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News: Rosie Lowe announces debut album ‘Control’ & UK tour

Rosie Lowe is the latest what seems like an never ending production line of talented English singer/songwriters and on a wave of massive media hype she releases her debut album…

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Album review: Ashford & Simpson – Gimme Me Something Real (expanded edition)

Ashford & Simpson made their name knocking out tunes for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Aretha, Diana Ross and Chaka Khan before joining a long list of songwriters who one…

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Album review: The Long Ryders – Final Wild Songs

If the Flying Burritos invented country rock then the Long Ryders pretty much created Americana so it was always bizarre there was no decent retrospective of their impressive back catalogue.…

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Album Review: Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor

Panic! At The Disco have never shied away from the weird and the wonderful, every album has an electrifying creative spark and a wonderfully eclectic musical image. Ten years on…

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Album Reviews

Album Review: Suede — Night Thoughts

Suede* is the band that many forget actually kickstarted (or possibly hotwired) Britpop. Night Thoughts is Suede’s seventh album and only the second since their welcomed reunion in 2010, a…

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News: Smiths legend Mike Joyce pledges signed vinyl to record fair to help flooded record store

The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has donated some very rare signed vinyl to a special record fair that will help save Muse Music who lost their stock after floodwater ripped…

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Track: Cullen Omori – Cinnamon

By Ryan Jameson Weaver Not many people know this, but Smith Westerns were an incredibly special band. They crafted delectable teenage gospel in a way that was almost purposefully harking…

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Film

Obituary: Farewell to Alan Rickman – King of the Villains

That Alan Rickman was one of our great screen actors was really brought home to me in the underrated British classic Truly, Madly, Deeply – a movie that still make…

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Live Review: Slaves – 02 Academy, Leeds, 10.11.2015

Slaves; the two-piece from Tunbridge Wells that unexpectedly rose to fame in 2015. Their debut album reached number eight in the UK album charts, they played Glastonbury festival several times…

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Meet: Sid Griffin from The Long Ryders

In the midst of endless mid-80s synth pop the arrival on these shores of The Long Ryders with their swaggering fusion of country rock with punk attitude was a welcome…

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