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Classic Compilation: Neil Innes – Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues

When is a compilation not a compilation? When it is an album padded out by a few contemporaneous bonus tracks. Except it isn’t, because those additional b-sides, singles and rarities…

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Album Review: Dan Black – Do Not Revenge

We Dan Black’s fans are a patient bunch. Just a mere eight years after his debut solo album ‘UN’ and the king of wonky pop drops the follow up ‘Do…

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Classic Compilation: The Beatles – Love

How many words have been written about The Beatles in the last five and a half decades? Too damn many that’s for certain, but it’s also probably one of the…

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Classic Compilation: ABBA – ABBA Gold : Greatest Hits

There’s seemingly always been a certain amount of sniffiness around compilations, as if they are somehow unrepresentative of the musical act they allegedly represent. This is particularly the case across…

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London’s The Caress release their third single: ‘A Picture By The Thames In Winter’

The Caress, hailing from South East London and comprising of brothers Tom, Ben and Sam Easton, have released their third self-released single entitled ‘A Picture By The Thames In Winter’.…

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Not Forgotten: Neil Innes – Taking Off

When the rare conversations regarding the merits of the Bonzo Dog Band are had, a fair portion of that time is spent discussing the work of Viv Stanshall, he of…

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Classic Album: Considering the status of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50 years later.

50 years ago popular music reached its absolute apex when Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the most perfect musical statement in the history of the eardrum was released. It…

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Track: Holy Boy – Lay Your Hands

Norwegian-born, LA based singer songwriter Helene Alexandra Jaeger garnered some serious interest in her previous guise as Her Royal Harness, and is about to release a new EP under her…

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EP Review: HEL! – Romantically Stunted

HEL! is the stage name of a dungaree-clad 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Liverpool, otherwise known as Helena MacCormack. Her debut EP, Romantically Stunted, released on 23rd April 2017, shares optimistic melodies…

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Album Review: Alex G – My Life On The Internet

Whilst an album of covers may not be something you’d expect a review on, the first thing to mention is that the best definition of a great cover song is doing something…

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