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Album Review: 10 000 Russos – ’10 000 Russos’

Photograph by Betânia Liberato 10 000 Russos, pronounced “dez mil russos” are the latest spell-weavers to join the illustrious Fuzz Club Records banner. I recently commented that Casper was perhaps a descendant of…

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News: Switzerland gears up for Edge of The Lake Festival

Nestled smack bang in the middle of the Swiss Alps and on the edge of idyllic Lake Géronde, the aptly named Edge of The Lake Festival returns for a ninth…

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Meet: 10 000 Russos interview

Photograph by Betânia Liberato 10 000 Russos eponymous debut LP was released on 20th May and is available in digital and cd formats. Vinyl in regular edition (limited to 500), and in deluxe…

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Track: Candy Darling – Going Straight

I was introduced to Candy Darling last July and was so happy to receive Emily’s recent email sharing their two new tunes. With ‘Going Straight’ they have moved away from…

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Meet: Fairport Convention’s Dave Pegg

Folk music is as hip now as it has ever been so it’s timely that Fairport Convention are back on the road because they completely revolutionised this most traditional of…

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Live Review: Teenage Fanclub – Trades Club, Hebden Bridge 26.05.2015

It’s been a strange couple of days for arguably our nation’s best songwriting team. Tonight they are playing a small socialist club in West Yorkshire to 180 hard core fans,…

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News: Terry Riley’s 80th Birthday

Lost Property, Brighton’s alternative arts collective, will be curating an event in celebration of Terry Riley‘s birthday on Saturday 27 June. The American composer, who turns 80 this year, will…

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Meet: We talk to David Gedge from The Wedding Present / Cinerama on ‘Valentina’

Any indie kid can instantly identify the trademark Wedding Present choppy guitars but main man David Gedge has a fascinating side line as Cinerema where he experiments with very different…

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Meet: Fink: music business is a big gamble

In the world where music is a product of consumption, often cheap, short on nutrition values, and is easy to dispose of when one gets bored of it, finding artists…

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