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Album Review: Modern Woman – ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’: A fully fledged, opening statement from the London art-rock dynamos.

As ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’, the debut album by London art-rockers Modern Woman, goes to show, the slow evolution of an idea often brings the finest results. The fourpiece first cut through…

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Album Review: Dave Graney and Clare Moore do a delicate pirouette with rock and an arched brow in their new album ‘Laburnam of the Mind’

There’s always been something gloriously unbothered about Dave Graney and Clare Moore — a sense that the rules of engagement (hits, trends, relevance) are for other people. ‘Laburnum Of The…

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Album Review: Anenon – ‘Dream Temperature’: Enthralling, dream-state miniatures from the singular LA composer/instrumentalist.

‘Dream Temperature’, the second release on Tonal Union by saxophonist and composer Brian Allen Simon (aka Anenon), is an album of departures and returns. While 2016’s ‘Petrol’ captured the energy…

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Album Review: Leaf Mosaic unveils debut album ‘Sapient’: a collection of sparkling pure pop jewels.

Following up from the brilliant single ‘What Changed?’ released a few weeks ago, duo Leaf Mosaic have unveiled their electrifying debut album ‘Sapient’ and it is clear a powerful new…

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Album Review: Naná Rizinni – ‘Epiblast’: An energetic, feisty electro-jazz fusion set from the Brazilian drummer/composer.

A go-to session drummer, vocalist and songwriter within the São Paulo scene, Naná Rizinni looks set to drive home her credentials with her new album ‘Epiblast’, released via Bridge the…

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Album Review: Naarm/Melbourne band Season 2 is the best with their luminescent debut album ‘Power of Now’

New on my radar but with constituent ingredients from other Naarm/Melbourne bands, Season 2 have just released their debut album ‘Power of Now’ and it is a stunning introduction to…

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EP Review: Liverpool-based Swiss artist Lynn Dossenbach releases ‘Combination’ – a collection of yearning melodic pop

Lynn Dossenbach was born in Switzerland but now resides in Liverpool where she studied Songwriting and Performance at theLiverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), founded bySir Paul McCartney. Her new…

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Album Review: Charbel Haber – ‘May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable’: A serene ambient soundtrack of beauty and bewilderment.

From its very first notes this is an album which treads the finest line between peaceful serenity and poignant fragility. That’s a balance that only a musician of Charbel Haber’s…

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Album Review: Sofia Isella strikes hard on fearless new EP Something is a shell.

Some records arrive asking politely for your attention. Sofia Isella’s new EP Something is a shell. kicks the door open, rearranges the room and leaves with the best lamp. Across six tracks, the…

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Album Review: Snailgun unveil their shattering debut ‘Glass Walls’ ahead of live dates.

Naarm/Melbourne band Snailgun have just delivered their debut album ‘Glass Wall’, and it’s a deliciously scabrous affair filled with blistering post punk cathartic noise. The genetic make up of this…

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