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Not Forgotten – Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (1999 Special Edition)

It starts with audience noise, David Byrne scrolls out and utters immortal opening lines. “Hi. I’ve got a tape I wanna play you.” A basic electronic drum pattern starts up,…

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Soundtrack of our Lives: We Were Promised Jetpacks

Out this week is the new album from Edinburgh five piece We Were Promised Jetpacks, called Unravelling. Sometimes dour, sometimes uplifting, sometimes epic sometimes understated but certainly all Scottish, its…

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Track: Bryan Ferry – Loop De Li, plus album news

Sometimes age isn’t kind. Judgement becomes cloudy, and previously unsullied back catalogues become minefields. So there’s always a bit of baited breath when artists such as Bryan Ferry (69 as…

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Incoming: Filmed in Supermarionation

Directed and produced by Stephen La Rivière (The Story Of Upstairs Downstairs, We Were ‘The Champions’), Filmed In Supermarionation is a screen adaptation of his book of the same name…

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DVD Review: Sophia’s Last Ambulance

Documentaries are often seen as the poor cousin of narrative films. They are often overlooked in the main selection at film festivals and seldom win any of the main awards.…

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Film Review: Between Dog And Wolf: The New Model Army Story

There’s a section(by Lina Skaisgiryte) in the programme notes for this eagerly-anticipated film that really caught my eye: “At the heart of it, this documentary also explores a deep, dark fear: the…

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Live: Ian Hunter, Sheffield City Hall Ballroom, 2 October 2014

There are four blokes on stage with an unenviable task. Tonight’s crowd are here to see one man and one man only, and I’m among them. Ian Hunter inspires a…

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Album Review : The Myrrors – ‘Solar Collector’

The Myrrors will always be a special band for me. Thanks to my good friend Darren in Japan, I first heard “Burning Circles In The Sky” back in November of…

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DVD Review: Omar

Over the years the Oscars has seen many nominees that have been unfairly beaten to the ultimate prize by an inferior film. The Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is even…

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See: Canterbury announce split after December shows

Always one of the more interesting metal bands on the scene, it appears that sadly the Basingstoke quartet are calling time on their seven year career, making this years ‘Dark…

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Not Forgotten – Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (1999 Special Edition)

Soundtrack of our Lives: We Were Promised Jetpacks

Track: Bryan Ferry – Loop De Li, plus album news

Incoming: Filmed in Supermarionation

DVD Review: Sophia’s Last Ambulance

Film Review: Between Dog And Wolf: The New Model Army Story

Live: Ian Hunter, Sheffield City Hall Ballroom, 2 October 2014

Album Review : The Myrrors – ‘Solar Collector’

DVD Review: Omar

See: Canterbury announce split after December shows