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Villagers – {Awayland} (Domino)
The expectations for a former Mercury Music Prize nominee to deliver a more crafted second album is higher than most. Two and a half years on from his debut, Conor O’Brien, a.k.a. Villagers, releases...
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The Correspondents –‘Well Measured Vice’ (FROM.OUR.OWN)
What do you when you’re job of dancing like a man possessed is halted by a broken foot? When I broke my leg on a gap year ski season, I gave up drinking to subsidise my loss of earnings, read Count Of...
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PREVIEW: ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror
The early May bank holiday this year sees the third UK I’ll Be Your Mirror ATP weekend at the Great Hall of the Alexandra Palace. The same hall that played host to headliners Slayer, Mogwai and Afghan...
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II (Jagjaguwar)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra have once again effortlessly wrapped the spectrum between 60s pop and 70s psych-rock in a warm fuzz blanket that I’ve found difficult to put down. So here I am, wrapped in my...
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FREE MP3: Kurt Vile – Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Kurt Vile has shared the opening track ‘Wakin on a Pretty Day’ from his forthcoming new album Wakin on a Pretty Daze due for release 9th April on Matador. Details of the album were released on...
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PREVIEW: The Great Escape 2013
After larding up and pancaking hard last week I found myself tweeting again on the toilet. Take that sentence as you will. But in doing so I caught a glimpse of the first line-up announcement for The...
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Frightened Rabbit – Bristol Fleece – 16th February 2013
A Raucous and receptive crowd in Bristol tonight welcomed Highland visitors Frightened Rabbit with an obvious excitement surrounding recent release Pedestrian Verse and the band’s long break from the...
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Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze (Matador)
Kurt Vile returns two years after the release of the fabulous Smoke Ring For My Halo with his fifth album release Wakin On A Pretty Daze out on Matador Records this week. Layers of swooning guitar,...
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Peace – The Fleece, Bristol – 22th April 2013
The hype surrounding Birmingham’s Peace over the last 6 months has undoubtedly led to a sold out audience at The Fleece in Bristol. Filled with a vast mix of ages, I find standing with the more mature...
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Savages – Trinity Centre, Bristol, 7th November 2013
Happily exiting the rain and entering Trinity tonight in Bristol, I was keen to make the end of tonight’s support band A Dead Forest (whilst grabbing a beer). The duo’s sparse drumming and delicately...
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