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Album review: Graham Costello/STRATA – ‘Second Lives’: energised modern jazz for the world today

SOMETIMES it pays to step back and remember that the kaleidoscope of UK jazz has many focal points beyond the frequently illuminated London scene. There’s the Worm Disc massive in…

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Track: Alexa Rose – ‘Clearwater Park’: those endless childhood summers evoked in rootsy folk magic

WITH a third album of heartfelt, bell-clear folk songcraft due out in the autumn on Fat Possum’s Big Legal Mess imprint, Black Mountain, North Carolina-based Alexa Rose has released a…

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See: Bowling For Soup release brand new video for ‘Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody’s Doing It)’

Pop punk titans Bowling For Soup are back with their first single of 2021, Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody’s Doing It). Featuring adorable puppet versions of themselves going through the…

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Track: Myles Kennedy releases new single ‘Love Rain Down’

Myles Kennedy has unveiled another track from his upcoming album The Ides of March (out May 14, 2021 via Napalm Records). Most known for fronting rock juggernauts Alter Bridge, Myles Kennedy…

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Film Review: The Auschwitz Escape

The Holocaust was undoubtedly the lowest point in modern European history. Hitler’s ‘final solution’ was an abomination which is hard to comprehend in the early twenty-first century. An inherently evil…

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See: Rowan – ‘Everybody Talks’: a big indie-rock teaser for the Cork trio’s July EP

A TRIO hailing from Cork with a bright indie-rock future hoving into view, Rowan have signed with the Los Angeles indie Beverly Martel and are gearing up for the release…

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Track: The Mountain Goats drop ‘The Slow Parts On Death Metal Albums’ and announce a tour Stateside

IS IT time that John Darnielle’s purveyors of the great Americana dream, The Mountain Goats, received an award for industry? In the accursed year of our Lord, 2020, when the…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

With the death of John le Carré at the end of last year, the world lost one of the greatest spy novelists to ever pick up a pen. His work…

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Feature: White Void vocalist Lars Nedland shares some of his vinyl collection, looking at his favourite electronic records

Borknagar, Solefald, and White Void vocalist Lars Nedland shares with us his incredible vinyl collection focusing on his favourite electronic music that has inspired his musical taste; Venetian Snares – Making Orange…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Veik – Surrounding Structures

French three-piece Veik released their debut album Surrounding Structures on Friday via Fuzz Club Records. Centred around vintage analogue synths and abrasive instrumentation, the band’s experimental post-punk is rooted in…

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Album review: Graham Costello/STRATA – ‘Second Lives’: energised modern jazz for the world today

Track: Alexa Rose – ‘Clearwater Park’: those endless childhood summers evoked in rootsy folk magic

See: Bowling For Soup release brand new video for ‘Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody’s Doing It)’

Track: Myles Kennedy releases new single ‘Love Rain Down’

Film Review: The Auschwitz Escape

See: Rowan – ‘Everybody Talks’: a big indie-rock teaser for the Cork trio’s July EP

Track: The Mountain Goats drop ‘The Slow Parts On Death Metal Albums’ and announce a tour Stateside

Blu-Ray Review: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Feature: White Void vocalist Lars Nedland shares some of his vinyl collection, looking at his favourite electronic records

Say Psych: Album Review: Veik – Surrounding Structures