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Album Review: The Witching Tale – ‘The Witching Tale’

Take multi-instrumentalist Michael J. York (Coil, The Utopia Strong) and the incredible vocal talents of Katherine Blake (Mediaeval Baebes), and the end result is something totally out of this world…

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See: Mystic Peach howl towards their debut EP with ‘It’s Not Their Future’

QUITE literally roaring out of the blocks with guitar shimmer and a satisfyingly British take on that Black Francis sccreeeeeaaam, Southampton’s Mystic Peach are making shapes for next month’s debut…

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Album review: Scrimshire – ‘Nothing Feels Like Everything’: expansive, opulent soul-jazz with a real beating heart

ALBERT’S FAVOURITES is a label bringing the sounds of the South London scene to the world with heart; genuine heart, and care, and soul, in all iterations of that word.…

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Live Review: Nubiyan Twist – The Forum, Sheffield 1.10.2021

It’s a pet hate of mine, people referring to seemingly everything they do as a journey. Join me on my journey to becoming a plumber/singer/footballer fills the internet and TV,…

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Track: The Pop Group and Dennis Bovell, MBE drop ‘3:38’ ahead of next week’s collaborative heavy dub reworking of ‘Y’

WITH their collaborative long player just a week away now, Bristol dub-punk collective The Pop Group and bass overlord Dennis Bovell MBE have dropped one final taster of Y In…

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Blu-ray Review: The Damned

There was an attempt to sanitise history following the end of World War II. If you read the history books then the only bad people are those wearing certain uniforms.…

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Premiere: Gasper Claus reveals new video for the stunningly beautiful Ô Sélénites

Taken from neo-classical Cellist Gasper Claus’ debut solo album Tancade, an ode to a particular beach where he and his friends would visit every year to celebrate life, make music…

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Premiere: Rural France release new video for the charming indie pop of Hosepipe Ban

Rural France, aka Tom Brown and Rob Fawkes, began life in 2017 shortly after both left London for the greener climes of Wiltshire. They released their first album ‘Two Drink…

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Live Review: Maximo Park – Leadmill, Sheffield 5.10.21

Photos: Steve Barnes “Ooh, girls in the band”, says someone in front of me as Maximo Park take to the stage. And so it is, with bass and keys/backing vocal…

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Album Review: Land Trance & Aging produce utter cinematic-sonic immersion with ‘Embassy Nocturnes’

Very rarely does a record manage to capture a spectrum of cinematic detail in it’s profoundly illustrative composition, spinning yarns across it’s runtime like neighbouring scenes. However – with far…

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Album Review: The Witching Tale – ‘The Witching Tale’

See: Mystic Peach howl towards their debut EP with ‘It’s Not Their Future’

Album review: Scrimshire – ‘Nothing Feels Like Everything’: expansive, opulent soul-jazz with a real beating heart

Live Review: Nubiyan Twist – The Forum, Sheffield 1.10.2021

Track: The Pop Group and Dennis Bovell, MBE drop ‘3:38’ ahead of next week’s collaborative heavy dub reworking of ‘Y’

Blu-ray Review: The Damned

Premiere: Gasper Claus reveals new video for the stunningly beautiful Ô Sélénites

Premiere: Rural France release new video for the charming indie pop of Hosepipe Ban

Live Review: Maximo Park – Leadmill, Sheffield 5.10.21

Album Review: Land Trance & Aging produce utter cinematic-sonic immersion with ‘Embassy Nocturnes’