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Album Review: Evening Fires – ‘Where I’ve Been Is Places and What I’ve Seen Is Things’

‘Where I’ve Been Is Places and What I’ve Seen Is Things’ is, “the newest album in Evening Fires ongoing story. Once again recorded in the their ‘secret Appalachian den,’ “WIBIPAWISIT” was mastered…

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Meet: Henry Ruddell from Eagulls interview

It seemed like Eagulls were an overnight sensation when Six Music’s Steve Lamacq picked them as his favourite new band of 2013 but this tight knit Leeds five piece have…

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LIVE: Lisbon Psych Fest ’15 Highlights

First night at Lisbon Psych Fest one could already get a unique vibe from the people attending the shows. Colorful, peaceful and fun-loving, letting the driven guitar grooves and uplifting…

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Album Review: Paul Weller – ‘Saturns Pattern

Songwriter, national treasure, and eternal mod Paul Weller, now 56, could have carved out a nice little niche career playing various mod incarnations forevermore after his Jam and Style Council…

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See: In This Moment Unveil Sex Metal Barbie Video

In This Moment have recently released the video for Sex Metal Barbie from their 2014 effort Black Widow. The video, based around other peoples perceptions of the band was turned…

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Album review: I Am Kloot – Hold Back The Night

It seems to be a great mystery why smug dullards like Elbow are packing out arenas when the infinitely superior Kloot are operating a couple of levels below. This splendid…

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Album Review: 10,000 Maniacs – Twice Told Tales

‘In my Tribe’, the third album by Jamestown, New York band 10000 Maniacs released in 1987 remains in my top 50 albums of all time. The Wishing chair, their second…

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Track: Fehm – Eyes Full

Leeds based band Fehm have unleashed new track ‘Eyes Full’ from their EP ‘Animal Skin’ following on from the epic, ‘Hand To Mouth’ Fehm clearly have a love of…

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Live Review: Smoke Fairies – Hebden Bridge Trades Club, 26.4.15

After their second album got mixed reviews Smoke Fairies had a crisis of confidence questioning whether they should go on but this confident show made you glad they did. One…

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Live Review: The Gluts & White Hills – Bloom, Mezzago (Milano) 25.04.15

Ever since I had first clapped ears on The Gluts‘ debut LP ‘Warsaw’, I had been longing for the opportunity to see them play live. There was the small matter of…

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