Album Review: The Spitfires – Life Worth Living
In my formative years I was madly in love with what is termed as the second wave of ska – bands like The Specials, Madness and The Beat. There was…
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Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
The solo artist, boygenius, and Better Oblivion Community Center member’s second album delivers modern perceptions on mental health and weighty musings on relationships, while displaying the effects and symptoms of…
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REVIEW: Filtergeist’s ‘Invocation EP’ is one for the Chain Reaction heads
US BEATS stable Loot Recordings has welcomed Indian producer Aditya Prabhu to its roster. Recording as Filtergeist, Aditya has begun to carve out a name for himself in the past…
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Gist – ‘Interior Windows’
CARDIFF’S Young Marble Giants subverted the revolution while the fires were still lit. In an age when guitars were razor-loud and lyrics were spat, the Welsh four-piece turned it right…
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EP: Got.Knees – A Century of Middle Class Love
Sitting somewhere between ambient and alt-rock, Got.Knees – all we know about him/her is that its a solo project from the UK – has released a new EP, A Century…
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Say Psych: Album Review: Sonic Boom – All Things Being Equal
It’s auspicious that Sonic Boom—the solo project and nom-de-producer of Peter Kember (Spectrum, Spacemen 3) returns in 2020 with its first new LP in three decades. Kember was drawn to…
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Album Review: Gum Country – ‘Somewhere’
The debut album from the duo of Courtney Gavin (The Courtneys) and multi-instrumentalist Connor Mayer, is released via Bandcamp on June 19th. The album is a buzz of fuzz, feedback…
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ALBUM REVIEW: LAMB OF GOD – LAMB OF GOD
American heavy metal band Lamb Of God are set to release their 8th studio album – ‘Lamb Of God’ via Nuclear Blast and Epic Records. It has been 5 years since there…
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EP: King Britt – Back2Black
Philadelphia’s King Britt has been busy on Monty Lukes Berlin-based label Black Catalogue label recently, releasing Chasing Rainbows under his Fhloston Paradigm alias, and working as producer on his label…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Jetstream Pony – ‘Jetstream Pony’
FOR those who study the form, Sussex/Surrey four-piece Jetstream Pony are serious indie thoroughbreds. Four singles under their belts (should that be their harness?) the band’s self-titled debut LP is…
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