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Guy Oddy |

In recent years, noisy Canadian experimentalists, New Age Doom have shown themselves to be unafraid to engage with musical genius from all parts of the sonic pallet and have collaborated with the likes of Norwegian singer/songwriter Tuvaband and, on one of his final albums, the great Lee “Scratch” Perry. This is as well as having been remixed by musical mavericks from South Africa’s BLK JKS to US post-hardcore types, Quicksand.

Tim Cumming |

With two albums, The Eternal Rocks Beneath and The Pendulum Swing behind her, and tours aplenty to support them (including a recent trek with Suzanne Vega) singer songwriter Katherine Priddy’s third album is keenly anticipated and deftly delivered. These Frightening Machines is a reckoning with forces beyond your control.

Ellie Roberts
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Joe Muggs
This album raises an interesting question: how many other musical artists have had as much of a career as Joshua Idehen prior to releasing their…
Kathryn Reilly
As a disillusioned ex-admirer – like so many – it’s with a degree of dread that I approach Morrissey’s 14th solo album (the first for six years…

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