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Album Review: Beefheart & McQuinn – ‘Midtown Downtime’: Summery sounds and simmering sadness from the indie folk duo.

  • June 14, 2026
  • John Parry
Taking a break from the indie band merry-go round, singer-songwriters Moby Beefheart and Winter McQuinn release their “quiet is the new loud” debut ‘Midtown Downtime’ on We Are Busy Bodies.…
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PREMIERE: Damion assures ‘Your Secret is Safe With Me’ on slow-burning offering from imminent debut album

  • August 4, 2022
  • Gareth O Malley
Bloomington, Indiana’s Damion Schiralli has been building up toward the release of his debut solo album for a little bit since it was announced back in May It’s an impressive…
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Premiere: Sydney’s Big Wheels debut with a shimmering and jangling ‘Chain of Fire’.

  • May 5, 2022
  • Arun Kendall
We are very pleased to premiere the debut single ‘Chain of Fire’ from Sydney band Big Wheels. This is a stunning entre to the world of Big Wheels: an alt…
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News: New label Carrie launches with the Stevie Nicks elegance of Soft Focus’s ‘Easy For You’

  • June 22, 2021
  • Chris Sawle
MANCHESTER events site GigList is branching out from promoting music into giving it a specific platform of its own with the launch of a sister label, Carrie: an imprint that…
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Not Forgotten: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War of the Worlds

  • June 1, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
Imagine for a moment the pitch for this album to Columbia Records in the mid 70s. A guy best known for advertising jingles and writing light-weight pop-rock hits turns up…
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Not Forgotten: 10CC – Deceptive Bends

  • April 30, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
Having cornered the intelligent pop market with a brace of hit singles and a quartet of albums which made the most of each individual band member’s top-draw songwriting and cutting-edge…
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Not Forgotten: Supertramp – Even in the Quietest Moments

  • April 3, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
Even in the Quietest Moments is the second of two albums wedged between Supertramp’s best album, 1974’s Crime of the Century, and their most commercially successful, 1979’s Breakfast in America.…
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Not Forgotten: 10cc – How Dare You!

  • July 20, 2016
  • Jon Bryan
Their fourth album in as many years, by How Dare You! 10cc had mastered the art of balancing the conflicting demands of big hit singles with fiendishly clever art-rock albums.…
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Not Forgotten: 10cc – The Original Soundtrack

  • April 2, 2016
  • Jon Bryan
By early 1975, 10cc had extricated themselves from an unfavourable recording contract under which their first two albums had been released. This resulted in The Original Soundtrack being a confluence…
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Not Forgotten: 10cc – Sheet Music

  • February 4, 2016
  • Jon Bryan
These days 10cc are primarily known for the glorious overdub overload that is “I’m Not in Love”, however that monster hit single was just the tip of an often misunderstood…
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