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Album review: The Peacers – ‘Blexxed Rec’: San Fran garage outfit’s third has some nuggets within

Whatcha got? A great little garage rock record, is what. One foot in a California garage, fiddling with the fuzz pedals; another gazing across the ocean to Swingin' London town, taking in folkiness, powerpop, mod and freakbeat touches. A great record for a dusk motorway, this; yeah, a great little record.

Album Review: Black Honey – ‘Written & Directed’: a masterclass in vintage nostalgia

Written & Directed is an absolute masterclass in vintage nostalgia without it being cheesy. Black Honey are leading the way for bands to experiment beyond their typecast genre and just find a niche sound and execute it to the nth degree

ALBUM REVIEW: Another Michael – New Music and Big Pop

A cheerful and endearing debut Lp by the emo-ish Philly band

Album Review: Carpool Tunnel – Bloom; a bubbling slice of Californian indie

Carpool Tunnel are musically fluorescing with the release of their debut album Bloom. After only releasing singles since 2017, Carpool Tunnel are kicking their discography off to an encouraging start with this 60’s inspired, simplistic sounding album that…

ALBUM REVIEW: Julien Baker – Little Oblivions

Memphis-born Julien Baker returns with her haunting, ballad-filled 3rd studio album, that you would have to be oblivious to not be enamoured with. In her first solo album since Turn…

Album Review: Bradford release ‘Bright Hours’: a magnificent follow-up to ‘Shouting Quietly’, 31 years on

SOME things change and some stay the same. Whereas before, with debut album Shouting Quietly, there was a car journey home from nearby Loughborough, Left-Legged Pineapple bag strewn on the…

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EP Review: Crossfire Eagles – ‘Major Arcana’: New seven-track release from Sheffield indie rockers

There’s a moment in BBC 4’s ‘Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain and Ireland’ when some old boy talks about how you could walk down any street in…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Weather Station – Ignorance

Building up on the career of an accomplished artist, Ignorance is no doubt one of the first “headline” albums of 2021. Full of lush and classy orchestrations, the album exudes…

EP: Tender Tones – Youth Retirement Club

Out now on Bandcamp, via Shore Dive Records is the debut ep – Youth Retirement Club, by French Dreampop/Shoegaze/Electronica duo, Tender Tones. This ep starts with, ‘In Dreamed Lives’; a…

Album Review: Sun June – ‘Somewhere’

I could use a road trip right about now, and Sun June‘s new, beautiful tapestry of an album ‘Somewhere‘ would be playing on repeat throughout. It’s a prom record you…

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