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Track: Buddy Glass paints a poignant tale of family and loss in ‘The Spirit of a Small Town’

In my review of Buddy Glass’s album ‘Wow and Flutter’ last year, I said the album was absolute delight: an immersive journey into the poetic and expressive world of Buddy…

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TRACK: Confucius MC – ‘Lanterns’: the first essential UK hip-hop of ’21 has entered the building

IT MIGHT just be the first properly essential UK hip-hop track of 2021, and it comes from Peckham’s Confucius MC, longtime friend of Kae Tempest, teacher, outreacher; and it’s a…

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TRACK: Magnus John Anderson -‘Elkhorn’: studio wizard steps out with modern compositional piano

ONE OF the sea changes we’re seeing from all this viral upheaval is the emergence of artists finding their own voice in order to create, whereas previously they might have…

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Track: The Chills brighten our solar system with new track ‘Monolith’ and announcement of a new album

The sun shines that little brighter and warmer this morning – even here at the southern edge of the world – with news of a new album from New Zealand…

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TRACK: Field Works – ‘La’ali’: Arabic poetry and cosmic Americana preludes ninth instalment in the series

FIELD WORKS is less a band, more a collective exploration of the various musics that cross over and find each other out on the edges of their respective stylistic disciplines,…

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TRACK: Firestations – ‘The Circular’: bright as a button indiepop drop preludes March EP

LOST MAP’S quirkily lovely alt.popsters Firestations have released a really bright and moreish single, “The Circular”, ahead of their March EP, Melted Medium, which sings with a indiepop summeriness last…

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Premiere: Austrian artist Tanzos provides words of comfort in the shining track ‘Nevermind’

Having played in one of Austria’s most successful indie bands Zeronic (with supports for New Order and The Kills), Tanzos is forging his own path, releasing a solo album back…

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SEE: Nick Schofield – ‘Ambient Architect’: modular retro-futurism full of light and grace

NICK SCHOFIELD is a Montréalais composer in love with modular synths, and who has a new album, Glass Gallery, coming out early next month, composed entirely on the legendary Prophet…

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TRACK: Douglas – ‘Cigarettes’: euphoric, blurry synthpop futurism

AMY DOUGLAS WHITE is a Los Angelino by adoption, by way of Madrid, where she was raised the child of American parents. She’s got form in the music biz, serving…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Aaron Cupples – ‘Island Of The Hungry Ghosts’ original soundtrack: a sonic film in itself

There's always that caveat with a soundtrack that this is music in service to another artform. But Island Of The Hungry Ghosts is a sonic film in itself. It wholly lets the soul of the island through and onto your record deck. If you're a fan of labels like Touch, Kranky, this is so a record for you.

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