Incoming: Straight Outta Compton
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful…
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DVD Review: Medium Cool (Masters of Cinema)
Turbulent times often lead to some of the most groundbreaking cinema. 1968 was possibly the most unstable year in post-war American history. The US were on the back foot in…
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Not Forgotten – Nazareth – Razamanaz
Nazareth were (and still are), one of the hidden gems of hard rock. Admittedly their first couple of albums weren’t spectacular, as they struggled to capture their hard rocking sound…
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Not Forgotten – Cud – Showbiz
After years of incrementally increasing success achieved by a combination of talent as opposed to any grand career plan, Cud reached their commercial and creative apogee with 1992’s utterly wonderful…
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Live Review: Tramlines 2015: Main Stage – 24.7.15 including Charlatans gallery
Tramlines 2015 style kicked off on Friday 24th July this year, and we took a stroll down to the new Main Stage, now situated in Ponderosa Park, a little out…
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DVD Review: Dragon’s Return
Nationalism demands strong heroic (normally male) characters and Eastern European under the post-war regimes were full of ‘men of the people’. Polish cinema in particular is teeming with examples of…
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News: We preview Reverence Valada Festival 2015
Tomorrow starts one of the most novel and exciting music events happening in Portugal at the moment, Reverence Valada Festival. After last year’s excellent first edition of the festival, expectations…
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Track: Julia Holter – Sea Calls Me Home
Ahead of the release of her fourth album, Have you in My Wilderness, Los Angeles based singer songwriter Julia Holter has shown a second glimpse of the new record in…
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Track: Squeeze – Happy Days, plus new album details
With the exception of Then Jericho (no, I don’t expect you to remember) the only band of any note that I can remember playing in the close vicinity during my…
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Track: The Enemy – It’s Automatic
Despite still being in their (admittedly late) twenties, it seems the enemy have been around forever. In fact, their multiple platinum debut album actually reached number one back in 2007.…
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