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Words and photos by Alfie Dook Things have been ramping up for music in 2025, and while there are many great tours to come in the summer, some bands haven’t waited around to treat us, most noticeably for me personally and a lot of people, has been the Circa Waves Death and Love 2025 tour.  …

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Words and Photos: Victoria Wai. With reports of the cold snap coming, there was definitely a sea of hoodies and big coats gathered into the venue for the way in advance SOLD OUT tour for English Teacher as they took Mercury Prize winning debut album This Could Be Texas on the road, as a follow-up to the Spring SOLD …

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Words and Photos: Victoria Wai. Excitement for the 30th Anniversary of Brand New Heavies ‘Brother Sister’ album ascended into Newcastles’ Boiler Shop with true weekend party vibes as the early excited revellers entered the venue they were met with a warm up DJ bringing the soulful club classics. A SOLD-OUT audience were in place as …

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Words and Photos by Henry Groves After an incredible year, SPRINTS were bringing it to a close with a UK tour, including their biggest UK headline show to date at O2 Kentish Town Forum. After releasing their debut album ‘Letter to Self’ earlier this year, there was a lot of excitement in the room. I …

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Words and photos by Phil Wright What’s to be said about Shed Seven? For me, ‘brilliance’ comes to mind. With over 30 years in the business and showing no signs of stopping any time soon. With two number one albums this year alone, Rick Witter said this puts Shed Seven in the ‘elite’ along with …

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Review and Photos by Victoria Wai  21 packed-out and sold-out venues for a North American tour celebrating the album Big Sigh were all wrapped up for Marika Hackman with a final sold-out date at Chicago’s Sleeping Village. This tour started with half of Marika’s band absent due to visa problems so those dates were stripped back and …

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By Henry Groves After releasing their latest album, ‘Heavy Jelly, ’ back in July and having a hectic festival summer, Soft Play (fka Slaves) were back headlining packed-out venues. Their 13-date tour had them travelling around the country before finishing in London on Halloween. We were lucky to see them on their first night of …

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By Henry Groves Saturday night, sold out Roundhouse, Aussie rock band. I’m not sure there are 3 bigger hints that this was going to be one hell of a gig. This was the first of 2 Roundhouse shows for the psychedelic surf rock band, and despite being the other side of the world from home, …

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