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Incoming: Matangi/Maya/M.I.A

Rob Aldam September 19, 2018

Drawn from a never-before-seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A is in cinemas from 21 September.

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Rob Aldam

Rob worked on a number of online music magazines, both as a writer and editor, before concentrating on his first love - film. After stints as Cultural and Film Editor on local magazines, he took up residency as Film Editor at Backseat Mafia. He specialises in covering world cinema, independent film, documentaries, and championing the underdog.

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News: HOUR OF 13 reveal first track from long-awaited new album on SHADOW KINGDOM

K-MaNriffs June 16, 2021

Today, doom legends Hour of 13 reveal the brand-new track ‘His Majesty of the Wood’. The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s long-awaited fourth album, Black Magick Rites, set for international release on August 27th via Shadow Kingdom Records. Hear Hour of 13‘s “His Majesty of the Wood” HERE at Shadow Kingdom‘s Bandcamp. By now, Hour of 13 should require little introduction. For the …

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Track: Perth’s delightful smol fish release the low-fi charmer ‘Like A Lemon’ and announce debut EP for August

Arun Kendall June 16, 2021

Imbued with so much melancholy and angst you could cry, smol fish‘s ‘Like A Lemon’ is impossibly endearing and utterly disarming. Laced with an unashamed Australian accented laid back and droll delivery, the track seethes with a sort of disinterested teenage grumpiness, but in a self-deprecatory and ultimately romantic way. Singer/songwriter Clancy Davidson says of …

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Daughters leader Alexis Marshall announces debut solo album, shares ‘Hounds in the Abyss’

Gareth O Malley June 15, 2021

Last August, Alexis Marshall, leader of noise rock merchants Daughters, released a surprise solo track called ‘Nature in Three Movements‘. That song served as his debut solo single – it’s nowhere to be found on the track listing for his debut solo album, however; it consists of brand-new material and is called House of Lull …

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Premiere: Bridges release ‘Up’ – anthemic and regal indie pop at its best

Arun Kendall June 15, 2021

We are honoured to premiere the new track ‘Up’ by Bridgwater band Bridges – an epic and regal indie pop tune replete with cascading guitars and delicate vocal interplay. The heavenly harmonies between Ethan Proctor (guitar, vocals) and Chess Williams (keys, vocals) float over a vibrant and muscular guitar sound that thunders underneath: there is …

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News: Yann Tiersen announces worldwide tour dates, including London’s legendary Roundhouse; watch the video for ‘Poull Boujer’ from August’s ‘Kerber’

Chris Sawle June 14, 2021

BRETON composer Yann Tiersen has shared the mesmerising new video for “Poull Boujer”, the latest track he’s divulged from his August album for Mute, Kerber – you can watch that below; and announced details of a massive worldwide tour, beginning later this year in North America and coming to Europe in 2022. The dates include …

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Track: Birmingham’s The Novus serves out a vituperative challenge to orthodoxy with the brilliant ‘I Serve Not’ and announce new EP ‘Thaleia Standing’

SEE: Magick Mountain – ‘Cherokee’: low-slung garage punk for a strawberry moon

SEE: Tamar Aphek – ‘Drive’: a psych-blues stormer from Tel Aviv

Track: The Ghost of Helags – Parallel

Incoming: Matangi/Maya/M.I.A

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