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News: Opeth announce Evolution XXX ‘By Request’ tour for their 30th anniversary

Sweden’s OPETH have come a long way in the past 30 years, having evolved from raw death metal to virtuosic and progressive vintage rock. Always forging their own path, the band have delivered…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Ambassadeurs – ‘Human Stranger’: majorly uplifting, humanist floor-fillers

AMBASSADEURS is the project of Sussex producer Mark Dobson, a man who’s approach to music is deeply personal, involved. He doesn’t churn it out because he has the means; he…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Sam Prekop – ‘Comma’: further into wordless ‘tronica melodies

EMERGING from that Chicago scene so ripe with cross-fertilisation and ideas around the turn of the century, Sam Prekop was part of that fountain of creativity that brought us Tortoise,…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Sally Anne Morgan – ‘Thread’: homespun Appalachian warmth from Black Twig Pickers’ player

QUIETLY collaborating away in some of the finer, truest to tradition acts of the Americana movement such as the Black Twig Pickers, the time is now ripe for multi-instrumentalist Sally…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Matt Costa – ‘Yellow Coat’: an affair of a decade made song

TO BREATHE a little life into an old cliche, I bet my bottom dollar you’d find Matt Costa in the kitchen at parties. He’s that kinda guy. (And this is,…

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Blu-ray Review: Graveyards of Honor

The Yakuza play a role in Japanese culture which can only really be compared with that of the Mafiosi in Italy. The origins of today’s crime syndicates reach back over…

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NEWS: Super Cool Drawing Machine: with no gigs, musicians are touring art instead

NO GIGS. No. Gigs. Now imagine pulling a random aside in the corridor at some New Year’s party at say, ooh, 1.34am, as the beer can fortresses advance across every…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Susanna – ‘Baudelaire & Piano’: recasting the poet in solo dusk

TWO things to note from the off about the Norwegian chanteuse fatale born Susanna Karolina Wallumrød: firstly, she is both a deep appreciator and fashioner of the arts – no…

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TRACK: Garcia Peoples – ‘Crown of Thought’: an Airplane-style psych jam

NEW JERSEY’S Garcia Peoples, who’s latest long-playing foray Nightcap At Wit’s End is out on October 9th, have just released the second single to be lifted from that LP in…

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Track: Dying Wish are signed to Sharptone Records and share video for single ‘Innate Thirst’

Portland based hardcore band Dying Wish, have announced their signing to SharpTone Records. In celebration the band have released single ‘Innate Thirst’. Additionally, the band has announced the release of a 7-inch…

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News: Opeth announce Evolution XXX ‘By Request’ tour for their 30th anniversary

ALBUM REVIEW: Ambassadeurs – ‘Human Stranger’: majorly uplifting, humanist floor-fillers

ALBUM REVIEW: Sam Prekop – ‘Comma’: further into wordless ‘tronica melodies

ALBUM REVIEW: Sally Anne Morgan – ‘Thread’: homespun Appalachian warmth from Black Twig Pickers’ player

ALBUM REVIEW: Matt Costa – ‘Yellow Coat’: an affair of a decade made song

Blu-ray Review: Graveyards of Honor

NEWS: Super Cool Drawing Machine: with no gigs, musicians are touring art instead

ALBUM REVIEW: Susanna – ‘Baudelaire & Piano’: recasting the poet in solo dusk

TRACK: Garcia Peoples – ‘Crown of Thought’: an Airplane-style psych jam

Track: Dying Wish are signed to Sharptone Records and share video for single ‘Innate Thirst’