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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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See: Dead Naked Hippies reveal new video for Eyes Wide (Night Time Version)

Dead Naked Hippies are a trio who’ve been active on the Leeds DIY punk scene since 2016. During 2020 they’ve needed to find creative new ways to work due to the…

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SEE: California COMEDOWN by Geno Carrapetta

Full of reminiscence and nostalgia for an epic Californian road trip, making memories on the beach.

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See: Venomous Pinks share video for ‘I really don’t care’ from new EP out now

Tempe, AZ punk rock trio The Venomous Pinks‘ fourth single, “I Really Don’t Care”, off of their acclaimed EP, “I Want You” (out today on Die Laughing/Golden Robot Records), provides a pop-punk palate cleanser…

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TRACK: A Certain Ratio return with new single “Always In Love”

A CERTAIN RATIO are back with a new album, ACR Loco. Revitalised by their most successful tour in over two decades, the band returned to the studio to record their first album…

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See: Glass Animals reveal new video for ‘Heat Waves’.

Right in time for the British Summer comes an equally sizzling new banger from Glass Animals. It’s the latest from their recently-announced, forthcoming third album Dreamland and, while it’s more introspective than the…

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ALBUM REVIEW: On Sunset by Paul Weller

A gum-chewing Paul Weller cruising along a Californian coast road in an open top muscle car... the perfect personification of his 15th solo studio album, ‘On Sunset.’

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Track: French post-hardcore band Fall of Messiah release Young Pines

French post-hardcore quintet Fall Of Messiah have released ‘Young Pines’, the new single from their forthcoming album. This is pretty much what you want from post hardcore, especially if you’re into the…

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