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Track: Berlin post-punks KAMOOS release two singles, Metronumb and Mighty Mighty

From a currently moody, cold, grey, but always sultry, Berlin, we welcome not one but two tracks this week from post-punk outfit Kamoos. First up is Metronumb – released Wednesday the 8th on Cabbage…

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KARMA FEST VII: Leeds own psych fest returns to its roots – 08/09/18

What goes around, comes around. And so the time is almost upon us. September the 8th see’s Karma Fest return to its roots and light up the Belgrave Music Hall,…

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MEET: FEHM – 80’s inspired post-punk from Leeds

Leeds post-punk outfit, FEHM, have been a respected featured on the Northern circuits for quite some time now. Their classic approach to sound has not got unnoticed, and forays South…

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MEET: Berlin based post-punks ‘KAMOOS’

In the never ending quest to unearth bands that hang out mainly off grid in the far corner of the left field, I recently found myself wondering (that’s not a…

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MEET: Jellyskin – and check out their latest single; “Judder”

I first stumbled across Jellyskin when they were first on the bill for The Vacant Lots in Leeds. I liked what I saw and heard and made a mental note…

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SAY PSYCH: NEWS: KARMA 7th BIRTHDAY ALL DAYER

Leeds (and beyond) groove merchants, purveyors of some of the Norths finest psych/garage nights & all dayers are set to celebrate their seventh birthday in style later this month with…

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MEET: PROJECTOR – debut release ‘BREAK YOUR OWN HEART’ on Roadkill Records

Brighton three-piece, Projector have just dropped a rather sweet debut single via the ever burgeoning Roadkill Records . ‘Break Your Own Heart’ dances somewhere between shoegaze and the sweeter end…

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MEET: MESMER DISCIPLES

Hailing from the DIY capital of the North, Leeds band Mesmer Disciples are hard to slip into any particular niche, cock your ear left and they’re a full psyched out…

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Soundtrack of our lives: The Fall – Album Definitive Quagmire. In memory of Mark E Smith

I don’t really know why I’m a fan of Mark E Smith and The Fall. Is it the uanabashed Northernness? Is it the mastery of prose? or maybe the fact…

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LIVE: THE FALL – WAKEFIELD – 20/10/17

Not just because it’s my home town, The Fall in Wakefield has always been special. I saw them here for the first time back in 1983 (For the record: First…

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