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Not Forgotten: Mick Ronson – Play Don’t Worry

Mick Ronson was perhaps the ultimate limelight grabbing sideman. Be he by the side of Ian Hunter, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, or, most famously, David Bowie, Ronno always gave whoever…

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Premiere: AM Exchange releases live acoustic version of ‘Unreachable’

We’re delighted to premiere the new video from AM Exchange, aka Los Angeles singer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Jacobs. Its a live acoustic version of his track Unreachable, the second single…

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News: Merry Christmas From Slam Dunk Festival!

The folks over at Slam Dunk Festival have only gone and designed a downloadable Christmas Card (which you can find here) for you to give to the festival lover in your…

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Album Review: Kate Rusby – The Frost Is All Over

Kate Rusby is undoubtedly one of the big names in the recent revival of British folk helping rescue the genre from silver tankard wielding traditionalists to create a more contemporary…

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Live: Nothing More, SHVPES, In Search Of Sun – Manchester Academy 3, 7.12.15

It’s brisk December and In Search Of Sun hold the task of warming the crowd up for the evening. There’s only about 20 people in the room by the time…

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Not Forgotten: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

The first thing that strikes you about Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers ’ debut album is how rough it sounds compared to the slick and streamlined made-for American roadtrips that…

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Say Psych: Meet, Flowers Must Die

It is almost a standard opening paragraph about how strong the Swedish ‘psych’ music scene is at the moment, but when you have a list of bands that includes Hills,…

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Film Review: Sherpa

Everest has always been a focal point for Western climbers and film makers alike. No other mountain holds the history and mystique of Chomolungma and the desire to climb it…

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Track: TWINS – You Take Two (Scott Fraser Remix)

TWINS, aka Atlanta DJ/Producer Matt Weiner, has released a new and essential 12″ called ‘Standard of Truth’ on Scott Fraser and Timothy J Fairplay’s excellent Crimes Of The Future imprint.…

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Album Review: UNDERWORLD – ‘Second Toughest in the Infants’ Re-issue

Following on from the groundbreaking Underworld Mk 2 album ‘dubnobasswithmyheadman’, 1996’s ‘Second Toughest in the Infants’ just kept running with the template of hypnotic dance/rave/techno/acid house/pop its predecessor had alchemically…

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Not Forgotten: Mick Ronson – Play Don’t Worry

Premiere: AM Exchange releases live acoustic version of ‘Unreachable’

News: Merry Christmas From Slam Dunk Festival!

Album Review: Kate Rusby – The Frost Is All Over

Live: Nothing More, SHVPES, In Search Of Sun – Manchester Academy 3, 7.12.15

Not Forgotten: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Say Psych: Meet, Flowers Must Die

Film Review: Sherpa

Track: TWINS – You Take Two (Scott Fraser Remix)

Album Review: UNDERWORLD – ‘Second Toughest in the Infants’ Re-issue