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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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Album Review: boycalledcrow –‘eyetrees’: More heartfelt hauntological pop from a singular sound artist.

There’s something reassuring about the music of sound artist boycalledcrow regularly sneaking through all the noise and getting some attention. It restores faith that singular, outsider work will always find…

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Album Review: Garry Gray unveils fascinating anthology album featuring the legendary Sacred Cowboys, as well as his post Cowboys work, and announces additional live date following sell out show.

Sacred Cowboys have been – and still are – a legendary bunch of misfits together in various forms since 1982, but always with Garry Gray as a mainstay at the…

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Album Review : Plantfood –‘Carnivores’ : An energetic and explosive jazz fusion calling card.

Given that their name links back to their student beginnings during lockdown in a bedroom-come-practice space full of houseplants, Plantfood’s music is not what you’d describe as pastoral. This tight…

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Album Review: The Nature Strip is in pristine condition with their new album ‘Domesticated Beast’: a cornucopia of delights.

With the welcome regularity and relief of a southerly buster after a stinking hot Sydney day, the esteemed The Nature Strip are back with another album packed full of pop…

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EP Review: Kaeto – Intro

Kaeto’s music is the culmination of a period of sonic self-discovery for the Scottish-born, London-based artist. It was back in 2019 that Kaeto first entered the studio with outside producers and…

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