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Live Review: Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls / The Lottery Winners / The Wilswood Buoys – The Barbican, York 31.01.23

Frank was in town and I was very up for this one as it was the first for me since the Christmas festivities had passed, and as I walked towards…

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See: Percy reveal new video for ‘Will of the People’

Taken from their new album ‘Seaside Donkeys’, which is out today York post-punks Percy have revealed a new video for the track ‘Will of the People’. Not new to this…

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Track: King No-One: Not Willing to Sacrifice My Life

Hailing from York, King No-One is part of the iconic Scruff of the Neck team which is an instant indication of quality. And their new song ‘Not Willing to Sacrifice…

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Live Review: Belle & Sebastian / Julien Baker – York Grand Opera House 20.03.2018

It’s a difficult one to objectively review Belle and Sebastian’s performance at York’s Grand Opera House. You see, me and Belle and Sebastian have missed each other constantly over the…

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News: Shed Seven to release first new album in 16 years, plus December tour dates

Brit Pop five piece Shed Seven, who scored a handful of hit albums, as well as 16 top 40 singles in the heady 90s, have announced their first studio album…

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Muttley – Demo (Part 4 of Backseat Mafia On Tour: York)

Gosh, York seems such a long time ago. I picked up a clutch of music in May last year (!) while sojourning in that delightful locale and one of the pieces…

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Boss Caine – The Rhythm and the Rhyme (Part 3 of Backseat Mafia On Tour: York)

Years ago when Gomez first emerged there would always be at least a strain of suspicion running through reviews. For the generous, the fact that this group of adolescents wrote…

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Little Triggers – St.Bernard (part 2 of Backseat Mafia on Tour: York)

After a little while browsing the record stacks in the aforementioned Inkwell, I came across some, er, Stax. It was one of those record label-issued compilations of their great artists…

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Backseat Mafia On Tour: York

This past weekend, part of the London Family of Backseat Mafia took a trip up to the beautiful city of York for a wedding of friends. The occasion itself took…

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