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News: Final Cambridge Folk Festival line-up announced

Singing Scottish twins The Proclaimers are the latest big name added to the Cambridge Folk Festival bill joining veteran peacenik Joan Baez, posh troubadour Frank Turner, Joan Armatrading and Wilko…

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Remembering: An Interview with Kim Fowley

A chat with Kim Fowley: On poetry, rock and roll, Hollywood, and his least favorite L.A. punk band by Kimberly J. Bright The infamous Hollywood music, ubiquitous talent spotter, songwriter,…

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Album Review: Mark Lanegan Band – A Thousand Miles of Midnight

Since forming the Screaming Trees in the mid-1980s Mark Lanegan has been viewed as a welcome figure on the alternative rock periphery. He has collaborated with everyone from Queens of…

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Meet: Beat Spacek

Beat Spacek is the latest solo incarnation of UK vocalist and producer Steve Spacek. Having invited much attention at the turn of the century with his broken soul project, Spacek,…

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See: PVRIS Release Video For ‘White Noise’

Boston-based alternative rock trio PVRIS have teamed up with Nylon for the premiere of their new haunting video for White Noise. Directed by Raul Gonzo, the concept behind the video…

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Live review: The Lovely Eggs at the Trades Club, Hebden Bridge.

When a singer is hammered on stage it is usually incredibly irritating but tonight it actually adds to the anarchy this talented duo seem to thrive on. When Holly Ross…

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Album Review: Union Blak – Street English

Despite the fact that it has now been out for over a month, it is surely not too late to welcome an album which overwhelmingly defies the commonly-heard aphorism that…

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Track: Laura Marling – False Hope

Knowing very little, in fact nothing at all about Laura Marling, I did what any normal muso with OCD would do and checked my collection. The closest I could get…

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Track: Bred For Pleasure – Better then This pt.2

Out now on Lower East is the debut release from Bred for Pleaasure, a duo comprising of South African producer Quinin Christian (notable for engineering the likes of Rudimental, Bondax…

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Track: Crocodiles – Crybaby Demon

“Who needs the future when the past tastes so good?” is something you might hear Brandon Welchez shout over to his band mate, Charles Rowell, as they hurtle down a…

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