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Psych Insight: Album Review – Hello Griefbirds! by The Shine Brothers (Cardinal Fuzz)

To say that Cardinal Fuzz are on a roll would be an understatement. The label has a series of vinyl releases under its belt which have, to my ears, all…

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Video of the Day: Until the Bird – Nightingales

I’m sure it was shot in the autumn, but it’ll do. Brighten up your Winter morning with the (faux) Spring light and the arboreal fecundity of “Nightingales”. You can enjoy…

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New Music: Spring Offensive – Hengelo

This is one of those songs that can invite different appreciations – an instinctively personal take perhaps, and an understanding informed by the facts behind the tale. Once you’ve read…

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A Buyers Guide to Cud

Recently on 6Music, Steve Lamacq asked for suggestions of near misses by obscure 90s indie bands to play on his show. On the whole the suggestions were rather prosaic and…

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Live: Darlia – Leadmill, Sheffield, 24.01.2014

Darlia – Leadmill, Sheffield, 24 January 2014. Thankfully, the highly amusing if somewhat, over enthusiastic member of the audience that had entertained us, whilst distracting support act LSA, had…

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New Music: LSA – More Or Less Equal / No Good Man

Here’s one to watch for 2014. LSA apparently stands for Love Stays Alive, but instead of peddling some kind of all girl delicate folk their name suggests, instead they play,…

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New Music: Au Revoir Simone – More than

It’s turning into a busy year for Williamsburg Brooklyn’s Au Revoir Simone. Thy recently announced am European tour, taking place in February, and passing through the UK for some dates,…

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See: New Video from The Wow for the track Talk My Shit

I have this checklist, you know mentally, when I listen to hip-hop, and more so when I watch hip-hop videos. Firstly, scratching. Then, that old style beat in the background.…

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Mark Yarm – Everybody Loves Our Town: an oral history of Grunge

It gradually occurred to me, as I was reading this excellent and enjoyable oral history, that I didn’t, still don’t really like Grunge, or at least, any of the acts…

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Denim Snakes – 21

“21” is a good time. The sentiment is somewhere we’ve all been – those glorious, fleeting months or years when everything is possible or at least worth a punt and…

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Psych Insight: Album Review – Hello Griefbirds! by The Shine Brothers (Cardinal Fuzz)

Video of the Day: Until the Bird – Nightingales

New Music: Spring Offensive – Hengelo

A Buyers Guide to Cud

Live: Darlia – Leadmill, Sheffield, 24.01.2014

New Music: LSA – More Or Less Equal / No Good Man

New Music: Au Revoir Simone – More than

See: New Video from The Wow for the track Talk My Shit

Mark Yarm – Everybody Loves Our Town: an oral history of Grunge

Denim Snakes – 21