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Album Review: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – The High Country

Springfield, Missouri five piece Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, despite the fantastic name, were a band that had largely passed me by. So reviewing The High Country, the bands…

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Meet: Lisbon – Lead singer Matthew Varty interviewed

One of the North East’s finest, Lisbon, stop off on their first headline tour of the UK to chat to me ahead of their Sheffield gig at The Rocking Chair.…

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Track: Why We Run release the melancholic indie of Ignites

We were already mightily impressed by Why We Run’s debut single, ‘Comfortable Lie’, earlier this year and their follow-up release, ‘Ignites’, indicates this Sydney four piece are no flash in…

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Track: Ducktails release new single, Surreal Exposure

Ahead of the release of his fifth album, St. Catherine – out on 24th July via Domino Records, Ducktails aka Matt Mondanile is releasing a new single, Surreal Exposure. The…

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Live Review: Lisbon, Bayonet, The Rocking Chair, Sheffield, 18.06.2015

Lisbon first came onto my radar last year when I accidentally caught them supporting Saint Motel at Plug in Sheffield. They were enthusiastic, exciting and totally deserving of a bigger…

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Live Review: Long Division 2015 – Wakefield 12th – 14th June

Long Division, a three day urban festival, spread over eight venues all within spitting distance of each other. Over 60 bands on offer and with the added bonus of it…

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Album Review: Bunnygrunt – Vol. 4

Even the name has this sense of contradiction. The cutesy of the bunny, doing something rough, unexpected, with the grunt. And so it is with the band Bunnygrunt, who have…

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Not Forgotten: Big Star – #1 Record

Influential albums are something that I approach with trepidation, especially when they are by acts that are considered to be ‘cult’. As massively influential as albums like The Velvet Underground…

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Not Forgotten: The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Behind the Music

Retro rock is a risky business. If you pay homage to your influences too closely you risk ending up in a creative cul-de-sac, where your fans don’t need to know…

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Meet: Robert Hampson from legendary noise rockers Loop

Loop’s brutal riffs and brand of literate indie rock built them a cult following in the late ‘80s. Despite three successful albums and well received Peel sessions they imploded in…

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