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ALBUM REVIEW: Lama Lobsang Palden and Jim Becker – ‘Compassion’: Chicago meets Tibet in exploratory fusion

Compassion is a complex, often beautiful and sometimes challenging work, exploring the interstices where Tibetan healing meets Chicago instrumentalism

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Say Psych: Album Review: Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters…

Bubbling up from the psychedelic tar pits of L.A., Frankie and the Witch Fingers have been a constant source of primordial groove for the better part of the last decade.…

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Album Review: Horse Meat Disco – ‘Love And Dancing’

FROM their revered tenancy that began on New Year’s Day, 2004 at The Eagle in Vauxhall, DJs Luke Howard, Severino Panzetta, James Hillard and Jim Stanton – collectively known as Horse…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Vuelveteloca – Contra

In 2019 after two years constantly playing live their last album Sonora (2017), Vuelveteloca felt it was the right time to start creating and recording new songs, before their two founding…

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EP REVIEW: Pam Risourié – ‘Noctessa’

Noctessa is a shimmering and sonically diverse EP, playing out where dream pop meets blackgaze

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EP: Suuns – Fiction

One thing about all this quarantining and distancing is that we’re being forced to find creative ways to do the things we’ve always done, and this is something that music…

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EP Review: Leddie MC – Born Of Stone

Leddie is no stranger to the hip-hop game, and has been a constant shining light with her intelligent and relatable lyrics and an almost hypnotic delivery. This year however, Leddie…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Surprise Chef – ‘Daylight Savings’: a step up and out in cinematic funk

Daylight Savings loses absolutely zero of their off-kilter cinematic charm in stepping up from their debut, All News Is Good News; it's really very ace

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ALBUM REVIEW: Bastien Keb – ‘The Killing Of Eugene Peeps’: an essential novel of an album

The Killing Of Eugene Peeps is an album that hits the previously uncharted sweet spot between Americana, 60s’ European soundtracks and hiphop. It's clever, reflexive, intriguing, questioning. One of the records of the year. Buy.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Mary Lattimore – ‘Silver Ladders’: contemplative and elemental harp exploration

Silver Ladders speaks of an open correspondence with place, with dialogue, with the elements. It's happy to embrace the darker side of being. As such, maybe it's a departure from the pristine shimmer of Hundreds Of Days; but it will provide incredibly rewarding autumnal exploration.

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