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EP Review: Chapterhouse – White House Demos; early psych-fuzz brilliance from Shoegaze legends

Long before they carved out a legacy as one of the defining names in shoegaze, Chapterhouse were just four gigs in and brimming with raw psychedelic energy. White House Demos, recorded…

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Track: Andy Bell signals new album with hazy cover “I’m in Love”

Andy Bell’s cover of The Passions’ 1981 post-punk gem, I’m in Love with a German Film Star—retitled i’m in love…—is a lush reimagining that doesn’t stray far from the original…

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Live review: The Charlatans and Martin Carr, Exeter University, December 14th, 2021 plus gallery

A GREATEST hits tour, from The Charlatans, you say? Actually, I thought: with the increasingly Kafkaesque qualities of everyday life in the political, viral and, it being December, the actual…

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Track: bdrmm’s ‘Port’ gets some loving electro remix action from Working Men’s Club – come trance out

IT’S AN excellent, mouthwatering battle of two very cred, very excellent Yorkshire bands, duking it out. In the left corner, grapple fans, we have Hull’s bdrmm, the premier next now…

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News: Former Boo Radley Martin Carr signs for Sonic Cathedral; see the classy, dubby pop of ‘Flames’. He’s supporting The Charlatans on tour, too

ONETIME Boo Radleys singer, songwriter and guitarist and also Wichita Records’ Brave Captain, Martin Carr, is now working with Sonic Cathedral on a follow-up to his most recent album, 2017’s…

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Live review: Mildred Maude, Falmouth, October 23rd 2021

CUSPING exploratory instrumental trio Mildred Maude, newly signed to that reliable imprimatur Sonic Cathedral and with their second album, the incendiary, (mostly) longform stylings of Sleepover (our thoughts on that…

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See: Cornish guitarsmiths Mildred Maude drop the video for the sweet noise arrow of ‘Chemo Brain’ – catch ’em on tour

CORNISH post-rock/shoegaze/post-rock trio Mildred Maude really are the coming men, with their first album for the excellent Sonic Cathedral out tomorrow and a tour to follow. The intersection of guitarist…

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News: Cheval Sombre to release a new EP, including a Dead cover – see the video for ‘Althea’

CHRIS PORPORA, the artist whose twin album releases from earlier this year, Time Waits For No One and Days Go By, are the gentlest, brittlest sucker punches to the heart…

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Album review: Mildred Maude – ‘Sleepover’: From Cornwall with beautiful, incendiary love

SONIC CATHEDRAL: it may not be the most prolific of labels in terms of releases – but never mind the width; feel the quality. Just take a look back, wouldya,…

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Album review: Sennen – ‘Widows (Expanded Edition)’: now twice the size, Noughties shoegaze torchbearers’ debut packs a glorious punch

WHEN shoegaze was so cruelly traduced by the British inkies, dazzle-eyed by their enthralment with the twin coming of grunge and early Britpop, us aficionados shed a quiet tear for…

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