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Album Review : Champagne Dub – ‘Rainbow’ : Space-dub and cosmic grooves with a distinct kick.

There are ‘drummers’ and there are ‘more than drummers’. ‘Drummers’ play the drums very well as they move from gig to gig, band to band, session to session. ‘More than…

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Live Review: Chameleons “home is where the heart is parts 1 & 2” – O2 Ritz 15th & 16th december 2023

December 20, 2023

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Meet: Post Punk legend and all round nice guy – Jah Wobble

October 17, 2023

So, when I set up this interview with Jah Wobble (thanks to Ian Cheek PR), I was warned to keep any mention of football until the end, otherwise I’d never…

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Pixies Announce Bossanova x Trompe Le Monde UK Tour 2024

June 8, 2023

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Introducing: Cherry Red Records

April 27, 2023

I bought my very first Cherry Red Records release in 1980, when San Francisco punk legends, Dead Kennedys, released their second single, the seminal “Holidays In Cambodia”, their first of…

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Album Review: Mauskovic Dance Band – ‘Bukaroo Bank’: an urgent post punk dub directive from Amsterdam.

Those Mauskovic Dance Band boys are back, back with Bongo Joe Records and back with another fine slice of snappy syncopation. The mischievous Amsterdam four piece, Nico, Donnie, Marnix and…

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Track: Pozi – Detainer Man

London band Pozi have shared another track from their upcoming EP Typing. Titled ‘Detainer Man’, the track is written from the point of view of a brainwashed police officer programmed…

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Track: Pozi – Sea Song

After releasing their previous EP 176 just prior to the pandemic taking hold, London three-piece Pozi, return with new EP ‘Typing’ via PRAH Recordings. Along with the news the band…

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After a 3 year long hiatus London’s heaviest post punk outfit Shrines return with new EP ‘Ghost Notes’. The 4-track strong EP, which is the follow up to Shrines 2015 self-titled full length debut, sees the band…

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TRACK: FLAT WORMS – MARKET FORCES

Flat Worms, the Los Angeles-based trio announce their new album, Antarctica, out April 10th on God? Records. The first single “Market Forces” is a fuzzy warm call to arms with buzzing guitars and brilliantly…

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