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The Heavy: O2 Academy, Bristol – Live Review
The Heavy O2 Academy, Bristol. 18th May 2016 Upon entering the 02 academy the crowed seemed thin and didn’t look like there was much of an attendance. After getting into position I awaited the heavy...
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Primavera Sound: Day Two – festival review
Primavera Sound Parc Del Forum 3rd June 2016 Another awesome day in the baking sun on the Spanish coast at one of the planets greatest festivals, today Dungen, Savages and Dinosaur Jr. all shine! Day...
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Television : Manchester : Live review
Television Manchester June 2016 Live Review Photos : Alex Staszko So there they are, Television. Finally after all these decades of chasing them around the planet I finally get to see this band, a band...
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Ceiling Demons: Belly Of The Hopeless – EP review
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Anderson / Stolt: Invention Of Knowledge – album review
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Isaac Hayes: Love Attack – Album Review
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The Posies: Solid States – album review
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Cock Sparrer @ Worcester, Massachusetts – live review & photo gallery
Cock Sparrer The Palladium, Worcester, Massachusetts 10th June 2016 Words/Images: Melissa Evans What’s it like to be old? According to Cock Sparrer and their huge crowd of punk and hardcore fans, not...
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Skurvi: Get ‘Em In – album review
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Parent: Parent – album review
Parent-Parent Fog Lane Records Release Date: 17th June 2016 9/10 Parent is the eponymous début from the Manchester duo that comprises Brix and The Extricated guitarist Jason Brown and singer Rachel...
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Primavera Sound: Day Three – festival review
Primavera Sound Parc Del Forum 4th June 2016 The final day where Primavera seem to have saved the best until last, with two legends both putting on awe-inspiring sets and Ty Segall rounding off...
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Mass Production: In The Purest Form/Massterpiece – Album Review
Mass Production In The Purest Form/Massterpiece (Soulmusic) 2CD/DL Released 10th June 2016 Fourth and Fifth LPs by popular US Funk crew Mass Production, plus a surfeit of bonus single mixes….Ian Canty...
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Sløtface: Sponge State – EP review
Sløtface – Sponge State EP (Propeller) 8/10 Pop-punk gets a fresh coat of paint, all the way from Norway. Sam Lambeth gets to enjoy some Nordic noise on the excellent Sponge State. “Kill ’em with...
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Spring King/Get Inuit : London : live review
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Tom Jones : Lichfield Beacon Park : Live Review
TOM JONES LICHFIELD BEACON PARK 12TH JUNE 2016 Live Review Tom Jones is a national institution, as durable as the granite that seems to make up his features with voice that fills arenas and...
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System Of Hate: Unhallowed Ground – album review
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Tuath : Existence Is Futile – EP Review
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Vukovar: Voyeurism – album review
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UKFeds: Symphony Hall, Birmingham – Live Review
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Cave States: True Life – album review
Cave States: True Life CD/DL Out Now Classy Alt Country from St. Louis, Missouri. Joe Whyte reviews for LTW. Via the wonders of social media, and a nod from a good friend who’s musical taste is...
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