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ALBUM REVIEW: Bill Callahan – ‘Gold Record’: Bill pans for nuggets and strikes again

BILL CALLAHAN. Question: can you imagine a world where we don’t have his grace, his eye for the humanity of the everyday, his profound bass-voiced grace, those songwriting abilities. Scary…

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Track: Palace Winter – ‘Won’t Be Long’: intelligent synthpop duo trail their third LP; tour dates

PALACE WINTER, the Australian-Danish duo comprised of lead singer and guitarist Carl Coleman and classically trained pianist and producer Caspar Hesselager, are leading up to their upcoming third long player…

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TRACK: Natty Wylah – ‘Cinders’: atmospheric and sharp North London rhymes

NATTY WYLAH, the north-of-the-Thames lyricist who’s been carving out a reputation over the past year or so with single drops like the musically laidback but lexically bold and proud “WHOAMI”…

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Fantasia Festival Review: The Block Island Sound

One of the most powerful elements of superior genre cinema is that of mystery. It’s hard to process or categorise the unknown. That which cannot be explained by science or…

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TRACK: Lizette & Quevin -‘Talk To Me’: another Sunny classic given the finest of rerubs

BIG CROWN. It’s a helluva label, period, is the Brooklyn purveyor of retro excellence to capture yo’ heart. It’s the kinda imprint you could swoon for; don’t believe me? Take…

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The Green Child – ‘Low Desk: High Shelf’: seductive synth-psych trails the new LP – maybe avoid the picnic

THE GREEN CHILD is the musical avatar of Mikey Young and Raven Mahon, who met, hung out and started to spark when their previous respective bands – Mikey’s Australian synth…

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SEE: Dennis Ferrer – ‘Sunny Days’: bringing the togetherness groove for Defected

THE PRODIGAL son returns; after an absence of more than four years – since the release of “Right Thing”, back in June 2016 – intelligent house music legend Dennis Ferrer…

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See: Enslaved share psychedelic video for new track Urjotun

Norway’s progressive black metallers Enslaved have today released third single ‘Urjotun’ from their upcoming studio album ‘Utgard’ due 2nd October via Nuclear Blast. Vocalist Grutle Kjellson commented:“The lyrical idea for Urjotun had been spinning around in the chaos in…

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Track: Leddie Mc – Those Were The Days

Still on the road to releasing her EP in September and after sharing two impressive tracks over the last two months ‘Answer Me’ and ‘Fork In The Road’, Leddie is…

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NEWS: Erasure announce dates for 2021

THEY’VE just released their latest, glittering synth opus, The Neon, for Mute; and today Andy Bell and Vince Clarke, aka Erasure, have announced The Neon Tour for next autumn. Andy…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Bill Callahan – ‘Gold Record’: Bill pans for nuggets and strikes again

Track: Palace Winter – ‘Won’t Be Long’: intelligent synthpop duo trail their third LP; tour dates

TRACK: Natty Wylah – ‘Cinders’: atmospheric and sharp North London rhymes

Fantasia Festival Review: The Block Island Sound

TRACK: Lizette & Quevin -‘Talk To Me’: another Sunny classic given the finest of rerubs

The Green Child – ‘Low Desk: High Shelf’: seductive synth-psych trails the new LP – maybe avoid the picnic

SEE: Dennis Ferrer – ‘Sunny Days’: bringing the togetherness groove for Defected

See: Enslaved share psychedelic video for new track Urjotun

Track: Leddie Mc – Those Were The Days

NEWS: Erasure announce dates for 2021