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Album Review: Gwen Stefani – This Is What The Truth Feels Like

Gwen Stefani has always been one of our cooler and kookier pop stars. Her strange fashions, and love for sampling musicals to make quirky but credible hits have always helped…

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Album Review: White Denim – Stiff

I’m not sure when it first occurred to me, but I’ve now spent many years coming to terms with the fact that I have a problem with rock and roll.…

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Not Forgotten: 10cc – The Original Soundtrack

By early 1975, 10cc had extricated themselves from an unfavourable recording contract under which their first two albums had been released. This resulted in The Original Soundtrack being a confluence…

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Incoming: Ran

The final masterpiece from legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, Ran, which translates as ‘turmoil’, is Kurosawa’s meditation on Shakespeare’s King Lear crossed with the history of Japan’s 16th century Civil…

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Incoming: Black Mountain Poets

Two professional con artist sisters Lisa and Claire go on the run after being caught trying to steal a JCB. They decide to lie low by assuming the identities of…

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Not Forgotten: Neil Young – After the Gold Rush

Always knowingly wilful, Neil Young has never been an easy musician to pin down. Having cut his teeth with Buffalo Springfield, his solo career started off with a solid enough…

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Live Review: The Neighbourhood, O2 Ritz Manchester – 20.3.16

After dropping their new album Wiped Out! Last year, this is the first chance to fully exhibit the album to the UK fanbase and the wonderfully picturesque O2 Ritz in…

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Album ReviewBlack Mountain – IV

I’m on my third listen of Black Mountain’s newest opus, the labyrinthine IV. It should be no surprise that I will need a few more listens before I’ve covered all…

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DVD Review: Jeruzalem

Innovations in technology, significantly driving down costs and allowing the entire post-production process to be carried out in your living room, have opened the gates of film-making up to a…

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EP: Jay Forden – Fool on the Hill

I first met Manchester singer-songwriter Jay Forden when he was playing as a support act to another band at Manchester 235 Casino. As I watched him I remember being struck…

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Album Review: Gwen Stefani – This Is What The Truth Feels Like

Album Review: White Denim – Stiff

Not Forgotten: 10cc – The Original Soundtrack

Incoming: Ran

Incoming: Black Mountain Poets

Not Forgotten: Neil Young – After the Gold Rush

Live Review: The Neighbourhood, O2 Ritz Manchester – 20.3.16

Album ReviewBlack Mountain – IV

DVD Review: Jeruzalem

EP: Jay Forden – Fool on the Hill