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Live: Sunflower Bean – Art School Glasgow 26.11.2018 Plus Gallery

Photo of Julia Cumming of Sunflower Bean on stage at Glasgow Art School on 26 November 2018

Sunflower Bean blossom on stage in Glasgow performing tracks from their coming of age album ‘Twentytwo in Blue’. “Alright, enough of this silence” shouts vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming to…

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Not Forgotten: Kate Bush – Lionheart

Kate Bush had exploded on the British music scene early in 1978 and had made an immeadiate impact, sweeping all before her and instantly becoming the biggest artist in the…

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Not Forgotten: R.E.M. – Green

These days the signing of a much respected alternative / indie band to a major label is met with trepidation from the band’s established fans. Some will accuse the band…

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Album Review: Various – Harmony In My Head: Power Pop And New Wave Compilation

Cherry Red seem to be in the habit these days of releasing quality Box Sets and this new compilation see`s a natural follow up to the very successful Action Time…

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Reissue: Semisonic – Feeling Strangely Fine

Whatever happened to Semisonic? One minute some were considering them to be the next big thing in American rock music, and the next, well they just disappeared. So what happened?…

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Not Forgotten: R.E.M. – Up

There was something about R.E.M.’s Up that rang alarm bells with me from the moment I heard that it was going to be released. Like many of their fans in…

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Live: Three Queens in Mourning, Bishop’s House Sheffield 22.10.18

The Bishop’s House more usually hosts groups of schoolkids getting a bit of history lesson. But it’s an atmospheric place for an intimate gig celebrating the songs of Will Oldham…

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Not Forgotten: The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow

From its brightly coloured, die-cut artwork, there’s something about Chutes Too Narrow that has always struck me as cartoon-like. I don’t mean that in a bad way, after all cartoons…

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Track: Imperial Daze – Always Settling

Here’s a taste of something quite magnificent. Peckham’s Imperial Daze have all the swagger and attitude of seasoned indie veterans and in their new single ‘Always Settling’ they have created…

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Album Review: John Grant – Love is Magic

Sometimes you just have to accept your own limitations. For example, the last two months have seen me trying to desperately juggle being a father and halfway decent life partner,…

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