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EP Review: Fraser Morgan – I Hope You Can’t Relate

Fraser Morgan’s new EP ‘I Hope You Can’t Relate’, is an emotionally charged, cathartic journey that seamlessly blends raw honest lyricism with folk instrumentation and a vibrant, urgent punk energy.…

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Album Review: Jagged Baptist Club – Physical Surveillance

For those who like their indie with a spot of dying seaside town glamour and a drop of psyche, then the Jagged Baptist Club might very much be your club.…

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Album Review: Scrimshire –‘Music for Autumn Lovers’: a flowing, wholesome down-tempo soundtrack for the season and beyond.

November may be the month when there’s a deluge of new releases ahead of the Xmas drought but here’s a recording that deserves to be heard amongst all the noise.…

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Album Review: Fazerdaze wields her ‘Soft Power’ with aplomb in a majestic new album.

The inimitable and ethereal Fazerdaze (the nom de plume of Amelia Murray) has just released her first LP in seven years – ‘Soft Power’ – via Buttrfly/Virgin Music Group, and it is a…

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Album Review: The Offline –‘Les Cigales’ : Seductive soundtrack grooves with an analogue funk foundation.

Curiouser and curiouser, here’s the return of the illusive and slighty mysterious persona known as The Offline (aka Hamburg based guitarist/producer Felix Müller) with a quirky new EP ‘Les Cigales’.…

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Album Review : Peter Somuah –‘Highlife’ : A punchy and profound afro-jazz fusion story .

Sometimes ‘world jazz’ or ‘world fusion’ comes across as primarily a musical endeavour. Yes the results have been seminal and spectacular. No-one would question the significance of the ethno-jazz explorations…

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EP Review: HollowKin – Confessions & Failures

A pretty new band by most standards HollowKin started in 2023 but since then the hard working quintet have making some fairly big waves on the live scene and are…

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EP Review: The Jailbirds – High Noon

Canadian rockers The Jailbirds are a three-piece tour de Force cranking out classic rock-inspired tracks. They have drawn comparisons to Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, Deep Purple, Monster Truck, Royal Blood, and…

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Album Review : Bill Laurance & Michael League – ‘Keeping Company’ : Understated but stunning second album from the Snarky Puppy stalwarts.

And it all began in Leeds in the noughties. Bill Laurance newly graduated from the Uni and trying to earn his crust around the city’s music scene met Michael League,…

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EP Review: Wingz Of The Monkey – Jägermeister Love and Cigarette Kisses

Following a string of successful single releases throughout 2024, Wingz of the Monkey have released their second EP, ‘Jägermeister Love and Cigarette Kisses’. This new EP follows their 2023 debut…

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