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A ‘Simon’ with the weight of expectation on his shoulders, provides another indication of the path of his own songwriting...
Endorsed by one Guy Garvey, Lord Huron’s debut album is one release that definitely should NOT be given the Elbow...
Mazzy Star-like vocals decorate this release by New York shoegazers Widowspeak, who rise to the occasion for album number two...
Newcastle natives The Narrators make an artform out of dissonance, with their combination of smokey vocals and bristling blues rock...
Spanish five-piece Stand Up Against Heart Crime make a stand against the empty imitators that clutter up the musical landscape...
Dutch Uncles join the celebrated company of Grizzly Bear and Everything Everything, with an album of studious indie pop craft...
The times may be a changing but these revivalists are unwilling to countenance an age outside of the swinging sixties...
Nude Beach make their play to join the pantheon of great rock trios with their aptly named, sophomore release ‘II’...
The Blind Dead McJones Band are a real-life incarnation of that blues-rock bar band you secretly wish you were in...
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