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Album Review: As Hillsborough head on tour, their debut ‘Comin’ Back For You’ is a jangling melodic delight filled with a raw, engaging spirit.

Hillsborough – named after the area in Western Queensland where singer/songwriter Phil Usher’s family have been living since the late 1800’s – have a sound that sweeps across an alt.…

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Album Review: João Selva- Passarinho : Re-shaping samba soul, funk and pop with a fresh momentum.

The troubadour will travel but they always have roots. Brazilian song-crafter João Selva may have ended up in Lyon but those formative years in Ipanema and Rio is at the…

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Album Review: Gareth Koch and Martin Kennedy (All India Radio) unveil ‘Music In The Afterlife’: a contemplative journey into an ethereal universe.

Both Martin Kennedy and Gareth Koch have created some stunning collaborations separately with The Church’s Steve Kilbey in the past years, and it is not surprising that the two Hobart…

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Album Review: Seljuk Rustum – Cardboard Castles : melodic, mischevious and magical, fresh soundscapes and songs from Southern India.

Womad used to run the strapline ‘bringing you the best music you’ve never heard’. Well the sonic explorers at Hive Mind Records are working on their own version of the…

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EP Review: PHEA – Healing Hearts

American-German singer-songwriter and producer PHEA invites us into her unique avant-pop world on the new EP ‘Healing Hearts’. As a survivor of potentially fatal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, PHEA found expression and…

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Album Review: MAX RAD Shares Electronic Masterpiece ‘Joy Wonder’

Producer, songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist MAX RAD shares his stunning debut album Joy Wonder. A collection of 9 swelling, musically rich, overtly experimental and always bright an melodic electronic soundscapes…

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Album Review: Rich Ragany and the Digressions – What We Do (To Not Let Go).

The new album from the UK’s most gregarious rock stars is due to be released 3rd March via a freshly signed deal with Barrel and Squidger Records. When ex-Role Models…

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Album Review: Sam Himself – Never Let Me Go

Sam Himself (the brainchild of Swiss born Sam Koechlin) has made a big impression over the past few months with a string of excellent indie-pop-rock tunes showcasing Sam’s intimate songwriting,…

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Album Review: Somebody’s Child – Somebody’s Child

Ireland’s Somebody’s Child have released their debut self-titled album on the Frenchkiss Records. Somebody’s Child is the musical project of Cian Godfrey and he is keen to impress upon listeners…

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Album Review: Fågelle – ‘Den svenska vreden’: Experimental, poetic songs of inner rage and soaring beauty.

It’s no lazy shortcut to describe Fågelle’s arresting new album as ‘quivering with rage’ as this phrase captures the record’s emotional complexity with chilling accuracy. ‘Den svenska vreden’, available now…

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