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Track: Inland Murmur release the exquisite ‘Freshwater’: vibrant dream pop with a steel spine.

Cardiff’s Inland Murmur drew our attention with the release of their delicate and fragile single ‘Waterline’ last month (read my review here), and the duo is back with another aquatic…

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Track: Still Corners release the driving shimmering single ‘Heavy Days’ and announce massive EU/US tour.

‘The Last Exit’ from UK duo Still Corners, released earlier this year (reviewed by me here), was a magnificent and evocative collection of glittering and sparkling songs filled with magic…

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Album Review: Nik Brinkman’s debut ‘Secret Stairs’ is an elegant showcase of glittering dreamy dream pop exhibits.

Opening with an instrumental with a spoken dialogue in the track ‘Silent Cities’, the crystalline beauty of New Zealander Nik Brinkman‘s new album ‘Secret Stairs’ become instantly evident. With the…

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Track: Steve Conte – Overnight Smash

New York City guitarist, singer and songwriter Steve Conte has released the next single “Overnight Smash,” taken off his first solo album in five years, due 5th November on Wicked Cool Records. Steve says, “Overnight…

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Album review: Afternoon Bike Ride – ‘Afternoon Bike Ride’: a magical future pop journey to soothe and seduce a frazzled mind

A MEETING of delicate pop like minds: musician-producers David Tanton (aka Rhoda/Tender Spring), Éloi Le Blanc-Ringuette (aka Thomas White), and Lia Kurihara (aka LIA) met on the fertile Montréalais music…

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Meet: Northern metallers Rituals

Rituals are an exciting new band on the metal scene who have just released their EP ‘Awake’. We caught up with the band to find out who they are and…

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EP: Night Thieves – Spiral

With covid having forced the band into the studio with producers Paul Visser (Black Orchid Empire, Hawxx) and Kev Yates (Forever Never) to create the follow up to their debut…

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Ching Wan and Hashimoto looking out to sea

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Blu-ray Review: Duel to the Death

When Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released in 2000 it became a massive box office hit and captured the imagination of film fans across the world, spawning a number of…

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Premiere: Brisbane artist Aren’t unveils debut single, the transfixing ‘The Black from the Dark ft McKisko’ and announces debut EP.

Brisbane band Requin burned brightly but tragically briefly, leaving behind an impressive body of work (see our review of the single ‘Rules That Won’t Be Broken’ last year). All is…

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PREMIERE: My Son the Doctor play with pop-punk tropes on spiky new song ‘Bethany’

Subversions of popular songwriting tropes, if done well, can really speak to an artist’s strengths. In the case of Brooklynite new wave bunch My Son the Doctor, their new song…

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Track: Inland Murmur release the exquisite ‘Freshwater’: vibrant dream pop with a steel spine.

Track: Still Corners release the driving shimmering single ‘Heavy Days’ and announce massive EU/US tour.

Album Review: Nik Brinkman’s debut ‘Secret Stairs’ is an elegant showcase of glittering dreamy dream pop exhibits.

Track: Steve Conte – Overnight Smash

Album review: Afternoon Bike Ride – ‘Afternoon Bike Ride’: a magical future pop journey to soothe and seduce a frazzled mind

Meet: Northern metallers Rituals

EP: Night Thieves – Spiral

Blu-ray Review: Duel to the Death

Premiere: Brisbane artist Aren’t unveils debut single, the transfixing ‘The Black from the Dark ft McKisko’ and announces debut EP.

PREMIERE: My Son the Doctor play with pop-punk tropes on spiky new song ‘Bethany’