Track: Mercury Rev – The Queen of Swans
We’ve been waiting a long time for a new Mercury Rev album – since 2008’s Snowflake Midnight – and, if first single and album opener The Queen Of Swans is…
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See: The Libertines release ‘Gunga Din’ video
Late 2014 saw the highly influential and much revered Libertines announce that not only were they re-entering the fray, but they’d also signed a record deal and were recording their…
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Film Festival Review: EIFF 2015
Whilst Kristen Wiig may well have been the biggest winner of the 69th incarnation of Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), the sheer quality and diversity of programming meant that it…
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Incoming: Still The Water
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami-Oshima, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the…
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Album Review: Labasheeda – Changing Lights
Dutch three piece Labasheeda, aka Saskia van der Giessen (vocals, guitar, violin) Arne Wolfswinkel (guitar) and Aletta Verwoerd (drums) make this sort of experimental, unsettling music, that is often mind…
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Premiere: The Floodgates – Broken Kite
Tumbridge Wells three piece The Floodgates began as a folk duo, before graduating (and bear in mind that they’re still all in their teenage years) into a fully fledged indie…
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Track: AFX – Serge fenix Rendered 2, plus new EP details
Like buses, Richard D. James seems to be working in bursts. After Aphex Twin released the brilliant Syro last year and assorted EP releases, he’s now resurrected his AFX moniker…
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Premiere: Mush – Machine Envy
Leeds four piece Mush have been on an upward trajectory recently, becoming something of a house band at Brudenell Social Club, and supporting the likes of Action Beat and Ringo…
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Track: Seven Davis Jr – Good Vibes feat. Julio Bashmore
With his album, Universes, due out on 24th July via Ninja Tune, things are hotting up for future soul producer Seven Davis Jr, a man who had appeared on the…
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Film Review: The First Film
The first moving film was shot by Louis Le Prince in Leeds on 14 October 1888. At least, that’s what writer and broadcaster David Wilkinson believes. In The First Film,…
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