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Meet: “Let the Wound Stay Open”: Ezra Furman on Goodbye Small Head

Ezra Furman has never shied away from the raw, the sacred, or the chaotic. But with Goodbye Small Head—her new album described as “twelve variations on losing control”—she dives deeper…

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Say Psych: News: Manchester Psych Fest Announces Huge Second Wave

Manchester Psych Fest has announced the second wave of acts for its 10th and biggest edition of the one-day event to date, taking place on 2nd September 2023, including headline…

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Album Review: Ezra Furman – Twelve Nudes

So, if you’re going into this, you need to prepare yourselves. You need to brace yourselves for the rawness, the thunder, the desperation, the tenderness, the rage, the love, the…

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See: Ezra Furman releases new video for ‘Calm Down’, plus new album and live news

Never one to rest upon his laurels, Ezra Furman is back with a new album – Twelve Nudes, out via Bella Union on August 30th, barely 18 months since his…

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Album Review: Ezra Furman – Transangelic Exodus

As a rallying cry for a generation of music fans with a notoriously short attention span, ”Suck the Blood From my Wound” is an attention grabbing opener. Transangelic Exodus has…

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See: Ezra Furman releases live performance video for ‘Driving down to L.A.’

We’ve already delved into Ezra Furman’s live videos, which were recorded over the course of a day at SPACE in Evanston in Illinois. He’s just released another one, a version…

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Track: Ezra Furman – Suck the blood from my wound, plus UK tour dates

His new album ‘Transangelic Exodus’ is still a month away from its 9th February release on Bella Union, and already Ezra Furman has released a couple of singles from it…

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Album Review: Ezra Furman – Big Fugitive Life

It was the eighties that made androgyny so popular. Huge stars like Prince, Boy George and Adam Ant showed that it was just as cool for a man to rock…

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See: Ezra Furman releases video for ‘Body was made’/announces November and February live dates

Following on from the release of his brilliant album Perpetual Motion People, Ezra Furman has released a new video for the single Body Was Made, about which Furman says “Body…

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Album Review: Ezra Furman – Perpetual Motion People

He’s mixed up, Ezra Furman. His third album, and first for Bella Union, Perpetual Motion People mixes up genres as it sweeps through indie, rock and roll, blues, folk, musical…

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