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Classic Compilation: Randy Newman – Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman

I hate Randy Newman. Previous to me discovering his work via Lonely at the Top, I was living in blissful ignorance, occasionally putting pen to paper to scribble down a…

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Track: Bipolar Sunshine – Major Love

We’ve had dealings with the shimmering electro-led pop of Adio Marchant AKA Bipolar Sunshine before. Well, he’s back after moving from his native Manchester to LA, and fresh from last…

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Track: Lawrence Rothman – Stand By

Taken from the new album ‘The Book of Law’, released on November 3rd through Downtown / Interscope, Lawrence Rothman’s new single, draped in a slick R&B covering is called Stand…

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Album Review : Wand’s ‘Plum’

Going into Wand’s Plum I was expecting a bit of the usual Ty Segall-inspired garage noise, much like what was on the three previous records(Ganglion Reef, Golem, 1000 Days.) Playing…

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Album Review: Randy Newman – Dark Matter

Back in 2004 Green Day released American Idiot, an album on which they took the American government of the time to task for the less than wise decisions that were…

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Track: Ryan Egan – Tongue of Yours

What do you do when you’ve injured both your hands, and as a result are left with no instruments? Well in the case of NYC based Ryan Egan, you sing…

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Classic Compilation: Kirsty MacColl – Galore: The Best of Kirsty MacColl

There’s a parallel universe somewhere where Kirsty MacColl receives all the respect she deserves. A universe where the wider public knows her for more than a decent, but overplayed, festive…

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Classic Album: Peter Gabriel – Us

In 1992 Peter Gabriel was the last word in mature pop artists. Having achieved immense success after leaving Genesis in the mid-70s, his solo career had seen plough a compelling…

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Not Forgotten: Elton John – 17.11.70

After years, if not decades, of wandering about the cultural wilderness, it has reached the point where even the most indifferent music fan has to admit that between 1970 and…

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Album Review: Sparks – Hippopotamus

When Sparks roared back to relevance with 2002‘s Lil’ Beethoven, it was treated as a glorious return to form. How long that form would last was another matter. Was it…

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