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Marc Carroll: “Enough with pointless Dylan references”

Undoubtedly Marc Carroll is a talent who would deserve more attention by the media. His reworking of the typical language of American folk music through his unique songwriting is surely noteworthy. He follows a path where many ...
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Laying down the Law in the Music Industry

  Eradicating illegal downloading may not be the answer to world peace, but it may be close. But who are the superheroes? Who are the villains? And what exactly can we get away with inbetween?   We all know the basic ...
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A tribute to Reg Presley, a different look at The Troggs

Reg Presley, lead singer of The Troggs sadly passed away last night. Most will know the Troggs frontman for hits as ‘Wild Thing’, ‘With a Girl Like You’ and ‘Love Is All Around’ the latter be...
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Paradise @ Shacklewell Arms

Judging by the extraordinarily large crowd in the back room of the Shacklewell Arms last Friday, Paradise really could look like the utopian“next big thing”. The interminable 20 minutes of their long preparations set expect...
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Brown Brogues Album Launch @ Old Blue Last

To celebrate the release of their début album Born to Lose, out on Ultra Cool Records, Manchester duo Brown Brogues travelled down to East London’s Shoreditch to lay out a sound festering free feast of garage-rock for a ...
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Live Report: Florence Joelle @ Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Bar

The candlelit intimacy of Kennington’s Toulouse-Lautrec brasserie and jazz bar would seem the ideal turf for Florence Joelle and her Kiss of Fire, a band that prides itself on its evocative ‘let bank cool’. But despite ...