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Track: Jim James – I just wasn’t made for these times (Beach Boys cover)

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James’ politically charged solo album Eternally Even brought him critical recognition on its release in 2016, but he’s stepped back in time in more ways…

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Film Review: 78/52

There are few, if any, more iconic scenes in the history of cinema than the shower scene in Psycho. Then again, Alfred Hitchcock is arguably the greatest creator in the…

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Incoming: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Dr. Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon presiding over a spotless household with his ophthalmologist wife Anna (Nicole Kidman) and their two exemplary children, 12-year-old Bob (Sunny…

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Celluloid Screams Review: Tragedy Girls

For someone of my age, the online habits of Millennials can be more than slightly perplexing. It wasn’t until recently that I realised Facetime was actually a thing and not…

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Track: Locust Toybox – Saptiro

Whether the decision to release Drownscapes, a new (as described on the press release) sonic adventure from Locust Toybox, aka David Firth, on the eve of Halloween was accidental or…

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Track: Leon of Athens – Utopia

If you’re in need of some rather gorgeous electro-pop, then sit back and listen to ‘Utopia’, the new track from Leon of Athens. Soaked in bubbling synths and dripping with…

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News: Erased Tapes to re-release Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s final album Union Cafe

To mark the 20th year since his untimely passing, Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s mainstay Simon Jeffes son, Arthur, who carries on his fathers legacy under the name Penguin Cafe, has colluded…

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See: Butcher Babies Reveal new video for Headspin

Ahead of the release of Lilith, the third album from California metallers Butcher Babies, the five piece have released a new video for the single ‘Headspin’. It’s a throbbing ear-splitting…

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Blu-Ray Review: Hammer Volume One: Fear Warning

Hammer Volume One: Fear Warning brings together four Hammer horror productions released in the first half of the 1960s. They are four very different tales of fear, curses, madness and…

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Blu-Ray Review: Witchhammer

Co-founder of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, whilst Otakar Vávra was a highly prolific film-maker over a number of decades, he’s not well-known outside of his native Czech…

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Track: Jim James – I just wasn’t made for these times (Beach Boys cover)

Film Review: 78/52

Incoming: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Celluloid Screams Review: Tragedy Girls

Track: Locust Toybox – Saptiro

Track: Leon of Athens – Utopia

News: Erased Tapes to re-release Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s final album Union Cafe

See: Butcher Babies Reveal new video for Headspin

Blu-Ray Review: Hammer Volume One: Fear Warning

Blu-Ray Review: Witchhammer