Past lives: 1959 – 2016. Pete Burns – A Tribute
Liverpool singer Pete Burns died of a heart attack on Sunday. He was 57. I first encountered Pete Burns around 1978. Me and my schoolmates would catch the bus to…
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Track: Von Sell – Miss Me
Miss Me is the new single from New York electro-pop artist Von Sell, taken from his self-titled EP, which is out this month, and follows on from the much lauded…
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See: Stornoway reveal new video for Night Drive / Announce farewell tour
After more than ten years of playing heartfelt, affecting indie/folk, Oxford quartet Stornoway are bowing out with an 11 date farewell tour, due to take place next February/March, beginning at…
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DVD Review: Elvis and Nixon
Seeing ‘based on true events’, or something similar, flash-up at the start of a film almost always rings alarm bells for me. This is especially the case with horror films.…
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News: Tom Chaplin heads out on 14 date UK & Ireland May tour
If you’ve checked out his new album, ‘The Wave’, and let’s face it, after debuting at number three in the UK Album Chart last Friday plenty of people have, pop/indie…
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Incoming: After Love
After 15 years of living together, Marie (Bérénice Bejo) and Boris (Cédric Kahn) decide to get a divorce – but the separation proves far from simple. Boris can’t afford to…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Killing of America
The current political and social climate in the US is pretty scary to say the least. What with the rise of Trump, the killing of unarmed black men and the…
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DVD Review: The Library Suicides
In this day and age filmmakers are no longer solely reliant upon the whims of studios or attracting rich benefactors. With new technology making it cheaper than ever to make…
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News: Kidney Thieves set for intimate shows in November
American Industrial Alt band Kidney Thieves fresh from the successful crowd funding of their fourth studio album The Mend, their first since Trypt0fanatic in 2010 (available in digital, CD and…
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See: Honeyblood share the video for ‘Sea Hearts’
As Halloween creeps closer, Honeyblood are getting into the spirit in the eerie video for ‘Sea Hearts’. ‘Sea Hearts’ is the catchy, fuzz-filled latest single from Honeyblood’s forthcoming second album…
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