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Track: Isle of Wight beach punks REMINDERS share new single ‘Seaside Scampi’

Isle of Wight beach punks Reminders are back with a pre lock down demo song that was sitting around gathering dust, due to the lack of togetherness that bands normally…

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Album Review: Lianne La Havas – Lianne La Havas

Lianne La Havas makes her triumphant return from a semi-unintentional five year hiatus with her third self-titled album, released 17th July on Warner Records/Nonesuch. She first broke into our consciousness…

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Premiere: Liverpool’s Sienne reveal new single – Side By Side

Liverpool band Sienne are preparing to release their third single ‘Side By Side’ on Friday 17th July, following the success of previous singles ‘Coming Alive’ and ‘Where Is Home?’, and we’re…

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NEWS: Calvin Harris releases first track on Defected with surprise virtual festival appearance

In the vast majority of cases sending your demo tape to a record label does not end well. Far from the usual rejection, disappointment and subsequent insecurity is this heart-warming…

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Album Review: Derrick Hodge – Color of Noize

Derrick Hodge may have been flying under the radar of many as sideman with artists such as Robert Glasper, Maxwell, Terence Blanchard and Common but is here now with his…

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Track / Video

SEE: Land Of Talk video for “Footnotes” | New album “Indistinct Conversations” out 31st July

Land of Talk shared their video for “Footnotes,” the new single from the Montreal-based band’s album Indistinct Conversations, due out July 31st via Saddle Creek. Of the chiming track, where the…

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Album Review: Mike Shinoda – Dropped Frames, Vol. 1

It’s a brand new innovative solo project from Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda; an album written with the help of his Twitch live-streaming community. What could be more lockdown, right? Released…

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TRACK: James Dean Bradfield ‘There’ll Come A War’ & ‘Seeking The Room With The Three Windows’

James Dean Bradfield has released two new tracks. There’ll Come A War/Seeking The Room With The Three Windows are both available on June 26th. Two very different views of the forthcoming album, There’ll Come A War is a pensive, low slung…

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TRACK: Eyes Of A Child by Christine & The Queens

...written as a theme tune for the second series of hit Amazon Originals ‘Hanna’ takes Christine to another level through sheer force of its sensitivity, poise and delicious tenderness.

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SEE: Esrevoinma by Lapalux

Stuart Howard’s moniker Lapalux is short for ‘lap of luxury:’ I’m not sure what that refers to – but the music certainly does have a velvety goodness about it, immersing…

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