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Album Review: The Slow Summits have ‘Every Intention’ to blast a ray of luminescent pop sunshine into your ears all the way from Sweden.

Anyone else remember the children’s Swedish detective series Agaton Sax by Swedish author Nils-Olof Franzén and illustrated by Åke Lewerth, with Quentin Blake illustrating the English editions? Agaton Sax also ran the local newspaper,…

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Track: Lisbon-based band pôt-pot return with glittering new single ‘S3xtape’ ahead of debut album release.

Lisbon-based Irish quintet pôt-pot follow up last month’s single ‘WRSW’, covered here by Backseat Mafia, with new single ‘S3xtape’. Of course it’s not written like that but given the tender sensibilities…

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Premiere: Italy’s God in a Black Suit exclusively unveil the luscious and enigmatic video for their thrilling track ‘To Forget’

We are very proud to premiere the new video for the track ‘To Forget’ from the über cool Italian band God in a Black Suit (GIABS). GIABS are an essential…

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Track: Fabulous Dreams follow up their debut single with ‘Measured By Mess’ – a glorious hip swinging dreamy pop delight.

New indie supergroup Fabulous Dreams follow up last month’s delicious debut single ‘Strange Incantations’ (see my review here) with new track ‘Measured By Mess’, and things are just getting better. ‘Measure…

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Album Review: the black watch releases the magnificent double album ‘For All The World’.

Spanning 21 luminescent tracks, the new double album ‘For All The World’ is a magnificent journey through the fertile imagination of John Andrew Frederick and his band the black watch.…

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Premiere: sundayclub say hello with the atmospheric thrills of ‘Bannatyne’

A new band on Paper Bag, you say? That’s always cause for celebration. sundayclub (lower case, probably would have released this on Sunday except nobody does that) are Manitobans Courtney…

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EP Review: Look ‘Yonder’ – Sunsick Daisy unveil the shimmering widescreen wonder of a sophomore release.

Fresh out of school and already finalists in the 2022 JJJ Unearthed competition, Adelaide’s Sunsick Daisy released their spectacular debut EP ‘Breathe In…Breathe Out’ in 2023 (see my review here). They…

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Album Review: Matthew Nowhere’s debut ‘Crystal Heights’ is a transformative shimmering blend of gothic synth pop and Californian sunshine.

Multi-instrumentalist and producer Matthew Nowhere has just released the widescreen beauty of the album ‘Crystal Heights’: an ethereal collection of eighties-influenced shimmering synth pop that unfurls with a statuesque grace. it is…

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Album Review: Tidal Peak unveils the breathtaking beauty of ‘Treasureville’ – a dreamy evocation of sunshine and vast oceans with a glittering melancholia.

Capricorn Coast band Tidal Peak , essentially the work of musician/producer Kyle Lacko, has just released an expansive, glittering album entitled ‘Treasureville’. It’s a collection of sparkling gems that seem to take…

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Track: Take Fazerdaze’s ethereal ‘Motorway’ to a dreamy world of love and anxiety, with tours ahead.

The sun always shines brighter and the general misery of the world dissipates somehow when there is new material from the luminescent Fazerdaze (the nom de plume of Amelia Murray). Fazerdaze has…

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