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Album Review: Kitty Fitz’s moving alt-pop statement: ‘The Man in Me’.

South East London-based songwriter: Kitty Fitz‘s music is on-paper, very consistent with what a good chunk of British indie music is now: DIY offshoots of bedroom pop that are lyrically…

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Album Review: Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp – ‘Ventre Unique’: the mercurial post-punk/global beats collective score once more.

Formed in 2007 by bassist and composer Vincent Bertholet, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp are a band with the beat of the infamous but sadly crushed Genevan punk squat movement…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Cosmic Room 99 – Cosmic Room 99

Italian psych band Cosmic Room 99 recently released their debut self-titled album on Sister 9 Recordings (UK), Little Cloud Records (US) and Shyrec (Italy). The band’s name was inspired by…

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Album Review: Amyl and The Sniffers’ Cartoon Darkness: brash, bold, and primed for world domination

From punk to rock: Amyl and The Sniffers push boundaries on new album

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Album Review: Beth Hart bares her emotions with heart-on-her-sleeve latest, You Still Got Me

Beth Hart is one of those rare artists with a voice that stands out from the crowd and absolutely demands to be heard. When she sings, it comes from a…

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Album Review: Harvestman –Triptych Part Three : The final chapter of Steve Von Till’s awesome homage to the changing moons.

If you missed gazing at the Hunter Moon last week then here’s a permanent audio reminder of its beauty, significance and restorative power. Steve Von Till aka Harvestman, the prolific…

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Album Review: A. Swayze & The Ghosts plead ‘Let’s Live A Life Better Than This’ in a brilliant sophomore album that cements their place in the pantheon of antipodean greats.

A. Swayze and the Ghosts are undeniably one of Tasmanian’s finest exports (along with a horror-tinged brand of southern gothicism, unfiltered Gin and the Dark Mofo Festival) and create an immensely…

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Album Review: Gitkin –‘Golden Age’: Punchy world-funk and twang guitar in a rootsy, global beats bundle.

US Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Gitkin (aka Brian J) is a player who’s long been connecting Duane Eddy’s original twang and a world of other styles from Peruvian Cumbia to…

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Album Review: Dora Morelenbaum – ‘Pique’: a dynamic new MPB voice which really delivers.

Anyone who caught Bala Desejo’s set-of-the-day at WOMAD UK in the summer would’ve already noted the dynamic Dora Morelenbaum flying in the front line of this exuberant nu-tropicalia band. A…

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Album Review: Minotaur Shock – It All Levels Out

A chance encounter with an old school friend provided the inspiration for It All Levels Out, the 10th album from the Bristolian electronic producer Minotaur Shock, aka David Edwards. The original…

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