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Video: Essex and London-based singer-songwriter George Bone Announces Debut EP, Shares Lyric Video For ‘Floating Away’

Essex and London-based singer-songwriter George Bone has announced his debut EP, The Yes Man, while celebrating the release of his evocative new single, ‘Floating Away’, which is out now. The single follows…

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Live Review: Beans On Toast – Queens Hall Nuneaton 25.02.23

Beans on Toast is back out on the road, fresh off the back of the single of the same name, and latest release “Against The War” The gig was opened…

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Track/Video : Scott Lavene releases new song ‘Prettiest Peach’ – wit, wisdom and punchy post punk.

Essex raconteur and troubadour Scott Lavene has been carving out his own niche in tight riffed, story-telling post punk for a while now. A well worn indie band hustler, it…

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Album Review: Anorak Patch release astounding debut EP ‘By Cousin Sam’: Out now via Nice Swan Records

Cementing themselves as one of the UK’s most exciting bands to emerge in recent years, Essex foursome Anorak Patch have just released their first EP, By Cousin Sam. The debut…

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Album Review : Twofish release the cinematic and transfixing album ‘At Least A Hundred Fingers’: a dynamic sonic landscape that defies genre.

The album ‘At Least A Hundred Fingers’ by duo Twofish is an epic, cinematic musical journey that ebbs and flows with intensity and dynamism. Difficult to slot into any genre,…

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SEE: Bearcraft – ‘Outside In The Morning Snow’: Modish synthwave burrowing into your dreams

A two-finger synth melody is picked out, melodically precise, in that way Depeche Mode wrought so many classic hooks from as they shifted through Construction Time Again and Some Great…

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Track: Bilk – Give Up

Young Essex three piece Bilk hare about to released their debut single Give Up, produced by Rich Turvey (Blossoms, The Coral) in Parr Street Studios, Liverpool. Lead singer Sol Abrahams…

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See: Giants release new video for ‘Break The Cycle’, plus January tour dates

Essex punk rock five piece GIANTS have been building solid support, both in their own manor and further afield in recent times. They’ve supported the likes of H2O, Comeback Kid,…

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New Music: Loose Joints – Quattro Amigos

I really, really, fervently hope that the title is a nod to one of my favourite silly films of all time, the Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short triumph ‘¡Three…

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Live: The Fruitful Earth – “Rising Sun” album launch at Servant Jazz Quarters

Dalston Kingsland, half-eight on a dreary Thursday night, the capital greasily covered with filthy spring rain. This is not at all in keeping with the spirit of the record we’re…

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