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Album Review: Web Sheldon – Fingerprints

There’s no shortage of music falling into the Backseat Mafia mailbox from new male singer-songwriters. Ever since Ed Sheeran achieved world domination, there as been an influx of young male…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Arctic Monkeys – Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino

Before I say anything at all, I think it’s best you and I agree: nothing the Arctic Monkeys could have produced would have been enough. They are simply too loved…

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Album Review: Shinedown – Attention Attention

American anthemic rock titans Shinedown are back in 2018 with their pulsating new album, Attention Attention. It’s been a hot minute since the band released new music so fans and…

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Album Review: christian fitness – Nuance-the Musical

Andy Falkous seems to be immune to the law of diminishing returns. Nuance -The Musical is the fifth of his christian fitness outpourings. Interleaved with Future of the Left albums,…

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Album Review: Adam Stafford – Fire Behind The Curtain

Oh bollocks. I lack the vocabulary to do justice to this record. Any knowledge of minimalism I have is, well, minimal. That BBC4 documentary a few weeks back was enough…

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Album Review: Band of Gold – Where’s the Magic

I’ve always had a quiet regard for Scandi-pop. Maybe it’s the to do with the enunciation, something which can give a sense of cool detachment from the lyrics. Whatever the…

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Album Review: David Byrne – American Utopia

Can you hear the name David Byrne without thinking of the super-sized suit or humming ‘Once in a Lifetime?’ Me neither. The Talking- Head-in-Chief moved to New York years ago.…

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Album Review: Tracey Thorn – Record

So here’s what we already knew. Firstly, that Tracey Thorn is the queen of cool. In the nineties when her band Everything But The Girl started hanging out with the…

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Album Review: Zed Penguin – A Ghost, A Beast

Edinburgh seems to be a bit of a breeding ground for slightly ravaged art rock eccentrics toting cellos. Zed Penguin have been around a while, ploughing not a dissimilar furrow…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Brian Fallon – Sleepwalkers

Label: Virgin EMI Released: 9th February 2018 More well-known initially as frontman of American rockers The Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon has offered his second solo album since he debuted…

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