts a slice of unmistakable Bonobo, deftly weaving organic vocals and instrumentation with peak-time dance-floor sensibilities that set it up to become one of the songs of the summer. Following…

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News: Alice In Chains Announce 15th Anniversary Reissue Of ‘Black Gives Way To Blue’

Craft Recordings celebrates the 15th anniversary of Alice In Chains‘ seminal 2009 album, Black Gives Way to Blue, with a special vinyl reissue. The LP, out-of-print since its original release and a long-sought treasure for hard rock devotees,…

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News: Joanne Shaw Taylor Releases New Single ‘Hold Of My Heart’ Featuring Violinist Sav Madigan

Renowned blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor has released her brand new single, “Hold Of My Heart”, available now on all major streaming platforms. A twangy, Americana-infused track featuring the exceptional…

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Track: Nate Bergman Covers My Chemical Romance’s ‘Helena’

Nashville by way of D.C. singer-songwriter, Nate Bergman has shared a soul-stirring cover of the My Chemical Romance enormo-hit ‘Helena’, twenty years after its original release. Bergman has now put his own distinctive,…

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Track: Charly Bliss – Back There Now

Charly Bliss has shared their new track ‘Back There Now’, the final single from their anticipated new album Forever, which is due out this Friday via Lucky Number. The song…

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Track: Crimson Veil – Ribbons

With their debut album ‘Hex’ due next month via Reigning Phoenix Music, Shamanic UK alternative metal collective Crimson Veil have shared the fourth single ‘Ribbons’. A track about when too many choices…

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Track: 2Far2Jump – Shadows

Guilford rockers 2far2jump have released their new single, ‘Shadows’, the first of five brand-new singles by the band. The band state: Shadows is a song that narrates through some of the…

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Feature: Rumin Give Us A Track By Track Of Their New EP Horizontal/Vertical

HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL is a collection of the first three songs that have been created by RUMIN. It is a totally self-produced recording, done on a zero budget. Drums were captured by Andy Ellis…

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Meet: Rumin (Short For Ruminate)

A project long in the running, Rumin have unveiled their first EP, releasing the first recordings into the world. We caught up with this band to find out the back…

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