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Having heard the first few singles from Burials, ‘I Hope You Suffer’ being the first, what was to come from the record itself was inevitable: haunting melodrama with an underlying theatricalness. Thirty seconds into it and the bar has been well and truly set, high in expectations and, in the best way, crushing in mood: “Blackness […]
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Ambassadors is a different offering from Mitchell and Webb’s previous work, but is still a fantastic watch.
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Christophen Mifsud previews Mitchell and Webb’s latest television offering.
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As a rule, I am loathe to bang on about one specific band. However, since I reviewed the first song to be released from Hindsights‘ new record, I managed to grab a sneaky early listen to the finished product. As I’ve said before, the past two years of their existence has seen them achieve a […]
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Amidst the fallout from the misogynistic mardi gras of his last number one single, ‘Blurred Lines’, everyone has apparently forgotten that Robin Thicke is actually a singer with a hefty back catalogue, and actually has other songs. I’ll admit something now that in hindsight is shameful: having paid no attention to the actual lyrical content of ‘Blurred […]
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2013 has been the year of the throwback. With labels like Run For Cover and 6131 Records belting out some sterling lo-fi/90s-esque/alt-rock bands like Daylight and Pity Sex, the latest band in this vein is offering a slightly different take on this. While bands like Daylight are pointing fingers at Nirvana for their influence, Nashville […]
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Given that this record was released mid-July, this review is long overdue. I’d basically scrapped that idea, in a the-moment’s-gone sort of way, but then today I got home to the vinyl pressing of the record. As with every new vinyl, it needed a spin right away, and as I listened to it, it reminded […]
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‘Heavy Head’ represents a change of bearing into mellower waters for the Berkshire quartet.
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Christopher Mifsud catches up with Southampton band Our Time Down Here for, perhaps, their final interview before they disband.
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Christopher Mifsud discusses Dillinger Escape Plan’s past and what their new album delivers.
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A couple of years ago, I found myself half-accidentally in Southampton at The Joiners, watching a bunch of hardcore bands, some of which turned out to be relatively big names later on. Truth be told, I was only there to see a band called Dead Swans; I was still a bit of a newcomer to […]
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Christopher Mifsud believes HHhH is a superb piece of work and here’s why.
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I have not enthusiastically listened to anything by Lower Than Atlantis that came out after World Record. Even that I found a bit of a half-arsed grab at radio-rock glory, ‘Bug’ aside. There is always the danger that if a band releases an incredible debut (see Far Q for just why LTA are really a […]
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Iain Banks’ Stonemouth is an enjoyable read but a little disappointing for this reader.