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News: State Champs Announce New Album ‘Around The World And Back’

New York pop punk quintet State Champs have revealed details of their sophomore full length album Around The World And Back due for release on 16th October via Pure Noise…

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LIVE: Karma Alldayer. Temple of Boom, Leeds. 25-07-2015

The Temple of Boom, (which has to be one of the best names for a venue. Ever.), – neatly tucked away on a side street at the lower, less glamorous, side…

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Album Review: La Luz – Weirdo Shrine

La Luz are a gutsy band. After the release of their debut album, 2013’s It’s Alive, they had a near-fatal high speed accident in their tour van. That’s the kind…

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Album Review: The Chemical Brothers – Born In The Echoes

Bands that produce dance music are rarely known for their longevity. There are no long term benefits, and certainly no pension plan. Dance music trends move on so quickly that…

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Psych Insight: EP Review – BEAK><KAEB

When watching the London-based art rock collective, Rude Mechanicals, perform at Kent’s Homespun festival earlier this month, a friend of mine observed that all of the band’s five members appeared to…

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Incoming: Beyond The Reach

Ben is a young tracker living in the south-west with his girlfriend Laina. When she leaves for college on a scholarship, Ben makes the difficult choice to remain behind, a…

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Album Review: Small Feet – From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean

From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean is the debut album from Stockholm trio Small Feet, aka Simon Stalhamre (vocals/guitar) alongside Jacob Snavely (bass) and drummer Christopher Cantillo.…

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Incoming: Iris

Iris pairs legendary 87-year-old documentarian Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for…

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Track: Sea Moya – Slow Down

German three piece Sea Moya follow up their highly regarded debut song ‘Do things’ with ‘Slow Down’. Describing their vision of the song, saying “We had wide and open field…

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See: Slime releases new video for “Hotdog”, plus London live date

We were already a fan of London based, Newcastle born Will Archer, aka Slime and the stuttering indie/electronic soul of his track Hotdog, but even more so now we’ve seen…

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