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Album Review: Palma Violets – Danger in the Club

The London based Indie Rock outlet Palma Violets broke through to the mainstream with their debut album 180, released in 2013, after a successful lead single and significant promotion from…

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Not Forgotten – Half Man Half Biscuit – Four Lads Who Shook The Wirral

It is the late 90s. The Britpop bubble has burst, its fans realising that the overwhelming majority of so called indie acts were now being dropped like stones through a…

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Album review: I Am Kloot – Hold Back The Night

It seems to be a great mystery why smug dullards like Elbow are packing out arenas when the infinitely superior Kloot are operating a couple of levels below. This splendid…

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Album Review: Deep Purple – Long Beach 1971

Since being the original form of recorded music, the live album continues to evolve. From the legendary live soul albums of the 60s, to the iconic double live albums released…

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Album Review: 10,000 Maniacs – Twice Told Tales

‘In my Tribe’, the third album by Jamestown, New York band 10000 Maniacs released in 1987 remains in my top 50 albums of all time. The Wishing chair, their second…

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Not Forgotten – Mull Historical Society – Loss

I’ve always found it difficult to put any kind of tag on Loss. Just what type of music is it? It has elements of self-produced indie, but it’s far too…

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Album Review: Tracey Thorn – Songs From ‘The Falling’

My love for Tracey Thorn goes way back. From those early beautifully mellow ballads she did with Everything But The Girl, to the ultra-cool dance tracks such as ‘Missing’. and…

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Not Forgotten – The Who – Tommy

After the witty, but flawed The Who Sell Out, The Who still hadn’t been really accepted as a serious album act. That was it, if they were going to conquer…

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Album Review: My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall

After over a decade of following My Morning Jacket’s career, I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’ll prefer some of their albums over others, and oddly enough that’s…

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Not Forgotten – David Bowie – Station to Station

Station to Station is an odd album for me, in that I feel I would probably have a higher opinion of it than I do were it not for the…

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