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Monday, 29 March 2021

Gold Baby - Interview

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Last Friday Gold Baby released their debut EP Rabbits after a series of nine singles that preceded it. We caught up with Siân, Sar...

TRACK OF THE DAY : Natasha Nicole - Alright In The End

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Alright In The End is the debut single from Wolverhampton singer-songwriter Natasha Nicole. A song that helped her to fight her own ...
Sunday, 28 March 2021

The Charlatans / Ist Ist / LIINES - Manchester Gorilla (The North Will Rise Again) - 28th March 2021

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It's very strange to see the familiar stage at Gorilla, the illuminated bar and toilet signs stage left, and not be in the middle of...
Friday, 26 March 2021

For Those I Love - For Those I Love

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“How else do you honour and thank an artist? But with the art itself.” That’s a bold statement from David Balfe aka For Those I Lo...

Gold Baby - Rabbits EP

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Nine singles into their existence, Gold Baby have taken the plunge with their debut EP Rabbits. Across four tracks they demonstrate a knac...
Thursday, 11 March 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : Slyrydes - Boy In The Debs Suit

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Hailing from Galway the Irish quartet Slyrydes are back with a bang with new single Boy In The Debs Suit, a year after releasing five enthra...
Wednesday, 10 March 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : VLURE - Shattered Faith

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Without having released a single in the traditional sense VLURE had already made their presence felt with a live performance video of Desire...
Monday, 1 March 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY 2 : James - All The Colours Of You

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James return with the title track of their forthcoming studio album All The Colours Of You - a topical view of the world written in t...

TRACK OF THE DAY : Stephen Fretwell - Oval

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#WheresFretwell became an internet question that noone could answer for a decade as Stephen Fretwell disappeared completely from the music s...
Friday, 26 February 2021

LIVESTREAM : Proletariat - Live At The Festival Theatre

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Proletariat's comeback last year came as a bit of a surprise after they bowed out after a series of sold-out Manchester shows you...
Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Bradford - Bright Hours

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There's two kinds of reformation - the big cash-in on the legacy and nostalgia culture that seems to be polluting the pool for new artis...
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Monday, 22 February 2021

LIVESTREAM : The Blinders - Manchester Scruff Of The Neck Offices - 22nd February 2021

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Live music. Remember that? The thrill and excitement and adrenaline as the drums kick in, guitars roar and the bassline rumbles seductively ...

Dulcimer Melody - Interview

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Dulcimer Melody's debut album Dark Alchemy was one of our favourite random finds of 2020, following an effusive championing of...

TRACK OF THE DAY : Matter Of Mind - As Far As I Can Tell

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Matter Of Mind's first single of 2021 demonstrates a harder edge and a vitriolic biting response to an ex who's done them wrong as t...
Thursday, 18 February 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : Ryley Walker - Rang Dizzy

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Rang Dizzy is the first track to be revealed from Ryley Walker's forthcoming album Course In Fable, his first studio album of origi...
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Rare Monk - Never Really Over

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Sometimes the only PR that can sell you an album is the music itself. We were listening to something sent to us in one of the hundred or so ...

TRACK OF THE DAY : Loose Articles - Buses

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After Loose Articles announced themselves with their Orchid Lounge EP in 2019 things went a bit quiet from them, but now their new tracks a...
Tuesday, 16 February 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : Lean Logic - Mother Machine

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Mother Machine is the latest single from the newly-formed Lean Logic released by the Ogenesis label. Julia Grantham waxes lyrical about th...
Monday, 15 February 2021

Rosellas - Interview

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Rosellas recently released their new single Damaged and played the Music Feeds festival alongside the likes of Liam Gallagher and Blossoms, ...
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TRACK OF THE DAY : Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra - I Didn't Love You When I Said I Did And I Don't Now

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I didn't love you when I said I did and I don't now is the magnificently-titled third single from Dublin's Pixie Cut Rhythm Orch...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : The Shop Window - Out Of Reach

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Out Of Reach is the sixth single from Maidstone band The Shop Window, a track that captures the uncertainty of the times we're living i...
Monday, 8 February 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : The Slow Readers Club - Everything I Own

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The Slow Readers Club have revealed a new video for their track Everything I Own, taken from their recent album 91 Days In Isolation, writ...
Friday, 5 February 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : Keeley - The Glitter And The Glue

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Keeley return with their second single - the double A-side The Glitter And The Glue and You Never Made It That Far - an impressive fo...
Thursday, 4 February 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : Rory Wynne - Make You Mine

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 Rory Wynne returns with his first single in almost a year with Make You Mine released via Blossoms' Very Clever Records label. Less g...
Wednesday, 3 February 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : Hennessey - 8 Men

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8 Men is Hennessey's first release of 2021 following on from their 01 EP. It's a protest song and a call to arms to redistri...
Thursday, 21 January 2021

Shame - Drunk Tank Pink

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Recorded in France in 2020 Drunk Tank Pink was ready to be unleashed to an expectant public when everything came to a crashing hal...
Friday, 15 January 2021

TRACK OF THE DAY : Spunsugar - (You Never) Turn Around

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Spunsugar follow up last October's release of their brilliant Drive-Through Chapel debut album with a new single (You Never) Turn Around...
Friday, 8 January 2021

Turnstiles - Interview

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Turnstiles are one of the most exciting bands emerging from Ireland at present with five singles under their belt by the end of 2020....
Tuesday, 5 January 2021

Turnstiles - Turnstiles EP

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We were given the heads up on Turnstiles in late 2019 by our friends with exceedingly good musical taste across the Irish Sea. Since then we...
Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Proletariat - Interview

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Dial back two years and Proletariat were on many people's lists as the next band to break out of Manchester and then, almost overnight...
Friday, 18 December 2020

EVEN THE STARS Top 25 Albums of 2020 - 5 to 1

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And finally we reveal our five favourite albums of 2020, a strange year in pretty much every respect, but one that still managed to deliver ...
Thursday, 17 December 2020

EVEN THE STARS Top 25 albums of 2020 - 10 to 6

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Today we reveal five more of our favourite albums of 2020, a strange year in pretty much every respect, but one that still managed...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Lanterns On The Lake - The Realist EP

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The Realist EP is a collection of songs that didn't quite fit on Lanterns On The Lake's Mercury-nominated album Spook The Herd...

EVEN THE STARS Top 25 Albums Of 2020 - 15 to 11

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Today we reveal five more of our favourite albums of 2020, a strange year in pretty much every respect, but one that still managed...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020

EVEN THE STARS Top 25 Albums Of 2020 - 20 to 16

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Today we reveal five more of our favourite albums of 2020, a strange year in pretty much every respect, but one that still managed to ...
Monday, 14 December 2020

James - Live In Extraordinary Times

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James have released their first live video since 2002's Getting Away With It Live DVD of one of their December 2001 farewell shows in Li...
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EVEN THE STARS Top 25 Albums Of 2020 - 25 to 21

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Today we reveal the first five of our favourite albums of 2020, a strange year in pretty much every respect, but one that still ma...
Friday, 11 December 2020

TRACK OF THE DAY : The Red Stains - Freezer Jesus

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The Red Stains return with their second single, live favourite Freezer Jesus, and their first ever video that captures both the wild ...
Thursday, 10 December 2020

Ist Ist / Gravediggers Union - Live From The Attic

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Live From The Attic was the first opportunity for people to hear Ist Ist's debut album Architecture played live in its entirety with the...
Friday, 4 December 2020

LIVESTREAM : Blossoms - Brixton Academy - 3rd December 2020

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Back in March, Blossoms' biggest UK tour to date to celebrate their number one album Foolish Loving Spaces was cut off in its prime...
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TRACK OF THE DAY : Loose Articles - Up The Disco

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Loose Articles return with their first single since last year's Orchard Lounge EP. Up The Disco is a riotous barrel of fun that doesn...
Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Katherine Priddy - Interview

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Katherine Priddy has been an artist on our radar since we caught her set at the much-missed A Carefully Planned Festival in Manchester in ...
Monday, 23 November 2020

TRACK OF THE DAY : For Those I Love - I Have A Love (Live)

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Watching the latest series of Jools Holland during these troubled times unearthed a gem for many in terms of Dublin artist For Those I Lov...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Cobain Jones - Interview

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Last Friday saw Cobain Jones release his debut single Hooked and last night he revealed the first in his series of Estate Tour vi...
Monday, 9 November 2020

LIVESTREAM : Liam Frost - Bury The Met - 5th November 2020

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In celebration of the vinyl reissue of his debut album Show Me How The Spectres Dance, Liam Frost and friends performed an in-the-rou...

EP REVIEW : Asthmatic Harp - Things We Learned To Live With

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Asthmatic Harp's second EP, the follow-up to 2015's Lost Astronauts, has been five years and a couple of life moves in the mak...

TRACK OF THE DAY : Celestial North - Distant Life

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Distant Life is Celestial North's seventh single and her first of 2020 as she has spent lockdown writing tracks for her debut album. Her...
Saturday, 7 November 2020

LIVESTREAM : Lanterns On The Lake - Gateshead Sage - 7th November 2020

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It's been quite a year for Lanterns On The Lake. Their fourth album Spook The Herd earned them a Mercury Prize nomination to ...
Friday, 6 November 2020

LIINES - Interview

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LIINES today release their new single Sorry and couple it with last year's On And On as part of a limited 7" single. With new me...
Thursday, 5 November 2020

Liam Frost - Interview

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We caught up with Liam Frost to talk about the vinyl reissue of his 2006 Slowdown Family album Show Me How The Spectres Dance, his live sh...
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