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PREMIERE: See the video for KJ & The Fox’s ‘Never Gone Hill’

KJ & THE FOX is the glimmering, shimmering indie project of Keith Johns Adams, who’s been releasing fun and beguiling, raw ‘n’ folksy indie tunesmithery for a while now as…

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NEWS: London Jazz Festival moves online – schedule updates

LIKE the music itself, the London Jazz Festival, which runs from November 13th to 22nd, just refuses to be silent. A month ago we brought you news of the ambitious…

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TRACK: Marie Bashiru – ‘Joyride’: a little Afrofolk-soul sun to help us through

DEARLY beloved, gathered here today: let’s let a little smooth Afrosoul sun into our lives to keep the harsh bite of Lockdown 2: The Return at bay. And what better…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Denison Witmer – ‘American Foursquare’: soothing Philadelphia folk

Asthmatic Kitty announces a physical release for the soothing new album by PA songwriter

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ALBUM REVIEW: Urlaub in Polen – ‘All’: welcome and surprise return of fine krautrock pair

This unexpected album from German duo Urlaub im Polen has arrived eight years after they originally disbanded. Back and bolder than ever, All marks an ambitious comeback from the pair - it's a collection of warped, electronic Krautrock.

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TRACK: Maps’ ‘Sleep Today’ teases for a new four-tracker

AFTER the brilliantly varied series of remixes of his work he commissioned and dropped throughout the summer – featuring artists as diverse as soundtracks scion Simon Fisher Turner, Andy Bell…

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Blu-Ray Review: Girlfriends

The 1970s was a time of change and liberalisation in America. Following on from the conservative post-war years, the 1960s opened up a whole new world of opportunity; which continued…

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Track: The Clockworks – Enough is Never Enough

One of the most inventive and exciting bands around at the moment, Galway’s The Clockworks have released another blistering track ‘Enough is Never Enough’, which combines a driving musical assault…

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Track: Curly Blonde – Room 309

The new single from Victorian duo Curly Blonde seems somehow to have bottled some brilliant Australian sunshine into their latest track ‘Room 309’ and created a sparkling and immersive joy…

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See: Ups And Downs release sunshine-infused video for their glorious cover of ‘Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime’

Backseat Mafia recently reviewed the brilliant collection of covers ‘…Another Country’ from Brisbane legends Ups and Downs: songs that influenced their shimmering jingle jangle sound from the eighties. They have…

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PREMIERE: See the video for KJ & The Fox’s ‘Never Gone Hill’

NEWS: London Jazz Festival moves online – schedule updates

TRACK: Marie Bashiru – ‘Joyride’: a little Afrofolk-soul sun to help us through

ALBUM REVIEW: Denison Witmer – ‘American Foursquare’: soothing Philadelphia folk

ALBUM REVIEW: Urlaub in Polen – ‘All’: welcome and surprise return of fine krautrock pair

TRACK: Maps’ ‘Sleep Today’ teases for a new four-tracker

Blu-Ray Review: Girlfriends

Track: The Clockworks – Enough is Never Enough

Track: Curly Blonde – Room 309

See: Ups And Downs release sunshine-infused video for their glorious cover of ‘Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime’