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Not Forgotten: The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America

By September 2006 The Hold Steady had already released Almost Killed Me and Separation Sunday, two of the finest rock and roll records of the millennium, and were poised to…

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Classic Album: Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record

By October 1976 Electric Light Orchestra had managed to morph themselves into a slick prog-pop group, scoring hit singles the world over and releasing a string of increasingly impressive albums.…

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Say Psych: Playlist 20/2016

Catching up with some new releases this week, all these tracks have come out over the last few months and this, as seems to ever be the case these days,…

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Incoming: Free State of Jones

As civil war divides the nation, a poor farmer from Mississippi leads a group of rebels against the Confederate army. Starring Matthew McConaughey. Free State of Jones is out in…

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Say Psych: Album Review, Moral Machine by Colonel Petrov’s Good Judgement

By and large I have a list of reviews to do and gradually work my way down it, it’s simple and orderly and works for me. Every once in a…

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Incoming: Tharlo

Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden’s artfully shot feature is a portrait of a shepherd called Tharlo who spends his days in the company of his sheep traversing the vast Tibetan plateau…

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Not Forgotten: Little Feat – The Last Record Album

With a career that had already seen them perfect a spicy blend of southern rock, blues, country and soulful funk elements, by 1975’s The Last Record Album, Little Feat were…

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Track: Murcof x Vanessa Wagner – Statea

InFiné records have released Statea by Murcof & Vanessa Wagner. TRAINSPOTTER ALERT: The title of the album is a reference (in old Italian) to scales and also the perfect balance between two…

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Incoming: Deepwater Horizon

On April 20th, 2010, one of the world’s largest man-made disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Directed by Peter Berg (Lone Survivor), this story honours…

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DVD Review: Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex

Kids today may see CGI as the norm, but for those of us who grew up with the fantastical inventions of Ray Harryhausen, this is not the case. Visual effects…

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Not Forgotten: The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America

Classic Album: Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record

Say Psych: Playlist 20/2016

Incoming: Free State of Jones

Say Psych: Album Review, Moral Machine by Colonel Petrov’s Good Judgement

Incoming: Tharlo

Not Forgotten: Little Feat – The Last Record Album

Track: Murcof x Vanessa Wagner – Statea

Incoming: Deepwater Horizon

DVD Review: Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex