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Album Review: A. Swayze and the Ghosts release the brilliant debut album ‘Paid Salvation’

Emerging from Hobart at the very edge of the settled world, A. Swayze and the Ghosts (AS&TG) are loud, noisy, abrasive, shouty, opinionated and – did I say loud? They…

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SEE: Neil Cowley’s ‘Eureka Pulse’: solo piano grace from new triptych of EPs

NEIL COWLEY is someone who has lived and breathed music his whole life. He took on a Shostakovich piano concerto at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall at the age of 10;…

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Premiere: Cobra Man release new visuals to ‘Heatwave’

Los Angeles power disco duo Cobra Man have released new visuals for their recent single Heatwave, which caught the ear of the great and good (and probably not so good…

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TRACK: Cardiacs release previously unheard track, ‘Vermin Mangle’

CARDIACS have shared a poignant farewell in the form of a previously unreleased song. “Vermin Mangle” was shared to mark the funeral of bandleader Tim Smith, who died in July…

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News: Mr. Bongo announce new compilation, ‘Volume 4’, for November

We’ve been a fan of Brighton-based record company Mr. Bongo for some time, with many of their brilliant reissues of world/Latin music appearing on our collective shelves over the years;…

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Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Bei Ru

And we back… Bei Ru, the Los Angeles based musician, beat maker and budding vocalist, has been making interesting and compelling music since the early oughts. In 2010, he raided…

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See: Maxïmo Park return with new track ‘Child of the Flatlands’ and visual art piece

After a gap of four years, Maxïmo Park have returned with a new track, Child Of the Flatlands, and an accompanying visual art piece from experimental designer, visual artist, and…

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Track: Sally Anne Morgan releases ‘Polly On The Shore’

It’s getting mighty crowded in the psych-folk district right now. So to stand out you need that little something else … enter Sally Anne Morgan. A fiddler, banjo player and…

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Track: PET SHIMMERS announce new album, share lead single ‘IMBER’

Indie Bristol-born outfit Pet Shimmers have announced their second album of 2020, Trash Earthers, also sharing the first single ‘Imber‘. The album will be released on 2nd October via their own PS Records.…

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Track: Kasperi Sarikoski releases ‘Wide Lanes’ ahead of new album

The trombonist – always the bridesmaid, the ugly duckling – you sometimes wonder where jazz would be if Miles or Coltrane were trombone players. Sure the big band era had…

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Album Review: A. Swayze and the Ghosts release the brilliant debut album ‘Paid Salvation’

SEE: Neil Cowley’s ‘Eureka Pulse’: solo piano grace from new triptych of EPs

Premiere: Cobra Man release new visuals to ‘Heatwave’

TRACK: Cardiacs release previously unheard track, ‘Vermin Mangle’

News: Mr. Bongo announce new compilation, ‘Volume 4’, for November

Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Bei Ru

See: Maxïmo Park return with new track ‘Child of the Flatlands’ and visual art piece

Track: Sally Anne Morgan releases ‘Polly On The Shore’

Track: PET SHIMMERS announce new album, share lead single ‘IMBER’

Track: Kasperi Sarikoski releases ‘Wide Lanes’ ahead of new album