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• 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

• Foxing – ‘Foxing’ Album Review

  

  ‘Foxing’, the self-titled fifth album from St. Louis math rockers finds the quartet ‘finding comfort in their own chaos’. ‘Secret History’ opens with plenty of... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Deadletter – ‘Hysterical Strength’ Album Review

  

  A dollop of industrial bass opens ‘Hysterical Strength’ – the debut album from Yorkshire art rockers Deadletter – as ‘Credit to Treason’ combines frantic drums... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Uzumaki – ‘Waded’ Album Review

  

  London-based alt-rocker Uzumaki release their debut album ‘Waded’ via Everything Sucks Music on 13 September. With influences ranging from Sonic Youth to Pulp... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• New Ghost – ‘A Dagger in Every Tide’ Album Review

  

  Sheffield-based art rockers New Ghost release their debut album ‘A Dagger in Every Tide’ on 6 September. Written and recorded following a near-death... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Yannis & The Yaw Featuring Tony Allen – ‘Lagos Paris London’ EP Review

  

  When Foals were writing and recording their second album ‘Total Life Forever’, Yannis Philippakis became fascinated with Fela Kuti and then his drummer, Tony... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Why Bonnie – ‘Wish On the Bone’ Album Review

  

  The title track opens the record in slow and swaying style as Blair Howerton sings about how ‘sometimes it’s over’ and then becomes more defiant: ‘Wake up,... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Meryl Streek – ‘Counting Sheep’

  

  After blowing everyone away at 2000trees Festival, Meryl Streek returns with new single ‘Counting Sheep’, the latest single to be taken from forthcoming album... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Hello Mary – ‘Down My Life’

  

  Photo Credit: Hannah Edelman Hello Mary have shared ‘Down My Life’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Emita Ox’ via Frenchkiss Records on 13 September. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• October Drift – ‘Tyrannosaurus Wreck’

  

  October Drift have shared the video for ‘Tyrannosaurus Wreck’ ahead of the release of third album ‘Blame the Young on 27 September via Physical Education... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC