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Album Review: Pete Fij / Terry Bickers – Broken Heart Surgery

Old rockers, it seems, don’t necessarily have to grow old disgracefully. Former Creation labelmates Pete Fij and Terry Bickers made noiser, more aggressive records in their guises in Adorable and…

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Not Forgotten: Neil Young – On the Beach

Some albums become legendary because of the huge amounts they sold (The Joshua Tree, The Dark Side of the Moon), some because they made a distinct cultural impact, (Revolver, The…

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Mixtape: Saba – Comfort Zone

Chicago’s getting weird. Away from the attention grabbing drill-scene, the nihilistic soundtrack to the city’s gang wars, a growing number of artists have been creating lush, experimental music closer in…

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Not Forgotten: Villagers – Becoming a Jackal

They’ve taken their time about it over the last two decades, yet slowly but surely Domino Records has established itself as a sign of quality, much like Elektra had become…

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Album Review: White Fence – For The Recently Found Innocent

I’ll start off by saying I’m not the diehard fan of this garage rock revival that so many others are. I recognize the greatness guys like Ty Segall, John Dwyer,…

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Album Review : Corrosion of Conformity – IX

I didn’t start listening to Corrosion of Conformity till 1994. It was the next phase in their sound. Before the album Deliverance they were a hardcore punk band. They had street cred…

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Not Forgotten – Half Man Half Biscuit – Cammell Laird Social Club

From mid 80s post-punk beginnings which welded basic musicianship to barbed lyrics about life in Thatcher’s Britain, to a more competent and dynamic sound backing witty and wise wordsmithery throughout…

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Psych Insight: Album Review – Corsica Garden by Os Noctambulos

Every now and again you discover some music that just blows you away, it speaks to you so directly and viscerally that you cant really explain why you like…

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Not Forgotten: Billy Bragg – Don’t Try This at Home

Billy Bragg’s first full album since Workers Playtime, an album which saw him change his style to something a little more mainstream than clattering his battered Telecaster and delivering his…

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Album Review: Cocoon – Mathias Kaden & Popof in the Mix

It’s that time of year again when everyone turns to Cocoon and their famous mix series to see what the sounds of the summer will be. This time charged with laying…

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