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EP Review: Eerie Glue//Joey Fourr – ‘Yr New Favourite EP’

I reckon every recording artist both signed and unsigned pre-about-2000 has at one point in their career recorded music in the Lo-fi style. The mental image of a young Rick…

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Not Forgotten – The Magnetic Fields – i

After the Herculean epic that was 69 Love Songs, The Magnetic Fields were due a rest. A mere five years later they offered up a splendid and economical follow up…

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Meet: Auteurs re-release New Wave, plus an interview with Luke Haines

There were some musical highlights in 1993 – In Utero, Nirvana’s brilliant follow-up to Nevermind, Songs of Faith and Devotion showed Depeche Mode could continue to grow, and there, hidden…

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A Buyers Guide to Creedence Clearwater Revival

In the USA, Creedence are seen as one of the great American rock bands. Here in the UK they are generally seen as a brilliant singles band rather than an…

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Album Review: Phantogram – Voices

Phantogram could’ve very easily gotten lost in the massive wave of boy/girl electronic duos that made their way into our ears since 2009. They’ve rode the wave along with bands like…

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Track: Tom Williams and The Boat – Hurricane, plus album news

Bookish but brilliant indie rockers Tom Williams and the Boat have returned with a new single, Hurricane, out on March 25th with their third album Easy Fantastic following on May…

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A Buyers Guide to The Shins

Initially an offshoot of Flake Music, The Shins were a solo side project for bandleader James Mercer to dabble with during the downtime of his main band. At some point…

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Track: The Editors – Sugar

I seem to remember Editors arose in the slipstream of Interpol when there was a sudden burst of pseudo-Joy Division/Goth-lite bands (whose alumni also included White Lies). In my view,…

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Track: Apperaat – Deliver, plus video

We always have a motto, ‘It has to be pleasant’. So say Apparaat, a new Danish/Dutch duo comprised of Tam Vibberstoft and Nils Gade. Its too easy to describe the…

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Album Review: Nate Connelly – A dream about being lost

Since graduating from Leeds College of Music a decade ago, St. Annes born Nate Connolly has concentrated on writing and scoring film scores, totaling approaching a couple of dozen. But…

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EP Review: Eerie Glue//Joey Fourr – ‘Yr New Favourite EP’

Not Forgotten – The Magnetic Fields – i

Meet: Auteurs re-release New Wave, plus an interview with Luke Haines

A Buyers Guide to Creedence Clearwater Revival

Album Review: Phantogram – Voices

Track: Tom Williams and The Boat – Hurricane, plus album news

A Buyers Guide to The Shins

Track: The Editors – Sugar

Track: Apperaat – Deliver, plus video

Album Review: Nate Connelly – A dream about being lost