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Live Review: Justin Townes Earle – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 03.02.2015

Sobriety clearly agrees with Mr Townes Earle as he takes a full house on a relaxed tour through his career highlights with some unexpected detours along the way. The highly…

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Live Review: Peace / The Moon – Queens Social Club, Sheffield. 31.01.2015

A dank winter night in Sheffield didn’t dampen anyones enthusiasm as indie high rollers, err, rolled into town for a date at the Queens Social Club in the Steel City.…

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Live: Peter Perrett – Trades Club, Hebden Bridge 28.01.2015

Peter Perrett is living proof that there is absolutely no rhyme and reason to who becomes successful in the music biz. He was the frontman of the Only Ones who…

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Meet: We interview Dominic from rising indie band Peace

Peace have just embarked on a lengthy UK tour, with their sophomore record, Happy People, out on the 9th of February. I met up with drummer, Dominic Boyce, in between back-to-back dates…

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Album review: Justin Townes Earle – Absent Fathers

‘Wish I could say I know you/’cause lord, I Wanna Understand/Need you to now there’s nothing I want more in this world as a man.’ If you kick off you…

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See: Halestorm release new visuals for Apocalyptic

With the band’s third studio album ‘Into The Wild Life’ coming in April, Halestorm have recently released the video for the first single from their forthcoming album. ‘Apocalyptic’ is a…

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Album Review: The Primitives – Galore (expanded reissue)

One of the highlights of my student days in London was getting a ticket to a hot new band called The Primitives at the much missed Astoria. The NME (remember…

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Live Review: Mark Lanegan Band – Trades Club, Hebden Bridge 24.01.2015

One word immediately springs to mind battling through the crush of bodies towards the stage tonight: oversold. The Trades Club is heaving to capacity on this Saturday night of the…

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Film Review: Ex Machina

‘Dues Ex Machina’. Translation: God from the machine. A term which can be traced back to ancient Greek tragedy, where gods would often appear. It is more commonly used these…

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Backseat Mafia Podcast 001 – DJ Sarita

Introducing the Backseat Mafia Podcast… Welcome to our podcast series where we aim to bring you really very good DJ mixes on the third Friday of each month. Expect a range of…

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