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News: The HU – Announce Extended Live Album ‘The HU Live At Glastonbury’ On 7th June 2024 via Better Noise Music
News: In Flames Announce Anniversary Vinyl Re-issues Of Lunar Strain, Colony, Soundtrack To Your Escape & Siren Charms
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Album Review: Jo Meares’ Silver Bullets unleash their impossibly beautiful and glittering self-titled debut album.
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Album Review : Nubiyan Twist – ‘Find Your Flame’: Pioneering global beats collective on scorching form for album number four.
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Album Review: Elegua/Elegua : a long lost Latin Jazz treasure that resonates beyond its history.

John Parry May 18, 2023

Live Review: Pull Down The Sun / Fall Of Them / Claemus – Stellar Bar, Whanganui, NZ 19.11.2021

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News: The HU – Announce Extended Live Album ‘The HU Live At Glastonbury’ On 7th June 2024 via Better Noise Music

Craig Young May 4, 2024

Mongolian rock sensation THE HU have engaged audiences worldwide with their unique brand of “hunnu rock’ since their formation in 2016. The unparalleled group combine traditional Mongolian throat singing and ancient native instrumentation with contemporary western hard rock. THE HU have dominated the charts, including two #1 spots on Billboard’s World Album and Top New Artist Albums charts, sold-out headlining tours across the globe …

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News: In Flames Announce Anniversary Vinyl Re-issues Of Lunar Strain, Colony, Soundtrack To Your Escape & Siren Charms

Craig Young May 4, 2024

In Flames and Nuclear Blast Records are happy to announce exclusive anniversary vinyl re-issues of the band’s beloved classic albums Lunar Strain (30th anniversary), Colony (25th anniversary), Soundtrack To Your Escape (20th anniversary) and Siren Charms (10th anniversary), all of which have been out of print and in high demand. The new editions are scheduled to be released on July 19th 2024. 2023 marked the beginning of a new …

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Album Review: Jo Meares’ Silver Bullets unleash their impossibly beautiful and glittering self-titled debut album.

Arun Kendall May 4, 2024

The Breakdown This is a magnificent album. Steeped in an antipodean dusty dryness yet leavened by bright rays of sunshine and Meares’s eloquent poetry that strike like shards of lightning. Jo Meares’ Silver Bullets take us on an extraordinary journey into the heart of darkness: a swampy gothic paradise laced with white frills and blood …

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Album Review : Nubiyan Twist – ‘Find Your Flame’: Pioneering global beats collective on scorching form for album number four.

John Parry May 3, 2024

The Breakdown This is an absorbingly detailed, faultlessly sequenced new set from Nubiyan Twist with everything feeling in the right place. Srut – 8.9 Nubiyan Twist, the global beats collective lead by guitarist/producer Tom Excell, are in many ways pioneers of a contemporary big band sound. Front runners when it comes to forging afrobeat, jazz, …

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News: Fletcher Heading to Australia in July

Deb Pelser May 3, 2024

Fletcher’s rescheduled tour is hitting Australian shores this July.

Live Review: Amyl And The Sniffers – Speakers Corner, Sydney, NSW 06.01.2022

News: Scottish punks Cold Years cover The Cult classic ‘She Sells Sanctuary’

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