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News: John Grant Announces UK & Ireland Tour, Set to Star in Ballet Adaptation of A Single Man

Following the success of The Art of The Lie, John Grant is set for a packed 2025. Currently touring Australia, with a US tour in April, Grant will also be…

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News: Big Special And John Grant – Stay Down, Lazarus

Big Special and John Grant have linked up for stellar new collaborative single release ‘Stay Down, Lazarus’, out now via SO Recordings. Big Special recently broke into the Official UK…

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News: CMAT shares new single ”Where Are Your Kids Tonight” which features John Grant

CMAT has turned into her mother – and she’s written a song about it. The poignant fist-pumper – the third single from the global pop star’s upcoming second album – features…

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100 albums of 2021 you shouldn’t miss, plus playlist

In a moment a folly, I (not me and my editorial team, or my writers, or indeed anyone) decided to make a playlist of the year. Not one of those…

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Album Review: John Grant – Boy From Michigan

Michigan boy John Grant has always moved to the beat of his own drum. If you were to ask me to fit him into a box – a genre that…

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See: John Grant releases new video for the incredible ‘Boy From Michigan’

It’s A Mindfuck. Total Head Explosion. Grant Roams Eerie Alien Territories. Each Second There’s Madness, Obscenity, Terror. Here, Everything Radiates Fear, Unease. Cartoon Kallikantzaroi Eviscerate Reality. It’s Stephen King in song. Childhood distilled into…

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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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Track: Creep Show – Modern Parenting

Creep Show are the project of acclaimed singer-songwriter John Grant and the dark analogue trio of Wrangler (itself a project of Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire, Phil Winter and Benge),…

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Album Review: John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure

For me, like many people, John Grant first appeared on my radar following the release of Queen of Denmark, his gloriously heartbreaking collaboration with Midlake and simply one of the…

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List – Jaw-dropping debut albums

The debut album, by it’s very definition is a crucial album for any act, as it’s success or failure will inevitably dictate their future success. Sure, the act may have…

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