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Album review: Maarja Nuut – ‘Hinged’: percussive and playful, free as a bird future folktronica from Estonian genius

BORN in Rakvere, a small town in the very north of Estonia, a handful of miles from the Baltic Sea, the experimental musician Maarja Nuut was first introduced to music by her…

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Meet: Chris Tapp of the Cold Stares Answers Our Questions

With the band having just released their finest album to date with Heavy shoes, (read our review here). We managed to get a little time with guitarist and singer Chris…

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Album Review: The Cold Stares – Heavy Shoes

Rock n roll duo The Cold Stares, have release their new album Heavy Shoes via Mascot Records. Recorded largely at Sam Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis and mixed by Mark Needham (The Killers) and mastered…

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News: Acoustic Virtuoso Jon Gomm Announces The Reissue Of Album ‘Secrets Nobody Keeps’

Jon Gomm, the UK based acoustic guitar virtuoso, follows the recent release of his latest album ‘The Faintest Idea’ with news on the reissue of his 2013 record ‘Secrets Nobody Keeps’.…

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Album Review: Sydney’s Magnetic Heads unveil ‘Moral Outage’: a scything blast of dark synth-driven pop

‘Moral Outage’, from Magnetic Heads, is a sparkling ensemble of eighties-influenced, synth-based tracks that resonate with a darkness and refined intelligence. And when I say eighties, I mean the good…

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Track: Joe Taylor Sutkowski – Brother John

The New Jersey-born, now Brooklyn-based artist, Joe Taylor Sutkowski is today sharing his new single, ‘Brother John’ taken from his forthcoming album, Of Wisdom & Folly, due 13th August via Danger Collective Records. Sutkowski, who is known for his…

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Track: Lazarus Kane continue headspinning experimentation with ‘Williston, ND’

Like numerous other, similarly diverse acts, Lazarus Kane’s emergence through hallowed label Speedy Wunderground – via the vibrant bewilderment of Narcissus, a refreshing exploration into the superficiality of modern life…

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Album Review: Sami Yaffa – The Innermost Journey To Your Outermost Mind

If there’s a better contender for the title of ‘Rock n’ Roll Royalty’ than Sami Yaffa, then we’d like to hear about it; perhaps best known as one fifth of…

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Fantasia Review: Straight to VHS

Until the widespread adoption of VHS (and the less than universal take-up of Betamax) opportunities for would-be filmmakers were very limited. With the advent of the medium, it opened up…

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Californians Foxx Bodies trail new album with raucous lead single ‘Bad Kid’

From the press photo above, it looks like Los Angeles quartet Foxx Bodies are waiting for something important, and that’s probably the release of their forthcoming second album, which has…

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Album review: Maarja Nuut – ‘Hinged’: percussive and playful, free as a bird future folktronica from Estonian genius

Meet: Chris Tapp of the Cold Stares Answers Our Questions

Album Review: The Cold Stares – Heavy Shoes

News: Acoustic Virtuoso Jon Gomm Announces The Reissue Of Album ‘Secrets Nobody Keeps’

Album Review: Sydney’s Magnetic Heads unveil ‘Moral Outage’: a scything blast of dark synth-driven pop

Track: Joe Taylor Sutkowski – Brother John

Track: Lazarus Kane continue headspinning experimentation with ‘Williston, ND’

Album Review: Sami Yaffa – The Innermost Journey To Your Outermost Mind

Fantasia Review: Straight to VHS

Californians Foxx Bodies trail new album with raucous lead single ‘Bad Kid’