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TRACK: Hen Ogledd – ‘Trouble’: further glorious wonkpop from Richard Dawson’s quartet

WHAT started as a side-project for Newcastle’s premiere exponent of passionate out- and wyrd-folk, Richard Dawson, to find an outlet for other musical stylings, has come to take on a…

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TRACK: Black Marble – ‘Johnny and Mary’: Robert Palmer gets the lofi synth look

EVERYONE loves a cover version, there can be no argument there; what do they do with the song? Do they tread carefully and deferentially; do they take a sledgehammer to…

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TRACK: Andy Shauf – ‘Judy’: low-key baroque folk brilliance

HE’S one of those gorgeous, nuanced, baroque-pop songwriters we could all do with spending a lot more time with, is Andy Shauf. Like fellow countryman Patrick Watson, he has this…

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TRACK: Monzanto Sound – ’23’: off-kilter dub-punk grooves

THERE’S a real skeletal dub-funk groove, with this offbeat sway and disjuncture; on the one hand, it’s deep and smokin’, on the other, wiry and angular: very The Pop Group.…

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SEE: No Age – ‘Turned To String’: new video from low-slung noise rockers

SO LOOK, it’s not even news anymore: 2020, and the world is busy going to hell in a handcart. So just what is a scuzzily excellent, guitar-totin’ US alt.rock band…

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TRACK: Tim Englehardt – ‘Shine’: propulsive tech-house atmospheres

TIM ENGELHARDT has been quietly carving away in the world of deep tech- and deep house grooves for a while now. Based in Westerwald, a low and mountainous region on…

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TRACK: The Kondoors – ‘Mr Rain’: classic boy-girl power balladry wants your heart

THE KONDORS is the musical project of Gavin Conder and Jess Greenfield, who were involved romantically long before they were a musical item. Jess has come up through her involvement…

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TRACK: 79.5 – ‘My Dream’: timeless, crate-diggin’ retro-soul gem

IT’S absolutely fair to say that Big Crown Records, which has been down in the crates bringing you some incredibly fine cuts out of its Brooklyn base for the past…

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TRACK: Olivier Alary & Johannes Malfatti – ‘Drifting’: out-classical, ISDN warmth

MONTREAL-based, Toulousain composer Olivier Alary and his Berlin-based compatriot Johannes Malfatti have been friends for many years – that kind of relationship so much easier to conduct in our modern…

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TRACK: Tree Trunks – ‘Reaction’: elegant synthpop for a lovers’ summer

LONDON outfit Tree Trunks have been around for a little while now, nibbling at pristine pop, picking up airplay, seducing the ears. There’s been four singles in the past couple…

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