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EP: Tomberlin – Projections

Saddle Creek presents an intermediate release from the emerging songwriter, showcasing a broader expressive palette and more colorful arrangements After her lo-fi debut, At Weddings, Sara Beth Tomberlin takes a…

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Bitter Springs – ‘Hope Springs Eternal’: lost British indiepop classic, expanded

Nineteen years after its initial release, The Bitter Springs are hoping this hidden gem of an album will finally get the recognition it deserves with a vinyl re-release featuring additional bonus tracks

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EP Review: Bring Me the Horizon – ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’

Post Human: Survival Horror documents this wild, depressing, crazy period of history we're living through, whilst also embracing fun, ingenuity and creativity

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SEE: Black Country, New Road – ‘Science Fair’: a potent experimental tale

AFTER an agonisingly lengthy wait, South London experimental rock group Black Country, New Road have finally released a new single, bearing word of a debut album set to be released…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Keep Dancing Inc – ‘Embrace’ – new wave synthpop is worth the wait

This euphoric, if occasionally generic debut album from Keep Dancing Inc comes after a five-year wait, a wait that has evidently been worth it. With bouncing synths, fuzzy guitars and endless 80s nostalgia, Embrace will get you shaking those shoulder pads in no time

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Feature: The rise of the reaction video – and anyone can do it

YouTube. What would we do without it, right now? One of the few ways that remain of accessing ‘live gigs’ for starters – the ones you attended at least, whether…

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EP REVIEW: Fever 333 – ‘Wrong Generation’

FOLLOWING last year’s highly revered album Strength in Numb333rs, it was inevitable that that would not be the last we’d hear from Fever 333. Unfortunately, their new EP, Wrong Generation…

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NEWS: Alan McGee announces Creation Day festival for May ’21; tickets on sale tomorrow

A NEW festival has been announced for 2021 with a blast from the past … Creation Day, featuring Editors, Friendly Fires, Happy Mondays, Echo & The Bunnymen, Sleeper, Glasvegas and…

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TRACK: Hautajaisyö announce third album; hear ‘Kuolonkantaja’

Finnish Death metal band Hautajaisyö are set to release their third studio album. The new single “Kuolonkantaja” is out too. Now I’m not even a death metal fan, but this is a…

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Album Review: Machinedrum – ‘A View Of U’

As Machinedrum, LA-based producer Travis Stewart has been steadily outputting innovative records broadly influenced by rave, jungle, hip hop and soundsystem music for the past two decades. 2011’s breakthrough album…

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