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Not Forgotten: We revisit Augie March’s stunning debut ‘Sunset Studies’ from 2000 – still an essential antipodean sonic milestone – which gets a belated 21st birthday party.

By 2000, by the time Y2K anxiety had dissipated and, before the events of 9/11 cast a pall everywhere, post grunge was solidifying its place in the world and the…

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Album Review: Tapani Rinne & Juha Maki-Patola – Open: exquisite jazz electronica that restores and inspires.

Some records arrive that make you wonder if there is much value to writing about music. ‘Open’ by the Finnish ambient jazz partnership of reedist Tapani Rinne and composer/producer Juha…

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Live Review: Tom Odell – O2 Apollo, Manchester 21.02.2022

Words: Taylor Connelly / Pictures: Kitty Handley Tom Odell’s performance at the O2 Apollo in Manchester on February 21st, proved that all he will ever need to showcase his sheer…

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Album Review: EWAH & The Vision of Paradise release the stunning atmospheric chill of ‘The Warning Birds’: an epic reflection of a sense of time and place, beauty and pain.

Post punk new wave chill never sounded better than in the new release ‘The Warning Birds’ from Hobart band EWAH & The Vision of Paradise (EVoP). The much delayed album…

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EP Review: The C33s ‘Benzodiac’ 4th March

The C33’s new EP ‘Benzodiac’ was brought to life during the summer of 2020, in between national lockdowns. The band would like to dedicate this EP to Rhoda Derry. Her…

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Album Review : Soulful Songstress Tokunbo releases stunning album ” Golden Days “

Not every artist finds the task of creating something beautiful out of something challenging easy. That’s certainly not the case for Tokunbo. Although this kind of artistic process often results…

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Album Review: Onlooker – Total Rest

After teasing us with a selection of singles released late last year northern garage rockers Onlooker finally released their album ‘Total Rest’ First track ‘An Introduction To guitar Music’ is…

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Album Review: Societe Etrange – Chance: Pulsating dub and post rock electronics from Lyon

Though long established in the Lyon post punk/electronic scene, Societe Etrange look set to extend their wavelength with a pulsating new album ‘Chance’ (available on Bongo Joe March 4th onwards).…

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Album review: Shane Parish – ‘Liverpool’: pulling sea shanties leftfield and forward, forward, ho! for a post-industrial, post-rock generation KICKERS

IF YOU don’t know Shane Parish and his oeuvre – and chances are, unless you’re a regular reader of Wire and the deeper corners of Pitchfork and suchlike, you possibly…

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Album review: Duncan Marquiss – ‘Wires Turned Sideways In Time’: Phantom Band guitarist conceives of an instrumental, pastoral motorik for a place yet to exist

FROM disastrous events that upend your world can sometimes come good things; sometimes, I’m no Pollyanna here. Fortunately for Duncan Marquiss, guitarist with Chemikal Underground’s The Phantom Band, a major…

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