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Live Review: Paul Weller – The Octagon, Sheffield 27.11.2021 plus Gallery

Storm Arwen did its worst and sent some arctic conditions over Sheffield on Friday night but it didn’t contain enough power to dim the enthusiasm for the 1500 folk who ventured out…

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Live Review: Candid & Idle Noise – HMV Empire, Coventry 27.11.2021 plus gallery

There’s an excitement in the air throughout Coventry as 4 local bands are about to take the stage at the HMV Empire. They’ve sold over 1,000 tickets to this 1,100+…

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Album review: Mumble Tide – ‘Everything Ugly’: a short, sweet-as mini-album burst from the insouciant Bristolians on their way to massive things

MUMBLE TIDE have a sweet and unusual back story: the Bristol bedroom pop duo of Gina Leonard and Ryan Rogers first met through a Gumtree ad which singer Gina had…

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Album Review: Various Artists: The Roots Of Indie Pop 1980-1984

Cherry Red seem to have become the masters of the box set compilation in recent years, with the C86 and C87 sets some choice punk and new wave compilations; and…

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Track: Fuzzy Sun bring anthemic indie guitars to cultural anxiety on ‘China Pearl’; they’re playing a half-dozen UK shows next month

WITH six of the best ready for your delectation out now in the shape of their EP, Since The Dog Died, and a British headline tour including a hometown show…

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See: The Boo Radleys drop the pop of ‘You And Me’ as their EP gets a RSD vinyl release and announce a new album – their first since ’98

CHESHIRE shoegazers turned Creation dub pop pioneers turned the nation’s sweethearts on the back of that runaway, never-prise-it-off your-radio hit, The Boo Radleys seemingly vanished forever into the annals of…

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News: Francis of Delirium unveil a lengthy UK and American tour and share a five-song orchestral session

LUXEMBOURG’S Canadian-American punk-political duo Francis of Delirium are a band you completely wouldn’t mess with, trust us. They first came onto our radar more than a year ago with “Equality…

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Track: Terra Pines ‘Harp On’: a dreamy and celestial wander through the clouds

After pleasantly assaulting us with their thumping track ‘Downbeat’ (see my review here) , Brisbane band Terra Pines have pressed ever so gently on the brakes and released the dreamy…

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Track: Hobart Curtis has a dream pop ‘Run’: shimmering melodies and an indelible sparkle in his new single.

The new single ‘Run’ from Brisbane artist Hobart Curtis is a refreshing, crystalline, sparkling track, tinged with a melancholic blush and a dream pop fervour. Brisbane is fast becoming institution…

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Live Review: The Charlatans / Aoife Nessa Frances – Dublin, 3Olympia 23.11.2021 plus galleries

As the irrepressible Charlatans roll into Dublin, those of us at the 3Olympia early enough are the as Dublin singer-songwriter Aoife Nessa Frances takes to the stage. Taking tunes from…

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