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EP REVIEW: Devendra Banhart – ‘Vast Ovoid’: bursting with ideas

DEVENDRA BANHART was one of the main beneficiaries of the American acid-folk explosion just after the turn of the century. He came in as part of that movement with bands…

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EP: Coma Wall – Ursa Minor

With little else to do beyond staring at a wall and quietly losing the plot during a global pandemic, Undersmile has done what many of us have done to keep…

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Album Review: Erland Cooper – Hether Blether

I’ve never been to the Orkney Islands. In fact my only reference before this has been the other two of Erland Coopers albums about, and based on, the Islands where…

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Album Review: Modern Studies – The Weight Of the Sun

With new album The Weight Of the Sun, Modern Studies haven’t actually changed the blueprint of their previous two albums, more adapted it. With the two main protagonists living apart,…

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Album Review: Lavinia Blackwall – Muggington Lane End

Moving on from a treasured band when you were pivotal to their sound is a difficult manoeuvre in music. Nearly two years after leaving the pioneering psych-folk explorers Trembling Bells,…

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Album Review: Lisa Hannigan and Stargaze – Live In Dublin

The amount I love music is sometimes overwhelming. I want it pretty much everywhere, all the time. Given that, I have a pretty weird relationship with seeing and hearing it…

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Album cover artwork for Venom & Faith by Larkin Poe

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Album Review: Larkin Poe – Venom & Faith

Larkin Poe have brought the music of their roots bang up to date on progressive third album ‘Venom & Faith’. Larkin Poe, aka Atlanta-born sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell, have…

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Album Review: Jethro Tull – 50 for 50

50 for 50 is the new 3CD career-spanning collection released to celebrate 50 years of Jethro Tull, and I just so happen to be a big Jethro Tull fan. But…

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Album Review: Thievery Corporation ‘Treasures from the Temple’

Thievery Corporation Treasures from the Temple (ESL Recordings) released on April 20, 2018 Rating: 7.5 Washington DC based electronic duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton known as Thievery Corporation’s latest release…

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Album Review: The Hanging Stars – Songs for somewhere else

Since their first album London’s The Hanging Stars have changed band members and opened their eyes a little beyond the charming indie/americana of their first full length. For their second…

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