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Blu-ray Review: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

When Mary Shelley published Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) in 1818, she couldn’t have envisaged just how popular her creation would turn out to be. How it would go on…

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Track: Salarymen ease gently back into our pop dreams with ‘Young Guns’ – a dark view of society leavened by an indelible sparkling delivery. Plus album and tour news.

We are pleased to see the return of the vintage-tinged dream pop shimmer of Sydney duo Salarymen with their deceptively sunshine filled single ‘Young Guns’. The single is a first…

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Premiere: The Nethered’s ‘The Long Goodbye’ is a refreshing breeze of languid joy and comes ahead of album news.

With gentle background vocals and gentle guitars lapping at the shores, ‘The Long Goodbye’ from ollo’s Alex Crowfoot under the name The Nethered is a fifties-flavoured widescreen epic: easy and…

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Festival Preview: Leeds Festival 2022 – Sunday

The final day of a festival is always a little bit sad. The realisation that there is only one day left and time to reflect on how wild the weekend…

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Album Review: US psych-rockers, King Buffalo to release Regenerator, the 3rd of a trio of albums written in Covid-19 lockdown.

New York-based trio King Buffalo will release their fifth full-length album and the 3rd of their ‘pandemic trilogy’, Regenerator on the 2nd September, 2022. Following on from the two releases…

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Album Review: Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird unveil the glorious and majestic ‘Smiles of Earth’, out through Double Drummer, on the eve of a national tour.

‘Smiles of Earth’ is quite simply a glorious album and, for me, immediately takes its place as one of my contenders for album of the year. The new album from…

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Live Review: Covet / Colossal Squid – The Asylum, Birmingham 22.08.2022

Words and photos by Maxine Adams 1 man band Adam Betts from Colossal squid kicked off the Covet gig on a Sunday evening in Birmingham. A fan yelled ‘the best…

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News: Mothica releases new EP ‘Nocturnal (Lofi Beats To Fall To Sleep To)’

In July, Los Angeles-based alt-pop multimedia artist MOTHICA released her dynamic and emotionally charged sophomore album Nocturnal, via Heavy Heart Records – her imprint with Rise Records/BMG. The album garnered support…

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News: Introducing Honey Revenge and their new single ‘Ride’

Californian pop-rockers, Honey Revenge featuring Donovan Lloyd (guitar) and Devin Papadol (vocals), have announced their signing to Thriller Records. Alongside the announcement comes the release of their courageous and infectious single, ‘Ride‘. “We are beyond…

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NEWS: Himalayas announce highly anticipated UK Headline Tour

Following the successful release of their single Alone, Cardiff-based HIMALAYAS have just announced the long-awaited news of a UK headline tour! The quartet will kick things off with a bang, and play a very…

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Blu-ray Review: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Track: Salarymen ease gently back into our pop dreams with ‘Young Guns’ – a dark view of society leavened by an indelible sparkling delivery. Plus album and tour news.

Premiere: The Nethered’s ‘The Long Goodbye’ is a refreshing breeze of languid joy and comes ahead of album news.

Festival Preview: Leeds Festival 2022 – Sunday

Album Review: US psych-rockers, King Buffalo to release Regenerator, the 3rd of a trio of albums written in Covid-19 lockdown.

Album Review: Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird unveil the glorious and majestic ‘Smiles of Earth’, out through Double Drummer, on the eve of a national tour.

Live Review: Covet / Colossal Squid – The Asylum, Birmingham 22.08.2022

News: Mothica releases new EP ‘Nocturnal (Lofi Beats To Fall To Sleep To)’

News: Introducing Honey Revenge and their new single ‘Ride’

NEWS: Himalayas announce highly anticipated UK Headline Tour