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Mush 3D Routine

Mush
3D Routine

Leeds band show undeniable energy on debut album

The Lovely Eggs I Am Moron

The Lovely Eggs
I Am Moron

More spacy mayhem from the Lancaster noise-pop pair

Rio Grande

Assembly-line studio western with a focus on family dynamics

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M. Ward
Migration Stories

Ward delivers another set of competently realised gentle ballads

Fire In The Radio

Fire in the Radio
Monuments

Fire in the Radio’s third provides enjoyable slice of heartfelt punk

Tops I Feel Alive

TOPS
I Feel Alive

Deceptively deep indie pop-rock that’s as catchy as it is moving.

Pearl Jam Gigaton

Pearl Jam
Gigaton

Grunge veterans in rare form on impressive eleventh album

Pigsx7 Viscerals

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Viscerals

Excellent Newcastle metallers’ third blows away the cobwebs

Three Films by Buster Keaton

Three restored Buster Keaton classics

Baxter Dury The Night Chancers

Baxter Dury
The Night Chancers

Sleazy London electro-lounge to keep the family business ticking over nicely

The Platform

Delightfully deranged, somewhat monotonous sci-fi gore-fest

The Wolf Hour

Too weary, slow and dreary to save itself from mediocrity

Ultras

Depiction of fraternity and loyalty amidst football violence fails to provide any compelling drama

Mez McConnell
The Creaking on the Stairs

Uncomfortable but thought-provoking reading from popular Edinburgh pastor

Anna Secret Poet
No Brainer

Weird and witty album runs the genre spectrum from end to end

Standing Up, Falling Down

Likeable bromantic dramedy

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Brian Fallon
Local Honey

Third solo album from The Gaslight Anthem frontman offers warm comforts despite a reliance on some familiar traits

Spenser Confidential

Patchy blast of retro sleuthing with pointless violence

Waxahatchee Saint Cloud

Waxahatchee
Saint Cloud

Katie Crutchfield returns to her southern roots with lovely results on a moving and wise fifth album

Half Waif

Half Waif
The Caretaker

Nandi Rose delivers another glorious electro-pop rumination