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Album Review: James Taylor Quartet and the Rochester Cathedral Chior – The Rochester Mass

The James Taylor Quartet`s career has seen many changes since their formation in 1987, from Blow Up to the emergence of the acid jazz scene in the early 90`s there…

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News: Black Crowes reissued on vinyl

The Black Crowes were a band for whom the stars almost aligned. Arriving on the music scene seemingly fully formed with their Faces / Rolling Stones / Humble Pie blues…

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Album Review: Pinkish Black – Bottom of the Morning

Pinkish Black is a gothic synth band that came out of the ashes of the Denton, TX experimental rock band The Great Tyrant. That band’s bass player Tommy Atkins killed himself in…

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Album review Rhoda Dakar – Sings The Bodysnatchers

The Bodysnatchers were signed to the legendary British Ska label 2 Tone after only two gigs and were part of that multi-cultural musical revolution in the late 1970s. Yet surreally…

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Album Review: Singapore Sling – ‘Psych Fuck’

‘Psych Fuck’ by Singapore Sling, buy it, love it, the end… Listen, feel, assimilate, emote, sensate… As a kid, I would have sat with the dictionary for hours, chasing “meanings”, following…

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Album Review: Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts

As lead-singer of Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan was responsible for some of the greatest albums of the eighties and nineties, taking the dubious accolade of being the biggest band in…

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Album Review: Martin Courtney : Many Moons

There’s something about Martin Courtney’s voice that just gets me. He has one of those voices that no matter what he’s singing he always just sounds like him. There’s no…

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Album Review: They Might Be Giants – Why?

Music for children is often an awkward art to master. Obviously you want something tuneful and memorable, but you also want to avoid adult themes. Another thing you want to…

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Album Review: Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Style

I recently read a rather poignant article over at Pitchfork about Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous. In it they talked about when he’d write a song that was deemed to “poppy” by…

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Album Review: Tracey Thorn – SOLO: Songs and Collaborations 1982 – 2015

Tracey Thorn has always been a part of my life, although I was a little late to the party. As a teenager I fell in love with Everything But The…

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