Track: Laura Marling – False Hope
Knowing very little, in fact nothing at all about Laura Marling, I did what any normal muso with OCD would do and checked my collection. The closest I could get…
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DVD Review: The Drop
American crime dramas have occupied a lot of Hollywood’s time over the years. However, the gangster films of The Godfather and Goodfellas are largely in the past, replaced by a…
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Track: Squarepusher – Stor Eiglass
If not hot on the heels, then certainly warming the socks of fellow Warp Records and electronic music genius Aphex Twin, Squarepusher has announced details of his new album Damogen…
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DVD Review: Man of the West (Masters of Cinema)
Westerns are a much maligned cinematic genre, but once upon a time they were the Hollywood equivalent of modern action films. Today, we’re often left with the image of an…
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Incoming: Mommy
From modern cinema’s wunderkind, Xavier Dolan, comes this heartbreakingly honest story of a single mother raising her tearaway teenage son. Equal parts funny, brutal and uplifting, this is an astounding…
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Album Review: Björk – Vulnicura
Very few solo artists are as diverse and experimental as Björk. In a career spanning 22 years (not counting her album released when she was 12), she’s released music ranging…
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Premiere: Spectral Chorus – Old House
Gritty St. Helens trio Spectral Chorus, aka Fran Baxter (Vocals Guitar), Martin Baxter (Vocals, Bass) & Ewan Johnson (Vocals, Guitar) have announced their debut EP, out on Monday June 1st…
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Incoming: A Second Chance
How far are decent human beings willing to go, when tragedy blurs the line between just and unjust? Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen have crafted a startling yet moving…
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Track: Roisin Murphy – Gone Fishing
Its been a long time. Eight years in fact since Roisin Murphy’s last album, but now she’s back with a new record, Hairless Toys, out via Play it Again Sam…
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Incoming: The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo, a tiny girl grows into an exquisite young lady, raised by an old bamboo cutter and his wife. From the countryside to the…
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