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Album Review: Czarface – Every Hero Needs a Villain

It’s two years since Czarface released their first album, to some surprise from the hip-hop listening public. The three piece, Wu-Tang Clan’s Inspectoh Deck and Boston duo 7L and Esoteric…

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Album Review: Tame Impala – Currents

Okay, so I’ve listened to Tame Impala’s excellent new album Currents several times now. Like everyday, twice a day, since last Friday. I can say very confidently that it’s a masterpiece. Kevin…

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Track: TAU – ‘Wirikuta’ EP

TAU is the collective brainchild of Dubliner, Shaun Mulrooney. Shaun is perhaps best known for his involvement with the Dead Skeletons and as the “Invisible Man” with Camera. TAU’s ‘Medicine Music’…

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Album Review: LA Priest – Inji

There are two ways an artist can go when breaking free from the shadows of a former group and going it alone. They can either adopt the style of their…

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Album review: Years & Years – Communion

2015 has been an amazing year so far for London based three piece Years & Years. They took the title of BBC Sound of 2015, scored their first number one…

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Album Review: Ezra Furman – Perpetual Motion People

He’s mixed up, Ezra Furman. His third album, and first for Bella Union, Perpetual Motion People mixes up genres as it sweeps through indie, rock and roll, blues, folk, musical…

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Album Review: Ecstatic Vision – Sonic Praise

Ecstatic Vision are a band that linger in a class of chunky, driving metal that only a few can do right without coming across as ludicrous. It’s THC-fueled space rock…

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Album Review: Act – Love and Hate – A compact introduction to Act

One of the blink and you’ll miss it bands from the time of synth-pop revolution, Act flashed and burnt out, pretty much before anyone noticed. The duo, Thomas Leer and…

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Album Review: Albert Hammond Jr – Momentary Masters

Albert Hammond Jr’s artistic work flows through his new material called Momentary Masters to be released in July 2015. The LA lead guitarist attended a Swiss boarding school during his…

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Album Review: Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf

It’s always tricky to review an album where the lyrics are primarily in an unknown language, especially in Gwenno’s Welsh mother tongue. Yet with ex-Pipette’s solo debut, Y Dydd Olaf,…

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