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Obituary: Carey Lander – Paradoxically Modest and Truly Brilliant (1982 -2015)

Some musicians surprise fans by not knowing how to deal with appreciation and disarm reviewers by willing to absorb criticism of their music. Carey Lander, the keyboard player with Glaswegian…

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Track: Bring me the Horizon – True Friends

“True friends stab you in the front,” according to Sheffield five Bring me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes on their new single True Friends, taken from their recent That’s the Spirit’…

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Album Review: Deerhunter – Fading Frontier

Since 2005, Bradford Cox and the Deerhunter boys have consistently released interesting and unique music. Whilst essentially they would fit into the indie/rock department of your local record store (if…

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Not Forgotten: The Band – Music From Big Pink

The Band are an acts whose heavyweight reputation promises far more than it actually delivers. For all the revisionist history since, in truth they only released two truly world class…

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See: The Riptide Movement reveal new video for “Animal”

We know all about Irish four piece The Riptide Movement, after they did an exclusive session for us earlier in the year. If you didn’t know, they are something of…

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Album Review: Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear

Bella Union have been on a massive – and I mean massive – roll this year. In 2015 they’ve released the long overdue return albums by B.C. Camplight, Mercury Rev…

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Live Review: The Space Lady, Secret Gig, Belgium, 27.10.2015

I met a guy in a bar a few months ago, and he spoke of a clandestine venue in the region, invitation only. It was all a bit Twin Peaks,…

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See: The Lonely Together release video for Congregation

Maybe it’s The Lonely Togethers Scottish roots, but there’s something of both the Biffy Clyro and Snow Patrol about them. A mixture of the anthemic and the emotional, if you…

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Win: Two Tickets for Gogo Penguin at London Village Underground 25.2.16

We’ve been big fans of Manchester jazz trio Gogo Penguin for about as long as we can remember. The three piece, pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob…

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Premiere: Sakura – Now that I found you (Andre Hutchinson Remix)

Lost that Summer feeling, now that the nights a drawing in and the temperatures are dropping? We’re delighted to premiere the Andre Hutchinson Remix of Sakura’s Now That I Found…

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Obituary: Carey Lander – Paradoxically Modest and Truly Brilliant (1982 -2015)

Track: Bring me the Horizon – True Friends

Album Review: Deerhunter – Fading Frontier

Not Forgotten: The Band – Music From Big Pink

See: The Riptide Movement reveal new video for “Animal”

Album Review: Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear

Live Review: The Space Lady, Secret Gig, Belgium, 27.10.2015

See: The Lonely Together release video for Congregation

Win: Two Tickets for Gogo Penguin at London Village Underground 25.2.16

Premiere: Sakura – Now that I found you (Andre Hutchinson Remix)