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TRACK: Ceremonial Bloodbath announce debut album – hear ‘Primitive’

VANCOUVER-based, horrendous death metal deformity Ceremonial Bloodbath have announced their debut album, The Tides Of Blood. The Tides Of Blood is a long-awaited album of dark death metal and of complete…

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SEE: Steve Hackett releases Hammersmith live set – watch a track

FORMER Genesis axeman Steve Hackett has released a live recording from his 2019 UK tour, entitled Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith. The album came…

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TRACK: Strange Bones feat. Bob Vylan – ‘Menace’

BLACKPOOL punk legends Strange Bones have released a brand new cracker of a single, ‘Menace’. ‘Menace’ is the result of the anger and frustration resulting from lockdown. The night before…

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Album Review: Mildlife – ‘Automatic’

Phase, the debut album by Australian band Mildlife, was a bonafide word of mouth discovery upon its release in early 2018. It’s mellow combination of groove propelled psychedelic jazz and…

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Track: Ben Burke – The Life I Left Behind

Up and coming Liverpool artist Ben Burke is set to release his newest single ‘The Life I Left Behind’ on 18thSeptember 2020, following the success of his previous singles ‘Leaving…

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NEWS: Gorillaz announce ‘SONG MACHINE: Season One – Strange Timez’ – watch the new Robert Smith collab

Gorillaz have announced the full collection of their Song Machine collection, featuring an expanding roster of collaborators captured live in Kong Studios and beyond. Entitled Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez,…

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News: Live music is back as Hamburg’s Reeperbahn Festival gets underway

Hamburg’s iconic annual Reeperbahn Festival’s organisers said right from the start of the pandemic that they would go ahead with this year’s event come what may and true to their…

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TRACK: Cardiacs release previously unheard track, ‘Vermin Mangle’

CARDIACS have shared a poignant farewell in the form of a previously unreleased song. “Vermin Mangle” was shared to mark the funeral of bandleader Tim Smith, who died in July…

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Track: PET SHIMMERS announce new album, share lead single ‘IMBER’

Indie Bristol-born outfit Pet Shimmers have announced their second album of 2020, Trash Earthers, also sharing the first single ‘Imber‘. The album will be released on 2nd October via their own PS Records.…

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See: Tokyo Taboo anger the Donald with ‘American Dream’ video

London alternative rockers have released their new single American Dream. Not only is it a hard rock banger charged with political satire, but it’s reaction and backlash has been causing…

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