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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time With Feeling: Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
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KONGOS – Egomaniac
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Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
Occasionally, there are songs that grab your attention so firmly when they come on the radio that you know – even from perhaps just…
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The Swagger – The Swagger
Upon first impressions, The Swagger’s eponymous debut EP is a real mixed bag of sounds. From their opening track ‘Stoned’ you would expect a…
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Fantastic Negrito – The Last Days of Oakland
The Last Days of Oakland is a thought-provoking album that should leave you with as many questions as it does answers. One of those…
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Gold Panda – ‘Good Luck and Do Your Best’
Everywhere you look these days there are things telling you how important it is to get away from everyday life, to lift your head…
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She Drew the Gun – Memories of the Future
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Eliza and the Bear – Eliza and the Bear
Your first instinct on hearing Eliza and the Bear may be to make a connection with Noah and the Whale. After all, they sound…
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Creature Comfort – Echoes & Relics
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Three Trapped Tigers – Silent Earthling
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Ben Caplan – Birds with Broken Wings
‘Birds with Broken Wings’ is the second album release from Canadian songster and beard wielder, Ben Caplan. It has been four years since his…