Category: music review
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Pop Punk’s Not Dead: why people have a problem with it…
Pop Punk’s a pleasure. A guilty pleasure. I’m an advocate for pop-punk. Like a big slice of chocolate cake from the fridge in the middle of the night, pop-punk is my guilty pleasure. No matter how simplicity cheesy it may be, you can’t argue how heinously addictive it is. Fast and simple chord patterns, frantic…
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YOUR NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 24/02 – Gorillaz, shame, Gracie Abrams + The Church
<<Your burning recap of the most sought-after releases from Friday gone.>> Gorillaz: Cracker Island Digging Deep to Find Your Diamonds.. ______________________ Your favourite virtual inhabitants from a pre-digital world comes the bolstered eerie cultist ethos of Cracker Island; their eighth expansive studio album with an eye-wateringly exciting roster of collaborators including {but not limited to}…
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Lizzie Esau LIVE review at Nottingham: 01/02 – blowing the lid off at Rough Trade
With sublime support from local class-act Drew Thomas and alternative slow-wave of George O’Hanlon, Rough Trade celebrated Independent Venue Week in the best way possible with an electric flurry of indie-rock that went by the name of Lizzie Esau. If you’re not familiar with Esau’s songwriting prowess, it may be high tide that you should…
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YOUR NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 20/01
I’M ADDICTED TO ROCK ‘N’ ROLL// Another Friday brings an eclectic mix of brazen optimism, fiery rock anthems and non-plussed instrumentals to bring in the weekend. The Reytons.// What’s Rock and Roll? A nationally renowned rabble-rouser collective from hometown heroes in Southern Yorkshire is no easy feat. Yet, The Reytons have done it. With their…
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YOUR NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 13/01
The second Friday of the year brings about a sizable chunk of hotly-contested album launches from the likes of: … Circa Waves, Gaz Coombes, The Subways and … The Second Hand Orchestra. Billy Nomates__CACTI. The right shade of alternative brings about tee-total BBC Radio 6 playlist material, Nomates’ CACTI. Appearing as a resident guest on…
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