DVD Review: All This Mayhem
There have been several excellent skateboarding documentaries: Dogtown and Z-Boyz, Waiting for Lightening, Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator and Bones Brigade: An Autobiography to name but a few.…
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Not Forgotten: Neil Young – Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young has always struck me as a somewhat schizophrenic artist, rattling between noisy guitar-rock which could be either thrilling or dragged out beyond all reasonable endurance and his softer…
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Album Review: High Hazels – High Hazels
High Hazels are a romantic four-piece from Sheffield who have won the hearts of pretty much everyone this year with good songs, good manners, and good looks. They’ve got the…
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Album Review: St. Christopher – Evermore Starts Here 1984-2000
This is weird. Me and St Christopher have history. I bought, direct from Sarah Records, that beacon of all things indie and (in some cases) twee, All of a tremble,…
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Live Review: Kikagaku Moyo 幾何学模様 – Wharf Chambers, Leeds 21.10.2014
Click on any photo at the bottom of this post to see the whole gallery from the gig. Kikagaku Moyo/ 幾何学模様 have been in my life for about a month…
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Incoming: The Babadook
Six years after the death of her husband, Amelia struggles to discipline her “out-of-control” six-year-old Samuel – a son she finds difficult to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a…
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DVD Review: Soul Boys of the Western World
The ’80s was an era of bright clothing, bizarre haircuts and pop cheesy enough to disturb even the least lactose intolerant (although I don’t remember that existing back then). In…
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New Music: Eaves releases ‘Timber’, from his forthcoming debut EP on Heavenly Recordings
On the heels of his debut track As old as the grave, which gained plaudits and gushing praise from the music press, Leeds based singer songwriter Eaves has released a…
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Track: Astronomyy releases the quietly beautiful ‘Swim Deeper’
Young Worcestershire producer Astronomyy blew up a storm with his debut EP, There For U, which was released on his own Lunar Surf label. He’d already built up something of…
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Live Review: Spear Of Destiny – Greystones, Sheffield 14.10.2014
I was not a spotty teenager the last time I saw Spear of Destiny. I was a teenager, but I never had spots. I did have my haircut like Kirk…
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