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Album Review: Looking For People To Unfollow Finds Ecca Vandal Refusing Every Genre Boundary

When Ecca Vandal released her self-titled debut in 2017, it felt like somebody had kicked a hole through the polite boundaries of Australian alternative music. Hip-hop, punk, electronica, metal and pop all…

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Meet: Kirk Brandon predicted the future. But no-one was listening

Spear of Destiny's Kirk Brandon is on tour right now. We got together to talk about Chelsea, reclaiming the music and seeing into the future... #kirkbrandon #spearofdestiny #interview #rockmusic #backseatmafia

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ALBUM REVIEW: KID KAPICHI ‘FEARLESS NATURE’

Kid Kapichi is a band known for hard-hitting and pointed music that isn’t afraid to express a distaste for aspects of modern politics and society. Their new album, ‘Fearless Nature’,…

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Album Review: Yelka – In a Rose Hat

A strikingly different take on contemporary America—YELKA’s In A Rose Hat offers an artistic perspective far removed from stadium rock or trap trends. It’s an intimate, almost cinematic interpretation that…

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News + EP Review: Hobart’s The Black Sea Carnys announce new 6 track EP, ‘Cultland’ on back of news of Australian east coast tour dates

Following on from the release of their debut EP, Nistar (read about it here), The Black Sea Carnys, Tasmania’s kings of all things dark and industrial have announced the impending…

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Premiere: Chris Casey taps Khary for updated version of ‘Cow Killers’

Back in January, Savannah-based Chris Casey released a genre-smashing look at feeling out of place as a Black man in Georgia, with one foot in R&B flows and the other…

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Album Review: Bob Mould – Here we go Crazy; A masterclass in melodic angst, blistering riffs, and raw emotion from a true alt-rock legend.

Bob Mould has never been one to sit still, and Here We Go Crazy, his 15th solo album, is proof that his songwriting fire burns as fiercely as ever. After…

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News: Kingdom of Giants Turn Up the Heat with Their Latest Single ‘Asphalt’

Kingdom of Giants Turn Up the Heat with 'Asphalt'

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News: PJ Harvey announces Gunnersbury Park show for summer 2024

Following widespread praise with the release of her latest record I Inside the Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey will be returning to London next summer bringing her beguiling live show to Gunnersbury Park on Sunday, August…

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Live Review: Loveless – Academy 2, Manchester 30/09/23

TikTok has seen many bands and singers catapulted to fame overnight – some good, some not so good and LA band Loveless with Julian Comeau on vocals definitely falls into…

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