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Airbourne: Diamond Cuts box set – album review
Airbourne: Diamond Cuts box set Alucard CD/DL/limited edition vinyl Released 29 September 2017 8/10 Ten years burning down the road or at least since their debut album hit the stores in a flurry of no...
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Brexit-inspired second album by The Granite Shore
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MC & The 7 Pedals: Gluten Free – Album Review
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Dave Miller Set: My Guy Fawkes – album review
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P.P.Arnold: Exclusive Interview with the Soul Legend as she releases Lost Album
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The Three Ring Circus – preview feature
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Four Tet: New Energy- album review
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Marry Waterson & David A Jaycock: Death Had Quicker Wings Than Love – album...
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Squeeze: The Knowledge – album review
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Chocolate: Ninth Cloud – video/ single review
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The Vryll Society: The Magnet – Liverpool, live review
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Suntan – film review
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Jack Rutter: Hills – album review
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The Blackheart Orchestra & Port Cities: The Met, Bury – live review
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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: O2 Arena London – live review
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Anathema & Alcest: The Ritz, Manchester – Live Review
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Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys: Pretty Peggy – album review
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Martin Metcalfe and the Fornicators – live review
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Johanna Glaza: Wind Sculptures – album review
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Sparks: O2 Academy, Bristol – live review
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