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Meet: Tuath – ‘Amhairc Thart Ort Fein’

photo by Ciaran Mc Ginley Tuath are a Donegalway powerhouse, “an Irish language, psychedelic, progressive, post punk/rock, shoegazey band, founded by Donegal man Robert Mulhern”. I had the absolute pleasure of…

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Say Psych: Live, The Ganjas, Liverpool PsychFest, 25/09/15

Go through The Ganjas back catalogue and you could be forgiven for thinking that there is the sound of more than more than one band at work. With an eclectic…

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Say Psych: Live, Dengue Fever, Liverpool PsychFest, 25/09/15

I once spent a happy few weeks touring round New England in the depths of winter. The year was 2008, and Barak and Hillary were battling it out for the…

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Say Psych: Live, Lucern Raze, Liverpool PsychFest, 25/09/15

The Swedish PNKSLM label made a big impression on me at last year’s Liverpool PsychFest, with a number of acts wowing audiences and Sudakistan in particular causing quite a stir.…

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Film Review: Unbreakable: The Mark Pollock Story

It’s easy to get wrapped up in your own life and personal problems. From cooking quinoa to finding a good school for little John Snow Smith, the internet is full…

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Not Forgotten: XTC – Oranges & Lemons

Oranges and Lemons is an album that has spent the twenty six years since its release trying to put behind it the fans disappointment that it wasn’t as good as…

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Album Review – Ben Folds – So There

The history of rock and pop artists dabbling in orchestral music is long and uneven. From Deep Purple’s lumpy Concerto for Group and Orchestra, to the splendid soundtrack work of…

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See: Brian Jonestown Massacre release ‘Pish’ video

Never one to sit idle, Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcome continues his/their prolific output with the release next month of a mini-LP ‘Mini Album Thingy Wingy’. The mini album features 7…

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Track: Abby – Hexagon

Hexagon is the second album from the German four-piece band Abby, here we see Abby venture into a more electronic spectrum throughout the album, a departure from their Indie Pop labeling…

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Say Psych: Live, Vuelveteloca, Liverpool PsychFest, 25/09/15

Part of the Sacred Bones vs BYM stage that is occupying most of the night on the Furnace Stage, Vuelveteloca are one of a clutch of amazing Chilean bands who…

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Meet: Tuath – ‘Amhairc Thart Ort Fein’

Say Psych: Live, The Ganjas, Liverpool PsychFest, 25/09/15

Say Psych: Live, Dengue Fever, Liverpool PsychFest, 25/09/15

Say Psych: Live, Lucern Raze, Liverpool PsychFest, 25/09/15

Film Review: Unbreakable: The Mark Pollock Story

Not Forgotten: XTC – Oranges & Lemons

Album Review – Ben Folds – So There

See: Brian Jonestown Massacre release ‘Pish’ video

Track: Abby – Hexagon

Say Psych: Live, Vuelveteloca, Liverpool PsychFest, 25/09/15