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New Music: Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free
Sadness Sets Me Free is the 25th album Gruff Rhys has been involved in during his 35 years of creating music. Those stats alone take prolif

Stephen Taylor
Jan 27, 20244 min read
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New Music: Al Lewis - Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years is the latest album from Welsh singer songwriter Al Lewis, an artist who we have loved and followed for a very long...

Stephen Taylor
Jan 21, 20245 min read
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New Music: Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
Bill Ryder-Jones is a national treasure, lets get that out of the way at the start of this review. If Bill ever reads these words, I am...

Stephen Taylor
Jan 14, 20246 min read
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New Music: André 3000 - New Blue Sun
New Blue Sun is not a hip-hop record, it’s a Jazz record. André 3000, now 48 years old has not released a full album since 2006 - Outkast’s
Pete Stacey
Nov 23, 20233 min read
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New Music: Chroma - Ask For Angela
Every now and again a band releases a debut album, and you can’t escape the feeling of it being ‘their time’. That is the exact feeling I ha

Stephen Taylor
Nov 4, 20234 min read
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Introducing: Abbie Ozard
Abbie Ozard is a singer songwriter from Nantwich who many of you will be familiar with as she has been releasing music since 2019

Stephen Taylor
Oct 26, 20233 min read
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New Music: HMS Morris - Dollar Lizard Money Zombie
Dollar Lizard Money Zombie is the third studio album from HMS Morris a band who have always pushed the boundaries of creativity within pop m

Stephen Taylor
Oct 14, 20234 min read
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New Music: Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
Javelin is the tenth studio album from Sufjan Stevens, an artist who has pushed the boundaries of creativity throughout each and every relea

Stephen Taylor
Oct 2, 20234 min read
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New Music: Art School Girlfriend - Soft Landing
Escapism is something that we all need at times. The world can feel scary, overwhelming, and challenging. We need to find moments to help...

Stephen Taylor
Aug 23, 20234 min read
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New Music: Hozier - Unreal Earth
Powerful vocals drenched in reverb, catchy guitar riffs, echos of a church choir and a soil scattering of biblical imagery - with musical...
Emily Hardy
Aug 7, 20233 min read
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New Music: Blur - The Ballad of Darren
As one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year (if not the decade) so far, it's no wonder that Blur's The Ballad of Darren has...

Danielle Cook
Jul 24, 20238 min read
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New Music: Far From Saints - Far From Saints
Far From Saints is the self-titled debut album from a new band formed by Kelly Jones (Stereophonics), Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker (The...

Stephen Taylor
Jul 2, 20234 min read
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New Music: Grian Chatten - Chaos For The Fly
Chaos For The Fly is the new record from Fontaines DC's Grian Chatten. Read Stephen Taylor's review on our blog.

Stephen Taylor
Jul 2, 20234 min read
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New Music: Jenny Lewis - Joy'All
Jenny Lewis is back with her 5th solo album and again she has shown that she is without doubt one of the greatest living songwriters.

Stephen Taylor
Jun 13, 20233 min read
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New Music: The Royston Club - Shaking Hips and Crashing Cars
As far as debut albums go they do not get much better than Shaking Hips and Crashing Cars, the new record from The Royston Club.

Stephen Taylor
Jun 6, 20234 min read
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New Music: Ivan Moult - Songs From Severn Grove
We're excited to be reviewing new music from Ivan Moult. Read Stephen Taylor's thoughts on Songs From Severn Grove, Moult's new album.

Stephen Taylor
Jun 1, 20233 min read
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Album Review: Oli Ng - Everything Is Impossible Until It Happens
Oli Ng is a singer songwriter who has given us a debut album to remember in Everything Is Impossible Until It Happens.

Stephen Taylor
May 18, 20234 min read
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Album Review: boygenius - The Record
The Record is the debut album from boygenius, the much talked about collaboration between Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker.

Stephen Taylor
May 16, 20234 min read
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Album Review : The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein
First Two Pages of Frankenstein is the latest offering from The National and it is, without question, everything an album should be.

Stephen Taylor
May 11, 20234 min read
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Album Review: The Tallest Man on Earth - Henry St.
The Tallest Man On Earth returns with his seventh full length album, Henry St. Read my review of this beautiful record.

Stephen Taylor
Apr 18, 20234 min read
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