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Album Review: Protomartyr – Ultimate Success Today

My relationship with Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr is a complicated one. I first heard of the band in 2015, when they supported Canadian noise punks METZ on their autumn UK…

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EP: Coma Wall – Ursa Minor

With little else to do beyond staring at a wall and quietly losing the plot during a global pandemic, Undersmile has done what many of us have done to keep…

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Album Review: JAF Trio – JAF Trio

JAF Trio are an up and coming young Finnish-Danish band featuring Adele Sauros of Superposition, Bowman Trio bassist Joonas Tuuri and drummer Frederick Emil Bülow. They won the We Jazz…

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TRACK: Magic Bronson are back and ‘Surfin’

LA’s scuzzed-up alt.pop duo Magic Bronson are back and “Surfin on your brainwaves” with the second single to be released ahead of their forthcoming LP. It’s a slice of West…

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Film Review: Clemency

At the time of writing, capital punishment is legal in twenty-eight states of America, but who knows how many this will be by November? The ‘Land of the Free’ is…

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Film Review: Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

Whilst today, Luis Buñuel is a household name for cinephiles and Spanish film fans alike, this wasn’t always the case. After the controversy surrounding his feature debut, L’Age d’Or, the…

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Track: Jaz Coleman’s New Project Black & Red – On The Day The Earth Went Mad

Jaz Coleman’s new project Black & Red, a collaboration with Ondrej Smeykal have just shared their debut single ‘On The Day The Earth Went Mad’ the single is also available as a limited…

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Track: sir Was x Casper Clausen – Flyder

‘Flyder’, is the new single from the Gothenburg-based artist/producer, sir Was – real name, Joel Wästberg – and Casper Clausen, the singer of experimental Danish post-rockers, Efterklang. ‘Flyder’ started as a small sketch around the time when Joel went to…

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Track: The Goa Express – Be My Friend

‘Be My Friend’, the new single from The Goa Express, emerges from the starting gates with such an abandoned joie de vivre that it’s exhilarating and heady. It’s a shouty,…

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Track: Future Islands – For Sure

Future Islands first gained world attention for their stunningly intense and committed performance of the single ‘Seasons (Waiting on You)’ on the Letterman Show way back in 2014. This somewhat…

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Album Review: Protomartyr – Ultimate Success Today

EP: Coma Wall – Ursa Minor

Album Review: JAF Trio – JAF Trio

TRACK: Magic Bronson are back and ‘Surfin’

Film Review: Clemency

Film Review: Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

Track: Jaz Coleman’s New Project Black & Red – On The Day The Earth Went Mad

Track: sir Was x Casper Clausen – Flyder

Track: The Goa Express – Be My Friend

Track: Future Islands – For Sure