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News: North of England Reggae / Soul festival Love 4 Music Festival announces headliner Dawn Penn

Ahead of their first festival year, The Love 4 Music Festival organisers have a modus operandi that their audience associate with well-run, easy-going events. With soul, funk and reggae music currently underrepresented…

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News: Jamie T’s “Panic Prevention” and “Kings & Queens” albums re-issued on vinyl

After many years of being out of print, Jamie T has announced his first two albums have been reissued on Vinyl, and are available now. Panic Prevention was the Mercury…

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Track: Drugzz – Someone Other Than Me

Drugzz, aka Nashvilles Sam Krager, is set to release his debut single ‘Someone Other Than Me’ via Super Serious Records on March 2nd. Of the track, he says “Someone Other…

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News: Lonelady reveals Manchester Installation

LONELADY PRESENTS: Scrub Transmissions / TRANSMISSION COMMENCES 18TH FEBRUARY Warp’s LoneLady can now announce a temporary installation project, in which she has embedded an mp3 device into a patch of…

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Track: Drinks – Real Outside

Drinks, the collaborative project between White Fence’s Tim Presley and Cate Le Bon’s err…..Cate Le Bon, have reconvened for a second album, titled Hippo Lite. Its a follow up to…

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News: Desertfest London line-up, plus day splits now available

DESERTFEST LONDON have announced their day splits and put individual day tickets on sale, which means you can finally start planning your Desertfest weekend. FRIDAY sees KOKO back in the Desertfest fold and, as…

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Track: Dr Octagon – Octagon Octagon

It’s been a while coming, but after a couple of decades Kool Keith, Dan The Automator and DJ Qbert have reunited as Dr. Octagon to record the long awaited follow…

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Track: 808INK – Come Down

London rap collective 808INK, aka vocalist Mumblez BlackInk and instrumental lynchpin 808 Charmer, are following up last years impressive ‘Flexing (Side A)’, ‘When I’m About, You’ll Know’ EP, out March…

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News: Dodgy announced as opening act for the Britrock Must Be Destroyed tour

Seminal Britrock power-pop trio Dodgy have been announced as the opening act on the Britrock Must Be Destroyed tour in May. With 12 Top 40 singles and over a million…

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Album Review: Montero – Performer

A mainstay in the Australian underground/indie scene, having previously been part of, or at least worked with the likes of Early Woman, Treetops and Holiday Maker, Ben Montero is back…

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