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Track: Toy Car Shine On Alt-Rock Builder ‘Better Than Before’

Back with a bang following their BBC Radio 1 debut with ‘Rat Race’, Liverpool’s Toy Car release the elegant and explosive builder ‘Better Than Before’. Brilliantly constructed from start to…

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Gallery: Atreyu / Words That Burn – The Academy, Dublin 12.11.2023

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News: Electronic Maestro Fantomacs Takes Audiences On A Sonic Odyssey with New Album ‘Harmonious Fusion’

Berlin, now Switzerland based Fantomacs, the brainchild of Joerg Peters, shares the new new 8-track album, ‘Harmonious Fusion’. Led by the new single ‘Air Stream’, the release is a testament…

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Live Gallery: Bonnacons of Doom – Quarry, Liverpool 11.11.2023

By Daniel Kirby Bonnacons of Doom brought their Trans-Pennine hypnotics to Liverpool’s Quarry on Saturday, 11th November, to celebrate the release of their new album ‘Signs.’ Their second full-length LP,…

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Live Review: Inhaler / Blossoms / Soak – 3Arena, Dublin 12.11.2023

The band brought the final show of the Cuts & Bruises World Tour home with a splendid and vibrant homecoming show in Dublin 3Arena. The four piece performed what it…

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News: Canadian/Iranian Neo-Classical Pianist Arash Behzadi Shares The Delicate & Beautiful New Album ’11:11′

Renowned Canadian/Iranian Neo-Classical pianist and composer Arash Behzadi has returned with the spellbinding album ’11:11′. Arash Behzadi has carved a niche for himself in the realm of Neo-Classical music, known…

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Gallery: Fall Out Boy – Zénith De Paris, Paris 23.10.2023

We caught up with the mighty Fall Out Boy on their world tour – So Much (For) Stardust – recently, on their Paris date. First to come on stage was…

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Live Review: Squid / M(h)aol / Blue Bendy – Vicar Street, Dublin 25.10.2023 plus gallery

Squid returned to Dublin as part of their “O Monolith” tour, their second studio album. The band offered a previous show in the city back in May 2022. Following up…

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Live Review: Slowdive – The National Stadium, Dublin 6.11.2023 plus gallery

Slowdive played their first-ever Dublin show at the National Stadium in Dublin this past Monday with support from local post-punk Gurriers. The iconic shoe gaze band brought a mesmerising show…

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Live Review: Royal Blood / Hot Wax – Olympia Theatre, Dublin 31.10.2023

Royal Blood played the Olympia Theatre on Halloween night, 31st Oct 2023. Hot Wax opened the night leaving no one indifferent. The young band from Hastings in East Sussex was…

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