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Track: Loraine James – ‘Let’s Go’: Enfield producer’s latest drop skitters with Ballardian futurism

GROWING up on the North London-Hertfordshire borders of Enfield, producer Loraine James was up on the escarpment, able to gaze down across London in the bowl of the Thames valley…

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Track: Michael Cormier – ‘Empty Mugs’: A lovely lo-fi Americana drop about waking from a speedboat dream

CO-FOUNDER of the lovely Dear Life Records, home to rootsy talents such as Josh Halper and Wes Tirey, and also the musique concrète stylings of Bolomite Jr. (see our recent…

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Film Review: The Swordsman

The legend of the lone swordsman has etched itself into both history and popular culture within Japan. Today, this motif still fills the pages of Manga, occupies myriad television series…

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Track: Brisbane’s Austen releases a melody-dripping slice of pure indie pop in ‘North South East West’

Brisbane artist Austen has just released a sun-infused blast of pure indie pop in the track ‘North South East West’. Slinky instrumentation and an indelible melody serve together to create…

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Track: Pain – Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones Cover)

Peter Tägtgren, the man behind the band Pain is treated us to a unique interpretation of the Rolling Stones masterpiece ‘Gimme Shelter’. Peter Tägtgren stated about the single: “I had the idea of covering ‘Gimme Shelter’ for…

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Track: Chloe Flower – Tamie

After performing with Cardi B at the 2019 Grammy Awards, Chloe Flower’s is all set to release her self titled debut album on 16th July via Sony Music Masterworks. The third…

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Track: The PictureBooks – Rebel (feat Lzzy Hale)

The PictureBooks announce their new song and video, ‘Rebel’ featuring vocalist Lzzy Hale of Halestorm. The band states: “‘Rebel’ started out as an idea with Lzzy in mind and quickly surpassed everybody’s expectations. Lzzy…

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Track: Mark Shippy & Alex Cunningham – ‘Clear Walkway’: US Maple guitarist brings the improv for guitar and violin

AFICIONADOS of the free music, this way please: Mark Shippy, former guitarist with the legendary Chicago noise-rock voyagers U.S. Maple, has got together with St Louis, Missouri violin improviser Alex…

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Track: Mattia Cupelli reveals a dark ambient aesthetic with the eerie prayer call of ‘MONOLITH’

ROMAN composer Mattia Cupelli likes to play on the borders of modern classical, electronica, ambient and soundtrack elements, which has stood him in good stead over nearly a decade of…

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Track: Trippers & Askers – ‘Chance’s Wake’: warming, spiritual Americana lays out the path towards an album drawing on the near-dystopian classic, ‘The Parable Of The Sower’

OCTAVIA E. BUTLER was a Californian African-American science fiction author whose 1993 novel, Parable Of The Sower, has rippled out with staying power across culture, with its tale of the…

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Track: Loraine James – ‘Let’s Go’: Enfield producer’s latest drop skitters with Ballardian futurism

Track: Michael Cormier – ‘Empty Mugs’: A lovely lo-fi Americana drop about waking from a speedboat dream

Film Review: The Swordsman

Track: Brisbane’s Austen releases a melody-dripping slice of pure indie pop in ‘North South East West’

Track: Pain – Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones Cover)

Track: Chloe Flower – Tamie

Track: The PictureBooks – Rebel (feat Lzzy Hale)

Track: Mark Shippy & Alex Cunningham – ‘Clear Walkway’: US Maple guitarist brings the improv for guitar and violin

Track: Mattia Cupelli reveals a dark ambient aesthetic with the eerie prayer call of ‘MONOLITH’

Track: Trippers & Askers – ‘Chance’s Wake’: warming, spiritual Americana lays out the path towards an album drawing on the near-dystopian classic, ‘The Parable Of The Sower’