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Bloody Bananas and Money & the Man

Bloody Bananas – Aged Yourself Out Similar artists: The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr, Julian Casablancas, The Killers Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock There are people who spend much of their time trying to decipher what musician stole what part…
7.5
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LiveKill and Lives Lost Reviewed

LiveKill – Scum of My Life Similar artists: Slipknot, Korn, Static-X Genre: Post-Hardcore, Progressive Metal Anger has done some marvellous and some terrible things for the human race. Naturally, most of the time, we are tempted to focus on its destructive…
7.8
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Little Miss Echo and Janus 4-14 Reviewed

Little Miss Echo – Optigan Similar artists: Stereolab, The Beach Boys, Chris Cohen Genre: Jangle Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Indie Pop Are you feeling relaxed right now? Well, good for you. And I wouldn’t want to put you off what you’re doing or get you to feel…
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Noisy Vertigo - Twenty Years

The major record labels are still willing to pay a fortune to people who promise they’ll uncover the future of music for them. They promise access to a musical revolution. And they say that they’ll achieve this by bringing in new sounds or scouting the people who have…
7.5
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Gabbarein and PLANT Reviewed

Gabbarein – Ra Rising Sun Similar artists: Wardruna, Sigur Rós, Rúnahild, Björk, Fever Ray Genre: Gothic / Dark Wave, Alternative Rock When it comes to modern music, no place where this is made seems more alluring or mysterious than the frozen North of…
8.3
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Rosie Frost and Juju Reviewed

Rosie Frost – Pennies on the Dollar Similar artists: Sonic Youth, Pixies, Nirvana, Foo Fighters Genre: Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock Just look at the history books or visit any important museum and you’ll know which sort of people turned out to be…
7.8
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The Polite Heretic and Santo Sur Reviewed

The Polite Heretic – How A Storm Becomes A Memory Similar artists: Listener, La Dispute Genre: Post Rock There’s only so much you can learn from books and their modern substitute, Netflix-produced b-movies. And this is a wonderful thing. There’s no real…
8.0
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Stuart Pearce and John in a Strange Land Reviewed

Stuart Pearce – Nuclear Football Genre: Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock Post-punk might just, once again, be the most exciting type of rock music being made at the moment. But don’t expect its biggest stars to get invited on late-night talk shows…
7.8
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Holy Felix and Dark Miles Reviewed

Holy Felix – Cellophane Similar artists: Nine Inch Nails, YUNGBLUD, Queens of the Stone Age Genre: Alternative Rock Hybrid recipes can be the most wonderful thing. But would you buy your favourite coffee if they’d suddenly decided to combine it with stew?