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Album Review: Ed Harcourt – Furnaces

In a music scene still crammed full of post-Jeff Buckley singer songwriters, Ed Harcourt has been criminally overlooked down the years, especially when you consider that he’s only released one…

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Album Review: Dolly Parton – Pure and Simple

I can’t remember a time when I hadn’t heard of Dolly Parton. As I grew up during the 80s, Parton always seemed to be part of the cultural background noise,…

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Tracks: Picture Atlantic – Billy Banker

San Francisco quartet Picture Atlantic have released their new single Billy Banker, the second single taken from their forthcoming new album, Assouf. The song itself is described by singer/guitarist Nikolaus…

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Track: Thundercat – Bus in these streets

Hot on the heels of winning his first grammy for his contribution to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ album, Thundercat has released a new single via Flying Lotus’ brilliant…

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Album Review: Pascal Pinon – Sundur

Pascal Pinon prove that absence makes their songwriting grow stronger with the chilling beauty of new album’ Sundur’. If Pascal Pinon’s 2013 album ‘Twosomeness’ was about sisters Ásthildur and Jófríður…

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News: The Magnetic Fields reissue 69 Love Songs on vinyl

When a colleague recently turned around and asked me out of the blue what the one album I would take to a desert island with me, I said The Magnetic…

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Album Review: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel

When The Black Crowes went on hiatus a few years ago, it’s probably fair to say that few of their fans held any great hopes out for either of the…

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Track: Macy Gray covers Metallica with Nothing Else Matters

Possessing one of the most instantly recognisable voices in music, Macy Gray has veered into unfamiliar waters for her upcoming ‘Stripped’ album, out on September 9th via Chesky Records. Bringing…

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Track: Fire Fences – Eastern Avenue

For an unsigned quartet hailing from Bridgend, South Wales, Fire Fences have some pretty impressive names behind the recording of their new song, Eastern Avenue. Recorded in Los Angeles at…

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Album Review: Warhaus – We Fucked a Flame into being

Essentially the solo project of Maarten Devoldere of the Belgian group Balthazar, We Fucked a Flame into being (a direct quote from Lady Chatterley’s lover) see’s Devoldere abandon some of…

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Album Review: Ed Harcourt – Furnaces

Album Review: Dolly Parton – Pure and Simple

Tracks: Picture Atlantic – Billy Banker

Track: Thundercat – Bus in these streets

Album Review: Pascal Pinon – Sundur

News: The Magnetic Fields reissue 69 Love Songs on vinyl

Album Review: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel

Track: Macy Gray covers Metallica with Nothing Else Matters

Track: Fire Fences – Eastern Avenue

Album Review: Warhaus – We Fucked a Flame into being