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ALBUM REVIEW: Ezra Feinberg and John Kolodij – ‘Ezra Feinberg and John Kolodij’: four deep acoustic atmospheres

YOU MAY know the names involved in this self-titled collaborative LP, brought to you by the twin instrumental and exploratory talents of Ezra Feinberg and John Kolodij; you may not.…

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Fantasia Festival Review: The Oak Room

There’s no way of actually knowing how far Storytelling dates back through human history, but it’s a fair bet that ever since homo-sapiens could speak that oral traditions have existed.…

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EP: Troye Sivan – In A Dream

Fans of Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan who have been there from the start will have seen the evolution of an artist, from the early YouTube videos to the early Eps June…

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Track: Emmy the Great reveals new single ‘Mary’

Following on from the news that Emmy the Great is to release her new album April / 月音 on October 9th via Bella Union, she has followed up recent single Dandelions / Liminal…

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PREMIERE: Babe, Terror – ‘Salina Lumen’: Caretaker-style eerieness from a locked-down São Paulo

BABE, TERROR, the nom-de-musique of São Paulo’s Claudio Szynkier, is a serious sort of name. That juxtaposition: your babe, your loved one, terror. Oh. … but then these are serious…

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Film Review: She Dies Tomorrow

It doesn’t take much to trigger an existential crisis for some people. The mere hint of a problem or potential issue can cause them to spiral out of control or…

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TRACK: hear the synth disco of Mort Garson’s ‘Dragonfly’ ahead of Sacred Bones’ reissues

MORT GARSON is a name that’s intoned with due gravity by those who know. Hailing from Canada with an interest of the sounds of early circuitry-based music and a penchant…

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Meet: We chat with Jez Williams from Doves about Northern Soul, getting the band back together and the new album, plus we review ‘The Universal Want’

The new album from Doves, ‘The Universal Want’ is a blistering rebirth from the Mancunian band. It’s much more than a return to form – their previous albums were uniformly…

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Track: Watertown – Car CDs

Four piece Watertown shared their second single ‘Car CDs’ . A summery sound, using a wide range of instruments within this track, such as, djembe, Alto and Tenor sax, Trumpet,…

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TRACK: El Michels Affair – ‘Dhuaan’/’Sha Na Na’: 60s’ exotica brilliance from Big Crown

BROOKLYN’S Big Crown – well, in short, they’ve only gone and done it again. The label of love which just keeps producing cracking little 7″s for lovers of exotic and…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Ezra Feinberg and John Kolodij – ‘Ezra Feinberg and John Kolodij’: four deep acoustic atmospheres

Fantasia Festival Review: The Oak Room

EP: Troye Sivan – In A Dream

Track: Emmy the Great reveals new single ‘Mary’

PREMIERE: Babe, Terror – ‘Salina Lumen’: Caretaker-style eerieness from a locked-down São Paulo

Film Review: She Dies Tomorrow

TRACK: hear the synth disco of Mort Garson’s ‘Dragonfly’ ahead of Sacred Bones’ reissues

Meet: We chat with Jez Williams from Doves about Northern Soul, getting the band back together and the new album, plus we review ‘The Universal Want’

Track: Watertown – Car CDs

TRACK: El Michels Affair – ‘Dhuaan’/’Sha Na Na’: 60s’ exotica brilliance from Big Crown