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See: Darren Hayman reveals new video for Strethall (Essex), plus UK tour dates

IF you hadn’t heard of former Hefner frontman Darren Haymans new project, Thankful Villages, then jump aboard quickly as Volume one came out last Friday via Rivertones. Writer Arthur Mee…

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Film Review: How to Lose Jobs and Alienate Girlfriends

We live in a world where it’s possible for anyone to become a celebrity. With the advent of the internet and video sharing services such as YouTube, a whole generation…

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Incoming: When Marnie Was There

When shy, artistic Anna moves to the seaside to live with her aunt and uncle, she stumbles upon an old mansion surrounded by marshes, and the mysterious young girl, Marnie,…

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Track / Video

Track: Psycho Comedy – One

Although they formed less than a year ago, Liverpool Psychedelic five-piece Psycho Comedy are already beginning to make waves, having recently played sets at Liverpool Sound City and festEVOL. Last…

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Album Review: Minor Victories – Minor Victories

Minor Victories, if you haven’t read our review of debut single “A Hundred Ropes”, are Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Justin Lockey (Editors) and his brother James (Hand Held…

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Playlist: R.I.P. Muhammad Ali – 10 songs

And so the champion made his exit, and the man born Cassius Clay, the ‘Louisville lip’, the three time Heavyweight champion of the world left us, surrounded by his family…

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Track / Video

Track: Apeman Spaceman – ‘Spacecatraz’

Featuring ex members of post-punk band ‘Dogs’, and ‘Razorlight’, this debut single, released on June 10th, is a fuzz-guitared groove/stomp/swagger, that stays in the head after only a couple of…

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See: Jovel releases new emotionally charged video for ‘The Heroine’

Taken from London RnB rapper Jovel’s debut EP The Void, The Heroine (in this case, the spelling hides the dual meaning) is the powerful tale of someone suffering with drug…

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Track / Video

Track: Twin Graves – Strife

Despite having a name that screams ‘death metal’ at you (well, it did at me anyway) Twin Graves, aka Irish/Blackpool duo Jeremy Aris Polychronopoulos (vocals/guitar) Zarah Lawless (vocals/bass/synth) actually make…

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News: Fairport Convention fiddle player Dave Swarbrick dies at 75

WE had to check it was for real this time, following The Telegraph’s famous obituary published back in 1999. Sadly it is. Former Fairport Convention fiddle player Dave Swarbrick has…

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See: Darren Hayman reveals new video for Strethall (Essex), plus UK tour dates

Film Review: How to Lose Jobs and Alienate Girlfriends

Incoming: When Marnie Was There

Track: Psycho Comedy – One

Album Review: Minor Victories – Minor Victories

Playlist: R.I.P. Muhammad Ali – 10 songs

Track: Apeman Spaceman – ‘Spacecatraz’

See: Jovel releases new emotionally charged video for ‘The Heroine’

Track: Twin Graves – Strife

News: Fairport Convention fiddle player Dave Swarbrick dies at 75