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Esme Bridie: Songbird – Album Review
Esme Bridie Today It Rains Klee Music Released 23 March 2018 Vinyl / DL 8/10 Today It Rains released on Klee Music is the debut release from young Merseysider Esme Bridie. It is a remarkable mature...
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Hi-Fi Spitfires, Bamboo Vipers, the Glorias and the Featherz – punk releases...
Hi-Fi Spitfires, Bamboo Vipers, the Glorias and the Featherz – punk releases round-up Four reviews in one… and some video evidence. 2018 and punk still refuses to die… These four bands have little in...
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Sextile : Manchester : Live Review ‘This is a tense, tactile, dark post-punk...
Sextile Manchester : The Castle January 2018 Sextile facebook page On the night that Mark E Smith left the building it seems somewhat fitting that in the back room of one of the boozers he would...
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Stick In The Wheel: Follow Them True – album review
Stick In The Wheel Follow Them True CD / DL / vinyl From Here Records Released 26 January 2018 What is folk music in 2018? Stick In The Wheel’s second album takes up the gauntlet on the themes of...
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Kaviar Special: Vortex – album review
Kaviar Special Vortex Howlin’ Banana Records CD / LP / DL Out 2 January 2018 7/10 French garage-psych merchants return for their third full-length, Vortex, ramping up the space-shifting sounds and...
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The Fernweh new album preview
The Fernweh LP/Download Skeleton Key Records Released June 2018 The Fernweh was created by three musicians, Jamie Backhouse, Ned Crowther and Austin Murphy, who had worked together in various bands...
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The Deejays: Coming On Strong – Album Review
The Deejays Coming On Strong RPM CD/DL Released 26 January 2018 Subtitled “The Best Of The Deejays” this is the first UK retrospective of the South London Mod band who became a huge deal in Sweden,...
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Damned pre-show in Glasgow…28th Jan… and it’s free! Gig Preview
Punk rock pre-show for Glasgow Damned fans. Joe Whyte tells the story… There are not many things for free in this world these days, but local heroes Fire Exit and a cast of several are bucking the...
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A-Heads/Pedagree Skum: split EP – Single review
A-Heads/Pedagree Skum – EP review (Grow Your Own) 7″/DL Grow Your Own records unleash yet another fine record showcasing new material by two UK DIY punk bands. Nathan Brown likes what he hears....
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New artist of the day : Daniel Clarke : ‘a Mancunian Tom Waits’
Daniel Clarke Trampin’ Stampin’ German Shepard Records DL only Released 9th February. For anyone into the open mic scene in Manchester, you will have come across Daniel in a plethora of venues across...
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Badback Mountain: The Rockford Files, Omnibus Theatre, London – theatre review
Badback Mountain: The Rockford Files Omnibus Theatre, London 25th January 2018 Playwright and director Jonathan Holloway and musician Liam Grundy team up for a musical play. Louder Than War’s Craig...
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Black Veil Brides: Manchester Academy – live review
Black Veil Brides Manchester Academy 24th January 2018 With new music and a new sense of vigour Black Veil Brides and Asking Alexandria announced a shared headline tour at the end of last year. The...
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Hot Snakes/Liines : Manchester Gorilla : Jan 2018 : Live review
Hot Snakes/Liines Manchester Gorilla Jan 2018 Live review photo : Maria Cosgrove Liines have been creating an underground chatter in Manchester and have received much love from LTW for their stripped...
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Asking Alexandria: Manchester Academy – live review
Asking Alexandria Manchester Academy 24th January 2018 Two heavyweights of the heavy music scene are returning with new music and a new sense of vigour for a shared headline tour. Asking Alexandria...
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Paper Dolls – Something Here In My Heart – Album Review
Paper Dolls – Something Here In My Heart RPM CD/DL Released 26th January 2018 Compilation subtitled The Complete Recordings 1968-1970, rounding up everything set down on tape by the Northampton 60s...
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Ohio Players: The Definitive Collection…Plus…– Album Review
Ohio Players The Definitive Collection…Plus… SoulMusic 3CD/DL Available now Career-spanning retrospective of the doyens of Funk the Ohio Players, drawing from the years 1969 to 1981, along with solo...
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Calexico: The Thread That Keeps Us – album review
Calexico The Thread That Keeps Us City Slang Out Now LP/CD/DL 7/10 On their ninth album, Calexico place their songs within a conceptual American wilderness. They are spacious, potentially lonely and...
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Espedairs: Imposter – EP review
Espedairs Imposter EP DL 7/10 Liverpool indie punks, Espedairs bring out their new EP, Imposter. Espedairs are a relatively new band on the Liverpool scene with Bobby Diamond (Guitar/Vocals), Alex...
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The Monochrome Set: 1979-1985 – album review
The Monochrome Set 1979-1985: The Complete Recordings Tapete Records 6 CD/LP Box Set Released 9 February 10/10 Six-disc retrospective of the Monochrome Set’s first six years. Way back in the murky...
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The Lost Boys: Nosebleeds – album review
Album review The Lost Boys: Nosebleeds (After Dark Records) DL / CD Out now Future Classic Debut album and an unexpected change of direction for South Coast band with previous – but now contenders...
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