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Track: Matt Berry releases psychedelic gem ‘Abroad’ alongside album details

Matt Berry has celebrated a decade being signed with groundbreaking, eclectic record label Acid Jazz, as well as marking his subsequent album, via his new single ‘Abroad’. The ever-prolific musician/actor…

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Premiere: Black Light Smoke – ‘North Korea’: New York darkwaver dusts down a pulsing groove for his forthcoming early years album

BASED in Rochester on the shores of Lake Ontario, darkwave synth explorer Jordan Lieb, who records as Black Light Smoke, has used the past year of enforced inactivity to look…

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Track: Elsa Hewitt’s ‘Inhaler’ gives electronica a good, hard shove into the future; she’s an album out in April

ELSA HEWITT is an artist weaving away at the experimental cutting edges of what you can do with electronica; blending the avant-garde, lo-fi, musics of the dancefloor, hip-hop, dreampop more,…

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Film Review: Verdict

On the face of it, The Philippines is a surprisingly progressive country when it comes to women’s rights. Indeed, in the Global Gender Gap Index for the World Economic Forum…

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Track: Icelandic duo BSÍ release double singles – the dreamy ‘25Lue’ and the punky ‘Dónakallalagið’. Two very different sides of the same spinning coin

From what must be a contender for the album title of the year – ‘Sometimes depressed … but always antifascist’ – Icelandic duo BSÍ have released two fantastic singles that…

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Track: Allday’s new single ‘Void’ is an enigmatic, yearning anthem and comes with album and touring news.

Adelaide born but now Melbourne resident Allday (the moniker of Tom Gaynor) has gained a sizeable reputation as a rapper and songwriter over the recent years and you can see…

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Track: Belowsky releases the punchy ‘Hooks Jabs Words (remixed by Danny Saber)’ through Alan McGee’s Its Creation Baby

The legendary Alan McGee’s new label Its Creation Baby has just released an smashing new tribute to Muhammad Ali by pop-poet Belowsky, entitled ‘Hook Jab Word’ and remixed by Black…

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Track: Melbourne punk trio CLAMM unleash blistering single ‘Liar’ to whet appetite for album ‘Beseech Me’

Fasten your seatbelts for the blistering new sing ‘Liar’ from Melbourne punks CLAMM. There are no such things as brakes when you get on board – ‘Liar’ is a frenetic…

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Track: The Chills unveil new track ‘Destiny’ ahead of May album release, and announce on-demand concert stream.

With news out already of the much anticipated new album ‘Scatterbrain’ from New Zealand giants The Chills (due out on 14 May 2021 out through Fire Records and Flying Nun Records), the band…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Holy Monitor – Southern Lights

Athens based quintet Holy Monitor last week released their eagerly awaited third LP Southern Lights on Blackspin/Primitive Music. They are a psychedelic rock quintet whose sound incorporates elements of krautrock,…

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Track: Matt Berry releases psychedelic gem ‘Abroad’ alongside album details

Premiere: Black Light Smoke – ‘North Korea’: New York darkwaver dusts down a pulsing groove for his forthcoming early years album

Track: Elsa Hewitt’s ‘Inhaler’ gives electronica a good, hard shove into the future; she’s an album out in April

Film Review: Verdict

Track: Icelandic duo BSÍ release double singles – the dreamy ‘25Lue’ and the punky ‘Dónakallalagið’. Two very different sides of the same spinning coin

Track: Allday’s new single ‘Void’ is an enigmatic, yearning anthem and comes with album and touring news.

Track: Belowsky releases the punchy ‘Hooks Jabs Words (remixed by Danny Saber)’ through Alan McGee’s Its Creation Baby

Track: Melbourne punk trio CLAMM unleash blistering single ‘Liar’ to whet appetite for album ‘Beseech Me’

Track: The Chills unveil new track ‘Destiny’ ahead of May album release, and announce on-demand concert stream.

Say Psych: Album Review: Holy Monitor – Southern Lights