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See: Cannibal Animal release new video for I Feel alive

Cannibal Animal have their roots deeply embedded in the darker more primal side of the current post-punk scene. Latest single, ‘I Feel Alive’ hits you like an adrenalised shot of…

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DVD Review: The Smuggler (aka The Mule)

Some of the greatest thrillers have involved cat and mouse chases and nail-biting suspense. Speed set the bar in terms of jeopardy but you don’t need to have a bus…

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Meet: Lisbon – Matty Varty returns for a chat

I caught up with Whitley Bay heroes Lisbon at the end of their successful winter tour at The Rocking Chair. A tired but enthusiastic Matty Varty (lead singer) picked up…

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Live Review: Lisbon / Feral Mantra / The Wired at The Rocking Chair, Sheffield, 18/02/16

Lisbon are the kind of band it’s very easy to get excited about. They’re enthusiastic about their music, whether it’s finessing new material in the studio, getting the tech just…

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Album Review: Wild Nothing – Life of Pause

I’ve been smitten with Jack Tatum ever since I heard “Nocture” back in 2012. Such beauty and bittersweet melodies in that song. I knew right then that this Tatum fellow…

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Not Forgotten: Black & White by The Stranglers

Its early 1978 and I’m standing in the horrible brutalist Ryemarket Shopping Centre in Stourbridge, a copy of ‘Sounds’ in my hands (well all over my hands such was the…

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Incoming: Triple 9

In Triple 9, a crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture…

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DVD Review: Taxi Tehran

The survivor spirit is alive and well and living in Tehran. Despite being banned from making films by the Iranian regime, Jafar Pahani has responded by becoming more prolific. Celebrated…

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Not Forgotten: The Czars – Before… But Longer

Like many people, I only know The Czars as the band John Grant was in before he temporarily turned his back on the music industry. As such it is tempting…

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Say Psych: Playlist 2/2016

Here’s my second playlist of the year, which is shaping up to be yet another brilliant one musically with some great new releases and long overdue re-issues. Flemish Weave…

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See: Cannibal Animal release new video for I Feel alive

DVD Review: The Smuggler (aka The Mule)

Meet: Lisbon – Matty Varty returns for a chat

Live Review: Lisbon / Feral Mantra / The Wired at The Rocking Chair, Sheffield, 18/02/16

Album Review: Wild Nothing – Life of Pause

Not Forgotten: Black & White by The Stranglers

Incoming: Triple 9

DVD Review: Taxi Tehran

Not Forgotten: The Czars – Before… But Longer

Say Psych: Playlist 2/2016