Posts by: Andrew Neal
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ALBUM REVIEW – EMMA POLLOCK: BEGGING THE NIGHT TO TAKE HOLD
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ALBUM REVIEW – OLOF ARNALDS: SPIRA
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE JIMI TENOR BAND: SELENITES, SELENITES!
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ALBUM REVIEW – NUSANTARA BEAT: NUSANTARA BEAT
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ALBUM REVIEWS – THEE HEADCOATS: THE SHERLOCK HOLMES RHYTHM’N’BEAT VERNACULAR & THEE HEADCOATEES: MAN-TRAP
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: THROUGH THIS FIRE ACROSS FROM PETER BALKAN
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ALBUM REVIEW – NOURA MINT SEYMALI: YENBETT
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ALBUM REVIEW – HILARY WOODS: NIGHT CRIU
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BOOK REVIEW – CARGO RECORDING STUDIOS 1977 – 1985 BY CHRIS CONNELLY
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ALBUM REVIEW – CUBZOA: UNFOLD IN THE SKY
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ALBUM REVIEW – FIELD MUSIC: FIELD MUSIC
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ALBUM REVIEW – LONG FLING: LONG FLING
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ALBUM REVIEW – FLOCK OF DIMES: THE LIFE YOU SAVE
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EP REVIEW – SPARKS: MADDER!
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE ANTLERS: BLIGHT
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ALBUM REVIEW – CATE LE BON: MICHELANGELO DYING
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ALBUM REVIEW – CERYS HAFANA: ANGEL
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ALBUM REVIEW – MULATU ASTATKE: MULATU PLAYS MULATU
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE GENESIS: A STORY
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ALBUM REVIEW – PATRICK WATSON: UH OH
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ALBUM REVIEW – ALA.NI: SUNSHINE MUSIC
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INTERVIEW – ROBERT FORSTER
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ALBUM REVIEW – ETCETERAL: KIMATIKA
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INTERVIEW – CERYS HAFANA – HARPIST
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ALBUM REVIEW – MODERN NATURE: THE HEAT WARPS
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ALBUM REVIEW – BOBBY CONN: BOBBY’S PLACE
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ALBUM REVIEW – SUNYEARS: THE SONG FORLORN
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ALBUM REVIEW – PROLAPSE: I WONDER WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO DESTROY YOUR FACE
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ALBUM REVIEW – MARISSA NADLER: NEW RADIATIONS
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ALBUM REVIEW – CORY HANSON: I LOVE PEOPLE
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INTERVIEW – CORY HANSON
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ALBUM REVIEW: MADE KUTI – CHAPTER 1: WHERE DOES HAPPINESS COME FROM?
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ALBUM REVIEW – TIAN QIYI: SONGS FOR WORKERS
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INTERVIEW – BRIGHDE CHAIMBEUL
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ALBUM REVIEW – BRIGHDE CHAIMBEUL: SUNWISE
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LIVE REVIEW – SPARKS: MANCHESTER APOLLO – 22/06/2025
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ALBUM REVIEW – BC CAMPLIGHT: A SOBER CONVERSATION
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LIVE REVIEW – KIM DEAL: NEW CENTURY HALL – 17/06/2025
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ALBUM REVIEW – U.S. GIRLS: SCRATCH IT
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ALBUM REVIEW – PIPPA BLUNDELL: COMMON THREAD
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ALBUM REVIEW – LAVINIA BLACKWALL: THE MAKING
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LIVE REVIEW – EZRA FURMAN: LIVERPOOL ROUGH TRADE – 21/05/2025
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INTERVIEW – AMMAR 808
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ALBUM REVIEW – AMMAR 808: CLUB TOUNSI
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ALBUM REVIEW – ROBERT FORSTER: STRAWBERRIES
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ALBUM REVIEW – EZRA FURMAN: GOODBYE SMALL HEAD
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LIVE REVIEW – HAMLET HAIL TO THE THIEF: AVIVA STUDIOS – 07/05/2025
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ALBUM REVIEW – JEFFREY ALEXANDER + THE HEAVY LIDDERS: SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT
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INTERVIEW – TRUPA TRUPA
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ALBUM REVIEW – VARIOUS ARTISTS: ROOTS ROCKING ZIMBABWE – THE MODERN SOUND OF HARARE TOWNSHIPS 1975-1980
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ALBUM REVIEW – REBEKKA KARIJORD: THE BELL TOWER
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ALBUM REVIEW – DEERHOOF: NOBLE AND GODLIKE IN RUIN
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ALBUM REVIEW – ESINAM AND SIBUSILE XABA: HEALING VOICES
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ALBUM REVIEW – BEIRUT: A STUDY OF LOSSES
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ALBUM REVIEW – MAMALARKY: HEX KEY
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ALBUM REVIEW – PERFUME GENIUS: GLORY
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ALBUM REVIEW – COCOROSIE: LITTLE DEATH WISHES
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ALBUM REVIEW – HANNAH COHEN: EARTHSTAR MOUNTAIN
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ALBUM REVIEW – CHOSES SAUVAGES: CHOSES SAUVAGES III
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ALBUM REVIEW – SACRED PAWS: JUMP INTO LIFE
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ALBUM REVIEW – JEFFREY LEWIS: THE EVEN MORE FREEWHEELIN’ JEFFREY LEWIS
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ALBUM REVIEW – DIVORCE: DRIVE TO GOLDENHAMMER
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ALBUM REVIEW – LOS PIRANAS: UNA OPORTUNIDAD MAS DE TRIUNFAR EN LA VIDA
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ALBUM REVIEW – WILL STRATTON: POINTS OF ORIGIN
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INTERVIEW – Annie Dressner discusses her new single and forthcoming tour
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ALBUM REVIEW – SUNNY WAR: ARMAGEDDON IN A SUMMER DRESS
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EP REVIEW – TRUPA TRUPA: MOURNERS
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LIVE REVIEW – ANNA B SAVAGE: MANCHESTER NIGHT AND DAY – 13/02/2025
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ALBUM REVIEW – RICHARD DAWSON: END OF THE MIDDLE
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ALBUM REVIEW – BHAJAN BHOY: BHOY ON THE WIRE
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LIVE REVIEW – FIELD MUSIC: BAND ON THE WALL – 06/02/2025
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE DELINES: MR LUCK & MS DOOM
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ALBUM REVIEW – HELEN GANYA: SHARE YOUR CARE
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ALBUM REVIEW – GNONNAS PEDRO & HIS DADJES BAND: ROI DE ‘LAGBADJA MODERNE 1974-1983
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ALBUM REVIEW – C DUNCAN: IT’S ONLY A LOVE SONG
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ALBUM REVIEW – ANNA B SAVAGE: YOU & I ARE EARTH
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ALBUM REVIEW – TUNNG: LOVE YOU ALL OVER AGAIN
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ALBUM REVIEW – JASMINE.4.T: YOU ARE THE MORNING
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ALBUM REVIEW – DILETTANTE: LIFE OF THE PARTY
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ALBUM REVIEW – PARCHMAN PRISON PRAYER: ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY MORNING
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LIVE REVIEW: THE UNTHANKS – LYTHAM LOWTHER PAVILION: 04/12/24
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ALBUM REVIEW – BEN FOLDS: SLEIGHER
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE GO-BETWEENS – G STANDS FOR GO-BETWEENS: VOLUME 3 2000-2006
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ALBUM REVIEW – WHITE DENIM: 12
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE UNTHANKS: IN WINTER
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE INNOCENCE MISSION: MIDWINTER SWIMMERS
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ALBUM REVIEW – FATHER JOHN MISTY: MAHASHMASHANA
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ALBUM REVIEW – JULIAN MAYORGA: CHAK CHAK CHAK CHAK
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ALBUM REVIEW – TOMO KATSURADA: DREAM OF THE EGG
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ALBUM REVIEW – PETER ALEXANDER JOBSON: BURN THE RATION BOOKS OF LOVE
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ALBUM REVIEW – VARIOUS ARTISTS: SUPER DISCO PIRATA – DE TAPITO PARA EL MUNDO 1965-1980
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE HARPOONIST: DID WE COME HERE TO DANCE
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ALBUM REVIEW – BANANAGUN: WHY IS THE COLOUR OF THE SKY?
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ALBUM REVIEW – FIONN REGAN: O AVALANCHE
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ALBUM REVIEW – TRUST FUND: HAS IT BEEN A WHILE?
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ALBUM REVIEW – TESS PARKS: POMEGRANATE
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ALBUM REVIEW – GOAT: GOAT
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ALBUM REVIEW – FIELD MUSIC: LIMITS OF LANGUAGE
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ALBUM REVIEW – WHITEY: MENTAL RADIO
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ALBUM REVIEW – HALF WAIF: SEE YOU AT THE MAYPOLE
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ALBUM REVIEW – EZRA COLLECTIVE: DANCE, NO ONE’S WATCHING
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ALBUM REVIEW – GEMMA HAYES: BLIND FAITH
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE COURETTES: THE SOUL OF… THE FABULOUS COURETTES
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ALBUM REVIEW – IBRAHIM MAALOUF: TRUMPETS OF MICHEL-ANGE
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ALBUM REVIEW – DAVID LANCE CALLAHAN: DOWN TO THE MARSHES
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ALBUM REVIEW – JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN: LEMONS, LIMES AND ORCHIDS
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ALBUM REVIEW – KUGELSCHREIBER: CHEERLEADERS
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ALBUM REVIEW – TINDERSTICKS: SOFT TISSUE
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ALBUM REVIEW – LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY & YOUTH: SPACESHIP TO MARS
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ALBUM REVIEW – BHAJAN BHOY: PEACE FREQUENCIES / HEALING FREQUENCIES
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ALBUM REVIEW – SUSANNA: MEDITATIONS ON LOVE
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE SOUNDCARRIERS: THROUGH OTHER REFLECTIONS
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ALBUM REVIEW – POM POKO: CHAMPION
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ALBUM REVIEW – PERSONAL TRAINER: STILL WILLING
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ALBUM REVIEW – DANDELION ADVENTURE: JOHN PEEL SESSION
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ALBUM REVIEW – LINDA THOMPSON: PROXY MUSIC
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE DECEMBERISTS: AS IT EVER WAS, SO IT WILL BE AGAIN
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ALBUM REVIEW – JOHN GRANT: THE ART OF THE LIE
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ALBUM REVIEW – MARTHA ROSE: CLOSE TO CLOSE
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ALBUM REVIEW – ORA COGAN: FORMLESS
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ALBUM REVIEW – LAURA J MARTIN: PREPARED
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ALBUM REVIEW – ARAB STRAP: I’M TOTALLY FINE WITH IT DON’T GIVE A FUCK ANYMORE
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ALBUM REVIEW – PARSNIP: BEHOLD
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ALBUM REVIEW – OBJECTIONS: OPTIMISTIC SIZING
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ALBUM REVIEW – SINKANE: WE BELONG
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ALBUM REVIEW – DANA GAVANSKI: LATE SLAP
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ALBUM REVIEW – DRAHLA: ANGELTAPE
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ALBUM REVIEW – ELLA RONEN: THE GIRL WITH NO SKIN
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INTERVIEW: AJAY SAGGAR (BHAJAN BHOY)
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ALBUM REVIEW – VARIOUS: CONGO FUNK! SOUND MADNESS FROM THE SHORES OF THE MIGHTY CONGO RIVER (KINSHASA/BRAZZAVILLE 1969-1982)
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ALBUM REVIEW – HIGH LLAMAS: HEY PANDA
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ALBUM REVIEW – PIXIES: PIXIES AT THE BBC, 1988-91
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ALBUM REVIEW – KAISER CHIEFS’ EASY EIGHTH ALBUM
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ALBUM REVIEW – SHEHERAZAAD: QASR
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ALBUM REVIEW – NADINE SHAH: FILTHY UNDERNEATH
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ALBUM REVIEW – LAETITIA SADIER: ROOTING FOR LOVE
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ALBUM REVIEW – LAIR: NGELAR
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ALBUM REVIEW – MARY TIMONY: UNTAME THE TIGER
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ALBUM REVIEW – OMNI: SOUVENIR
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ALBUM REVIEW – WILLIAM DOYLE: SPRINGS ETERNAL
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ALBUM REVIEW – LONDON AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE: ESENGO
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ALBUM REVIEW – CHELSEA WOLFE: SHE REACHES OUT TO SHE REACHES OUT TO SHE
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE LAST DINNER PARTY: PRELUDE TO ECSTASY
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ALBUM REVIEW: GRUFF RHYS: SADNESS SETS ME FREE
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ALBUM REVIEW – JOZEF VAN WISSEM: THE NIGHT DWELLS IN THE DAY
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ALBUM REVIEW – CONCHUR WHITE: SWIRLING VIOLETS
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ALBUM REVIEW – HARP: ALBION
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ALBUM REVIEW – ARY LOBO: ARY LOBO 1958-1966
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ALBUM REVIEW – VOLKSEMPFANGER: ATTACK OF SOUND
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ALBUM REVIEW – SPEARMINT: THIS CANDLE IS FOR YOU
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ALBUM REVIEW – ART FEYNMAN: BE GOOD THE CRAZY BOYS
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ALBUM REVIEW – SMOKE FAIRIES: CARRIED IN SOUND
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ALBUM REVIEW – LEO ROBINSON: THE TEMPLE
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ALBUM REVIEW – KATIE VON SCHLEICHER: A LITTLE TOUCH OF SCHLEICHER IN THE NIGHT
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ALBUM REVIEW – LEON KEITA: LEON KEITA
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ALBUM REVIEW – SUFJAN STEVENS: JAVELIN
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ALBUM REVIEW – PETER BREWIS: BLOWDRY COLOSSUS
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE DAVID TATTERSALL GROUP: THE DAVID TATTERSALL GROUP
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ALBUM REVIEW – MARY LATTIMORE: GOODBYE, HOTEL ARKADA
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ALBUM REVIEW – ROBERTO FONSECA: LA GRAN DIVERSIÓN
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EP REVIEW – NZCA LINES: UNIVERSAL HEARTBREAK
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ALBUM REVIEW: SUPER DUTY TOUGH WORK: PARADIGM SHIFT
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ALBUM REVIEW: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING / BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / JULES BUCKLEY – THIS NEW NOISE
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ALBUM REVIEW – BOWES ROAD BAND: BACK IN THE HCA
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ALBUM REVIEW: SUN’S SIGNATURE: SUN’S SIGNATURE EXTENDED
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ALBUM REVIEW – WILLIE J HEALEY: BUNNY
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ALBUM REVIEW: SPELLLING: SPELLLING & THE MYSTERY SCHOOL
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ALBUM REVIEW – CHELA: DIAGONAL DRIFT
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ALBUM REVIEW – HOLY WAVE: FIVE OF CUPS
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE CLIENTELE: I AM NOT THERE ANYMORE
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ALBUM REVIEW – DOT ALLISON: CONSCIOUSOLOGY
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ALBUM REVIEW – DEXYS: THE FEMININE DIVINE
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LIVE REVIEW: JOHN GRANT SINGS THE SONGS OF PATSY CLINE WITH RICHARD HAWLEY AND BAND 11/07/2023
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ALBUM REVIEW – CHARIF MEGARBANE: MARZIPAN
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ALBUM REVIEW – PJ HARVEY: I INSIDE THE OLD YEAR DYING
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ALBUM REVIEW – SWEEPING PROMISES: GOOD LIVING IS COMING FOR YOU
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EP REVIEW – JOHN MONROE AND FIELD MUSIC: SONGS FROM THE SHELF
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ALBUM REVIEW – MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE: NEON
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ALBUM REVIEW – CORY HANSON: WESTERN CUM
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BOOK REVIEW – THANK YOU FOR A LOVELY DAY: 11 THE GO-BETWEENS SONGCOMICS (EDITED BY GUNTHER BUSKIES AND JONAS ENGELMANN)
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ALBUM REVIEW – KEATON HENSON: HOUSE PARTY
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ALBUM REVIEW – RUEN BROTHERS: TEN PACES
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ALBUM REVIEW – LLOYD BEAN: BLACK CAT, DARK HORSE
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ALBUM REVIEW – DAKOTA JONES: HEARTBREAKERS SPACE CLUB
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ALBUM REVIEW: MAYA ONGAKU – APPROACH TO ANIMA
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ALBUM REVIEW – WATER FROM YOUR EYES: EVERYONE’S CRUSHED
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ALBUM REVIEW – BAR ITALIA: TRACEY DENIM
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ALBUM REVIEW – ANGELICA ROCKNE: THE ROSE SOCIETY
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ALBUM REVIEW – BC CAMPLIGHT: THE LAST ROTATION OF EARTH
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ALBUM REVIEW – TINY RUINS: CEREMONY
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ALBUM REVIEW – JFDR: MUSEUM
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NEWS: RUEN BROTHERS REVEAL NEW SINGLE ‘BULLET BLUES’
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RECOMMENDED ALBUM RELEASES ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 APRIL 2023
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ALBUM REVIEW – EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL: FUSE
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ALBUM REVIEW – LAURA LORIGA: VEVER
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ALBUM REVIEW – DAVE OKUMU & THE 7 GENERATIONS: I CAME FROM LOVE
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ALBUM REVIEW – DESIRE MAREA: ON THE ROMANCE OF BEING
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ALBUM REVIEW – SISSOKO SEGAL PARISIEN PEIRANI: LES EGARES
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ALBUM REVIEW – KATIE GATELY: FAWN / BRUTE
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LIVE: ANNA B SAVAGE – 22/03/2023
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE FREE MUSIC: THE FREE MUSIC (VOL 1)
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ALBUM REVIEW – BHAJAN BHOY: TO LOVE IS TO LOVE (VOL.1 & 2)
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ALBUM REVIEW – H HAWKLINE: MILK FOR FLOWERS
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ALBUM REVIEW – JEN CLOHER: I AM THE RIVER, THE RIVER IS ME
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ALBUM REVIEW – GINA BIRCH: I PLAY MY BASS LOUD
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INTERVIEW: DAVID BREWIS DISCUSSES HIS NEW ALBUM, RECORD LABEL, FIELD MUSIC AND THE LIFE OF DIY RECORDING ARTISTS
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ALBUM REVIEW – DAVID BREWIS: THE SOFT STRUGGLES
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ALBUM REVIEW – ANNA B SAVAGE: IN/FLUX
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE GOLDEN DREGS: ON GRACE AND DIGNITY
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ALBUM REVIEW – ROBERT FORSTER: THE CANDLE AND THE FLAME
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ALBUM REVIEW – JOCKSTRAP: I LOVE YOU JENNIFER B
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ALBUM REVIEW – NURIA GRAHAM: CYCLAMEN
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ALBUM REVIEW – CYMANDE: CYMANDE
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BOOK REVIEW – WE PEAKED AT PAPER: AN ORAL HISTORY OF BRITISH ZINES BY GAVIN HOGG AND HAMISH IRONSIDE
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ALBUM REVIEW – ROZI PLAIN: PRIZE
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ALBUM REVIEW – LITTLE SIMZ: NO THANK YOU
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ALBUM REVIEW – ANDREW WASYLYK: HEARING THE WATER BEFORE SEEING THE FALLS
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ALBUM REVIEW – FELA KUTI: AFRODISIAC
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ALBUM REVIEW – MAJA LENA: PLUTO
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ALBUM REVIEW – RICHARD DAWSON: THE RUBY CORD
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ALBUM REVIEW – DAVID LANCE CALLAHAN: ENGLISH PRIMITIVE II
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ALBUM REVIEW – CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS: REDCAR LES ADORABLES ETOILES
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ALBUM REVIEW – PERSONAL TRAINER: BIG LOVE BLANKET
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ALBUM REVIEW – EZRA COLLECTIVE: WHERE I’M MEANT TO BE
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ALBUM REVIEW – BHAJAN BHOY: SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI
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ALBUM REVIEW – VARIOUS ARTISTS: C85
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ALBUM REVIEW – JD MEATYARD: LIVE THE LIFE
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ALBUM REVIEW – RACHAEL DADD: KALEIDOSCOPE
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ALBUM REVIEW – TELEFIS: A DO
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ALBUM REVIEW: BJORK – FOSSORA
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ALBUM REVIEW: KAMIKAZE PALM TREE – MINT CHIP
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ALBUM REVIEW: HOWL IN THE TYPEWRITER – THE SOUND OF MUSICK and THE RED ALBUM
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ALBUM REVIEW – MUSH: DOWN TOOLS
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE WOLFHOUNDS: BRIGHT AND GUILTY
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ALBUM REVIEW – HARKIN: HONEYMOON SUITE
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ALBUM REVIEW – GIRLS AT OUR BEST!: PLEASURE (DELUXE EDITION)
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ALBUM REVIEW – MONO: MY STORY, THE BURAKU STORY (AN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)
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ALBUM REVIEW – KIKAGAKU MOYO: KUMOYO ISLAND
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ALBUM REVIEW – DANA GAVANSKI: WHEN IT COMES
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ALBUM REVIEW – FATHER JOHN MISTY: CHLOE AND THE NEXT 20TH CENTURY
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ALBUM REVIEW – DESTROYER: LABYRINTHITIS
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ALBUM REVIEW: BLUE STATES – WORLD CONTACT DAY
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ALBUM REVIEW: METRONOMY – SMALL WORLD
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ALBUM REVIEW: CATE LE BON – POMPEII
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ALBUM REVIEW: CAT POWER – COVERS
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ALBUM REVIEW: VIS-A-VIS – BEST OF VIS-A-VIS IN A CONGO STYLE
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ALBUM REVIEW: COURTNEY BARNETT – THINGS TAKE TIME, TAKE TIME


