7.8
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Ogrom Circus and Strawflower Reviewed

Ogrom Circus – We Were Tonight You take one more breath. You close your eyes for just a second to try and memorise it all. And, puff, just like that, it’s gone. The world doesn’t stay the same. Of course, it can’t! In fact, it’s galloping toward a…
7.5
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Seola Station and BRIARS Reviewed

Seola Station – Rooftops The greatest rock artists were occasionally easy to like because of danceable, hook-filled songs that they produced and, more often than not, hard to understand. A few of them produced an endless stream of hits, and the majority of their…
8.5
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Kula Shaker and The Real Flower Pots Reviewed

Kula Shaker – Broke As Folk The kids all turned out alright, but the colourful clothes got shoved in the closet and the neo-hippie dreams of endless cheer and hope had to be abandoned for something a bit more practical, a little more realistic.  This isn’t…
8.5
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Ava Renn and Bad Tide Reviewed

Ava Renn – See What I’ve Seen Pop stars don’t just get onto late-night television without a bit of training. It’s no different from royalty, or the kids expected to one day win Wimbledon. All of them are taught by someone older than them how they should…
8.0
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Foot Ox and Winter Harvest Reviewed

Foot Ox – Bed Of Violets Andy Warhol got his five minutes of pop fame, courtesy of Lou Reed and John Cale and somewhere down the line, in the not-too-distant future, every person in this world and every little town or village will have their own…
7.5
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The Active Set and Between Days Reviewed

The Active Set – Death Of A Friend Existentialist philosophy is making a comeback, and your social media apps may have been playing a part in the Kierkegaardian revival. Maybe it’s because it used to be that bad news simply reached people at a slower pace. Well…
Album Reviews

Greywater - “Rot” Review

Any genre that spends enough time out of the limelight is guaranteed to earn a few new followers through the sheer force of nostalgia. Still, out of the styles of music that earned the peak of their popularity decades ago, perhaps none deserves reappraisal and an accruing of…