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With John Hurt appearing on this album and with it documenting the last days of Donald Meaning (who is played by Hurt) how can anyone not be excited by this concept? Originally penned as a screenplay Sawhney later recorded it as an album that could have filled so much potential but instead left most of [...]

Summer Grant checks out this controversy baiting release from Cassettes Won’t Listen…

Summer Grant checks out the fundraising album from charity collective The Bottletop Band

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Summer Grant checks out In Darklight’s new EP to see how much they’ve improved since they released their debut album in 2010

Summer Grant reviews the debut album from Southampton’s rock stalwarts

Sometimes, with an album, all you need to listen to is the first couple of minutes to get a grasp of its basic outlook. In the case of ‘Follow Your Bliss’ it’s bleak, very very bleak.

A delightful affair from a delightfully eccentric man who wanders from gig to gig and catches sleep on other people’s sofas.

Emily, the debut EP from The Ryan O’Reilly Band, starts in a rather lively manner and gradually loses its energy over the four songs it consists of. Originally from Portsmouth (yay), the band have already toured with the likes of Mumford and Sons…

At times there is a wonderful air of Hot Chip about it, at others it so brilliantly bizarre and fun that it’s impossible to compare it to work from another artist. Even so there is something addictive about ‘Generation Hexed’ from Drums of Death.