Elliot Minor Live Manchester

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  EARTH DAY 2025

  Montreux Lineup 2025

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  Divine Comedy Back in ‘25!

  DOWNLOAD 2025

  The Damn Truth UK Tour

  David Gray’s New LP & Tour

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  Martha Wainwright’s Debut LP

  Roger Waters on Amused To Death

  Trump, Drunk On Power

  Apartheid and Beyond…

  David Ford Live in ‘25

  My Favourite Records

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  Coheed & Cambria New LP & Tour

  Young Knives New LP & UK Tour

  Elliot Minor Back In 2025

  Emily Barker LP & 2025 UK Tour

  Political Inhumanity

  Record Reviews

  Ani DiFranco 2025 Tour

  “Let Right Be Done”

  Farah Nabulsi Filmmaker

  G3 Reunion Live LP in ‘25

  IS THIS IT?

  Larkin Poe Live in ‘25 + New LP

  Laura Marling New Record Out Now

  Rise Against 2025 Tour

  Rag ‘N’ Bone Man New LP & Tour

  The Middle East Crisis

  Ezra Collective New LP & Tour

  Leif Vollebekk New, Great LP

  Stick In The Wheel Returns

  SO, WHAT’S CHANGED?

  “They’re American Planes…”

  Olive Tree By Olive Tree…

  Ani Di Franco In Conversation

  Gemma Hayes Returns

  Remembering Thomas Hoepker

  Joe Bonamassa Live in 25

  On Misinformation

  Joan As Police Woman LP

  Politics - Who To Trust?

  The 76 Year Catastrophe

  Black Country Communion Back!

  Within Temptation Live Recordings

  Beth Gibbons New Solo LP

  Politics Is Failing

  Ani DiFranco New LP

  Pink Floyd’s Animals Remix

  SHIT FLOATS

  Seasick Steve Alive & Kickin’

  “My country, right or wrong…”

  Heart Announce Live Tours

  Anais Mitchell HADESTOWN Returns

  The Photographer’s Selection

  Gaza Nightmare Continues

  Princess Goes COME OF AGE

  Philip ‘Seth’ Campbell Live

  This Troubled World

  Dark Side Of The Moon 50th

  The More I Hear The Less I Know

  Great Albums: Fresh New Life

  Hozier’s New Album

  Nicole Atkins Jim Sclavunos Live

  SBT (Sarabeth Tucek) Live

  I’m As Angry As Hell!

  Magnum - A Year in Ukraine

  Alessandra Sanguinetti Interview

  The Damn Truth Live

  Newton Faulkner Live

  The Handsome Family Live

  The State We’re In Pt II

  Eric Gales Live

  The Cavalry Never Arrived

  Chvrches Live

  Andrés Peña Flamenco Star Live

  Paul Draper Live

  A Fly-Free Zone

  Liverpool Jazz Festival

  The Charlatans Live

  UK Democracy Threatened

  Rag’n'Bone Man Live

  Sea Girls Live

  Martha Wainwright Live

  Politics is Failing

  Lucy Kruger TRANSIT TAPES

  Joe Bonamassa Live!

  Rodrigo Y Gabriela Interview

  Music & Brexit

  Happy New Year?

  On Barbra Streisand

  The State We’re In…

  Welcome Back! But To What?

  What Have We Done?

  A RISK TOO FAR

  Photojournalism Hero

  Samantha Fish Live

  Gill Landry Live in Chester

  Noah Gundersen Live

  David Gilmour’s Interview

  Snow Patrol Live in Manchester

  New Model Army Live

  Shakespears Sister Live

  Lamb Live in Manchester

  The Struts Live

  Sting & Shaggy Live

  David Gray Live in Liverpool

  John Lennon Interview


Best Albums of 2015

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Slayer REPENTLESS. Nuclear Blast. Heavy Rock

“This album is Slayer at their best.”
“… this is an album of cannon-fire compositions that trail-blaze at a heaviness, speed and extremity that only Slayer know.”

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False Advertising  FALSE ADVERTISING. False Advertising. Indie Rock

“The band is clearly trying to find their own sound, touching on numerous influences across the album (sometimes less subtly). The band lurches from American grunge in ‘Breaker’ to pop-punk teenage frustration in ‘Dozer’. 90s britpop with fuzzy touches is on show in ‘I Don’t know’, and Royal Blood’s Hard Rock aggression is emulated in ‘No Good’.”
“It’s a self-produced album. Chris Warr has previous form in this area, manning the desk for The Orielles – and this shows. ‘False Advertising’ is well produced, with all elements loud yet sharp, and blended well so the craft of the songs and musicianship shines through.”

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Gabrielle Papillon TEMPEST OF OLD. Imports. Folk Pop

“Gabrielle Papillon is one of those artists whose music is driven by her voice, lyrics and guitar. To call her simply a singer/songwriter would miss the point by leaving out a whole other dimension: the nostalgic distance and fragile aesthetics she brings vocally.”
“This is the fifth offering from the Canadian singer-songwriter and her sweeping shanties provide an apt soundtrack to the changing seasons.”

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Troyka ORNITHOPHOBIA. Naim Jazz. Jazz Fusion

“Creative and adventerous. Another hugely impressive and ambitious album from Troyka”
“…maintains the experimental zeal of Troyka’s earlier albums. Yet it goes further in its willingness to interweave a variety of avant-garde musical styles – including post-dance and trip-hop – into its meshwork of melodies and tonal play.”

BEST REMIXES

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Mark Lanegan A THOUSAND MILES OF MIDNIGHT - PHANTOM RADIO REMIXES. Heavenly Recordings. Folk/Electronic

“Great collection of remixed versions of Mark Lanegan’s latest album”
“This remix gives you an insight into how much thought has gone into this whole project from the original release to this.”

BEST COMPILATION

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The Frames LONGITUDE. Epitaph. Indie Rock

“…the tracklisting is faithful to a band who’ve successfully navigated their 25 year career with few compromises.”

“This is a collection of songs from throughout the twenty five years we’ve been a band.  We initially wanted to mark this anniversary with a sort of ‘Best of The Frames’.  We put together a few different versions, including a certain number of songs from each record and including more popular live and radio songs – but this felt forced and incongruous.  After many conversations amongst ourselves we decided it should simply be a collection of our favourite tunes, songs we would be happy to put on a mix-tape for a friend.   So, here it is, with no regard to what album is most or least represented.  It’s a short collection of tunes we are proud of, some in slightly different versions from the original recordings, and one new song.  This is not the sum of our career but maybe some of the songs where we felt we had broken through to a new place or gotten better as a band. We hope you like it….we hope you enjoy it.” - GLEN HANSARD

“Whether you are a new fan of The Frames, have never heard of them before, or have every song memorized, this album will be a treat for you.”

BEST LIVE

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club LIVE IN PARIS. Abstract Dragon. Alternative Rock

“Stunning! BRMC are an incredible and beautifull band. This includes a double audio cd and live concert dvd withdocumentry. A treasure.”
“…DVD and CD filled with twenty three tracks of Rock ‘n’ Roll monsters, all packed into this.”

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Roger Waters THE WALL (live). Columbia. Rock

“Waters at his best!”
“Quality stands the test of time”

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