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Album Review: Ben and Dom dazzle with heartwarming debut album ‘ Shoulder’

In recent years , we’ve seen a surge of vocal ensembles that have challenged the typical format of a vocal -led group. From vocal improv ( albeit stemming from the…

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Album Review: Keston Cobblers Club ‘ Alchemy’ is a thing of beauty

After a two-year break-folk favourite Keston Cobblers Club return with their brand-new album, ‘Alchemy’ – the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2019 album, ‘Siren’ . Alchemy is the new…

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Album Review: Lucy Kruger and the Lost Boys ‘Teen Tapes (for performing your own stunts)’

Lucy Kruger and the Lost Boys deliver an album that is an unflinchingly raw account of the vulnerability of falling in love.

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Live Review: Allt, featuring Julie Fowlis, Zoë Conway, Éamon Doorley & John McIntyre at Kings Place

Allt appeared live at Kings Place on April 1 2022 I’ve long been a fan of the inimitable julie Fowlis. The impressive Scottish songstress, multi-instrumentalist and storyteller has a kind…

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Premier: A.J. Holmes – A Good Year for the Mushrooms

A.J. Holmes (aka Vanishing Breed) is a musician, field recordist and founder of band A.J. Holmes and The Hackney Empire. His new solo album ‘A Better Standard of Ordinariness’ is…

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News: Australian indie giants Boy & Bear return with news of national tour and a soaring, euphoric new single ‘State of Flight’.

Boy & Bear are a veritable national institution in Australia with their brand of folk-inflected indie pop. Having recently celebrated the ten year anniversary of their double platinum album ‘Moonfire’…

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News: Vance Joy releases new single with album to follow

Vance Joy has released an optimistic, horns infused track ahead of a new album due in June 2022.

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Track: Guise drop new single and announce release of debut Album

London quartet Guise drop new track and announce release of debut album and UK tour.

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EP: Auckland’s Silk Cut shape out another elegant dream pop delight in new EP ‘panda’.

Last year’s ‘astronaut’, the debut EP from New Zealand’s enigmatic Silk Cut (reviewed by me here) was a hazy dreamy introduction to a band that has, amongst its constituent members,…

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Album Review: Aldous Harding – Warm Chris – Fire Walk with Me

Aldous Harding's 'Warm Chris' is an early contender for album of the year.

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