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Live Review: Laura James & The Lyres, Captives On The Carousel & Genevieve Carver, The Shakespeare, Sheffield – 9.11.14

It’s not often I end up being so completely captivated by a whole evening but this was one of those rare events where each performance captured the entirety of my…

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Say Psych: New Music, A Quest EP by Wall/Eyed

Wall/Eyed are a four-piece from Paris, who formed in late 2013. They describe their music as taking inspiration from ‘post-psychedelicism and Bauhaus’, which is an intriguing combination which would suggest…

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From an old record box: Ian Brown – F.E.A.R.

Verdict: just-about-listenable hokum. Let’s be honest – the lyrics are complete hogwash. I’m sure at the outset Ian Brown thought it was a great idea to flesh out the acronym in every…

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Say Psych: Album Review, Create and Consume by The Love Dimension

The thing that strikes me about the opening to this album is how it manages to sound both hot and cold and the same time. There is an icey tingle…

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Film Review: Kon-Tiki

Many people are born with a natural desire for discovery. A few are driven throughout their lives towards adventure and exploration, occasionally spurred on to great things. The Dark Ages,…

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Track: Cedie Janson – “Light Curve”

There’s something mesmerising about this new release from Brisbane’s Cedie Janson – layers upon layers of complex percussive beats with a bubbling bass and a distant voice massage your ears. It…

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See: ¡Forward, Russia! release Live at the Brudenell Film

What do you get when you cross a (increasingly) legendary venue in Leeds with a band (also from Leeds) that have been much loved and much missed. Well, step forward…

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From an old record box: R.E.M. – Nightswimming

‘Nightswimming’ is unassailable. This beautiful song is a rarity in R.E.M.’s back catalogue in terms of arrangement and features a relatively straightforward set of lyrics, at least for Michael Stipe.…

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LIVE: The Defiled, Avatar and Killus, The Key Club Leeds

It’s time for another show that was moved from the now deceased venue of the Cockpit to the Key Club and tonight is a celebration of all things European as…

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See: A Place To Bury Strangers release video for ‘Straight’ + Album and tour news.

You should never judge a book by its cover. Yep; can agree with that. But when it comes to music, should you judge a band by their name? I’m not…

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Live Review: Laura James & The Lyres, Captives On The Carousel & Genevieve Carver, The Shakespeare, Sheffield – 9.11.14

Say Psych: New Music, A Quest EP by Wall/Eyed

From an old record box: Ian Brown – F.E.A.R.

Say Psych: Album Review, Create and Consume by The Love Dimension

Film Review: Kon-Tiki

Track: Cedie Janson – “Light Curve”

See: ¡Forward, Russia! release Live at the Brudenell Film

From an old record box: R.E.M. – Nightswimming

LIVE: The Defiled, Avatar and Killus, The Key Club Leeds

See: A Place To Bury Strangers release video for ‘Straight’ + Album and tour news.