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Premiere: Werner Niedermeier & Gareth Whitehead – ‘Nineteen92’: taking ‘tronica out past Khruangbin

PROLIFIC producers Werner Niedermeier and Gareth Whitehead have been working together for about a decade now. As well as their busy DJ commitments and running their own record labels they…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Conrad Schnitzler – ‘Con’: Tangerine Dream man’s ’78 LP gets first UK issue

Tangerine Dream founder's 1978 LP of synthy motorik receives its first UK issue: spacious, eerie and polyrhythmic by turns

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Blu-Ray Review: Toto the Hero

When it comes to the powerhouses of global film-making Belgium would not be at the forefront of anyone’s mind. Indeed, I would guess that most people would struggle to name…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Fair Mothers – ‘In Monochrome’: marrow-deep dark-folk truth and nuance

THE OCCULT poet, painter and writer Ithell Colqohoun advanced the premise in her book, The Living Stones of Cornwall, that your local geology births you as much as nurture and…

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Album Review: Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks In The Road

We Alanis Morissette fans are a patient bunch. It’s been almost exactly eight years since the release of her last album Havoc & Bright Lights. But whilst I class myself as…

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Film Review: Around the Sun

Do you ever run the same encounter over and over again in your head? Even if it hasn’t actually happened yet? As humans, we’re often incredibly skilled at overthinking every…

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TRACK: 0171 – ‘Photograph’: yearning Hackney synthpop

COMING at you out of Hackney – that dialling-code epithet giving away their inner London roots- synth-pop duo Joe Bedell-Brill and Georgie Hoare, who record as 0171, have shared their…

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See: Bloody Your Hands! share ‘Checked Out’ from upcoming album ‘Sunday Scaries’

New York pop punk outfit Bloody Your Hands are set release their latest album on 28th August and have now shared the latest song from this upcoming release, ‘Checked Out’…

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Track: Australian Punks Black Heart Breakers issue new single, ‘Pressure Drop’

With all the feel good sounds that echo such bands as Green Day, Rancid and The Interrupters, Black Heart Breakers are back with the latest in a long line of…

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ALBUM REVIEW: GLOK – ‘Dissident Remixed’: Andy Bell’s tronica alter-ego gets a comprehensive rerub

OUT OF all the four members of Ride – Mark, Andy, Loz and Steve, it’s hands down Andy who’s had the most varied and viable extra-curricular activities. There was Hurricane…

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Premiere: Werner Niedermeier & Gareth Whitehead – ‘Nineteen92’: taking ‘tronica out past Khruangbin

ALBUM REVIEW: Conrad Schnitzler – ‘Con’: Tangerine Dream man’s ’78 LP gets first UK issue

Blu-Ray Review: Toto the Hero

ALBUM REVIEW: Fair Mothers – ‘In Monochrome’: marrow-deep dark-folk truth and nuance

Album Review: Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks In The Road

Film Review: Around the Sun

TRACK: 0171 – ‘Photograph’: yearning Hackney synthpop

See: Bloody Your Hands! share ‘Checked Out’ from upcoming album ‘Sunday Scaries’

Track: Australian Punks Black Heart Breakers issue new single, ‘Pressure Drop’

ALBUM REVIEW: GLOK – ‘Dissident Remixed’: Andy Bell’s tronica alter-ego gets a comprehensive rerub