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SEE: Epica release ‘Abyss Of Time’; announce new album

DUTCH symphonic metal giants Epica have announced the release of their new album, Omega. Omega is the band’s first studio album in five years. Epica have also released the first single from the album, entitled “Abyss…

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TRACK: Mayo Thompson & The Corky Band – Worried Worried

A MUSICIAN and visual artist who is best known as the leader of the avant-garde rock band Red Krayola, Mayo Thompson has released a wild live collaboration with The Corky…

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Album Review – Emmy the Great: April /月音

Emmy the Great (Emma-Lee Moss) released her fourth album on October 9th. ‘April /月音’ (the Chinese script, which translates as ‘Moon Sound’ on Google Translate but is given as ‘Mid-Autumn’…

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TRACK: Laura Groves – ‘Infinite Wisdom’: dreamy and glittering

NEWLY signed to Bella Union, Laura Groves has shared dreamy new track “Infinite Wisdom” and its accompanying video. The glittering track comes ahead of her new six-track EP A Private Road, which will be…

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SEE: Teen Creeps release new single, ‘Seeing Shapes’, ahead of second album

“SEEING Shapes’ is the first single taken from Forever, the new album by Belgian indie rockers Teen Creeps, set for release on January 22nd, 2021 on [PIAS] Recordings. An ode…

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TRACK: Firestations – ‘Small Island’: Lost Map alt-poppers return

ALT-POPPERS Firestations return with their new single “Small Island”, the first instalment of a new multi-EP project entitled Automatic Tendencies; and their first new music on Lost Map since their…

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TRACK: Vera Hotsauce – ‘Ricochet’: railing against the wrongs

THE ARTIST’S name suggests that we’re in for a giggle to British ears, as it hints of something out of a 1960s’ Carry On film or a Frankie Howerd sketch.…

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Album Review: Horse Meat Disco – ‘Love And Dancing’

FROM their revered tenancy that began on New Year’s Day, 2004 at The Eagle in Vauxhall, DJs Luke Howard, Severino Panzetta, James Hillard and Jim Stanton – collectively known as Horse…

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TRACK: Emma Miller releases new track ‘Sail Away’ ahead of debut EP

AHEAD of the hotly anticipated release of her debut EP coming this November, Scottish folk singer Emma Miller has released the a taster in the shape of second track “Sail…

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EP: Suuns – Fiction

One thing about all this quarantining and distancing is that we’re being forced to find creative ways to do the things we’ve always done, and this is something that music…

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