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Another beautifully crafted reissue from Rhino, but was it really worth the effort?

As I wander to The Wine Vaults to get myself and a few friends our tickets, I’m already aware that it’s going to be a long day, I thought I’d made a reasonably early effort by arriving at midday, the already intoxicated seemed to disagree. I’m queuing to receive my band and hear a familiar [...]

When you receive a promo copy of an album with a big budget behind it, it’s often the case that the artwork is different, or perhaps even non-existent, but with this release from Island Records I was actually presented with a really nicely packaged CD that bears the wrong title, the name of first single [...]

After nearly two decades writing and recording some of her generation’s most emotionally powerful music, Tori Amos will release her first seasonal album, Midwinter Graces, on November 10 via Universal Republic Records. A follow up to Tori’s critically acclaimed studio album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Midwinter Graces will find Tori reworking and expanding on classic [...]

The very lovely folks at Say Loose have sent along a link to download a free track from Alena. ‘Bowling Green’ will feature on a 10″ EP Diane is releasing as a split with Alina Hardin. Download Bowling Green here: http://soundcloud.com/stayloose/alela-diane-alina-hardin-bowling-green

I’ve got my bottle of red, its raining outside and me and the missus are all set for a night of music and alcohol. We’d already sussed that Richard Walters The Animal would be the album to fit the mood of the evening and in all honesty we were both excited at the thought of [...]

It’s that time again, for us to pan for gold among the video clips we get sent each week, and in this edition of Videodrome we’ve got some real nuggets for you. First up we have Miike Snow with his new single ‘Black & Blue’, which will precede his debut album. It’s a lovely little [...]

Presumably, one has been here before. A year ago to the day (funny, being that it has become an annual thing) I was stood here, looking just as bemused as I did today. But a year has proven itself to be a long time in terms of social arrangement and within seconds I have met [...]

      Here is the first of our reports from Southsea Fest, but keep checking back for other people’s views of the day and some brilliant photos of the goings on       Many people mark down Bestival as the end of the summer festival calendar, but for those of us who dwell [...]

“Wilson has created yet another masterpiece. Insurgentes is an incredible musical journey and an essential purchase for anyone who still believes in the sanctity of music as an art-form.” Classic Rock “Insurgentes’ stunning musicianship offers a free-sprawling, exquisitely dejected tour of our psychic hinterlands, and one that will resonate for many years to come” Metal [...]