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Album review: New Bums – ‘Last Time I Saw Grace’: Ben and Donovan reveal an unexpected treat

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New Music: Dreampop quartet I Know Leopard release new single Close My Eyes

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SLOW PULP are a band who’ve been around the block – in a really, dreadfully short space of time. Don’t wish for the kinda year singer Emily Massey’s had. No, really: don’t. Things were very much on the upward curve for the young band, outta Wisconsin and Chicago-based – on tour with Alex G, gaining …

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HMS MORRIS are a rather fine art-rock collective operating out of the Welsh capital; the project of former Emmy the Great bassist Heledd Watkins, they’ve since developed a whole ethos, aesthetic, sweetly harmonious life of their own. Following the release of two pre-covid era singles, “Babanod” and “Poetry”, they’ve dusted off the rime of lockdown and …

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DAVID COMO, the Canadian musician who hides his considerable musical light under the Sing Leaf bushel for us, the recipients of his off-kilter, psychedelic synth-folk joy, has today dropped a final taster song for his new album, Not Earth, which will be released on Friday week. He’s been dropping soothing, spacey little gifts from Not …

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PLYMOUTH, the city that gave us Sir Francis Drake playing bowls before nipping off to defeat the Spanish Armada, is launching a shot at our jack in the shape of new, soaring indie five-piece The Native, who are releasing their debut single “Chasing Highs” today.  Have a listen below; it’s a big-hearted indie rocker that …

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Brisbane’s very exciting sweater curse have just release a brand new track and video as well as announcing the much anticipated release of an EP entitled ‘push/pull’ on 25 September. This follows the release of single ‘Close’ earlier this year which we enthusiastically reviewed. ‘All the Same’ has a heavier feel than earlier material with …

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The track by the multinational band The Lalabies shimmers like a missing track from the ‘Lost in Translation’ offical soundtrack: it’s dreamy, hypnotic and floats through the brain. It’s the same feeling you get when you lie on your back and stare in wonder at the night’s sky above you. There is an airy spaciness …

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I Like Trains share the third single ‘A Steady Hand’, from their forthcoming album ‘Kompromat’, set for release on August 21st via Atlantic Curve. “It looks at the messaging behind nationalist politics” vocalist David Martin says of the single. “It seems there’s often a certain dark irony at play, with politicians wheeling out an anti-immigration stance which stands completely at odds with their …

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Australia’s Didirri is a singular and prodigious talent – we have long followed his career in Backseat Mafia, reviewing his earlier singles – layered, melodic and refreshing indie tracks. Didirri has just announced news of an EP – ‘Sold for Sale’ – available on 25 September which will be supported by a series of live-streamed …

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In three and a half blistering minutes, The Clockworks prove once again that they are one of the most exciting bands around at the moment. ‘Can I Speak to a Manager?’ is over three minutes of excoriating and rage-infused ranting at the mind-numbing stupidity of everyday interactions – in this case simply trying to get …

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I’ve mentioned before that there are limited stories to tell just as there are a finite set of musical notes to play. It’s not the story, it’s the way it’s told. It’s not the musical notes, it’s the way it’s played. The vital ingredient is the creativity. Swedish band Eskobar, in this vein, clearly acknowledge …

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