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Not Forgotten: Elton John – Elton John

Elton John’s eponymous second effort is pretty much where things started taking off for him. Originally intended as effectively a shop window to display the diverse writing talents of the Elton…

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Album Review: Sexores – Salamanca

I usually write my reviews in my cosy little living room in my cottage in the middle of a forest in merry old England. I have my light on and…

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Track: Metro Trinity – Die Young EP

Short lived Manchester band Metro Trinity only Released this EP, back in 1987 on their own Cafeteria label, and a split with the Inspiral Carpets via Dave Haslam’s Debris fanzine.…

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Track: Ascendo – Something Sweeter EP

Wakefield indie rock quartet Ascendo hit the ground running with their debut release Something Sweeter – a two track EP featuring tracks Pixie Dust and Pink Gin and Lemonade. The…

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Track: Mt. Wolf – Tayrona feat. Tamsin Wilson

Dream folk pioneers Mt. Wolf have been quiet for the last few years, but have now teamed up with vocalist and guitarist Tamsin Wilson for a new EP, the first…

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Track: An Early Bird – One Kiss Broke The Promise

Backseat Mafia have been ardent supporters of Stefano De Stefano ever since reviewing his first band Pipers back in our early days in 2014, through to his debut album ‘Of…

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TRACK: FALLE NIOKE & GHOST CULTURE – BARKÉ

FALLE NIOKE is a singer and percussionist from Guinea Conakry, West Africa. He sings in French, English, Susu, Fulani and Malinke, and plays a range of African instruments. Collaborator Ghost Culture aka…

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Track: Junk Drawer – What I’ve Learned / What I’m learning

Belfast quartet Junk Drawer are gearing up to the release of their debut album ‘Ready for the House’, out on April 24th via Art For Blind with a new track…

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Say Psych: Premiere: Servo – I

French three-piece Servo deal in the kind of dark, psychedelic noise-rock that storms with ease between gloomy, hypnotic moments and bouts of powerful, unrelenting noise. With a string of singles,…

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Album Review: Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind.

Experimental electronic and Warp Records; can you name a more iconic duo in the pantheon of left-field music? That I’m sure you can, but you’d be hard-pressed to argue that…

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Not Forgotten: Elton John – Elton John

Album Review: Sexores – Salamanca

Track: Metro Trinity – Die Young EP

Track: Ascendo – Something Sweeter EP

Track: Mt. Wolf – Tayrona feat. Tamsin Wilson

Track: An Early Bird – One Kiss Broke The Promise

TRACK: FALLE NIOKE & GHOST CULTURE – BARKÉ

Track: Junk Drawer – What I’ve Learned / What I’m learning

Say Psych: Premiere: Servo – I

Album Review: Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind.