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EP Review: Oldblood – Arms To The Sky

Formed in north London in 2018, Oldblood merge elements of doom, punk, post-metal and black metal into one cohesive, blackened monstrosity. As shown by their debut 4-track EP ‘Arms to the Sky’. Themed around…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Small Forward – ‘Small Forward’

Great easy listening on debut LP by LA trio

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SEE: Tele Novella – ‘Never’: a sweet song of loss and yearning with Super 8 footage

TEXAS TWOSOME Tele Novella, who memorably describe themselves on Twitter as “coin-operated medieval pop songs through a 1950s western lens” (and that’s totally on the money) have today released a…

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SEE: MF Tomlinson – ‘Strange Time’: rising alt.folk talent announces debut album

MICHAEL TOMLINSON is the main man in the sorta-solo project MF Tomlinson, in which he plys a very neat line in indie folk/roots songcraft with a grainy bearhug of a…

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SEE: Tamar Aphek – ‘Drive’: a psych-blues stormer from Tel Aviv

ALREADY something of a guitar goddess in her native Tel Aviv, Kill Rock Stars, that seminal imprint that’s hosted the like of Elliott Smith, The Decemberists, Sleater-Kinney and more, have…

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Tallinn Black Nights Review: Fear

Whilst immigration, and the control thereof, is an issue for almost every country, in the EU it has become a political hot potato. Although the focus is often on Greece,…

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Film Review: A Christmas Carol

Tis the season of goodwill to all men, but it would be interesting to see what Ebenezer Scrooge made of the modern Christmas. By mid-November we’re bombarded with TV adverts,…

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Rising: We meet Spang Sisters; see the vid for the post-modern soul of ‘Eddie Murphy’

AFTER first being seduced by the name (I mean: isn’t Spang Sisters a thing of beauty?), we were further seduced by the musical chops of the said sisters, in actual…

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Premiere: Mike Clerk channels his inner Bruce Lee in new Keep Movin’ video

Fife singer-songwriter Mike Clerk, formerly lead singer of The Lost Generation, has returned to music in 2020, buoyed by both a hugely successful kickstarter campaign and also the reaction to…

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EP REVIEW: Quiet Marauder – ‘Tiny Men Parts’: a critique of the male condition in bounce-along indiepop

Tiny Men Parts nails masculine creepiness and ineptitude with insouciance and tons of guitar pop like they used to make

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EP Review: Oldblood – Arms To The Sky

ALBUM REVIEW: Small Forward – ‘Small Forward’

SEE: Tele Novella – ‘Never’: a sweet song of loss and yearning with Super 8 footage

SEE: MF Tomlinson – ‘Strange Time’: rising alt.folk talent announces debut album

SEE: Tamar Aphek – ‘Drive’: a psych-blues stormer from Tel Aviv

Tallinn Black Nights Review: Fear

Film Review: A Christmas Carol

Rising: We meet Spang Sisters; see the vid for the post-modern soul of ‘Eddie Murphy’

Premiere: Mike Clerk channels his inner Bruce Lee in new Keep Movin’ video

EP REVIEW: Quiet Marauder – ‘Tiny Men Parts’: a critique of the male condition in bounce-along indiepop