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Track: Reb Fountain sparkles with her inimitable style and grace in her new single ‘Lacuna’, and announces New Zealand tour.

‘Lacuna’, the new single from New Zealand icon Reb Fountain swaps a swaggering bravado evident in her last single ‘Beastie’ (see review here) for something more restrained but just as…

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Track: Amyl and the Sniffers aren’t looking for trouble – new single ‘Security’ is a terrific noisy blast of rock’n’roll goodness, plus album news

Clearing out the cobwebs in the brain cavity with a thoroughly eviscerating blast of pure Aussie pub punk rock, Amyl and the Sniffers‘ new single ‘Security’ is a romping foot-stomping…

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Track: Tom Lumley and the Brave Liaison serve up the exciting ‘Fake Friends’ in anticipation of their album ‘Everything’s Affected’, and announce launch gigs.

Cambridge’s Tom Lumley and the Brave Liaison today release a scything and anthemic track, ‘Fake Friends’, that is a scintillating post punk bash filled with energy and attitude. The guitar…

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Track: Toby Martin (Youth Group) unveils new haunting anthem ‘Linthwaite Houdini’ with hints of Yorkshire brass, and announces new solo album ‘I Felt The Valley Lifting’

Toby Martin is the enigmatic frontman for Sydney’s iconic Youth Group (whose last album ‘Australian Halloween’ was considered by me to be a highlight release of 2019), and he has…

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News: Billy Bragg announces new album ‘The Million Things That Didn’t Happen’ and releases the romantic, devotional single ‘I Will Be Your Shield’

Living legend Billy Bragg will release his tenth studio album ‘The Million Things That Never Happened’ on 8 October 2021 through the Cooking Vinyl label. The record was produced by…

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Premiere: Living legend Earl Slick pushes the instrumental blues into cinemascope with ‘Vanishing Point’, announces UK tour

JEEZ, will you look at that CV. Robert Smith, Bowie, David Coverdale, Glen Matlock, John and Yoko, The Yardbirds; quite clearly, Earl Slick is a man you need aboard if…

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Track: The Goa Express take the ‘Overpass’: a frenetic no-holds barred romp, and announce UK tour

‘Overpass’ is the ‘B’ Side to The Goa Express‘ single ‘Second Time’ (reviewed by me here). While the latter was a classic shimmering slice of indie pie, ‘Overpass’ releases the…

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Track: Courtney Barnett takes a gentle, wry look at ‘Rae Street’ and announces third studio album, ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’

Australian indie icon Courtney Barnett has just announced the release of her third studio album ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’ on 12 November 2021 through Marathon Artists and released the…

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See: Far Caspian drops the hushed guitar thrill of ‘Questions’, announces his debut album and a European tour

THESE days based in Leeds, the grand capital of God’s Own Country, Yorkshire, but hailing from the rural south-western corner of Northern Ireland, Joel Johnston returned home to put together…

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Track: The Golden Dregs are back with the stunning new single ‘John’ and tour news

Released back in June 2019, ‘Nobody Ever Got Rich (By Making People Sad)’ by The Golden Dregs, still remains for me one of the most outstanding singles I’ve ever reviewed for Backseat…

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