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Feature: Ugly Mac Beer Gives Us A Track By Track Of New Album Broken III

French hip-hop producer Ugly Mac Beer, with over 20 years of experience in the industry, returns to his youthful passions and ventures into synth-punk production for the first time with his new album…

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Northern Kin Festival. Thornley Hall Farm, Durham. 9th/10th/11th August 2024.

Back for it’s sixth year and in a new ‘venue’ Northern Kin 2024 certainly had some organisational issues to deal with prior to the weekend. Last year the weather caused…

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Feature: Rumin Give Us A Track By Track Of Their New EP Horizontal/Vertical

HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL is a collection of the first three songs that have been created by RUMIN. It is a totally self-produced recording, done on a zero budget. Drums were captured by Andy Ellis…

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Feature: Simon Scarlett Of Barbarian Hermit Gives Us A Track By Track Of Their New Album ‘Mean Sugar’

Manchester’s leading purveyors of groove-laden, stoner/doom metal, Barbarian Hermit, have returned with their new album, Mean Sugar, out now via APF Records. Written over a three-year period, ‘Mean Sugar’ is…

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Live Review plus Gallery: Underground Lovers with Youth Group, Corner Hotel, Melbourne, 27.07.2024

It is a rare and wondrous experience to see two of Australia’s most exciting and iconic bands (Underground Lovers and Youth Group) together at the legendary Corner Hotel on a…

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Meet: If Einsturzende Neubauten was the backing band for The Shangri-Las – we have a chat with Jim Reid from The Jesus and Mary Chain about the music, sobriety and offending Scarlett Johansson.

The Jesus and Mary Chain are about to embark on a tour of Australia as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, and I caught up via Zoom with singer Jim…

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Feature: Fin Greenall Provides A Track By Track Of Finks Highly Anticipated New Album ‘Beauty In Your Wake’ Which Is Out Now

From the wilds of intercontinental DJ-sets as a Ninja Tune original to nurturing the songwriting gifts of Amy Winehouse and on to becoming a teacher, producer, partner and father, Fin Greenall’s exploration of life and…

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Live Gallery: Pond at Altar, Hobart with 208L Containers, 15.06.2024

Like a patient etherised on a table, prior to the iconic Dark Mofo Festival it has been alleged that winter in Hobart showed little signs of life, with only a…

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Meet: We chat to Mick Harvey (The Birthday Party, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) about wild characters, leaving the Bad Seeds, mortality and pride

Mick Harvey, founding member of seminal and legendary bands, The Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, has made a profound and lasting contribution to indie music. His…

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