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EP Review: high jump – 001

Blending jangling, buoyant indie guitars with swirling electronics and pop melodies, high jump’s debut EP 001 showcases some fantastic writing and creative, wonderfully restrained musicianship. Opening with the reverb soaked…

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Album Review: Jim Wallis – In Huge Gesturing Loops: moving ‘ambient country’ way beyond passive mood music.

Drumming and making ambient soundscapes is not a well populated intersection on the musician directory Venn diagram but Jim Wallis sits comfortably within that quirky enclave. Perhaps best known for…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Japanese Television – EP III

Japanese Television don’t surf, but if they did, it would be on a swirling wave of reverb-drenched organ, garage-rock guitars, hypno-motorik bass and pounding, ritualistic drums. The band formed in…

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Track: Japanese Television – Beecage

On September 4th space surf rockers Japanese Television will release their brand new 5 track EP ‘EP III’ out September 4th via Tip Top Recordings Preferring to work in a cold, dusty,…

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