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• Sassyhiya – ‘Take You Somewhere’ Album Review

  

  With influences ranging from the Breeders and Broadcast to Dolly Parton and ‘Kristen Stewart’ already on its way to becoming a queer anthem, Sassyhiya’s debut... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Thank – ‘I Have a Physical Body That Can Be Harmed’ Album Review

  

  Photo credit: Summer Crane Thank release their second – and first via Big Scary Monsters – album ‘I Have a Physical Body That Can Be Harmed’ on 8 November. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Bottom Bracket – ‘I’m So Afraid of Where’ Album Review

  

  Count Your Lucky Stars signings Bottom Bracket’s new album ‘I’m So Afraid of Where’ finds the Chicago band looking over the ups and downs of a relationship, wit... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 2000trees Festival Announces First Wave of 2025 Lineup – Including Five...

  

  2000trees Festival has announced their first wave of bands for 2025’s festival – including five headliners. Kneecap, PVRIS will co-headline the Thursday 10... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Soccer Mommy – ‘Evergreen’ Album Review

  

  Sophie Allison, aka Soccer Mommy, returns with ‘Evergreen’, an album she informed and inspired by loss with the goal of making ‘a snapshot of a moment’s... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Lifter – ‘Clasping Hands with the Moribund’ Album Review

  

  Photo credit: Jessica Pratten Bristol-based Lifter – a group featuring former Modern Rituals guitarist Harry Fanshawe and bassist and producer Miles Ward –... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Nap Eyes – ‘The Neon Gate’ Album Review

  

  The Neon Gate, the fifth album from Halifax, Nova Scotia indie-rockers Nap Eyes finds the band adapting poems from Alexander Pushkin and W.B. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Bottlemoth – ‘Even Us Ghosts’ Album Review

  

  ‘Even Us Ghosts’, the debut album from indie-rockers Bottlemoth explores a host of themes as Ethan Proctor navigates life in your 20s – from embracing... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Touché Amoré – ‘Spiral in a Straight Line’ Album Review

  

  Touché Amoré return with ‘Spiral in a Straight Line’, their fist album in four year. As hinted at by the title, the record finds the band contemplating on the... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Drug Church – ‘Prude’ Album Review

  

  Albany, NY-based Drug Church return with ‘Prude’ (released via Pure Noise Records on 4 October) and it’s 28 minutes of heart-on-sleeve attitude and... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Public Service Broadcasting – ‘The Last Flight’ Album Review

  

  Public Service Broadcasting make a welcome return with ‘The Last Flight’, an album based around the achievements and final journey of Amelia Earhart – the... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Wild Pink – ‘Dulling the Horns’ Album Review

  

  Wild Pink return with ‘Dulling the Horns’ (out on 4 October via FireTalk Records). This release finds John Ross ruminating on what it takes to move forward, no... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Happy Accidents – ‘Edit Undo’ Album Review

  

  After a month of being available via an online treasure hunt, Happy Accidents (Rich Mandell and Phoebe Cross) release their fifth album ‘Edit Undo’. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Adeline Hotel – ‘Whodunnit’ Album Review

  

  While Dan Knishkowy was writing the latest Adeline Hotel album ‘Whodunnit’ about the breakdown of a marriage, he realised he was actually pondering things on a... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sløtface – ‘Film Buff’ Album Review

  

  On new album ‘Film Buff’, Slotface delve into the worlds of film and TV to tackle stereotypes, gender roles and toxic masculinity… ‘I Used to Be a Real Piece…’... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Efterklang – ‘Things We Have in Common’ Album Review

  

  Efterklang return with ‘Things We Have in Common’, an album that celebrates the bond between humans and the power of community, looking at the beauty in humanit... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Maximo Park – ‘Stream of Life’ Album Review

  

  Eight albums into their career and Maximo Park continue to delight with their intelligent brand of indie pop. ‘Stream of Life’ finds the band trying to make... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• October Drift – ‘Blame the Young’ Album Review

  

  October Drift’s third album ‘Blame the Young’ finds the four-piece delivering their most powerful and personal songs yet… The title track opens the album with... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Waeve – ‘City Lights’ Album Review

  

  Photo credit: Kalpesh Lathigra Just over a year after the release of their debut album, The Waeve (real-life couple Graham Coxon from Blur and Rose Elinor... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Katy J Pearson – ‘Someday, Now’ Album Review

  

  After a period of burnout, self-enforced exile from music-making and solo travel, Katy J Pearson returns with new album ‘Someday, Now’ (out on 20 September via... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC