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Album review: Portico Quartet – ‘Terrain’: a truly reflective journey

PORTICO QUARTET have always been a vibe. Since their formation, in my opinion they’re one of the few instrumental jazz-psyechedelic-electronic bands to live up to that musical blend, and furthermore,…

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Track: Cosmic Crooner’s ‘Popsicle Place’ comes highly recommended as a slice of doowop space pop

AMSTERDAM-based singer-songwriter Cosmic Crooner is back in his own Willy Wonka-esque dreamworld of sleazy cool with his new single, “Popsicle Place”. Following the release of his debut, Nouvelle Vague-inspired single…

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Track: Paper Birch – ‘Love For The Things Yr Not’: Fergus from Urusei Yatsura’s new duo drop a deliciously Velvetsy lo-fi noise-country outing

PAPER BIRCH is the new experimental lo-fi brainchild of Fergus Lawrie, founder member of cult Glaswegian indie rock scourers Urusei Yatsura (check the low-slung brilliance of “Fake Fur”), and Dee…

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See: LARRY THE PINK THE HUMAN drop a video for the wistful skitter of ‘NO WRONG NO RIGHT’ and announce a brace of UK dates

THE self-styled and fully capitalised music, art and video project LARRY PINK THE HUMAN have dropped a new single ahead of a brace of upcoming live dates. “No Wrong No…

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Track: Happy Axe spins gossamer chamber-folk delight with ‘One Morning’ – there’s even a musical saw

HAPPY AXE is the gossamer-delicate, intimately confessional dream-folk project of Canberra-born, Melbourne-based Emma Kelly, who’ll be releasing her second album, Maybe It’ll Be Beautiful, early in July. And she’s been…

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Film Review: Flashback

The history of cinema is littered with child stars who struggled to adjust to the adult acting world. Hollywood seems to have addressed this by casting older actors as younger…

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Track: Enslaved – Fenris (live)

Enslaved have revealed the video to be taken from their forthcoming Cinematic Tour 2020 live releases as part of their 30th anniversary revelries, the band has today premiered a live video for their single ‘Fenris’. A classic track from…

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Track: Nahaya – Vital Alchemy

Texan based band Nahaya (ft. members of Oceans of Slumber, Vesperian Sorrow, ex-Kingdom Collapse, Painting The Massacre, Cerebral Desecration) have shared their latest video for the title track from their new album, entitled ‘Vital…

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Remixed – Yelfris Valdés: For The Ones

Cuban artist, composer and trumpet player Yelfris Valdés once again joins forces with Jazz FM Resident TimGarcia’s label Música Macondo, inviting an impressive roster of producers to remix and reinterpret…

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Premiere: Monnone Alone reveal new video for single ‘Time is on the run’

Former Lucksmiths bassist Mark Monnone returns with a follow up to recent Feel It Disappearing single, with another – Time is on the run. It’s under his Monnone Alone moniker…

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Album review: Portico Quartet – ‘Terrain’: a truly reflective journey

Track: Cosmic Crooner’s ‘Popsicle Place’ comes highly recommended as a slice of doowop space pop

Track: Paper Birch – ‘Love For The Things Yr Not’: Fergus from Urusei Yatsura’s new duo drop a deliciously Velvetsy lo-fi noise-country outing

See: LARRY THE PINK THE HUMAN drop a video for the wistful skitter of ‘NO WRONG NO RIGHT’ and announce a brace of UK dates

Track: Happy Axe spins gossamer chamber-folk delight with ‘One Morning’ – there’s even a musical saw

Film Review: Flashback

Track: Enslaved – Fenris (live)

Track: Nahaya – Vital Alchemy

Remixed – Yelfris Valdés: For The Ones

Premiere: Monnone Alone reveal new video for single ‘Time is on the run’