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I’m either a month late reviewing this, or 6 weeks early, depending on your perspective, for The New OK has...
If, like me, you have the misfortune of being in your early 50s, then 40 years ago to the very...
A band from Bristol have just released their difficult third album. It follows on the heels of an album that...
One of the criticisms sometimes lazily levelled at ambient music, by people who will not engage with the genre on...
I bloody love this. Initial thoughts upon playing The Jungle, the fifth full length release by Montreal’s Plants And Animals,...
Clipping. delivered one of my very favourite albums of 2019, There Existed an Addiction to Blood. Daveed Diggs’ nihilist lyricism...
Lennon and McCartney came first, with their version of ‘I Feel Fine‘ in which they sang “…I’m so glad that she’s my little...
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Toronto’s post-punk noiseniks Bike Thiefs are instantly likeable underdogs who sound as though they’ve thrown everything they have into debut...
Growing up I was ideologically opposed to emo music, something which I am happy has changed as I’ve gotten older. ...