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News: Thee Hypnotics reform ahead of Vinyl Anthology, announce European tour dates

A heavyweight vinyl anthology, including rare and unreleased material from 90s hell-raising rock’n’rollers Thee Hypnotics, is due out via Beggars Arkive, with an accompanying tour this April. Taking their cues…

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Album Review: Jim Ghedi – A Hymn for an Ancient Land

A Hymn for Ancient Land is not an album I could listen to while doing anything else. It would be like texting while taking a walk in a breath-taking landscape…

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Track: Peggy Gou – It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)

Following on from a spate of brilliant releases on labels such as Rekids, Phonica White and Technicolour, Korean-born, Berlin residing producer Peggy Gou is set to releaase her new EP,…

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See: Robert Plant Reveals new live video for Season’s Song

Following the release of his much lauded eleventh studio album Carry Fire, which debuted in the top three in the UK album Chart, Robert Plant has released a live recording…

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News: Trampolene announce April UK tour dates

Fresh from supporting Liam Gallagher on his triumphant sold out arena tour in December and releasing their debut album ‘Swansea To Hornsey’ (October), Welsh wonders TRAMPOLENE have announced a twelve-…

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See: James Blake releases new track / video for ‘If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead’, plus European tour dates

Thing with having your own Radio 1 Residency is it’s the ideal place to premiere your own material, which is exactly what James Blake did last night. It’s another surprise…

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Obituary: Industrial musician Jeremy Inkel dead at 34

The world of electronic industrial music has been saddened to learn of the sudden recent death of Canadian keyboard player and programmer Jeremy Inkel due to complications arising from an…

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Premiere: Evil Blizzard release new video for ‘Fast Forward Rewind’

Preston five piece Evil Blizzard return with their first material in two years, a single called ‘Fast Forward Rewind’, out on February 12th via their own newly founded ‘Crackedankles Records’.…

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Track: Vowws – Esseff

“‘Esseff’ is like James Bond spy music updated for the modern world”, say LA-via-Australian based duo Vowws. “We wanted to create a sound that felt like you were being chased…

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News: Soul II Soul embark on Club Classics Vol 1 30th Anniversary tour

Iconic British band Soul II Soul will embark on a landmark tour of the UK in 2018 marking 30 years of hugely influential success, paying tribute to their legendary debut…

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