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ALBUM REVIEW: Jeremy Tuplin – ‘Violet Waves’: velvety psych-folk for the discerning gent about town

HUSH up at the back there. Yes, I know you have a deep ennui at the way this virus-laden summer is developing. It’s not great, I agree. And on top…

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EP REVIEW: Black Marble – ‘I Must Be Living Twice’: a quintet of diverse covers receive a fine marbling

THE cover version. It’s a weird strand in music, really; an appreciation, a deconstruction, an act of utter iconoclasm. But don’t you love one; don’t they just appeal? Think of…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Busty and the Bass – ‘Eddie’: Canadian ensemble bring souljazz sass on their second

Busty and the Bass's 'Eddie', their second, is cool, sophisticated, considered; sassy and brassy

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Say Psych: Album Review: dreamweapon – Maelstrom X

Porto’s dreamweapon take their name from the 1990 Spacemen 3 live album ‘Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music’, who themselves took inspiration from the work of minimalist drone –…

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Meet: We chat with Carl Redfern (Golden Fang) and review the new album ‘Here.Now Here.’

The sound of Golden Fang is to some extent the DNA of the wild inner west of Sydney: raw, visceral and teetering on the brink of collapse. There’s constant movement,…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Liela Moss – ‘Who the Power’: pop that takes one last dance as the world ends

OVER the past couple of years and one very warmly received LP, Duke Spirit member and Bella Union solo artiste Liela Moss – watch your vowel placement with care, folks…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Autotelia – I

Autotelia, as originally coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, describes a process by which someone has a purpose in, rather than outside of themselves. Those who are autotelic depend less on…

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ALBUM REVIEW: NOFX vs Frank Turner – ‘West Coast Vs Wessex’: a transatlantic punk song trade

IT’S a split album, but it’s not a split in the standard form. In one corner you have NOFX, probably the best and most forthright pop punk band ever to…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Conrad Schnitzler/Frank Bretschneider – ‘Con-struct’: beguilingly far out in sound deconstruction

Frank Bretschneider's instalment in Bureau B's occasional 'Con-struct' series is a fascinating, rewarding and wholly synapse-rearranging glitchtronica journey - do not operate heavy machinery under the influence

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ALBUM REVIEW: Conrad Schnitzler – ‘Con’: Tangerine Dream man’s ’78 LP gets first UK issue

Tangerine Dream founder's 1978 LP of synthy motorik receives its first UK issue: spacious, eerie and polyrhythmic by turns

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